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ISTANBUL FOUNDATION DEMANDS LIST OF 'CODED' ARMENIANS
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Aug 13 2013
ISTANBUL
Nazaret Ozsahakyan, the chairman of a foundation in Istanbul, demanded
the Interior Ministry release all the lists of "coded" Armenians,
Armenian-American daily Asbarez reported on its website Aug. 12.
The chairman of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Foundation in Turkey asked
the Turkish Interior Ministry for a list of the Armenians codified
as ethnic minorities in legal records.
Ozsahakyan, the chairman of the Armenian church foundation located
in Istanbul's Balıkcıköy neighborhood, demanded the list of the
Armenians categorized under the "race code" from the Interior Ministry.
A debate over the "race codes" was raised on Aug. 1 after
Armenian-Turkish daily Agos reported on an official document penned by
the Istanbul Provincial Education Directorate, revealing that Turkey's
population administration system had been recording with "race codes"
citizens who have Anatolian Greek (Rum), Armenian and Jewish origins.
People with Anatolian Greek (Rum) origins were classified with a
"one," Armenian origins with a "2" and Jewish origins with a "three."
Turkey's Interior Ministry had confirmed that minorities in the
country were given codes depending on which community they belonged
to since the Ottoman period and that such information was sent to
the Education Ministry.
In his request, Ozsahakyan said the church needed the list of Armenians
residing in the Istanbul region for the upcoming elections at the
foundation.
"Since 1923, the Armenian community has been marked with code number
'two' in the population registers; the records are available at your
agency. It is mainly the voters in the Sariyer region that elect
[members of] the Bolajikyo (Balıkcıköy) Holy Trinity Episcopal
Foundation. The Armenian community members of Sariyer are the main
voters of our church's foundation. But we are planning to conduct
the election outside of the region as well, including also the voters
currently residing in Istanbul in order to allow for a more democratic
poll. Hence, pursuant to the Law on Information, we request you
provide the Armenian community's list, which bears the code number
'two,'" Ozsahakyan's request is quoted as saying.
August/13/2013
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/istanbul-foundation-demands-list-of-coded-armenians.aspx?pageID=238&nID=52460&NewsCatID=339
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Aug 13 2013
ISTANBUL
Nazaret Ozsahakyan, the chairman of a foundation in Istanbul, demanded
the Interior Ministry release all the lists of "coded" Armenians,
Armenian-American daily Asbarez reported on its website Aug. 12.
The chairman of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Foundation in Turkey asked
the Turkish Interior Ministry for a list of the Armenians codified
as ethnic minorities in legal records.
Ozsahakyan, the chairman of the Armenian church foundation located
in Istanbul's Balıkcıköy neighborhood, demanded the list of the
Armenians categorized under the "race code" from the Interior Ministry.
A debate over the "race codes" was raised on Aug. 1 after
Armenian-Turkish daily Agos reported on an official document penned by
the Istanbul Provincial Education Directorate, revealing that Turkey's
population administration system had been recording with "race codes"
citizens who have Anatolian Greek (Rum), Armenian and Jewish origins.
People with Anatolian Greek (Rum) origins were classified with a
"one," Armenian origins with a "2" and Jewish origins with a "three."
Turkey's Interior Ministry had confirmed that minorities in the
country were given codes depending on which community they belonged
to since the Ottoman period and that such information was sent to
the Education Ministry.
In his request, Ozsahakyan said the church needed the list of Armenians
residing in the Istanbul region for the upcoming elections at the
foundation.
"Since 1923, the Armenian community has been marked with code number
'two' in the population registers; the records are available at your
agency. It is mainly the voters in the Sariyer region that elect
[members of] the Bolajikyo (Balıkcıköy) Holy Trinity Episcopal
Foundation. The Armenian community members of Sariyer are the main
voters of our church's foundation. But we are planning to conduct
the election outside of the region as well, including also the voters
currently residing in Istanbul in order to allow for a more democratic
poll. Hence, pursuant to the Law on Information, we request you
provide the Armenian community's list, which bears the code number
'two,'" Ozsahakyan's request is quoted as saying.
August/13/2013
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/istanbul-foundation-demands-list-of-coded-armenians.aspx?pageID=238&nID=52460&NewsCatID=339