The Assyrian Genocide, Armenia and Turkey

(AINA) -- On February 29, 2012 Hürriyet Daily News published an article on the erection of an Assyrian Genocide monument in Armenia. The article was based on interview questions answered by Sabri Atman, Chairman of the Assyrian Genocide Research Center. Hurriyet did not publish the full interview. The following is the complete interview. The interview was translated from Turkish to English by Abdulmesih BarAbraham.

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Scholars Urge Armenia to Officially Recognize Assyrian Genocide

(AINA) -- The Assyrian Genocide Research Center (Seyfo), based in Sweden, has sent a letter to Serzh A. Sargsyan, the President of the Republic of Armenia, urging Armenia to officially recognize the Assyrian genocide, which occurred simultaneously with the Armenian Genocide. Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks were all victims of genocide between 1914 and 1923, a campaign which aimed, and succeeded, in cleansing the Ottoman Empire of most of it's Christian subjects. Nearly three million Assyrians, Armenains and Greeks were killed

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Scholars Call for Israeli Recognition of the Assyrian Genocide

(AINA) -- In a significant milestone for efforts towards the worldwide recognition of the Assyrian genocide, nearly thirty internationally renowned holocaust and genocide scholars, and Assyrian and Greek social, cultural and religious groups, have written to the Israeli Knesset calling for the inclusion of Assyrians and Greeks in the Knesset's forthcoming legislation on remembrance of the Armenian genocide.

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Turkey: Verdict in Dink Case Comes Under Fire

With a decision today to give life in prison for one of the several suspects in the 2007 murder of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink, an Istanbul court brought the drawn-out and controversial case to a close, but offered little closure to Dink's family and supporters and found itself facing strong criticism over its verdict.

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