Prominent Turkish painter Bedri Baykam was wounded Monday in a broad-daylight stabbing in Istanbul as he was leaving a meeting on the controversial "Monument to Humanity" statue in the eastern province of Kars, devoted to Turkish-Armenian friendship, writes Turkish newspaper Hurriyet.
Pyramid Art Gallery general coordinator Tuba Kurtulmus was also stabbed during the incident, according to the same paper. The assailant remains unknown, but Istanbul Police Chief Huseyin Capkin reportedly visited Baykam in the hospital and said police have all the information they need to solve the crime.
According to Capkin, both Baykam and Kurtulmus are in good condition.
Demolition began a day earlier to tear down the Monument to Humanity, a sculpture described as "freakish" by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in January.
Armenian News 
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