DON’T TOUCH MY ARMENIAN NEIGHBOR!
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January 28, 2013 | 10:27
ISTANBUL. – The Democratic Peoples’ Congress of Turkey held a march
Sunday to protest the recent attacks against Armenians, in Istanbul’s
densely-Armenian-populated Samatya district, as a result of which an
elderly Armenian woman was killed, two others lost one of their eyes,
and an attempt was made to kidnap another.
Past and present MPs as well as Khosrov Dink, the brother of Hrant
Dink-the founder and chief editor of Istanbul’s Agos Armenian bilingual
weekly, who was gunned down in 2007 in front of his office building-and
many others took part in the event, Agos reports.
During the march, the protesters held banners that read: “Don’t
touch my Armenian neighbor!”, “Hatred is yours, humanity is ours”,
and “We are with the Armenian people, we will not allow racism”.
At the end of the march, MP Ertugrul Kurkcu spoke at Samatya Square
and stressed that the aforesaid attacks against Armenians were carried
out as a result of xenophobia. Also, he raised a suspicion that the
police may be responsible for these attacks.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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