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HDP: The President and the government are responsible of the attack
HDP: The President and the government are responsible of the attack
The People’s Democratic Party (HDP) had condemned the bomb attacks on its party bureaus in Adana and Mersin with a written statement: “Dark forces supported by the government want to prevent the progress and election work of our party”
18 May 2015 Haber Merkezi
Future of Turkey and Armenia in economic relations
Future of Turkey and Armenia in economic relations
The findings of the CRRC-Armenia/TESEV joint survey on public perception in Armenia on the normalization of Turkey-Armenia relations have been published. According to the survey, issues of trust regarding normalization persist, however, especeially the opening of the border and economic relations may constitute an important step in normalization.
14 May 2015 Gözde Kazaz
4 million TL budget ‘against corruption of morality’
4 million TL budget ‘against corruption of morality’
The Presidency of Religious Affairs has published its “2015 Performance Program”. The program plans to spend a total sum of 4 million TL within the scope of activities to prevent “corruption of morality”.
5 May 2015
“Tertele”, the Dersim Massacre, commemorated at Seka Sure mass grave
“Tertele”, the Dersim Massacre, commemorated at Seka Sure mass grave
A series of commemoration events and actions have been held in Dersim, Ankara, Antep and Adana on the 78th anniversary of “Tertele”, the Dersim Massacre. The centre of the commemoration in Dersim was the Seka Sure area, the site of mass graves in Hozat.
4 May 2015 Haber Merkezi
Grave May 1 outcome after new Internal Security Package
Grave May 1 outcome after new Internal Security Package
The Lawyers for Justice group has prepared a preliminary report on the rights violations that took place on May 1, Workers’ Day. The report states that 452 people were detained, that the duration of arbitrary detention had been extended, and that lawyers were prevented from receiving information regarding detentions. Rights’ violations continued in May 4 as the lawyers that gathered at the Çağlayan Court House to make a statement on May 1 along with unions, associations and mass organizations were met with brutal police intervention.
4 May 2015 Haber Merkezi
Regional May 1 rally held in Batman
Regional May 1 rally held in Batman
Workers’ Day was celebrated in Batman at a regional rally.
1 May 2015 Haber Merkezi
Police once again turns Istanbul into Emergency Zone on May 1, 2015
Police once again turns Istanbul into Emergency Zone on May 1, 2015
Workers’ Day celebrations in Istanbul were once again met with extreme security measures and brutal police intervention targeting organizations, groups and the public wanting to exercise their right to demonstrate. Taksim Square, Beşiktaş and main roads leading to the area were sealed off as 20 thousand police officers were placed on duty.
1 May 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
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
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
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
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
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

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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
‘A parade of human infamy’
‘A parade of human infamy’
Raymond Kévorkian’s book ‘Armenian Genocide’, based on years of comprehensive research, has been published in Turkish with Ayşen Taşkent Ekmekçi’s translation. We talked to Ekmekçi about the translation process, and the importance of the publication of the book in Turkish.
26 March 2015 Maral Dink
Plenty of documents for eyes that want to see
Plenty of documents for eyes that want to see
As Hrant Dink said, “Every Armenian is a document”. However, we need to remind those who keep insisting, “Show us the documents” of two recent developments.
26 March 2015 Haber Merkezi
Öcalan’s Newroz message: I call upon the PKK to hold congress
Öcalan’s Newroz message: I call upon the PKK to hold congress
Öcalan’s written message was read out at the Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakır. Öcalan made call of farewell to arms on the basis of principles.
21 March 2015
Real estate tricks in Germüş village of Urfa
Real estate tricks in Germüş village of Urfa
Planning permission has been issued for the historical site in Germüş village, a former Armenian settlement 10 kilometres away from Urfa city centre.
19 March 2015 Ferda Balancar
‘I call this a ceasefire, not a peace process’
‘I call this a ceasefire, not a peace process’
We spoke with journalist Fréderike Geerdink, whose book ‘Roboskî: Gençler Öldü (Roboskî: The Young Died)’ has recently been published, about many topics from State policies targeting struggles for identity to most recent political developments.
12 March 2015 Karin Karakaşlı
Literary giant Yaşar Kemal passes away
Literary giant Yaşar Kemal passes away
Celebrated novelist Yaşar Kemal died in Istanbul on Saturday at the age of 92.
28 February 2015 Haber Merkezi
New Suleyman Shah tomb location on 1915 deportation route
New Suleyman Shah tomb location on 1915 deportation route
Following the evacuation on the night of 21 February Saturday by military operation of the Suleyman Shah Tomb and the affiliated Commemoration Station, the only piece of land that belongs to Turkey that lies outside of its borders, attention is now focused on the Eşme region in Syria, officially announced as the new location for the tomb. However, the region Ankara has declared as the new destination of the “heritage of forefathers” was along the deportation route of the Armenian Genocide a century ago.
26 February 2015 Serdar Korucu
Denial attack from Ankara Metropolitan Municipality
Denial attack from Ankara Metropolitan Municipality
The Ankara Metropolitan Municipality has now ventured into the “Armenian Question”. On February 14, the Municipal Council issued a decision to purchase books and brochures on the “Armenian Question” to be distributed to various institutions.
26 February 2015 Emre Can Dağlıoğlu
Race code procedure in court again
Race code procedure in court again
The race code procedure implemented by the Ministry of National Education for student registration at non-Muslim schools has been subject to another lawsuit.
26 February 2015 Uygar Gültekin