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Hundreds Commemorate Genocide in Diyarbakir, Turkey
By Gulisor Akkum
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A boy stands near the Monument of Common Conscience during the genocide commemoration in Diyarbakir. (Photo by Scout Tufankjian)A boy stands near the Monument of Common Conscience during the genocide commemoration in Diyarbakir (photo by Scout Tufankjian).
The commemoration was jointly organized by the Diyarbakir Bar Association, the Diyarbakir branch of the Human Rights Association of Turkey (HRA), and the Gomidas Institute (GI). At noon, attendees gathered at the Monument of Common Conscience (Ortak Vicdan An?t?), where pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) parliamentarian Altan Tan, GI's Ara Sarafian, head of the Diyarbakir Bar Association Tahir El



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