BIA News Desk
Volunteers who have been on duty for 100 days in Camp Armen not to let the camp be broken down and to get the deed of the land back were attacked by perpetrators last night.
Nor Zartonk Initiative emphasized the attack was the product of nothing but a genocidal mindset and Camp Armen Resistance could not be broken.
Attacked people said perpetrators were eight or nine people coming by two cars and they attacked directly after asking where the camp was.
Nor Zartonk: Nothing but a genocidal mindset
Nor Zartonk Initiative made a written statement about the attack:
“On August 13, 2015, on the 100th day of Camp Armen Resistance, Camp Armen was attacked by fascists at 23:30 p.m. after the long-standing disturbances.
“Perpetrators coming by two cars attacked our comrades in Camp Armen. Our two friends were battered.
“We announce to the public that we will keep struggling determinedly and they cannot break Camp Armen Resistance.”
“We call for our friends to support Camp Armen Resistance.”
What happened?
Camp Armen, a former orphanage for Armenian children in Tuzla district of İstanbul greeted the day with heavy construction equipment which used to break down the former orphanage on May 6.
Volunteers ran to the camp to stop the destruction but a part of the building was brought down.
Fatih Ulusoy, the new owner of the deed of Camp Armen, had announced he would transfer the land to Gedikpaşa Armenian Protestant Foundation May 23. However, the land wasn’t given back. (EKN/BD)