“TURKEY SCARED BY ARMENIAN YOUNGSTERS”
Support A1+!Thousands of youngsters, headed by Reverend Ter -Tajad uttered the holy prayer altogether at the Genocide Memorial at midnight. This was all illuminated by thousands of torches and candles.
The participants were marching both with excitement and anxiety. The march was accompanied by slogans ' Recognition of Genocide', ' Armenia' and the like. The citizens joined the action by lighting a candle on their window-pills thus expressing their demand for recognition and condemnation of the Genocide.
Gegham Manukyan, representative of the ARF party (Armenian Revolutionary Federation) stated that if 8 years ago only a few people would raise torches, today there were thousands to do so.
Kiro Manoyan, leader of the Armenian Question Committee of ARF Bureau made speeches in front of the crowd, and assured that Turkey was scared of our unification.
Students were holding the flags of the countries to have recognized the Armenian Genocide, whereas schoolchildren were holding the RA flag. ‘‘My friend is a Russian, that’s why I am holding the RF flag,’ Volodya made a joke but at the same time couldn’t help showing his pride to carry the flag.
Hrant from Constantinople was holding the poster with Hrant Dink’s picture. “It is already 100 days that Hrant Dink was killed: we are here to commemorate his death, too. As Armenians we will not feel secure in Constantinople, until the criminals are punished. A terrible atmosphere is reigning in Polis,” he told “A1+”.
‘Dink’s assassination comes to prove that there is a great splitting in Turkey. There is a great struggle for one's identity. We hope sooner or later this struggle will make Turkey reflect upon its sins and they will truly try to receive absolution.’ Kiro Manoyan informed “A1+”.
The Reverend Ter-Hakob Khachatryan explained the essence of the torch-marches.' This is an initiative to inform the historical events and commemorate and speak about their responsibility towards Fatherland.'
Karla Karapetyan, director of the famous movie “Screamers” announced, “This is not an action only for the sake of Armenians but also that of the whole world. Darfur is still suffering genocide.”
To mention, the inspired and enthusiastic youngsters stayed at “Tsitsernakaberd” till 1:00 a.m.
Many of them were even willing to spend the night as guards of honor.
