An anti-racism initiative in Turkey is going to organize a series of protests and marches on April 24 to commemorate the Armenian Genocide
According to Hurriyet Daily News, the commemoration march organized by the “Say Stop to Racism and Nationalism!” initiative will begin in Istanbul, while simultaneous demonstrations will also be held in the cities of Ankara, Bodrum, Bursa, Diyarbakır and İzmir.
Marchers will rally behind the slogan, “This pain belongs to all of us.”
The initiative was jointly founded by Turkish intellectuals and civil-society representatives from Istanbul’s Armenian community immediately after the assassination of Hrant Dink, the editor-in-chief of of the Armenian-Turkish weekly Agos.
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