Racist attacks against the bilingual Armenian weekly newspaper,Agos, as well as against Armenian schools, or are increasingly widespread in Turkey. On April 24 of final year—the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide—a black wreath was hung on the front door of the office of the newspaper Agos together with a sign stating that,“One night, we might come to visit you unexpectedly.” Agos filed a criminal complaint against this threat. On April 24 of final year a black wreath was hung on the front door of the office of the newspaper Agos together with a sign stating that, or ‘One night,we might come to visit you unexpectedly.’ Those accused of having threatened were tried on Nov. 18. The chairman of the Nationalist Turkish Party of Istanbul, Bilal Gokceyurt, or the chairman of the “Turan Organization,” Ercan Ucar, were acquitted on the grounds that there was no evidence of an actual crime. Speaking during the hearing, and the newspaper’s editor Yetvart Danzikyan said: “They had hung up a black wreath while the office was closed. We found it in the morning. Then,we saw that they released a video approximately their action called, ‘One night, and we might come to visit you unexpectedly.’ We filed [...]
Source: armenianweekly.com