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500 IN ISTANBUL PROTEST RELEASE OF TURKISH-ARMENIAN SOLDIER'S KILLER
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10:29, September 6, 2012
According to Turkish press reports, some 500 people gathered in
Istanbul's Taksim Square yesterday to protest the release of a Turkish
soldier who is on trial in the suspicious killing of Sevag Balikci,
a Turkish-Armenian soldier, on April 24, 2011.
The protestors say that the killing of Balikci was premeditated as
it came on the 96th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
Kivanc Agaoglu, the defendant, claims that his gun accidentally went
off killing the Armenian.
Around 500 demonstrators began marching toward Galatasaray Square at
7pm behind a banner that read "Militarism kills."
Sevag Balikci's family also attended the demonstration along with
anti-war and human rights activists.
The protesters chanted slogans in Turkish, Armenian and Kurdish
throughout the entire march.
"We are all Sevag, we are all Armenians," "The murderous state will
be called to account," "Do not enlist in the military, do no spill a
brother's blood," "Sevag, we will not forget you," "Never to kill or
die, never to become anyone's soldier," "Long live the brotherhood
of peoples," the demonstrators shouted.
The demonstration was organized by the Nor Zartonk initiative.
From: A. Papazian
hetq
10:29, September 6, 2012
According to Turkish press reports, some 500 people gathered in
Istanbul's Taksim Square yesterday to protest the release of a Turkish
soldier who is on trial in the suspicious killing of Sevag Balikci,
a Turkish-Armenian soldier, on April 24, 2011.
The protestors say that the killing of Balikci was premeditated as
it came on the 96th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
Kivanc Agaoglu, the defendant, claims that his gun accidentally went
off killing the Armenian.
Around 500 demonstrators began marching toward Galatasaray Square at
7pm behind a banner that read "Militarism kills."
Sevag Balikci's family also attended the demonstration along with
anti-war and human rights activists.
The protesters chanted slogans in Turkish, Armenian and Kurdish
throughout the entire march.
"We are all Sevag, we are all Armenians," "The murderous state will
be called to account," "Do not enlist in the military, do no spill a
brother's blood," "Sevag, we will not forget you," "Never to kill or
die, never to become anyone's soldier," "Long live the brotherhood
of peoples," the demonstrators shouted.
The demonstration was organized by the Nor Zartonk initiative.
From: A. Papazian