TURK STUDENTS TRY TO FAIL COMMEMORATION EVENT OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

Noyan Tapan

Ma y 13, 2008

LOS ANGELES, MAY 14, ARMENIANS TODAY – NOYAN TAPAN. An unpleasant
incident happened during the event organized by the Union of Armenian
Students and Union of the Students of the Armenian Higher Education
Institutions in the State University of Southern California of the
United States of America, which was held on April 24 on the occasion
of the 93rd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. During this incident
two Turk students attacked and tried to tear the posters prepared by
the organizers and throw away the wreaths placed by those present.

The organizers of the event had placed 1500 flowers since early
morning that day in memory of the one and a half million victims of
the genocide, as well as placed numerous posters and slogans in the
open-air place disposed for the holding of the event, however, two
Turk students approached and tried to hinder the work by trampling
the flowers and posters.

K. Navasardian, the Chairman of the Union of Students of Higher
Education Institutions, stated after the incident that students were
trying to make a peaceful and effective agitation and commemorate
the Armenian victims adding that it is the fair right of every free
citizen, especially when under this circumstance not only the Armenian
nation but the issue the humanity is interested in is the problem.

On the other hand, H. Guyumjian, the Chairman of the Union of
Armenian Students, stated that one of the members of the union
informed him about what had happened and also about the fact that
the Public Security Center of the University had detained the Turk
student. However, the Public Security Center denied that information.

The Armenian students, as well as the other students taking part in
the event, soon successfully continued the commemoration event.