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Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Also Adopts Genocide Resolution
Following the European Parliament and the European Parliament EPP Group, the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly has also approved a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide.
18 March 2015
HDP calls for parliamentary recognition of Halabja Massacre as Kurdish Genocide
HDP has tabled a parliamentary motion for the recognition of the Halabja Massacre as the Kurdish Genocide, and the declaration of March 16 as Genocide Commemoration Day.
17 March 2015
Paris Unveils Memorial for Women Victims of the Genocide
On March 8, International Women’s Day, a monument in memory of the women victims of the Genocide was unveiled in Yerevan Park in Paris.
13 March 2015
Literary giant Yaşar Kemal passes away
Celebrated novelist Yaşar Kemal died in Istanbul on Saturday at the age of 92.
28 February 2015
Joint statement: Öcalan calls for disarmament
HDP Istanbul Member of Parliament Sırrı Süreyya Önder announced that Abdullah Öcalan has made a call to the PKK to hold congress in the spring for disarmament.
28 February 2015
Dink case: Akyürek arrested
Former General Directorate of Security Intelligence Agency Director Ramazan Akyürek, detained within the scope of the Hrant Dink murder investigation, arrested.
28 February 2015
Kürkçü: They attacked opposition MPs with whatever they could get hold of
Assaulted in Parliament during the meeting for the internal security package, HDP Member of Parliament described the fight that broke out: “You cannot but run for help when a friend of yours is being assaulted by thugs. If there is a price to pay for that, we are prepared, but the real problem here is that the Parliament is increasingly resembling a slaughterhouse.”
18 February 2015
Journalist Nuh Köklü Murdered for Playing Snowball
Journalist and writer Nuh Köklü became the target of a knife attack while playing snowball with his friends in Kadıköy, Istanbul. Köklü passed away at the Haydarpaşa Numune Hospital where he was taken.
18 February 2015
‘Swissleaks’: Karekin II’s account leaked
Account data of around 100 thousand clients revealed as more details of the leaked HSBC files emerge. The account of Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians is also among the revealed accounts.
9 February 2015
AFAD camp allegedly built on Armenian massacre site
According to a report by Fıratnews, the AFAD camp for Kobane residents who fled ISIS and crossed the border to Suruç, is built on “Wargeha Mezin”, the site where thousands of Armenians were massacred in 1895.
9 February 2015
Director Fatih Akın visits Armenia
Renowned film director Fatih Akın visited the Genocide Museum during his trip to Armenia.
2 February 2015
Diaspora Artists at Venice Biennale Armenia Pavilion
Artists elected to the National Pavilion of the Republic of Armenia at the 2015 Venice Biennale have been announced. On the occasion of the 100th commemoration of the Genocide, the Ministry of Culture of Armenia has dedicated its pavilion to the artists of the Armenian Diaspora. Sarkis, from France and Turkey, and Hera Büyüktaşçıyan, from Turkey, are among the artists elected.
2 February 2015
183 sentenced to death in Egypt
An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced 183 people to death, for supporting the now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood
2 February 2015
Cabinet Imposes 60-day Suspension on Metal Workers’ Strike
The Cabinet of Ministers has imposed a 60-day ban on the strike of the United Metalworkers’ Union on the grounds that it is ‘disruptive of national security’.
30 January 2015
Sargsyan issues Holocaust Remembrance Day statement
Serzh Sargsyan, President of the Republic of Armenia, issued a written statement on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In his statement Sargsyan said, “Perhaps, it might have been possible to prevent the crimes committed under the veil of World War II had the crimes against humanity committed during the World War I earned unequivocal international condemnation, and had those responsible for them been duly punished.”
27 January 2015
Birgül Ayman Güler resigns from CHP
Birgül Ayman Güler, İzmir Member of Parliament for CHP (the Republican People’s Party), has resigned from her party. In a written statement Güler criticised the banner stating “Time to face the Genocide” carried by a group including CHP MPs during the Hrant Dink commemoration and the continuing ‘solution process’ for the Kurdish Question.
