84-Year-Old Armenian Woman Brutally Murdered in Istanbul

[Yervant1]

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013 Asbarez.com

 

 

84-Year-Old Armenian Woman Brutally Murdered in Istanbul

 

 

 

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The body of the murdered victim being moved from her apartment

ISTANBUL, Turkey—On Dec. 29, an 84-year-old Armenian woman was brutally murdered in Istanbul’s Koca Mustafa ***** neighborhood, Turkish newspapers reported.

The woman, identified as Marissa Kuchuk (Küçük), lived alone. She was found dead by her daughter, Zadik Kuchuk, who was visiting her. She was stabbed seven times and her throat was slit. The perpetrator(s) carved a cross on her chest using a sharp object, according to some Turkish newspaper and TV reports.

An investigation is under way.

Edited January 2, 2013 by Yervant1

[MosJan]

 

 

 

Astvats Hogin Lusavori...

 

84 tarekan...yerevi te ir hogin aveli lav teghum e kan ir marminn e yeghel ir kyanqi @enthatsqum..

 

 

turqeri metsamasnutyun@ mnum e turk..

[Arshak1946]

Dear HyeForum Members.

I was very saddened , not because 84 Years Old Armenian Woman was killed by Turks , I grew over there, I am so feel bad. This killer(s) as Hrant Dink will never come to justice, case will be close unjustice Turkish justice. I am thinking what can we do about.

 

My Best Condalences To there surivaving relatives if there is .

[Yervant1]

The Armenian Genocide still continues in that so called secular and model country.

 

 

Funeral of Murdered Armenian Woman in Istanbul Evokes Memories of

Earlier Cover-Ups

 

http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/01/06/funeral-of-murdered-armenian-woman-in-istanbul-evokes-memories-of-earlier-cover-ups/

January 6, 2013

 

 

ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.) - The funeral of 84-year-old Marissa Kuchuk

(Küçük), who was brutally murdered in her apartment in Istanbul, was

held on Jan. 5, amid fears that violent acts against the country's

Christian minorities will continue being swept under the rug.

 

 

 

In recent years, there have been several attacks against Armenians in

Turkey. On April 24, 2011, Sevag Balikci was killed by a fellow

soldier.

Armenian Weekly columnist Ayse Gunaysu pointed to possible attempts

to silence the family of the victims. `Before the service, while

waiting in the Church yard, there was a heavy silence. The silence of

those who know but are unable to speak about what they know. The

family was asked not to talk to the `outsiders.''

 

`I noticed, thanks to my experience during the military dictatorship

years, that there were dozens of policemen in plainclothes inside and

around the church,' she told Armenian Weekly editor Khatchig Mouradian

in an interview.

 

Kuchuk's funeral mass was held at the Armenian Church in Samatya

(current name Mustafa*****), where hundreds had gathered to pay their

respects. `Both inside the church and the churchyard were full of

people of all ages,' said Gunaysu, who attended the funeral. `While

the coffin was being carried on the shoulders [of mourners], I saw

Marissa's daughter, hardly able to walk, held by the arms by two other

middle aged women.'

 

On Dec. 29, Marissa Kuchuk was stabbed seven times and her throat was

slit. The perpetrator(s) carved a cross on her chest using a sharp

object, according to some Turkish newspaper and TV reports.

 

Gunaysu, who is also an active member in the Istanbul branch of the

Human Rights Association, talked to the Armenian Weekly about the

necessity and at the same time the impossibility of protesting against

Kuchuk's murder, because that would leave the victim's family in a

difficult situation.

 

Gunaysu and others from the Human Rights Association had visited the

victim's family a few days earlier. `The funeral and the visit we paid

the family made me find myself lost in a suffocating feeling that we

can do absolutely nothing to help the family and their neighbors,

because whatever we would do to protest this murder would make them

feel even more uneasy,' she said.

