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    Turkish human rights activists to mark Armenian Genocide 98th anniversary

    April 20, 2013 - 19:48 AMT


    PanARMENIAN.Net - The commission on the elimination of xenophobia and
    discrimination, Istanbul branch, is planning to hold a number of
    events to commemorate the 98th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

    Director of Komitas Institute, historian Ara Sarafian will be the
    special guest of the event, with a representative of Assyrian
    community to deliver a speech about Assyrian massacres in 1915.

    The event participants will later visit the Turkish and Islamic Arts
    Museum, the building of which served as a central prison in 1915, with
    Armenian intellectuals killed there.
    A large map with will 2300 towns and villages on it will be showcased
    during the event, as home to Armenians during the Ottoman Empire.

    The event participants will further visit the grave of
    Armenian-Turkish soldier Sevag Balikcı, killed on April 24, 2011,
    Demokrathaber reported.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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