Upon getting elected Paylan vowed to fight against Armenian Genocide denial and demands that the Armenian Genocide be acknowledged in Turkey . In April 2016 , during a speech in parliament he made concerning the 101st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide , Paylan counted the names of Ottoman Armenian politicians who were deported then killed during the Armenian Genocide
deported then killed
Deportation of Armenian intellectuals on 24 April 1915
Garo Paylan