Group of young people burnt Turkish flag in Aleppo

YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRESS: A group of young people has burnt the Turkish flag in Armenian populated Nor Gyugh district of Aleppo, expressing their protest against the denial policy of Turkey regarding the recognition of Armenian Genocide. Armenpress was informed from Press Secretary of the Armenian National Prelacy Jirair Reisian. “Armenian Genocide victims’ commemoration ceremony is taking place at the moment in Aghajanian Hall with participation of Armenian community. In Nor Gyugh district a group of young people had an opportunity to show their protest against Turkey, burning the flag of the country,” Reisian said, underlining it was a preplanned event and that youth made it on its initiation.

He also informed that events dedicated to 98th anniversary of Armenian Genocide had been concluded in Aleppo. On April 24 all Armenian shops and workplaces have been closed, in order to respect the memory of the victims of Armenian Genocide.

The crime committed against Armenians in 1915 was the first Genocide of 20th century. The fact of the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman government has been documented, recognized, and affirmed in the form of media and eyewitness reports, laws, resolutions, and statements by many states and international organizations. The complete catalogue of all documents categorizing the 1915 wholesale massacre of the Armenian population in Ottoman Empire as a premeditated and thoroughly executed act of genocide is extensive. Uruguay was the first country to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide in 1965. The massacres of the Armenian people were officially condemned and recognized as genocide in accordance with the international law by France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Greece, Slovakia, Cyprus, Lebanon, Uruguay, Argentina, Venezuela, Chile, Canada, Vatican, and Australia.