The word ‘genocide’ has no special meaning: 1.5 million people were killed, name this as you wish.
Famous American Armenian attorney Vartkes Yeghiayan, who won the case against the U.S. New York Life insurance company on behalf of the descendants of the Armenian Genocide victims, said the aforementioned at a press-conference in the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute on Tuesday.
In his words, the case was opened on behalf of the Marukian family.
They family is no longer alive, but for the attorney they are heroes. Representing 4-5 families in trial is a serious issue and launching a case against Turkey is also a very difficult issue, but they still managed to win, Yeghiayan noted.
The case was very important for him, since it was against Turkey. In the attorney’s words, one of the judges said the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is mad.
The book Commitment, which tells about the action against New York Life on the Armenian Genocide issue, wasn’t written by Vartkes Yeghiayan himself (the author is Seyranouhi Geghamian).
In the court Yeghiayan signed a document of confidentiality and thus he is supposed not to speak out about the action negatively, the attorney noted.
Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Hayk Demoyan awarded Yeghiayan with a gold medal.
