Erdinç Saçan
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Erdinç Saçan is an internet entrepreneur, website administrator, columnist and politician for the PvdA. After studying management and data processing at the Fontys college, he established his eponymous company Saçan Consultancy. At the same time, he founded several websites dealing with politics and the position of Turks in the Netherlands
. He was elected member of the States Provincial
of North Brabant
. In 2006, he was nominated as a candidate for the Dutch House of Representatives but withdrew as a result of the "Armenian genocide controversy".
, Saçan clearly stated in a chatbox of one of his websites that he was a denyer of the Armenian genocide
of 1915.
PvdA-management asked him to explain this when his comments became public following similar controversial statements of CDA. His first stance was to follow the PvdA-position (that the event was a genocide). Two days later however, on 26 September 2006, Saçan declared he still denied the genocide and withdrew his candidacy of the PvdA. Nebahat Albayrak
, number 2 on the PvdA-election list, indicated on behalf of the PvdA that the party should no longer "turn around" the actions surrounding the event and called for a reevaluation of the facts (jointly by Armenia and Turkey) because "all sources had become unclear". Saçan's seat at the States-Provincial was not under discussion; and he declared to be against any form of violence (also genocide).
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. He was elected member of the States Provincial
States Provincial
States Provincial may refer to:*States Provincial , assembly of a province in ancien regime France*States Provincial , elected assembly of a province of the Netherlands...
of North Brabant
North Brabant
North Brabant , sometimes called Brabant, is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River in the north, Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the west.- History :...
. In 2006, he was nominated as a candidate for the Dutch House of Representatives but withdrew as a result of the "Armenian genocide controversy".
Armenian genocide controversy
According to the newspaper TrouwTrouw
Trouw is a Dutch daily newspaper. "Trouw" is a Dutch word meaning "fidelity", "loyalty", or "allegiance", and is cognate with the English adjective "true"...
, Saçan clearly stated in a chatbox of one of his websites that he was a denyer of the Armenian genocide
Armenian Genocide
The Armenian Genocide—also known as the Armenian Holocaust, the Armenian Massacres and, by Armenians, as the Great Crime—refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I...
of 1915.
PvdA-management asked him to explain this when his comments became public following similar controversial statements of CDA. His first stance was to follow the PvdA-position (that the event was a genocide). Two days later however, on 26 September 2006, Saçan declared he still denied the genocide and withdrew his candidacy of the PvdA. Nebahat Albayrak
Nebahat Albayrak
Nebahat Albayrak is a Turkish-Dutch politician and former civil servant. As a member of the Dutch Labour Party she is a former State Secretary for Justice in the Netherlands. Since May 12, 2010 she has been an MP. From April till August 2011 she was on maternity leave...
, number 2 on the PvdA-election list, indicated on behalf of the PvdA that the party should no longer "turn around" the actions surrounding the event and called for a reevaluation of the facts (jointly by Armenia and Turkey) because "all sources had become unclear". Saçan's seat at the States-Provincial was not under discussion; and he declared to be against any form of violence (also genocide).