A native of Anıtlı , a village in Midyat district , Father Yusuf Akbulut was approached in October 2000 by reporters from the Turkish newspaper '' Hürriyet '' and questioned as to his views regarding the Armenian Genocide . Father Akbulut responded that not only Armenians but Assyrians/Syriacs were also massacred and , as a direct consequence of his response being made public , he was arrested and charged with inciting racial hatred . He was released after Turkey came under pressure from human rights groups
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Yusuf Akbulut