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TURKISH MP DEMANDS INVESTIGATION OF SAMATYA ATTACKS
14:36 13/02/2013 » ANALYSIS
Levent Gok, member of the leading Turkish opposition party, the
Republican People's Party (CHP), applied to the Human Rights Committee
of Parliament demanding to set up a working group to investigate the
attacks on Armenian women in Istanbul's Samatya district, Turkish
news agency T24 reported.
"2 out of 5 Armenians were killed, 3 were injured in those attacks,
which endanger the peaceful coexistence of the two nations," the
application said, adding that these might be religion-based or
ethnic crimes.
A number of attacks were committed against elderly Armenian women in
their homes in Samatya district of Istanbul, Turkey, over the past
few months, one of which resulted in a death. The first attack in
the past few months was on Nov. 1, 2012. A woman named Gonul A. was
beaten by an intruder, and her valuables were stolen. On Nov. 28,
Tuivat A. (87) was attacked inside her house. She lost one eye in the
attack and her valuables were also taken. On Dec. 28, Maritsa Kucuk
(85) was brutally murdered in her house, where she lived alone. In the
fifth attack, Sultan Aykar (80) was stabbed as she entered her house.
Source: Panorama.am
14:36 13/02/2013 » ANALYSIS
Levent Gok, member of the leading Turkish opposition party, the
Republican People's Party (CHP), applied to the Human Rights Committee
of Parliament demanding to set up a working group to investigate the
attacks on Armenian women in Istanbul's Samatya district, Turkish
news agency T24 reported.
"2 out of 5 Armenians were killed, 3 were injured in those attacks,
which endanger the peaceful coexistence of the two nations," the
application said, adding that these might be religion-based or
ethnic crimes.
A number of attacks were committed against elderly Armenian women in
their homes in Samatya district of Istanbul, Turkey, over the past
few months, one of which resulted in a death. The first attack in
the past few months was on Nov. 1, 2012. A woman named Gonul A. was
beaten by an intruder, and her valuables were stolen. On Nov. 28,
Tuivat A. (87) was attacked inside her house. She lost one eye in the
attack and her valuables were also taken. On Dec. 28, Maritsa Kucuk
(85) was brutally murdered in her house, where she lived alone. In the
fifth attack, Sultan Aykar (80) was stabbed as she entered her house.
Source: Panorama.am