A Turkish policeman holds about anti-Christian in the Armenian Surb Giragos Diyarbakir

February 16, 2016 By administrator

arton122176-369x277 The Armenian Surb Giragos (Saint Giragos) Diyarbakir suffered heavy damage following the bombing of the Turkish army chasing the Kurds. Shortly before the partial destruction of the church Surb Giragos, Turkish gendarme making the hand sign of the Grey Wolves had made some photos and anti-Armenian posts within the church, he had placed pictures under Twiter under the name Turk polisi. Turkish gendarme had written under the photo, “Diyarbakir, Souri region. The little son of the Sultan Alpaslan brings incredibly Islam … “. Recall that the Armenian Surb Giragos, built in 1376 is the largest dimension of Armenian churches of the Middle East. But it is in the Souri region populated mainly by Kurds and is at the heart of clashes between Kurds and Turkish army.

Krikor Amirzayan

Turkey: Two policemen heavily wounded in PKK attack on police shuttle

August 27, 2015 By administrator

DHA File Photo

Two police officers have been heavily wounded in an attack by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants on a police shuttle carrying six officers in eastern Turkey, daily Hürriyet’s website has reported.

PKK militants staged the attack at around 11 p.m. on Aug. 27 in Turkey’s eastern province of Iğdır, close to Taşburun village on the country’s border with Nakhchivan.

The police shuttle was caught in crossfire as a group of PKK militants staged an armed attack.

Clashes erupted as special operations teams escorting the shuttle responded to the militants.

Meanwhile, the wounded officers were taken to Iğdır (Mount Ararat) State Hospital for treatment.

Yerevan: Policeman who hit elderly man dismissed

August 23, 2015 By administrator

The powers of a police patrol employee who hit yesterday an elderly demonstrator in Republic Square of Yerevan have been terminated, Panorama.am learned from the press service of the Armenian police. An internal investigation is being conducted into the incident.

‘Stand Up, Armenia’ initiative staged a rally in Republic Square of the city yesterday. Prior to the start of the rally, three organizers of the initiative were detained. The rally participants attempted to block a street, demanding the release of their friends. One of the policemen hit an elderly man as police tried to prevent demonstrators from blocking the street.

Human Rights Defender of Armenia Karen Andreasyan today made a statement strongly condemning the incident. “We expect law enforcement bodies to promptly reveal and impartially investigate all details of the incident and bring the policeman to account,” the statement said. Besides, on his own initiative the HRD started proceedings in connection with the events in downtown Yerevan on August 21.

Source: Panorama.a

Turkey, Arrest order issued for two policemen in Dink murder case

January 12, 2015 By administrator

An Istanbul court has issued an arrest order for two policemen involved in the inquiry into the killing of Hrant Dink, the Turkish Armenian journalist, as the case deepens.

The court accepted on Jan. 12 the prosecutor’s demand to cancel the release of Özkan Mumcu and Muhittin Zenit, two police officers who were on duty at the police department in the Black Sea province of Trabzon when Dink was killed in Istanbul.

The two suspects testified to the court and were released immediately on Dec. 26, 2014.

The prosecutor said both officers were guilty of negligence in the crime that resulted in Dink’s death and misused their authority.

Dink was assassinated by Ogün Samast, who is serving a sentence of 22 years and 10 months in a high-security prison, on a busy street outside the office of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos in Istanbul’s Şişli district.

Yusuf Hayal and Erhan Tuncel are accused of convincing Samast in the Black Sea province of Trabzon to shoot Dink.

Civil servants and institutions allegedly implicated in the murder of Dink should be investigated, the Constitutional Court ruled on July 17, 2014. The ruling became a milestone in the case that has been lingering since the killing in 2007.

Since then, former Istanbul police chief Celalettin Cerrah, former Trabzon police chief Reşat Altay, former Trabzon police intelligence branch chief Faruk Sarı, former Istanbul deputy governor Ergun Güngör and former Istanbul police intelligence chief Ahmet İlhan Güler have testified as suspects in the case.

January/12/2015