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    ARMENIAN GENOCIDE LASTED FOR 30 YEARS, AUTHOR SAYS

    Armenpress
    Apr 24 2006

    YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRESS: Victims and survivors of the Armenian
    Genocide were honored Saturday in Nicosia, Cyprus. Local Armenians led
    by their church leaders demanded that Turkey recognize the genocide
    its predecessor had committed. A liturgy was also served at the local
    Armenian church.

    Armenians in Washington, USA began a 91-hour rally on April 22 in
    front of Turkish embassy demanding that USA and Turkey acknowledge
    the genocide. On April 22 some 100 New York-based Turks and Azeris
    held an anti-Armenian rally on Times Square claiming that there was no
    Armenian genocide. Armenians in Holland marked the 91-st anniversary
    of the genocide by a rally in front of the Turkish embassy in the
    Hague and marching then to the parliament building. A letter urging
    the Dutch parliament to pass a genocide recognizing resolution was
    handed to parliament officials.

    A conference on the genocide was organized by Armenians in Cairo,
    Egypt. Also a tree-planting event was to take place in Slovakia as a
    way to honor the victims of the Armenian genocide.-0- The residents
    of Stepanakert, the capital city of the Nagorno-Karabakh republic,
    honored today morning the memory of the victims of the Armenian
    genocide. Its leadership, led by president Arkady Ghukasian and the
    head of the Karabakh diocese of the Armenian Church, laid wreaths to
    the Genocide Memorial and a church service was conducted. Speaking to
    journalists, Arkady Ghukasian expressed hope that more nations will
    recognize officially the first genocide of the last century in 2006.

    Nagorno-Karabakh parliament chairman Ashot Ghulian said 'the wall
    of silence over the genocide has collapsed and more countries will
    recognize it." He said authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh are eager to
    contribute to the efforts for its international acknowledgment. An
    author and publicist Zory Balayan told reporters today the Armenian
    genocide did not last from 1915 to 1923, but began earlier, in 1893
    and lasted for almost 30 years. He said it was not only genocide but
    forcing an entire nation our of his homeland in which it lived for
    thousands of years.

    Ozgal Jan, a representative of the European Turkish Workers party,
    said today in Yerevan, he was bending his head before the 1.5 million
    victims of the genocide. He added nations should do everything
    possible not to allow it repeat again. Ozgal Jan has come to Armenia
    to specially pay homage to the genocide victims. He had to flee his
    native Turkey to Germany for his political views. He said not only
    Armenians, but thousands of Assyrians and Greeks had been slaughtered
    together with Armenians.

    He said his party works to help Armenians and Turks in Europe establish
    contacts. His party contacts regularly with many European Armenian
    organizations.
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