I. Ermeni Sorunun Tarihsel Boyutu
5.
Uluslararası Kuruluşlar Kararları
Avrupa Parlamentosu
Kararı - Haziran 18,
1987
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"Believes that the tragic events in 1915-1917 involving the Armenians
living in the territory of the Ottoman Empire constitute genocide within the
meaning of the convention on the prevention and the punishment of the crime
of genocide adopted by the UN General Assembly on 9 December 1948."
European Parliament
Resolution on a political solution to the Armenian question
Doc. A2-33/87
The European Parliament,
-having regard to the motion for a resolution tabled by Mr. Saby and others
on behalf of the Socialist Group on a political solution to the Armenian
question (Doc. 2-737/84),
-having regard to the motion for a resolution tabled by Mr. Kolokotronis on
the Armenian question and the declaration of 24 April as Armenian Genocide
Day (Doc, V 2-360/85),
-having regard to the report of the Political Affairs Committee (Doc.
2-33/87),
A. having regard to:
-the motion for a resolution by Mr. Jaquet and others on the situation of
the Armenian people (Doc. 1-782/81),
-the motion for a resolution by Mrs. Duport and Mr. Glinne on behalf of the
Socialist Group on a political solution to the Armenian question (Doc.
1-735/83), and
-the written question by Mrs. Duport on the Armenian question,
-the resolution of the Ministers with responsibility for Cultural Affairs,
meeting within the Council of 13 November 1986 on the protection of Europe's
architectural heritage, including that outside the territory of the
Community.
B. convinced that recognition of the identity of the Armenian people in
Turkey as an ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious minority follows on
from recognition of its own history,
C. whereas the Armenian side regards these events as planned genocide within
the meaning of the 1948 UN Convention.
D. whereas the Turkish State rejects the charge of genocide as unfounded,
E. whereas, to date, the Turkish Government, by refusing to recognize the
genocide of 1915, continues to deprive the Armenian people of the right to
their own history,
F. whereas the historically proven Armenian genocide has so far neither been
the object of political condemnation nor received due compensation,
G. whereas the recognition of the Armenian genocide by Turkey must therefore
be viewed as a profoundly humane act of moral rehabilitation towards the
Armenians, which can only bring honor to the Turkish Government;
H. profoundly regretting and condemning the mindless terrorism by groups of
Armenians who were responsible between 1973 and 1986 of several attacks
causing death or injury to innocent victims and deplored by an overwhelming
majority of the Armenian people,
I. whereas the obdurate stance of every Turkish Government towards the
Armenian question has in no way helped to reduce the tension,
1.Believes that the Armenian question and the question of minorities in
Turkey must be resituated within the framework of relations between Turkey
and the Community; points out that democracy cannot be solidly implanted in
a country unless the latter recognizes and enriches its history with its
ethnic and cultural diversity;
2.Believes that the tragic events in 1915-1917 involving the Armenians
living in the territory of the Ottoman Empire constitute genocide within the
meaning of the convention on the prevention and the punishment of the crime
of genocide adopted by the UN General Assembly on 9 December 1948;
Recognizes, however, that the present Turkey cannot be held responsible for
the tragedy experienced by the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire and stresses
that neither political nor legal or material claims against present-day
Turkey can be derived from the recognition of this historical event as an
act of genocide;
3.Calls on the Council to obtain from the present Turkish Government as
acknowledgment of the genocide perpetrated against the Armenians in
1915-1917 and promote the establishment of a political dialogue between
Turkey and the representatives of the Armenians;
4.Believes that the refusal by the present Turkish Government to acknowledge
the genocide against the Armenian people committed by the Young Turk
government, its reluctance to apply the principles of international law to
its differences of opinion with Greece, the maintenance of Turkish
occupation forces in Cyprus and the denial of existence of the Kurdish
question, together with the lack of true parliamentary democracy and the
failure to respect individual and collective freedoms, in particular freedom
of religion, in that country are insurmountable obstacles to consideration
of the possibility of Turkey's accession to the Community;
5.Conscious of those past misfortunes, supports its desire for the
development of a specific identity, the securing of its minority rights and
the unrestricted exercise of its people's human and civil rights as defined
in the European Convention of Human Rights and its five protocols;
6.Calls for fair treatment of the Armenian minority in Turkey as regards
their identity, language, religion, culture and school system, and makes an
emphatic plea for improvements in the care of monuments and for the
maintenance and conservation of the Armenian religious architectural
heritage in Turkey and invites the Community to examine how it could make an
appropriate contribution;
7.Calls on Turkey in this connection to abide faithfully by the provisions
for the protection of the non-Muslim minorities as stipulated in Articles 37
to 45 of the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne which, moreover, was signed by most
Member States of the Community;
8.Considers that the protection of monuments and the maintenance and
conservation of the Armenian religious architectural heritage in Turkey must
be regarded as part of a wider policy designed to preserve the cultural
heritage of all civilizations which have developed over the centuries on
present-day Turkish territory and, in particular, that of the Christian
minorities that formed part of the Ottoman Empire;
9.Calls therefore on the Community to extend the Association Agreement with
Turkey to the cultural field so that the remains of Christian or other
civilizations such as the ancient classical, Hittite, Ottoman, etc., in that
country are preserved and made generally accessible;
10.Expresses its concern at the difficulties currently being experienced by
the Armenian community in Iran with respect to the Armenian language and
their own education in accordance with the rules of their own religion;
11.Condemns the violations of individual freedoms committed in the Soviet
Union against the Armenian population;
12.Condemns strongly any violence and any form of terrorism carried out by
isolated groupings unrepresentative of the Armenian people, and calls for
reconciliation between Armenians and Turks;
13.Calls on the Community Member States to dedicate a day to the memory of
the genocide and crimes against humanity perpetrated in the 20th century,
specifically against the Armenians and Jews;
14.Commits itself to making a substantial contribution to initiatives to
encourage negotiations between the Armenian and Turkish peoples;
15.Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the
European Council, the Foreign Ministers meeting in political cooperation,
the EEC/Turkey Association Council and the Turkish, Iranian and Soviet
Governments and the UN Secretary General.
Resolution discussed and approved by European Parliament on June 18, 1987.
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