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“Armenian women are not alone!”
Especially as of 2012, Armenian old women were attacked and more-
over killed in some provinces which were known for Armenian neigh-
bours in İstanbul, Turkey. Because of the attacks and murders, İstanbul
Feminist Collective called for women and organized a demonstration
in order to pay the public attention to the incidents and hatred against
Armenian women by building a solidarity among women and feminists.
The demonstration stated “We’re aware! We’re here! We’re Following! ”
In 2012, Maritsa Küçük, 84-year old Armenian woman who lived in
Kocamustafapaşa in İstanbul, Turkey, was murdered. Nor Zartonk, an
Armenian organization followed judicial and legal process and noticed
a lot of deficiencies in the works of the police in Turkey and afterwards
Murat Nazaryan, the suspect of the murder was sentenced to life im-
prisonment on Feb. 24 in an Istanbul court.
Nor Zartonk (Նոր Զարթօնք) is an Armenian organization in Turkey
and fights for the fact that people of Turkey and the world should live
evenly, freely and in solidarity.
Kamp Armen: “They took us, 13 children… We walked from Gedik-
paşa (Armenian Protestant Church) to Sirkeci… We passed Haydarpaşa
by ship and then went to Tuzla by the train. We walked for an hour to
a plain land which had side of lake and sea. Tuzla wasn’t used to have
crowd of the villas of the riches and bureaucrats. There was an isolated
sea side with the thin sand and the neighbourhood was used to be de-
tached from the sea and a part of the lake. There were very few houses,
trees of fig and olive and the horny brushes of the blackberry that were
strewed in the vast land. And then…