 

`They know that they would be the ones who would pay for it in one way

or another, while our protest would provide us with the satisfaction

of having fulfilled our `duty,'' she added.

 

Gunaysu pointed to `an enormous abyss separating us from the family.

While we tried to defend human rights, they would be all alone in

their daily lives in a world of denial.'

 

In recent years, there have been several attacks against Armenians in

Turkey. Earlier in December, another Armenian woman was brutally

attacked and robbed. Months earlier, an Armenian woman was called an

infidel and attacked in a cab by the driver himself. On April 24,

2011, Sevag Balikci, an Armenian serving in the Turkish army, was

killed by a fellow soldier in what was a clear hate crime on the

commemoration day of the Armenian genocide. In January 2007,

Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was murdered in broad daylight

in Istanbul.

 

According to human rights activists, the common thread that runs

through all these crimes is not just their being motivated by hate and

committed in an environment breeding intolerance against Armenians,

but also the efforts of the authorities to play them down and cover

them up.

[MosJan]

Դանակով կրծքին արված խաչ. Թուրքիայի հայերի Սբ Ծնունդը մթագնել է. Amnesty International

 

18:39 • 07.01.13

 

 

Հունվարի 6-ին Սբ Ծնունդը նշող Ստամբուլի հայ համայնքի գլխավերևում ստվեր է կախվել, ասվում է Amnesty International միջազգային իրավապաշտպան կազմակերպության կայքում զետեղված հայտարարության մեջ:

 

 

Աղբյուրը հիշեցնում է, որ դեկտեմբերի 28-ին սպանվել էր ստամբուլահայ համայնքի ամենատարեց անդամը` 84-ամյա Մարից Քյուչուքը, ով դանակահարվել էր սեփական տանը:

 

 

Կազմակերպությունը նշում է, որ առայժմ սպանության մանրամասները չեն հրապարակվում, սակայն ենթադրում է, որ սա, ըստ ամենայնի, ատելության հողի վրա իրականացված հանցագործություն է:

 

 

Նման պնդման համար մասնավորապես հիմք է ծառայում «Ակոսին» զոհի որդու պատմածը, թե մոր կրծքին խաչ է արված եղել դանակով:

 

 

«Ակոսը» հիշեցրել է, որ սա վերջերս հայերի դեմ իրականացված միակ հարձակումը չէ Թուրքիայում: Ի թիվս այլ դեպքերի հիշատակվում է նաև 2011-ի ապրիլի 24-ին սպանված հայազգի զինվոր Սևակ Բալիկչիի սպանությունը:

 

 

Իր հերթին կազմակերպությունը Թուրքիայի իշխանություններին կոչ է անում հետամուտ լինել նման դեպքերի հետաքննությանը և պատասխանատվության ենթարկել մեղավորներին, ավելին անել` անհանդուրժողականության մշակույթից և ռազմատենչ ազգայնականությունից հրաժարվելու համար:

[Yervant1]

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CONCERNED WITH THE KILLING OF ARMENIAN WOMAN IN TURKEY

 

http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/01/07/amnesty-international-concerned-with-the-killing-of-armenian-woman-in-turkey/

15:38 07.01.20130

 

Amnesty International human rights organization issued a statement

criticizing the violent murder of the 85-year-old Armenian woman

Maritsa Kuchuk in Turkey. She was beaten, stabbed and decapitated.

 

The Istanbul-based Armenian Agos weekly warns that this is not the

first case of violence against Armenians. Another woman was assaulted

and robbed in December. Amnesty International warns that last year

a taxi driver attacked the passenger only because the latter was

Armenian.

 

The international organization does not rule out that Sevak Balkci's

murder on April 24 in the army was due to religious issues and ethnic

intolerance.

 

The organization appeals to the Turkish authorities to eliminate

intolerance in the society in order to prevent such cases.

