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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE COMMEMORATED IN DIYARBAKIR FOR FIRST TIME
13:25 24.04.2013
Armenian Genocide, Diyarbakir
A large crowd gathered at the Diyarbakir Metropolitan Municipality
Theater on April 23 to commemorate the Armenian Genocide.
The event, commemorating the 98thanniversary of the destruction of
the Armenian community in the city, was organized by the Diyarbakir
Bar Association (DBA) and the Diyarbakir Municipality, and featured a
panel discussion with historian Ara Sarafian and the head of the DBA,
Tahir Elci, the Armenian Weekly reported.
In his opening remarks, Elci noted that as Armenian intellectuals
and community leaders were being rounded up in Istanbul on April 24,
1915 and during the weeks that followed, a similar process unfolded
in Diyarbakir.
Stressing Kurdish participation in the genocide in Diyarbakir, Elci
said that confronting the reality of the genocide by Kurds today is
inevitable. Moreover, he argued that Kurds should support Armenians
in the struggle against the state's ideology and denialism.
"We grew up with the stories of our grandparents about the massacres
of the Armenians. Denialist discourse does not withstand legal and
historic scrutiny," he said.
"Today, we commemorate the genocide in Diyarbakir for the first time.
This is a very important day for us. We bow respectfully before the
memory of our Armenian brothers who were murdered in 1915, and condemn
the genocide," Elci concluded.
Sarafian focused on the process of the destruction of the Armenians in
Diyarbakir in 1915. He noted that he had come to Diyarbakir to conduct
research on the genocide, and that locals had been very helpful.
After the meeting, members of the audience headed to the banks of
the Tigris River and threw flowers in the water in memory of the
Armenians killed there during the genocide.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/04/24/armenian-genocide-commemorated-in-diyarbakir-for-first-time/
13:25 24.04.2013
Armenian Genocide, Diyarbakir
A large crowd gathered at the Diyarbakir Metropolitan Municipality
Theater on April 23 to commemorate the Armenian Genocide.
The event, commemorating the 98thanniversary of the destruction of
the Armenian community in the city, was organized by the Diyarbakir
Bar Association (DBA) and the Diyarbakir Municipality, and featured a
panel discussion with historian Ara Sarafian and the head of the DBA,
Tahir Elci, the Armenian Weekly reported.
In his opening remarks, Elci noted that as Armenian intellectuals
and community leaders were being rounded up in Istanbul on April 24,
1915 and during the weeks that followed, a similar process unfolded
in Diyarbakir.
Stressing Kurdish participation in the genocide in Diyarbakir, Elci
said that confronting the reality of the genocide by Kurds today is
inevitable. Moreover, he argued that Kurds should support Armenians
in the struggle against the state's ideology and denialism.
"We grew up with the stories of our grandparents about the massacres
of the Armenians. Denialist discourse does not withstand legal and
historic scrutiny," he said.
"Today, we commemorate the genocide in Diyarbakir for the first time.
This is a very important day for us. We bow respectfully before the
memory of our Armenian brothers who were murdered in 1915, and condemn
the genocide," Elci concluded.
Sarafian focused on the process of the destruction of the Armenians in
Diyarbakir in 1915. He noted that he had come to Diyarbakir to conduct
research on the genocide, and that locals had been very helpful.
After the meeting, members of the audience headed to the banks of
the Tigris River and threw flowers in the water in memory of the
Armenians killed there during the genocide.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/04/24/armenian-genocide-commemorated-in-diyarbakir-for-first-time/