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Catholicosate of Cilicia demands its properties back
Catholicosate of Cilicia demands its properties back
The Catholicosate of Cilicia in Antelias, Lebanon, the second largest centre of the Armenian Apostolic Church, has formally applied to the Constitutional Court of Turkey for the return of its properties in Sis (Kozan). The Catholicosate has demanded the return of its identified properties, and in the event of failure of identification, the payment of 100 Million TL compensation. This also constitutes the first instance where a case on the seizure of properties by the State will be ruled by the Constitutional Court.
30 April 2015 Uygar Gültekin
Freedom House: Global press freedom declines to lowest point in more than 10 years
Freedom House: Global press freedom declines to lowest point in more than 10 years
According to the ‘Freedom of the Press 2015’ report published by the US-based watchdog Freedom House, Turkey retained its place in the ‘not-free’ category. Turkey’s negative score increased to 65, placing it in 142nd place among 199 countries. The global situation in terms of press freedom is also deteriorating for the media.
29 April 2015 Haber Merkezi
Armenak Bakırcıyan mausoleum unveiled in Dersim
Armenak Bakırcıyan mausoleum unveiled in Dersim
On the 100th anniversary of the Genocide, a mausoleum in memory of Armenal Bakırcıyan, a leading member of TİKKO, the Liberation Army of the Workers and Peasants of Turkey, has been unveiled in the Nazımiye District of Dersim.
28 April 2015 Haber Merkezi
Sargsyan: We invite Ankara to shed its burden
Sargsyan: We invite Ankara to shed its burden
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, in an interview with the state television of Russia, expressed his views about Turkey-Armenia relations.
28 April 2015 Haber Merkezi
100 bells ring at Kumkapı Patriarchal Church
100 bells ring at Kumkapı Patriarchal Church
Surp Badarak mass in memory of April 24 has been held at the Turkey Armenian Patriarchal Church. Led by Deputy Patriarch Aram Ateşyan, the ceremony was also attended by EU Minister Volkan Bozkır. President Erdoğan’s message was also read at the ceremony where white doves symbolizing peace were released and bells were rung 100 times.
24 April 2015
Obama: Medz Yeghern
Obama: Medz Yeghern
In his speech on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, President Obama used the expression “Medz Yeghern”, meaning “great disaster”. Describing 1915 as a “massacre”, Obama underlined the importance of “reckoning with the past”.
24 April 2015 Haber Merkezi
Black wreath placed in front of Agos
Black wreath placed in front of Agos
MTP (the Nationalist Turkey Party) and Turan Ocakları lay black wreath in front of Agos this morning.
24 April 2015 Haber Merkezi
Cumhuriyet and Özgür Gündem published with Armenian headlines on April 24
Cumhuriyet and Özgür Gündem published with Armenian headlines on April 24
Today’s issues of the daily Cumhuriyet and Özgür Gündem newspapers have been published with Armenian headlines .
24 April 2015
Rakel Dink: A Century of Genocide
Rakel Dink: A Century of Genocide
Rakel Dink, in the article titled ‘A Century of Genocide’ she wrote for the April 24, 2015, issue of Cumhuriyet newspaper, relates what befell her family and relatives in 1915, how she met Hrant Dink, and the struggles they put up together: Today, first at Balıklı, at my Çutak’s grave, then in Şişli, at Sevag’s grave, and finally, in Taksim Square, to commemorate the ones we lost during the 1915 Genocide, I will silently wait for this country to become free.
24 April 2015 Haber Merkezi
Gauck: Fate of Armenians example of genocide history
Gauck: Fate of Armenians example of genocide history
The German President Joachim Gauck spoke following mass held at the Berlin Cathedral in commemoration of the genocide of Armenians, Assyrians and Pontic Greeks. Gauck defined 1915 as genocide, and also underlined Germany’s role in the events.
23 April 2015
Statement from Bilgi University academicians against censorship of Genocide Conference
Statement from Bilgi University academicians against censorship of Genocide Conference
100 Istanbul Bilgi University academicians have released a statement upon the administrative blocking of the conference titled ‘Armenian Genocide: Concepts and Comparative Perspectives’, declaring that they considered the blocking of the conference unacceptable in terms of academic and democratic freedoms.
23 April 2015 Haber Merkezi
Erdoğan to Diaspora: ‘They will play and dance on their own on April 24’
Erdoğan to Diaspora: ‘They will play and dance on their own on April 24’
President Erdoğan has made a joint statement with Iraq President Fuad Masum: “Armenia speaks as if our 100th anniversary Gallipoli commemorations are in retaliation. We have no such qualms.”
22 April 2015 Haber Merkezi
Top level attendance low at Gallipoli ceremony
Top level attendance low at Gallipoli ceremony
The list of participants has been announced for the Gallipoli ceremony, which have this year been made to overlap with April 24, the beginning of the Armenian Genocide. The ceremony in Turkey will be attended by a total of 79 officials including 21 heads of state and 5 prime ministers.
21 April 2015
Germany expected to officially say ‘Armenian Genocide’
Germany expected to officially say ‘Armenian Genocide’
Group leaders of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU/CSU) and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the two parties that form the coalition government in Germany, have reportedly agreed to use the expressions ‘the fate of the Armenians constitutes an example of the history of deportation an genocide’ in the ‘Armenian Resolution’ to be presented on April 24, 2015, Friday, at the German Federal Assembly. The government is also expected to back the resolution.
20 April 2015 Haber Merkezi
24 April statement from Prime Minister’s Office
24 April statement from Prime Minister’s Office
The Prime Minister’s Office of the Republic of Turkey has published an official statement on the eve of 24 April. The statement concludes with the words “…we once more commemorate with deep respect the Ottoman Armenians who lost their lives during the relocation in 1915 and we share in the grief of their children and grandchildren.”