[Yervant1]

MURDER OF ETHNIC ARMENIAN WOMAN, AND SILENCE OF RELEVANT BODIES - AGOS PAPER'S EDITOR ON ATTACK OF ARMENIAN WOMEN

 

http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/01/09/koptash-martitsa-kucuk/

11:38 ~U 09.01.13

 

The murder of 85-year-old ethnic Armenian woman in Turkey was presented

as a regular murder while the Armenian community in Turkey is rather

concerned as the details of the case have not been unveiled and the

relevant bodies have not spoken up, Istanbul-based Armenian-Turkish

Agos weekly's editor, Rober Koptas writes.

 

"The murder of Maritsa Kucuk, from the first glance could have

been viewed as a regular case in Turkey - breaking into a house,

slashing the throat and stealing some jewelry. The police have started

investigation. The family is in pain. This was the only information.

 

The journalists closed the topic and the officials continue keeping

silence," Koptas, ethnic Armenian, wrote.

 

The editor though reminds that it is the second attack on the ethnic

Armenian woman in Istanbul's Samatya district. "The recent case is

already the second case of the attack of ethnic Armenian woman in a

month and for a small number of people knowing about it the murder

of Maritsa Kucuk was quite alarming and the possible connection of

these two cases is terrifying.

 

The other woman was 87 years old resident of Samatya district. The

woman has lost the sight on one eye.

 

"Maritsa Kucuk's murder reminded all the Armenians living in Istanbul

the previous attack. During the same month, in the same district two

Armenian women were attacked, one of them murdered, the other losing

an eye. Besides, Kucuk's son who found the body of his mother said

a cross was made on her body with a knife," the Agos editor wrote,

adding that the son though earlier said probably it was not cross.

 

The incident raised a question among 50,000 Armenians living in

Istanbul whether the women were attacked because of their ethnic

belonging.

 

Rober Koptas has addressed few questions, saying that the Armenian

community is expecting to get answers to them. Among these questions

are whether there was a cross on Maritsa Kucuk's body, whether the

attacks on the two ethnic Armenian women are just a coincidence,

whether the robbery is the cause of the attack, and if so why the

attacks were so violent. The police told Kucuk family that the attack

was committed by amateurs and the arrest of the criminal is a matter

of minutes. Kopsar reminded that earlier an Armenian woman beaten

by a taxi driver applied to the police and the latter said that the

arrest of the taxi driver was a matter of minutes while 15 months

have passed and the person has not been arrested yet.

[Yervant1]

Another day another Armenian killing in that cursed land!

 

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Armenian teacher brutally murdered in Istanbul

 

 

12:53 11.01.2013

news

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http://www.armradio.am/en/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Turkey-murder.jpgAn Armenian school teacher was brutally killed in Istanbul two weeks after the murder of another Armenian women, Haberturk informs.

Colleagues of Ilker Sahin, 40, not having any news from him, decided to visit him. Seeing the door closed they called the police. Entering the house the police officers found the body of the Armenian man with a slashed throat. They suppose that Sahin fought with the murderer or murderers for quite a long time. The police refuted the possibility of murder for robbery.

Sahin had been working at Aramian school for nine years.

[Yervant1]

Armenian teacher killed in Kadikoy, Turkey

 

 

Armenian teacher of informatics Iker Shahin who worked at Aramyan-Unujyan school located in Kadikoy suburb of Istanbul, Turkey, was stubbed in his own apartment. His colleagues, having no news about him for 3 days, have had to go to his house as he was not replying to their phone-calls. They have called the police. The latter entering the house had found 40 years old Shahin dead.

 

According to Turkish Dogan news agency Shahin, who was stubbed by a sharp weapon, has been killed three days before. Sending congratulatory messages by phone was what he managed to do before being killed. Criminal case has been sewed. Investigation is being carried out. According to the preliminary version of the police the murder was committed for robbery purposes.

 

Earlier, another Armenian, 84 years old Maritsa Kyucuk, was severely killed in her own house in Turkey. She was stubbed in 8 places by knife.

