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SAMATYA RESIDENTS SHARED THEIR ANXIETY WITH TURKISH PERIODICAL
15:36, 29 January, 2013
YEREVAN, JANUARY 29, ARMENPRESS. The assaulted Armenians have
been living in a district, where 80-90 percent of the residents
were Armenians once, but now only few of them remained. As reports
"Armenpress" in a conversation with Turkish "Taraf" periodical Aunt
Seta stated this, who was a close friend of the Armenian women who
were attacked in the Samatya neighborhood of İstanbul recently. Seta
told the Turkish periodical: "I am very anxious. I am scared. We
have always been scared in this country. Sometimes I say to myself -
I wish I wasn't Armenian." She also said that she personally knew
the three attacked women. Among other things she stated that they
all were poor and hence it's not clear what the aim of the assault
was. Also she stressed: "We Armenians are not bad people. We are
willing to sacrifice our lives for the neighbor."
Other Samatya residents also stated that everything has been in a mess
recently. Many of them highlight that this is a political case. One
of the Samatya residents underscored: "I cannot understand how they
could treat an 80-year-old woman like that. Don't they have mothers
themselves? She also was a mother. If the Turkish authorities cannot
protect 80 years old women, than why do they grant them Turkish
citizenship?"
15:36, 29 January, 2013
YEREVAN, JANUARY 29, ARMENPRESS. The assaulted Armenians have
been living in a district, where 80-90 percent of the residents
were Armenians once, but now only few of them remained. As reports
"Armenpress" in a conversation with Turkish "Taraf" periodical Aunt
Seta stated this, who was a close friend of the Armenian women who
were attacked in the Samatya neighborhood of İstanbul recently. Seta
told the Turkish periodical: "I am very anxious. I am scared. We
have always been scared in this country. Sometimes I say to myself -
I wish I wasn't Armenian." She also said that she personally knew
the three attacked women. Among other things she stated that they
all were poor and hence it's not clear what the aim of the assault
was. Also she stressed: "We Armenians are not bad people. We are
willing to sacrifice our lives for the neighbor."
Other Samatya residents also stated that everything has been in a mess
recently. Many of them highlight that this is a political case. One
of the Samatya residents underscored: "I cannot understand how they
could treat an 80-year-old woman like that. Don't they have mothers
themselves? She also was a mother. If the Turkish authorities cannot
protect 80 years old women, than why do they grant them Turkish
citizenship?"