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Eren Keskin, the Chairperson of Human Rights Association who speaks to bianet about the banning of Remembrance Days on April 24 says that the Justice and Development Party has become the implementer of the official ideology which they were once complaining about.

Batman Heavy Penal Court has ruled that a lawsuit shall be filed against former Diyarbakır Bar Association Chair and executive board members over their declaration on April 24, charging them with “inciting the public to enmity and hatred."

"Our assembly should honor the memories of the intellectuals who put up a struggle for the enlightenment of the Ottoman and Armenian peoples," Paylan said.

The 1915 Commemoration to be held in Sultanahmet by Human Rights Association (İHD) İstanbul Branch, Commission Against Racism and Discrimination has been prevented by police. Commemoration and statement will be held in İHD Office in Beyoğlu.

Around the world, 46 Syriac organizations, including the Federation of Syriac Associations (SÜDEF) from Turkey, have sent a letter to the President of France concerning the Syriac genocide. SÜDEF Chair Türker has told bianet about their demands.

İstanbul Governorship has requested that the statement to be read out during 1915 Commemoration not contain the word “genocide.” Three Human Rights Association members have been detained.

HDP MP Garo Paylan has submitted a law draft for the recognition of Armenian Genocide, the removal of genocide perpetrators’ names from public places and an amendment to the Turkish Citizenship Law.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has claimed that there are “false information and definition” in Trump’s April 24 statement, and this is caused by “information pollution generated by means of propaganda methods by some radical Armenian groups in years”.