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Garo Paylan: ‘No Parliament Other Than Turkey’s Would Heal Wound of Armenian People’

105TH YEAR OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

Garo Paylan: ‘No Parliament Other Than Turkey’s Would Heal Wound of Armenian People’

HDP MP Paylan says, “I know that the great calamity faced by my people is a genocide. However, if the Parliament of Turkey brings this issue into its agenda and gives it a name that will comprehend it with a fair memory, I will accept that name, too.”

24 April 2020 Pınar Tarcan

1915 Commemoration in Sultanahmet Prevented by Police

1915 Commemoration in Sultanahmet Prevented by Police

The 1915 Commemoration to be held in Sultanahmet by Human Rights Association (İHD) İstanbul Branch, Commission Against Racism and Discrimination has been prevented by police. Commemoration and statement will be held in İHD Office in Beyoğlu.

24 April 2019 Pınar Tarcan

Turkey Recalls Ambassador After Pope Says “Genocide”

Turkey Recalls Ambassador After Pope Says “Genocide”

After Pope Francis deemed the 1915 events genocide, Ankara called in Vatican Ambassador Paçacı for consultation and reported “disappointment and sorrow”.

Armenian Christians Celebrate First Mass after 95 Years in Akdamar

CATHEDRAL OF THE HOLY CROSS

Armenian Christians Celebrate First Mass after 95 Years in Akdamar

The first service in 95 years was held in the Church of the Holy Cross on the island of Akdamar. Archbishop Ateşyan said that many people did not attend the mass because the cross had not been installed atop the dome.

20 September 2010 Semra Pelek

Quiet Commemoration 95 Years after Armenian Deportation

Quiet Commemoration 95 Years after Armenian Deportation

"This pain is our pain, his mourning is the mourning of all of us" was written on the banner on the occasion of the 95th anniversary of the deportation of Armenians. More than 500 people gathered around the banner in Taksim/Istanbul for a silent commemoration.

26 April 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Dashnak Party Withdraws from Armenian Government

Dashnak Party Withdraws from Armenian Government

The Dashnak Party has withdrawn from government in protest at Turkish-Armenian rapprochement.

28 April 2009 Tolga Korkut

220 Armenian Intellectuals Exiled in 1915 Commemorated

220 Armenian Intellectuals Exiled in 1915 Commemorated

On 24 April 1915, over 200 Armenian intellectuals were exiled and then killed. The Human Rights Association commemorated this loss to Armenian, Ottoman and Turkish society.

24 April 2009 Bawer Çakır

Apology Campaign to Be Investigated

A Heavy Penal Court has overruled the decision of the Ankara prosecution to dismiss proceedings in the case of the campaign of apologising to Armenians.

3 March 2009 Erol Önderoğlu

Racist Film in Schools: Lawyer Calls on Parents to Sue

Lawyer Fethiye Çetin has called on parents to go to court to prevent schools from screening a racist “documentary” dealing with the controversial events of 1915.

23 February 2009 Tolga Korkut

Children Exposed to Racist Propaganda Movie

A "documentary" on the events of 1915 prepared by the Turkish army incites protest by NGOs and individuals. The nation-wide showing of the propaganda material in schools will instill hatred in a whole generation they warn.

18 February 2009

Armenian Diaspora Reactions to Apology Campaign

Armenian Diaspora Reactions to Apology Campaign

An Armenian academic in Australia has initiated an apology campaign in reply. However, the European Armenian Federation has condemned any campaign without genocide recognition as “populist”.

4 February 2009 Erhan Üstündağ

Apologizing to Armenians Under Prosecution

Following the filing of six complaints against the campaign apologising for the “Great Catastrophe” of 1915, the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has started an investigation against the signatories, for violating Article 301.

12 January 2009

My Right To Apologize

My Right To Apologize

Whether my apology is accepted or not, by the living or by the deceased, I will want to keep doing this until we all accept, understand, share pain, forgive; but not forget till eternity what had happened in 1915.

19 December 2008 Engin Parev

Campaigners React To Prime Minister's Words About Apologizing To The Armenians

Campaigners React To Prime Minister's Words About Apologizing To The Armenians

The Prime Minister criticizes those who campaign to apologize to the Armenians about the Great Catastrophe of 1915 by describing the whole thing as irrational. The campaigners react to Prime Minister’s words.

17 December 2008 Bawer Çakır

The Campaign To Apologize To The Armenians Starts In The Internet

The campaign to apologize to the Armenians for the insensitivity shown to and the denial of the “Great Catastrophe” has been taken to the internet. The number of the signatures has already risen to 2500.

15 December 2008

Intellectuals Launch A Campaign To Apologize To Armenians

Intellectuals Launch A Campaign To Apologize To Armenians

Some intellectuals and academicians are getting ready to launch a campaign to apologize Armenians for the denial of the “Great Catastrophe” they were subjected to in 1915.

5 December 2008

ADL: We Cannot Ignore What Happened to Armenians

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) based in the USA has announced that, contrary to Turkish claims of a retraction, it will not hesitate to recognise an "Armenian genocide".

29 August 2007 Gökçe Gündüç

ADL Retracts Genocide Recognition

ADL Retracts Genocide Recognition

Following pressure by Turkey and Israel, the US-based Anti-Defamation League has retracted its recognition of the "Armenian genocide" and has instead called on Turkish-Armenian cooperation to resolve the controversy.

26 August 2007 Gökçe Gündüç