Source: Panorama.am

[Yervant1]

Is it possible that this man was killed, merely working for Armenians?

TEACHER WORKING AT ISTANBUL ARMENIAN SCHOOL IS BRUTALLY KILLED

 

NEWS.AM

January 11, 2013 | 11:31

 

ISTANBUL. - Ilker Sahin, a teacher who was working at an Istanbul

Armenian school, was found murdered at his home.

 

Sahin's murder became apparent when his friends did not see him and

they were unable to contact him over the phone, Milliyet daily of

Turkey reports. Subsequently, his friends went to his home, but no

one answered the doorbell. So, they opened the door with a crowbar

and found Sahin's dead body, with a slit throat and drenched in blood.

 

Police officers and prosecutor's office representatives immediately

arrived to the scene of the crime.

 

It was found out that the teacher's last SMS text message was a

Christmas greetings to his friends.

 

It is yet unknown whether Ilker Sahin was Armenian or Turkish, but

it is noted that he was working as a teacher at Istanbul's Aramyan

Uncuyan Armenian school for eight years.

 

 

[MosJan]

It is yet unknown whether Ilker Sahin was Armenian or Turkish

 

 

it will not be hard at all for them to pin thin on anyone including Armenians, any tourist any working man is a target at this moment, case will be build and the accused killer will be practiced in flaying colors if his Armenia

[Yervant1]

Ä°LKERSAHIN KILLED IN TURKEY IS NOT ARMENIAN

 

12:42, 11 January, 2013

 

YEREVAN, JANUARY 11, ARMENPRESS. Information of the Turkish media

regarding Ä°lker Å~^ahin's Armenian nationality, who was recently

murdered in Kadikoy district of Istanbul, Turkey, is a misinformation.

 

As reports "Armenpress" citing yerkirmedia.am, Aramyan School stated

that Ä°lker Å~^ahin was lecturing in the Armenian school, but she

was a Turk.

 

Ä°lker Å~^ahin, aged 40, was teaching for 9 years in Aramyan

school. She was killed just in her own house. Days long not hearing

any new from Å~^ahin, her relatives visited her apartment and got her

corpse. Her throat was cut. In accordance with the investigation's

preliminary version the assassination was committed during the

robbery. No further details on the murder have been revealed. The

investigation continues.

[Yervant1]

NEW TENSION IN ARMENIA-TURKEY RELATIONS?

HAKOB BADALYAN

 

http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/comments/view/28616

18:42 11/01/2013

Story from Lragir.am News:

 

The Haberturk reported the murder of Ilker Sahin, 40, an Armenian

teacher based in Istanbul. He was found in his house with a cut neck.

 

Police doubt the reason was the robbery. Most probably, he was

killed on ethnic grounds. This is the third in a series of assaults

on Armenians in the past few weeks. Earlier an Armenian woman of 80

was killed, and another Armenian woman was assaulted but her life

was saved.

 

What is happening in Turkey? Are these assaults the result of a surge

of chauvinism in Turkey or are these cases accidents which are not

related to one another, and the grounds of murders are not ethnic?

 

This question has not been answered yet. No individual or organization

has claimed responsibility for the murders to reveal the reasons for

chasing the Armenians.

 

Whatever is taking place, and if it is taking place on ethnic grounds

is not in Turkey's interests, especially now that the country is

facing serious problems and challenges, expects greater presence

of NATO in its territory to handle the Syrian developments, thus

hoping to protect its territory from Syrian gusts. At the same time,

the Kurdish issue is featuring the international agenda of analysts

which may be quickly transferred onto official agendas provided certain

scenarios are adopted, at least as a tool for pressure on Turkey.

 

Anti-Armenian expressions will be additional burden and weight on

Turkey and will not relieve the problems which the leadership of this

country must resolve.

