ANTI-RACISM GROUP TO COMMEMORATE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN TURKEY
Tert.am
21.04.11
An anti-racism initiative in Turkey is going to organize a series of
protests and marches on April 24 to commemorate the Armenian Genocide
According to Hurriyet Daily News, the commemoration march organized
by the “Say Stop to Racism and Nationalism!” initiative will begin
in Istanbul, while simultaneous demonstrations will also be held in
the cities of Ankara, Bodrum, Bursa, Diyarbakır and İzmir.
Marchers will rally behind the slogan, “This pain belongs to all
of us.”
The initiative was jointly founded by Turkish intellectuals and
civil-society representatives from Istanbul’s Armenian community
immediately after the assassination of Hrant Dink, the editor-in-chief
of of the Armenian-Turkish weekly Agos.
In an interview with the Hurriyet Daily News & Economic Review,
prominent Turkish journalist and academic Cengiz Aktar described the
initiative as “a citizens’ enterprise”
“Such commemorations are now publicly staged; that is crucially
important. The people of Turkey will face the painful chapters of
history one step at a time. Many new names have now been added to the
participants in last year’s commemoration, and the circle is growing,”
the Turkish journalist was quoted as saying.
From: A. Papazian
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