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LARGE CROWD COMMEMORATE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN ISTANBUL
17:39 25.04.2014
Armenian Genocide, Turkey
A large crowd gathered on Istanbul's central Istiklal Avenue on April
24 to commemorate the 1915 killings of Armenians, which Turkey refuses
to recognize as "genocide," the Hurriyet Daily News reports.
Nearly 1,000 people, including renowned journalists, writers and
activists, lit candles and held pictures of those who lost their lives
in an event that was staged for the first time in Istanbul in 2010.
Rakel Dink, the wife of the murdered Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant
Dink, and the parents of Sevag Å~^ahin Balıkcı, a young Armenian
killed while performing his military duty on April 24, 2011, also
attended this year's commemoration.
The names of prominent Armenian public figures and community leaders
who perished in 1915 were also read out during the event.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/04/25/large-crowd-commemorate-armenian-genocide-in-istanbul/
17:39 25.04.2014
Armenian Genocide, Turkey
A large crowd gathered on Istanbul's central Istiklal Avenue on April
24 to commemorate the 1915 killings of Armenians, which Turkey refuses
to recognize as "genocide," the Hurriyet Daily News reports.
Nearly 1,000 people, including renowned journalists, writers and
activists, lit candles and held pictures of those who lost their lives
in an event that was staged for the first time in Istanbul in 2010.
Rakel Dink, the wife of the murdered Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant
Dink, and the parents of Sevag Å~^ahin Balıkcı, a young Armenian
killed while performing his military duty on April 24, 2011, also
attended this year's commemoration.
The names of prominent Armenian public figures and community leaders
who perished in 1915 were also read out during the event.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/04/25/large-crowd-commemorate-armenian-genocide-in-istanbul/