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My grandfather was a blackshirt under Mussolini. He killed gypsies, jews, arabs and all that stuff.
A hero! How much do you have from your grandfather?
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My grandfather was a blackshirt under Mussolini. He killed gypsies, jews, arabs and all that stuff.
Seems like a lot, its just that the current circumstances dont allow him to follow into his Grandfathers footsteps.A hero! How much do you have from your grandfather?
A hero! How much do you have from your grandfather?
Not really since most countries on the world dont recognized itA genocide is a genocide is a genocide. Turkey is isolated in that issue.
Not really since most countries on the world dont recognized it
Not really since most countries on the world dont recognized it
Armenian church files first lawsuit seeking reparations from Turkey
As Armenians have stepped up efforts toward global recognition of the mass killings and forced relocations of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as “genocide” on the centenary of the events, an Armenian religious institution in Lebanon has filed a lawsuit in Turkey's Constitutional Court, seeking to reclaim a piece of land within Turkey.
A statement, which was released by the official website of Armenian church Catholicosate of Cilicia on Tuesday, reads, “The attorney of the Catholicosate of Cilicia in Turkey submitted a brief to the Constitutional Court, requesting the return of its Centre in Sis (kozan).”
Aram Keshishian, the head of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia, one of the two largest Armenian churches in the world, has personally applied to the Constitutional Court for the return of the land, on which the historic headquarters of Catholicosate of Cilicia once stood. The church complex, located in the town of Kozan in the south-eastern province of Adana, was reportedly seized by Ottoman authorities in 1921.
After so many years spent seeking international acknowledgment of the events of 1915 as genocide, attempting to recover land is a new step for Armenia, which is expected to begin a new global campaign focused on finding support for reparative action.
The New York Times quoted Payam Akhavan, the lead figure who had prepared the lawsuit on behalf of the Armenian Catholicosate, as saying that the lawsuit was an unprecedented effort by the Armenian Church to use the Turkish legal system to recover property seized 100 years ago.
100 years after the alleged genocide of 1915, the European Parliament (EP) passed a resolution calling on all EU members to recognize the Armenian genocide, following Pope Francis' description of the events as “the first genocide of 20th century” during a Sunday Mass in the beginning of April. The same month witnessed a number of states, such as Germany, Austria, Russia and Bulgaria, recognizing the events as genocide. This year the total number of states officially recognizing the genocide exceeded 20.
Turkish officials have always denied the use of the term genocide to describe the events, and have responded to the embracing of the term by summoning the ambassadors of the countries that have used the term for an explanation.
Turkey's official standpoint on the events of 1915 is that both Turks and Armenians died during the civil strife that resulted in the forced deportation of Armenians. Turkish officials also maintain that the number of Armenians said to have died before and during the deportations is inflated.
If Turkey were to accept the claims of genocide, it would be expected to pay reparations worth tens of billions of dollars to the families who lost their loved ones, as well as their properties in Turkey, during the events.
Armenian church files first lawsuit seeking reparations from Turkey
YUUUUUP, most people already knew this but see here. They demand not only compensation but also land aswel.