 

This could be Ankara's nervous reaction. It might be trying to look

for those guilty, and the Armenians are a handy target. Ankara also

understands that the Armenian factor has a key importance in the

anti-Turkish toolkit, and even if the Armenians are "innocent",

Turkey may hit them to force others to retreat.

 

There is uncertainty for the time being but the anti-Armenian actions

in such a short period of time cause concerns. Fast and abrupt

prevention of a possible anti-Armenian surge or moods through legal

and political steps is an urgent step Ankara is advised to take,

and a delay may result in consequences which may come up slowly but

will be considerable.

 

After all, anti-Armenian actions ahead of the 100th anniversary of

the Genocide is not the best decision for Ankara, and even if it is a

desperate step to prevent the noticed or expected tendencies in the

process of the international recognition of the genocide, including

the agenda of contribution, this step will hardly help Ankara prevent

those tendencies.

[Yervant1]

Is it too difficult for the reporters to find out if Ilker Shahin is Armenian or a Turk? If Ilker is a she or a he? I guess nowadays with journalism report first and find out the details later.

[Yervant1]

TEACHER IN ISTANBUL ARMENIAN SCHOOL KILLED

 

http://www.todayszaman.com/news-303718-teacher-in-istanbuls-armenian-school-killed.html

11 January 2013

 

The body of Ýlker Þahin, a teacher at an Armenian school in Ýstanbul

who was found dead in his home, is taken away in an ambulance. (Photo:

ÝHA)

 

A computer science teacher working for an Armenian school in Ýstanbul's

Kadýkoy district was killed on Friday.

 

Ýlker Þahin (40), a computer science teacher at Aramyan Uncuyan

Primary School, was found dead in his home.

 

Þahin was living alone in the district's Caferaða neighborhood,

and had not shown up at school since the Orthodox Christmas, which

is celebrated on Jan. 7. Worried about him, his friends broke down

his door and found him dead. His throat had been slit by a knife.

 

The Ýstanbul Police Department's homicide bureau determined during

their inspection at the scene of the incident that there were signs

of struggle.

 

Þahin's body was taken to the morgue of Goztepe Education and Research

Hospital after an examination by experts and a public prosecutor.

 

Police have launched an investigation into the incident.

 

Þahin's neighbors told the police that they do not think Þahin had

such serious problems with anybody that would lead to his murder. He

was a happy and easygoing man, they said.

 

Þahin divorced three years ago and has one daughter.

 

Initial reports also said that the police found bullets in Þahin's

body.

 

In the most recent two attacks against Armenians, an 87-year-old

Armenian woman in the Samatya neighborhood of Ýstanbul's Fatih district

was wounded by a burglar who broke into her apartment and stole her

jewelry along with some other valuable possessions in December. Again

in late December, an 84-year-old Armenian woman was murdered in her

apartment in Samatya. The act is believed to have been a hate crime

because a cross was carved into her chest with a sharp object.

[Yervant1]

ARMENIAN TEACHER MURDERED IN ISTANBUL

 

http://www.bianet.org/english/minorities/143492-armenian-teacher-murdered-in-istanbul

 

Ä°lker Å~^ahin (40), an elementary school teacher with Armenian origin,

was reported murdered in his apartment on Tuesday evening.

 

Ä°stanbul - BIA News Desk 11 January 2013, Friday

 

Ä°lker Å~^ahin (40), an IT teacher at one of Istanbul's Armenian

elementary schools, was found dead in his apartment with his throat

cut on Tuesday evening.

 

This mornings, the body was discovered by Å~^ahin's co-workers who

had become concerned about his whereabouts. "He had been living alone

in the apartment and could not be reached by telephone for the past

three days," a co-worker said.

 

The victim resided in Istanbul's Kadikoy district and had a daughter.

 

The murder took place in victim's apartment in Sivastopol Street,

Caferaga, with traces of blood stains and a long struggle for survival.