20 April 2015 Haber Merkezi
Erdoğan: I condemn and warn the Pope
Erdoğan: I condemn and warn the Pope
President Erdoğan has joined those who have reacted against Pope Francis’s statement that ‘the Armenian Genocide is the first genocide of the 20th century’. Erdoğan said, “I condemn and warn the Esteemed Pope hoping he probably won’t make such mistakes again”.
15 April 2015 Haber Merkezi
Pope is ‘slanderer’, says Speaker of the Parliament Çiçek
Pope is ‘slanderer’, says Speaker of the Parliament Çiçek
Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Cemil Çiçek, has made a statement regarding Pope Francis’s words during the commemoration mass held for the victims of the Armenian Genocide, saying “It is unacceptable for someone occupying that seat to cast such slander. What the Pope has done constitutes slander”. President of the Directorate of Religious Affairs Mehmet Görmez, on the other hand, claimed that the Pope had made his statements on the Genocide under the influence of lobbies and PR companies.
13 April 2015 Haber Merkezi
Journalist Geerdink acquitted
Journalist Geerdink acquitted
Journalist Frederike Geerdink, who was accused of “propaganda for a terrorist organization” has been acquitted in the second hearing of the case.
13 April 2015 Haber Merkezi
Turkey calls back Vatican Ambassador Paçacı
Turkey calls back Vatican Ambassador Paçacı
Pope Francis’s use of the word ‘Genocide’ during Vatican mass commemorating 100th Anniversary of Armenian Genocide triggers crisis in Ankara.
13 April 2015 Haber Merkezi
Pope: Armenian Genocide was first genocide of the 20th century
Pope: Armenian Genocide was first genocide of the 20th century
Pope Francis uses the expression ‘Genocide’ during mass held in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide.
12 April 2015 Haber Merkezi

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April 24 Istanbul and Diyarbakır commemoration programs announced
April 24 Istanbul and Diyarbakır commemoration programs announced
The 100th Anniversary End to Denial Initiative has announced its Genocide Commemoration Program for Istanbul and Diyarbakır.
10 April 2015 Mehmet Boran
Call for ‘zero discrimination’ on International Roma Day
Call for ‘zero discrimination’ on International Roma Day
DurDe (Say Stop to Racism and Nationalism Initiative) and the Sıfır Ayrımcılık/Zero Discrimination Association called for a struggle against the discrimination of Roma on April 8, International Roma Day.
8 April 2015 Mehmet Boran
Investigation launched against conscientious objection site
Investigation launched against conscientious objection site
An investigation has been launched against the web site www. askeregitmeyin .com (don’t do your military service) on charges of ‘alienating the public from military service, and there are reports that the 381 people who contributed to the book are also being investigated.
8 April 2015 Vartan Estukyan
Armenia Human Rights Ombudsman: Torture continues
Armenia Human Rights Ombudsman: Torture continues
Karen Andreasian, Armenia Human Rights Ombudsman, has stated in his annual report that serious human rights violations continued in Armenia.
7 April 2015
ISIS attacks on Easter: Assyrian Village Church bombed
ISIS attacks on Easter: Assyrian Village Church bombed
The attack on the church took place this morning (April 6).
6 April 2015 Haber Merkezi
Turkey: Blanket ban against Twitter and YouTube
Turkey: Blanket ban against Twitter and YouTube
Access to Twitter, YouTube and Facebook has been banned across Turkey in the most comprehensive access blockage on social networks so far.
6 April 2015 Haber Merkezi
Massive blackout leads to resignation
Massive blackout leads to resignation
Minister of Energy Taner Yıldız has announced that the General Director of TEİAŞ (Turkey Electricity Transmission Company) has resigned following the massive 9-hour countrywide blackout on 31 March 2015.
6 April 2015 Haber Merkezi
Bilgi University makes Armenian Genocide conference statement, conference team responds
Bilgi University makes Armenian Genocide conference statement, conference team responds
İstanbul Bilgi University has made a statement regarding the blocking of the conference titled “The Armenian Genocide: Concepts and Comparative Perspectives” planned to be held at the university on April 26.
6 April 2015 Emre Can Dağlıoğlu
Armenian Genocide Conference blocked at Istanbul Bilgi University
Armenian Genocide Conference blocked at Istanbul Bilgi University
The conference titled “The Armenian Genocide: Concepts and Comparative Perspectives” jointly organized by Istanbul Bilgi University, the History Foundation [Tarih Vakfı] and UCLA is being prevented from taking place.
4 April 2015 Emre Can Dağlıoğlu
Constitutional Court rejects Nişanyan appeal
Constitutional Court rejects Nişanyan appeal
The appeal to the Constitutional Court regarding Sevan Nişanyan’s cases for opposition to the Code of Protection of Cultural and Natural Properties for which he received long term prison sentences has been rejected. The next legal step is the ECHR.
2 April 2015 Emre Can Dağlıoğlu
Farewell to Baron Seropyan, a monument of revolutionary attitude
Farewell to Baron Seropyan, a monument of revolutionary attitude
We bid farewell to Sarkis Seropyan. His life of 80 years became more visible during his funeral ceremony, as tens of his friends accompanied Baron Seropyan on his final journey.
31 March 2015 Gözde Kazaz
Agos bids farewell to Baron Seropyan
Agos bids farewell to Baron Seropyan
A symbol synonymous with Agos, and editor of the newspaper’s Armenian section, his family, colleagues and friends will tomorrow bid farewell to Sarkis Seropyan on his final journey. Following the church ceremony, a commemoration will be held for Baron Seropyan in front of the former offices of Agos.
30 March 2015
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