Turkish MP of Armenian descent votes in favor of biased report on Karabakh at PACE

Markar Eseyan, a Turkish MP of Armenian descent, voted in favor of a biased anti-Armenian report on “Escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh and the other occupied territories of Azerbaijan” debated today at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Eseyan, who was elected to the Turkish Parliament in November 2015, represents the ruling Justice and Development Party.

With a vote of 66 to 70 and 45 abstentions, the Parliamentary Assembly rejected the report on “Escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh and the other occupied territories of Azerbaijan” presented by British MP Robert Walter.