Turkish human rights activists to mark Armenian Genocide 98th anniversary

April 20, 2013 – 19:48 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – The commission on the elimination of xenophobia and
discrimination, Istanbul branch, is planning to hold a number of
events to commemorate the 98th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

Director of Komitas Institute, historian Ara Sarafian will be the
special guest of the event, with a representative of Assyrian
community to deliver a speech about Assyrian massacres in 1915.

The event participants will later visit the Turkish and Islamic Arts
Museum, the building of which served as a central prison in 1915, with
Armenian intellectuals killed there.
A large map with will 2300 towns and villages on it will be showcased
during the event, as home to Armenians during the Ottoman Empire.

The event participants will further visit the grave of
Armenian-Turkish soldier Sevag Balikcı, killed on April 24, 2011,
Demokrathaber reported.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress