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Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
April 25 2014
Large crowd including activists and intellectuals commemorate 1915 in Istanbul
ISTANBUL
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.'
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 Balıkçı, 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.
The Armenian Remembrance Day in Turkey was marked this year by a
message released by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ?an, where he
offered his condolences to the descendants of the hundreds of
thousands of victims of the mass killings.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/large-crowd-including-activists-and-intellectuals-commemorate-1915-in-istanbul.aspx?pageID=238&nID=65538&NewsCatID=341
From: Baghdasarian
April 25 2014
Large crowd including activists and intellectuals commemorate 1915 in Istanbul
ISTANBUL
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.'
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 Balıkçı, 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.
The Armenian Remembrance Day in Turkey was marked this year by a
message released by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ?an, where he
offered his condolences to the descendants of the hundreds of
thousands of victims of the mass killings.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/large-crowd-including-activists-and-intellectuals-commemorate-1915-in-istanbul.aspx?pageID=238&nID=65538&NewsCatID=341
From: Baghdasarian