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July 30 2010
Armenian-Americans Sue Republic of Turkey
July 30, 2010 - 9:57am, by Giorgi Lomsadze
Two Armenian-American descendants of victims of Ottoman Turkey's 1915
pogroms of ethnic Armenians have filed what is described as the first
lawsuit against the Turkish government for damages suffered by their
families during the massacre.
Lawyers for Garbis Davouian, a resident of Los Angeles, and Hrayr
Turabian, a resident of New York City, could ask for billions of
dollars in reparations for property and associated incomes that they
claim were expropriated illegally in connection with the crackdown.
Lawyers hope to recover property and profits records to make their
case.
Turkey's Central Bank and its largest commercial bank, Ziraat, are
also named as defendants.
Similar lawsuits have resulted in the New York Life Insurance Company
and French insurer AXA paying up to $40 million in life insurance
premiums on Ottoman-era policies to the relatives of slain Armenians.
From: A. Papazian
July 30 2010
Armenian-Americans Sue Republic of Turkey
July 30, 2010 - 9:57am, by Giorgi Lomsadze
Two Armenian-American descendants of victims of Ottoman Turkey's 1915
pogroms of ethnic Armenians have filed what is described as the first
lawsuit against the Turkish government for damages suffered by their
families during the massacre.
Lawyers for Garbis Davouian, a resident of Los Angeles, and Hrayr
Turabian, a resident of New York City, could ask for billions of
dollars in reparations for property and associated incomes that they
claim were expropriated illegally in connection with the crackdown.
Lawyers hope to recover property and profits records to make their
case.
Turkey's Central Bank and its largest commercial bank, Ziraat, are
also named as defendants.
Similar lawsuits have resulted in the New York Life Insurance Company
and French insurer AXA paying up to $40 million in life insurance
premiums on Ottoman-era policies to the relatives of slain Armenians.
From: A. Papazian