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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
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
New Batman Airport land dispute
New Batman Airport land dispute
Following the land dispute involving the plot on which Diyarbakır Airport today stands, the land plot on which Batman Airport stands has also become the subject of a lawsuit. Zuart Sudjian has filed a case claiming that the State had built an airport on the plot she had inherited. Sudjian’s land in nearby Diyarbakır had also been appropriated by the State, and the Diyarbakır Airport was built on a part of her plot.
19 February 2015 Uygar Gültekin
Kürkçü: They attacked opposition MPs with whatever they could get hold of
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 Haber Merkezi
AFAD camp allegedly built on Armenian massacre site
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 Haber Merkezi
ECHR decision could take a year
ECHR decision could take a year
The ‘Genocide Case’ hearing was held at the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights on January 28. A high number of politicians and civilian society leaders from Turkey, Armenia and the Diaspora were present in the courtroom. The case has also attracted interest from the international press since Amal Clooney represents Armenia. It could take up to a year for the reasoned decision in the case to be issued.
30 January 2015 Fatih Gökhan Diler
National Race Affairs Ministry
National Race Affairs Ministry
The ‘race code scandal’ in minority schools continues despite a broad public outcry. In the most recent case, two students were barred from registering at Armenian schools. An official from the Istanbul National Education Directorate made a statement, saying, “We are checking the race status of the students”. İsmail Cem Halavurt, lawyer of the parents of the students who were not admitted to the schools, said, “The Ministry is committing a crime”.
29 January 2015 Uygar Gültekin
Akhavan, intervening lawyer in the ‘Genocide Case’: “The worst crimes begin with words”
Akhavan, intervening lawyer in the ‘Genocide Case’: “The worst crimes begin with words”
Payam Akhavan, lawyer for the Human Rights Association and the Truth Justice Memory Centre, intervening in the Perinçek v. Switzerland case from Turkey, along with the Toronto-based Zoryan Institute: “Instead of presenting a defence here, Turkey should be prosecuting the likes of Doğu Perinçek and the Talat Pasha Committee.”
28 January 2015 Fatih Gökhan Diler
Birgül Ayman Güler resigns from CHP
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 Haber Merkezi
Kılıçdaroğlu on Perinçek’s side
Kılıçdaroğlu on Perinçek’s side
CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu made a statement regarding Doğu Perinçek’s case at the European Court of Human Rights: “We do not find it right that Mr. Perinçek is being tried for a thought he expressed. We must stand united for freedom of thought. All the modern world should.”
26 January 2015 Uygar Gültekin
Germany refuses to use term “Genocide”
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 Haber Merkezi
Municipality disrespects memory of ‘competent master’
Municipality disrespects memory of ‘competent master’
The lost gravestone of Garabet Balyan, the architect of the Dolmabahçe Palace, and a member of the Balyan family praised by President Erdoğan as ‘competent masters’ of their art, was discovered at a Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality construction site in Kartal.
22 January 2015 Uygar Gültekin
Court announces verdict in Ali İsmail Korkmaz case, police attacks Korkmaz family and supporters outside court house
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 Haber Merkezi
Gun pulled on group commemorating Dink
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 Haber Merkezi