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Funeral of Tahir Elçi: “Victims of unidentified murders will welcome him”
Murdered on Saturday, Tahir Elçi was bidded farewall yesterday. During the farewell ceremony, his wife Türkan Elçi said: “Victims of unidentified murders will welcome him.”
29 November 2015
Diyarbakir Bar President Elçi was attacked and killed
Co-mayor of Diyarbakir confirmed Elçi’s death on Twitter. It is informed that he shot in the head with a single bullet.
28 November 2015
Journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül arrested
Journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül arrested because of the story and the footage published about the state intelligence agency’s (MİT) trucks loaded with guns.
26 November 2015
Ode to 1915 in high school entrance exam
Turkish Ministry of Education (MEB) reminded the Armenian question with two questions in high school entrance exam.
26 November 2015
Agos' archive: Kırıkhan Church is confiscated
Today, in Agos' archive, there is the story of Surp Krikor Lusavoriç Armenian Church that is affiliated to Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople. In 1998, it was confiscated by the General Directorate of Foundations.
25 November 2015
New airstrikes on Turkmen Mountain
Diplomatic crisis that started with the downing of Russian warplane by Turkish forces continues. During the day, statements from Turkey and Russia have been made one after the other.
25 November 2015
Along Syrian border, a Russian warplane downed
Near Turkey’s border with Syria, a Russian warplane is crashed. The warplane is made crash by Turkey’s fighter jets on the grounds that it violated the airspace of Turkey.
24 November 2015
Agos' archive: The Patriarch won’t attend madaghs this year
Today in Agos’ archive, there is a report about the reasons why the Patriarch Mesrob II Mutafyan hadn’t attended the food offerings (“love tables”). Since 2008, he has been in Surp Pırgiç Hospital because of his serious illness.
23 November 2015
Suspicion of attempted assassination against Demirtaş
A mark in the armed car that is assigned to HDP’s co-chair Demirtaş brought about questions concerning an attempted assassination. The police said that it might be a bullet mark, whereas the governorship stated that it is not caused by a firearm.
23 November 2015
WATCH LIVE: A Civilization Destroyed conference
20 November 2015
The 26th term of Turkish parliament begins
The 1st legislative year of the 26th term of Turkish parliament begins today. MPs will take their oaths at the beginning of the new legislative year.
17 November 2015
Paris massacre: raids to 150 places, parliament to gather
Today in Paris, where one of the bloodiest attacks in Europe happened, public places are opened and the operations against ISIS suspects continue.
16 November 2015
Agos' archive: 1936 declaration - sword of Damocles
Today, in Agos' archive, there is "1936 Declaration".Consituting the ground for seizing the properties of the minority foundations, "1936 Declaration" was the subject of a news report that was published in Agos in 1988.
13 November 2015
Vicken Cheterian writes for Agos
Vicken Cheterian will write articles for Agos every other week about the political conditions of the countries in Middle East, North Africa and former Soviet republics.
12 November 2015
Garo Paylan: The voters became reserved during the clashing period
Garo Paylan, in the exclusive “periscope” interview, made some statements about election, the future of the peace process and the problems of Armenian community.
3 November 2015
MPs from minority groups in Turkey
According to the unofficial results, Armenian, Syriac, Mhalmite, Yazidi and Roman MPs who were elected to the parliament on June 7 remain in the parliament.
2 November 2015
Turkey re-elects
In Turkey, the voting process has ended and the polls are closed.
1 November 2015
Paraguay officially recognized the Armenian Genocide
The Senate of the Republic of Paraguay approved a resolution that officially recognizes the Armenian Genocide.
30 October 2015
Demirtaş: Trust yourselves, not us
HDP’s co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş answered Yetvart Danzikyan’s questions about current issues on “periscope” broadcast.
28 October 2015
Curfew in Cizre report
Report prepared by Diyarbakır Bar Association covers a detailed examination of all the facts and incidents took place in Cizre town between 4 and 12 September 2015.
27 October 2015
Investigation against Ragıp Zarakolu
An investigation against publisher, journalist and human rights activist Ragıp Zarakolu is launched.
24 October 2015
Public officials in the bill of indictment
Many of the 25 public officials who are included in a bill of indictment as part of Dink case are accused of murder in the first degree, leadership or membership of an armed crime enterprise, destroying the official documents and some of them are accused of murder by omission and some others are accused of official misconduct.
22 October 2015
Tahir Elçi is released
Diyarbakır Bar President Tahir Elçi is released by the court to which he was taken with an arrest warrant.
20 October 2015
Arrest warrant for Diyarbakır Bar President Tahir Elçi
An arrest warrant was issued for Diyarbakır Bar President Tahir Elçi. He is taken into custody and referred to the court in Istanbul.
20 October 2015
No visa for Mkhitaryan from Azerbaijan
Before Borussia Dortmund’s game against Azerbaijan’s Qabala in UEFA Europe League, a crisis erupted because Armenians weren’t allowed to enter Azerbaijan.
19 October 2015
Armenian Churches in Georgia will be heated by Azerbaijan
State Oil Company of Azerbaijan, SOCAR made a long-term contract to supply gas to all the churches and monasteries in Georgia.
19 October 2015
Zoryan Institute: An unfortunate decision at a time when there is an alarming increase in hate speech in Turkey
Zoryan Institute’s subsidiary, the International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies made a written statement about Switzerland-Perinçek Case. In the statement, it is emphasized that Grand Chamber did not give sufficient weight to Perinçek’s racist motives.
16 October 2015
Confidentiality order on Ankara massacre investigation
An order of restriction (confidentiality) on Ankara bombing investigation is taken. According to this order, the attorneys cannot access the documents and information in the investigation file if there is no exceptional circumstance. Similar restriction orders were taken on the cases of Suruç and Diyarbakir bombings.
12 October 2015
General strike started
Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK), Confederation of Public Workers' Unions (KESK), The Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) and Turkish Medical Association (TTB) declared that they will be on strike on October 12 and 13 after the bombing.
12 October 2015
Preliminary report for Ankara Massacre from IHD: investigation process must be open to public oversight
IHD (Human Rights Association) released a preliminary report concerning the suicide bomb attack on October 10. According to the report, the official authorities haven’t performed their duties and the right to life and assembly is violated.
12 October 2015
EU representatives took precautions while Ankara was asleep
It turned out that EU countries sent security warnings to their representative offices in Turkey and the security measures were tightened one week before the attack in Ankara Train Station.
12 October 2015
The International Hrant Dink Award Ceremony will be held tonight
Today is the 61st birthday of Hrant Dink. The 7th of the International Hrant Dink Award, which is presented every year on September 15 in memory of Hrant Dink, will be presented in Istanbul Convention Center tonight.
15 September 2015

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