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OVER 1000 RALLY TO COMMEMORATE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN ISTANBUL
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 24, 2012 - 22:58 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Over 1000 people gathered in Taksim Square in
Istanbul, Turkey, to commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide
on April 24 evening.
The rally began at 19.15 pm and lasted about half an hour under the
motto "No to racism". As a source in Istanbul told a PanARMENIAN.Net
reporter, the participants, Armenians among them, were sitting on the
ground as a sign of protest. Some of the demonstrators were holding
photos of Hrant Dink, the slain editor of Agos Armenian-Turkish
newspaper.
Meanwhile, representatives of Turkish opposition party Halk Kurtulush
Partisi, or HKP (People's Liberation Party), occupied the center of
the square with posters reading "Armenian Genocide is a lie".
Police officers with batons made up a chain between the two groups
to prevent clashes.
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 24, 2012 - 22:58 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Over 1000 people gathered in Taksim Square in
Istanbul, Turkey, to commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide
on April 24 evening.
The rally began at 19.15 pm and lasted about half an hour under the
motto "No to racism". As a source in Istanbul told a PanARMENIAN.Net
reporter, the participants, Armenians among them, were sitting on the
ground as a sign of protest. Some of the demonstrators were holding
photos of Hrant Dink, the slain editor of Agos Armenian-Turkish
newspaper.
Meanwhile, representatives of Turkish opposition party Halk Kurtulush
Partisi, or HKP (People's Liberation Party), occupied the center of
the square with posters reading "Armenian Genocide is a lie".
Police officers with batons made up a chain between the two groups
to prevent clashes.