 

"The victim sent a mass text celebrating a merry Christmas," the

police reported.

 

3 previous incidents on Armenians last month

 

* On December 28, Maritsa Kucuk (84) was found stabbed to death in

her Samatya apartment where she was living alone for years.

 

* In early December, another woman (87) with Armenian descendant was

found battered in her Samatya apartment. She was hospitalized for

two week and lost vision in one of her eyes.

 

* On January 6, the Apostolic Christmas, another woman with Armenian

origin was saved from 3 individuals who attempted to kidnap her. While

the suspects have not be caught, locals said the suspects tried to

deceive the victim over a payment issues. (NV)

 

* This article has been compiled from agos.com.tr

[Yervant1]

Turkish teacher at Armenian school found murdered in his home
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News

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Hürriyet photo

An elementary school teacher who taught computer lessons at an Armenian school in Istanbul’s Asian district of Kadıköy was found murdered in his home today.

Friends discovered 40-year-old İlker Şahin dead in his apartment with his throat slit after they came searching for him when he did not show up for work three days in a row since the Orthodox Christmas, which is celebrated on Jan. 7.

Administrators at the private Aramyan Uncuyan Elementary School said Şahin was not an Armenian and they did not consider the murder a “hate crime.”

“He was a great person, always gentle and kind. He was suffering from economic difficulties, this is what he would complain about,” a school manager told the Hürriyet Daily News today in a phone interview.

Şahin had been working for 12 years at the school, whose teaching staff consists of teachers of both Turkish and Armenian origin.

Classroom teachers are Armenian but in-field teachers can be Turkish or Armenian, outside of Turkish language and introduction to social studies classes, according to administrators, who noted that there was no threat against their school and that the incident has not been considered a threat against them.

Şahin’s body was taken to the morgue of the Göztepe Education and Research Hospital for an autopsy.

No further details on the murder have been revealed and an investigation continues into the matter.
January/11/2013

 

Edited January 12, 2013 by Yervant1

[MosJan]

GAmavor@ mi ban er asum e ?? chem hishum vonch er asum

[Yervant1]

Echoes of Genocide: Who's hunting Armenians in Istanbul?

 

January 12, 2013 - 15:07 AMT

 

 

PanARMENIAN.Net - A computer science teacher working for an Armenian

school in Ä°stanbul's Kadıköy district was killed on Friday, January

11, Today's Zaman reported.

 

Ä°lker Å?ahin (40), a computer science teacher at Aramyan Uncuyan

Primary School, was found dead in his home.

 

Å?ahin was living alone in the district's CaferaÄ?a neighborhood, and

had not shown up at school since the Orthodox Christmas, which is

celebrated on Jan. 7. Worried about him, his friends broke down his

door and found him dead. His throat had been slit by a knife.

 

The Ä°stanbul Police Department's homicide bureau determined during

their inspection at the scene of the incident that there were signs of

struggle.

 

Å?ahin's body was taken to the morgue of Göztepe Education and Research

Hospital after an examination by experts and a public prosecutor.

 

Police have launched an investigation into the incident.

 

Å?ahin's neighbors told the police that they do not think Å?ahin had

such serious problems with anybody that would lead to his murder. He

was a happy and easygoing man, they said.

 

Å?ahin divorced three years ago and has one daughter.

 

Initial reports also said that the police found bullets in Å?ahin's body.

 

In the most recent two attacks against Armenians, an 87-year-old

Armenian woman in the Samatya neighborhood of Ä°stanbul's Fatih

district was wounded by a burglar who broke into her apartment and

stole her jewelry along with some other valuable possessions in

December. Again in late December, an 84-year-old Armenian woman was

murdered in her apartment in Samatya. The act is believed to have been

a hate crime because a cross was carved into her chest with a sharp

object.

