Turkey has Long Been Living with Unburied Bodies of Victims of Past Atrocities: Orhan Kemal Cengiz

This Sunday for the second time in Turkey’s history, commemorations for Armenian massacres in the past will be held throughout Turkey.

The first commemoration was held in İstanbul last year. This year not only in İstanbul but also in Ankara and Diyarbakır and in some other towns people will sit in silence in the streets to remember and remind the public of a "great tragedy" that happened in this country in 1915.

These ceremonies are being organized by the Say Stop to Racism and Nationalism! initiative. Five or 10 years ago, we could not imagine that people would sit in the streets to commemorate the 1915 massacres and that they would be able to do that without being attacked or harassed.  Read more... (666 words)

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