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    ATTACKS ON ARMENIANS MAY BE ROBBERIES: FATIH MAYOR

    http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/attacks-on-armenians-may-be-robberies-fatih-mayor.aspx?pageID=238&nID=40186&NewsCatID=341
    ISTANBUL- Hurriyet Daily News

    Elderly Armenian women face attacks in Istanbul's Samatya district.

    DAILY NEWS photo, Emrah GUREL Vercihan
    [email protected]

    The mayor of Istanbul's Fatih district has said recent assaults
    against elderly Armenian women in Istanbul's Samatya district were
    likely petty thefts rather than hate crimes, adding that an organized
    provocation could also be behind the incidents.

    In recent months, a Turkish woman was assaulted along with three
    Armenians, Mayor Mustafa Demir said, indicating that the assaults
    might not have directly targeted Armenians.

    Investigation ongoing Demir said the investigation into the attacks
    was ongoing and they hoped the crimes were only robbery attempts
    rather than racist ones.

    "The jewelry of the assaulted women was stolen, also the murdered
    Maritsa Kucuk's home was ransacked," Demir said.

    "It might not be right to say it before the investigations
    are finished, but [the assaults] could be outside attempts at
    provocation." Demir said they were in contact with Surp Kevork Armenian
    Church Foundation on the subject.

    On Dec. 28, 2012, Maritsa Kucuk was stabbed seven times before her
    throat was slit at her home in Samatya. Two other attacks were carried
    out in the past month against elderly Armenian women in the Samatya
    and Bakırköy districts as well.

    One of the women, 87-year-old Turfanda AÅ~_ık, lost an eye, while
    the other woman was robbed and severely injured. Most recently,
    84-year-old Sultan Akyar was attacked in Samatya, after which she
    underwent eye surgery. On Jan. 27, a march was organized in Samatya
    district to protest the attacks.

    January/31/2013

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