İstanbul-based Armenian church daubed with hate messages, glorifying Armenian Genocide. (TZ).
The Surp Astuanzazh Armenian Church in İstanbul's Bakırköy neighborhood was daubed with hate speech on Tuesday as “1915, blessed year” was written on the side of the building in reference to the massacre of more than 1 million Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
Tensions have been growing since Turkey announced in January that it would host international events to commemorate the centennial of the Gallipoli Campaign on April 24, a date that overlaps with the annual commemoration of the massacres, which many countries consider to be genocide.
In addition to “1915, blessed year,” further graffiti on the church stated, “What does it matter if you are all Armenian when there is already one Ogün Samast.”
Today's Zaman visited the site on Wednesday morning and found that the graffiti had been painted over. But an administrator at the church said, “This type of thing happens all the time.” The Armenian Patriarchate of İstanbul refused to comment on the matter. No criminal complaint has been filed. Hmmmm.....Amazing how Turks glorify a Genocide that they claim never happened :)Read the full story here.
Erdoğan: "Some still don't understand Gallipoli. It was the continuation of the struggle of Saladin and Mehmet the Conqueror." #HolyWar
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