27 January 2015
SYRIZA -ANEL coalition forms new Greece government
SYRIZA, the radical left party that won the general elections in Greece, has reached an agreement with the conservative Independent Greeks Party (ANEL) to form a coalition government. SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has sworn in as the Prime Minister of the new government.
26 January 2015
Germany refuses to use term “Genocide”
Responding to a parliamentary question, the government of Germany announced that it would not use the term “Genocide” for the 1915 Armenian Genocide, and that the appraisal of 1915 was primarily the responsibility of Turkey and Armenia.
26 January 2015
Court announces verdict in Ali İsmail Korkmaz case, police attacks Korkmaz family and supporters outside court house
The court has announced its verdict in the case of Ali İsmail Korkmaz who was murdered in Eskişehir during the Gezi Resistance. The accused police officers Mevlüt Saldoğan and Yalçın Akbulut each received 10-year sentences, while the other accused police officers were acquitted. The bakery personnel involved in the murder each received sentences of 6 years and 8 months.
21 January 2015
Gun pulled on group commemorating Dink
At the commemoration rally held in Malatya, an unidentified young man pulled a gun on the group. Police intervened before he could fire the weapon.
19 January 2015
Together for Hrant Dink on the 8th anniversary
Hrant Dink is being commemorated in Istanbul in front of his newspaper Agos on the 8th anniversary of his passing. You can follow developments here live.
19 January 2015
Cizre Police Chief turns himself in
Cizre Police Chief Ercan Demir, for whom an arrest warrant was issued in relation to the Hrant Dink murder case investigation, has reportedly turned himself in.
19 January 2015
Test of world press with new Charlie Hebdo cover
The first issue of Charlie Hebdo to be published since the attack on its offices hits the stands today in France and across the world. This issue of the magazine will remain on sale for 2 weeks. The cover depicting the Prophet Muhammad divided opinion across world media.
14 January 2015
Cumhuriyet: First searched, then protected
Last night, Police carried out a search on the delivery trucks of Cumhuriyet newspaper that today has published a 4-page selection from the new issue of Charlie Hebdo magazine. The Şişli, Istanbul, offices of the newspaper are currently sealed off by police for security purposes.
14 January 2015
Arrest warrant issued for police officers in Dink murder
In the Dink murder investigation, an arrest warrant has been issued for the former Chief of Police Özkan Mumcu and police officer Muhittin Zenit on the grounds that ‘they had prior knowledge of the assassination and did not take necessary precautions’.
12 January 2015
2014: Bloodiest year so far in Syria
According to the report released by the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 2014 has been the bloodiest year in the civil war in Syria that began in March 2011. According to the report, 76,021 people lost their lives in Syria in 2014.
7 January 2015
“Armenian Question no wild card”
Speaking at a symposium, Archbishop Aram Ateşyan, Deputy Patriarch of Turkey Armenians said “It is high time to stop the Armenian Question being used across international platforms as a wild card, as the Joker in a card deck”.
7 January 2015
Police fire kills 14-year old in Cizre
14 year old Ümit Kurt killed by fire opened from armoured police vehicle entering the Cudi neighbourhood of Cizre District, Şırnak
6 January 2015
Secret Ankara-Paris correspondence prior to cancellation of denial law
Secret electronic correspondence related to the ‘Genocide Law’ that was cancelled by the Constitutional Council of France after being accepted by the Parliament of France has been published. The correspondence between former AKP Member of Parliament Yaşar Yakış and member of the Constitutional Council of France Hubert Haenel have fanned the flames about the debate over the activities of the Turkish lobby in France.
6 January 2015
“This is a family dinner”
Prime Minister came together with representatives of minority communities at an official dinner held in Istanbul: “Our main watchword will continue to be the principle of equal citizenship”
2 January 2015
Greece heads to early elections
In Greece, the third and final parliamentary vote to elect a President failed, leading to the dissolution of the Parliament. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has announced early general elections on January 25.
29 December 2014
İHD to organize Genocide commemoration events in 28 cities
The Human Rights Association (İHD) will organize Genocide commemoration events in 28 cities on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
19 December 2014

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