Yervant1 Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 ARMENIAN GENOCIDE COMMEMORATED IN TURKEY Ayse Gunaysu www.hairenik.com/weekly/2009/04/27/armenian-genocide-commemorated-in-turkey/ April 27, 2009 ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)-On April 24, the Istanbul branch of the Human Rights Organization of Turkey organized an event commemorating the Armenian Genocide in Istanbul. The commemoration was held in what was formerly the "tobacco warehouse," now renovated and being used for exhibitions, events, and meetings. The event opened with Armenian and Assyrian songs performed by the group "Kardes Turkuler" (Songs of Brotherhood). Lawyer Eren Keskin greeted the audience, numbering around 150, and said: "Today is the 24th of April, the 94th anniversary of the arrests in Istanbul which started the Armenian Genocide in 1915." She added, "The official history [in Turkey] denies the genocide, but we know what happened and we believe it's important to tell people the truth. So, today we will commemorate the most brilliant intellectuals of the Ottoman Armenians: the poets, writers, physicians, lawyers, and members of parliament, who were taken away on the 24th of April, 1915 and murdered." The Bosphorus Performance Arts Group presented the life stories and poems of three great Armenian poets who perished during the genocide-Roupen Sevag, Siamanto, and Taniel Varoujan-as well as the life and work of writer, lawyer, and parliamentary member Krikor Zohrab, who was also killed during the genocide. The presentation was accompanied by photographs projected onto a screen and Armenian folk music played in the background. Publisher Ragip Zarakolu talked about Teotig, the Armenian writer who was arrested together with the others but escaped miraculously, and his famous book Hushartzan Abril Dasnimegi, which will be published in Turkish soon by the Belge publishing house. An exhibition of pages from this book was held in conjunction with the event, with lit candles under each page. A brief Turkish translation of each page was also provided. In turn, Eren Keskin talked about Gomidas, while songs performed by Gomidas himself (recorded in 1912 in Paris) were played in the background and his photographs projected on the screen. At the end, Eren Keskin said, "Let's leave the last word to Gomidas Vartabed." And Gomidas' song "Karun a" was heard while images of the deportation of Armenians were projected on the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Big sh*t BIG DEAL! Where is mutafoghlu? Why don't they start a genocide from within and send those sob s to wherever the hell they came from?!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted April 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Big sh*t BIG DEAL! Where is mutafoghlu? Why don't they start a genocide from within and send those sob s to wherever the hell they came from?!!! You are sometimes so full of hot air, it's beyond belief. These Turks who gethered there to comemorate April 24 and say Genocide in turkey have more guts than you will ever have in your comfortable suberbia. Please cut the rhetoric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 (edited) You are sometimes so full of hot air, it's beyond belief. These Turks who gethered there to comemorate April 24 and say Genocide in turkey have more guts than you will ever have in your comfortable suberbia. Please cut the rhetoric. Iwill cut the rhetoric when someone tells me that stambul is the Capital of Armenia. THE HELL WITH THEM AND THEIR STAMBULL-SH*T! What the hell kind of business do they have in stanbul? When was stanbul a part of Armenia in the past 10,000 years? You may ask. What the hell kind of business do I have in the US and you in Canada? What choices did we have? What choices do we have now? Go back to Halep and Beirut, or to Yerevan and be known as "'äghber" aka "garbages"? Edited April 30, 2009 by Arpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted April 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Iwill cut the rhetoric when someone tells me that stambul is the Capital of Armenia. THE HELL WITH THEM AND THEIR STAMBULL-SH*T! What the hell kind of business do they have in stanbul? When was stanbul a part of Armenia in the past 10,000 years? You may ask. What the hell kind of business do I have in the US and you in Canada? What choices did we have? What choices do we have now? Go back to Halep and Beirut, or to Yerevan and be known as "'äghber" aka "garbages"? I have no idea what you are talking about? As usuall you are wandering and mixing up everything and anything. What got to do "The Commemoration of Genocide" in turkey by turks with what you are saying? Since when New York is the capital of Armenia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Arp apapik ? es Genocide forumum inch gorts unes ?? ba asum eyiq te el Genocide forum chem galu, el ban chem aselu ?? uremn xapetsiq eli ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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