Edited January 13, 2013 by Yervant1

[Yervant1]

Computer Teacher at Armenian School Murdered in Istanbul

 

http://hetq.am/eng/news/22234/computer-teacher-at-armenian-school-murdered-in-istanbul.html

15:57, January 12, 2013

 

On the morning January 11, �°lker ��ahin (40), a computer-subject

teacher at one ofIstanbul's Armenian elementary schools, was found

dead in his apartment with his throat cut.

 

The body was discovered by Ã?Â?ahin's co-workers who had become

concerned about his whereabouts. "He had been living alone in the

apartment and could not be reached by telephone for the past three

days," a co-worker said according to Bianet News.

 

The victim resided inIstanbul's Kadikoy district and had a daughter.

 

This is the fourth incident within the past month in which Armenians

have been attacked.

 

On December 28, Maritsa Küçük (84) was found stabbed to death in her

Samatya apartment where she was living alone for years.

 

In early December, another woman (87) with Armenian descendant was

found battered in her Samatya apartment. She was hospitalized for two

week and lost vision in one of her eyes.

 

On January 6, Armenian Apostolic Christmas, another woman of Armenian

origin was saved from 3 individuals who attempted to kidnap her. While

the suspects have not be caught, locals said the suspects tried to

deceive the victim over a payment issue.

[Yervant1]

Attempt of kidnapping ethnic Armenian woman in Istanbul

 

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13:06 - 13.01.13

 

An attempt to kidnap an Armenian woman has failed in Istanbul,

Armenian-Turkish paper Agos, based in Istanbul reports.

 

The paper says the incident follows the murder of an ethnic Armenian

Maritza Kucuk in Istanbul's Samatya district.

The woman was going to attend the Christmas liturgy while on the way

to the church an attempt was made to forcibly sit in a car. The woman

managed to escape and upon reaching the church applied to the police.

 

Earlier Agos reported that days before the murder of Armenian woman in

Samatya, another attack against ethnic Armenian woman was committed as

a result of which she lost an eye. The paper says police and

responsible bodies are suspiciously silent.

 

The witnesses of the kidnap attempt say that a white car approached

the old woman with three men in it. First they asked her whether she

knows a woman named Fathman, then they said they are distributing aid

and were persuading the woman to sit in the car. The woman refused and

reached the church.

 

The non-official response of the police is already known. Speaking to

Agos they said they are doing everything to reveal the murder, adding

that about 20 police squads are working over the case.

 

The police claim the possibility of murder on ethnic belonging is very

small and refuted the information about cross made on the body of the

victim with a knife.

 

The residents of the district though say that until the murder and

other crimes are not disclosed they will not be calm.

 

`Both adults and children have psychological problems. We have warned

my old mom not to talk to anyone,' one of the residents, Anahit

Firincin said.

 

Another resident Varduhi Gyozoglu described what happens there with

the beginning of 1915.

 

`We are all in fear, thinking whether our turn is to come or not. We

cannot leave the house and are afraid to open the door. Do these

attacks mean the 1915 returns? We wish these crimes be revealed very

quickly,' she said.

[MosJan]

Another elderly Armenian woman is severely beaten in Istanbul

 

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Another elderly Armenian woman was assaulted, on Tuesday evening, in Istanbul’s densely-Armenian-populated Samatya district.

The woman was attacked nearby a local police precinct. The assailant was around 35 years old and he was wearing black clothes.

It is noted that the Armenian woman was severely beaten. As a result, her glasses were broken and its glass caused damage to the woman’s eye; she underwent a surgery on Wednesday morning.

Istanbul Office of the Human Rights Association of Turkey called for a demonstration, on Wednesday at 4pm, against violence taking place on xenophobic grounds.

To note, this is the third such attack against elderly Armenian women in Samatya.

[Zartonk]

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[Yervant1]

Cowards are able to attack only elderly women, that says a lot.

[MosJan]

Gamavor jamanakin mi lav ban er asum e .. vonst er asum chem hishum bayst te lav er asum