APRIL 24 COMMEMORATED FOR FIRST TIME IN TURKEY

NOYAN TAPAN
APRIL 26, 2010
ISTANBUL

ISTANBUL, APRIL 26, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. As every year this
year was not exclusion April 24 was commemorated in the different
parts of the world. This year was somewhat different because April
24was commemorated for the first time in Turkey. A group of Turkish
intellectuals expressed their sadness over the sufferings that occurred
almost a century ago.

Protests took place in Taksim Square, at the Haydarpasa Train Station
and in front of the Turkish-Armenian Agos weekly on 24 April.

According to , a group of public figures including
professors, editors, journalists, deputies and artists were present
at a sit-down strike held in Taksim Square. They called all Turkish
citizens who feel this huge pain in their hearts to bow respectfully
before the victims of the memories of 1915.