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WASHINGTON, DC —<\/strong> Washington, DC-based allies of Turkish President Erdogan are doubling down on his May, 2017, attack at Sheridan Circle, attempting, once again, to prevent Americans from exercising their Constitutional right to freedom of expression.<\/p>\n


\nThe Turkish American Steering Committee (TASC) \u2013 taking a page from the playbook of the Westboro Baptist Church and neo-Nazi marchers in Charlottesville \u2013 is gaming America\u2019s First Amendment, not to express its own views, but rather to obstruct the free expression of U.S. citizens set to gather this April 24th at 4:30 pm in Washington, DC\u2019s Sheridan Circle to protest Ankara\u2019s denial of the Armenian Genocide.<\/p>\n

TASC has a track record of using loud dance music, songs, shouting, and even air-horns to drown out speakers at annual April 24th demonstrations. This year they have, for the first time, secured the approval of the U.S. National Park Service to engage in their disruptive activities from an area adjacent to the Armenian Genocide protest, within the actual confines of Sheridan Circle. This traffic circle, across the street from the Turkish Ambassador\u2019s residence, is infamous internationally as the site where, less than two years ago, Turkish President Erdogan\u2019s bodyguards brutally beat peaceful American protesters. TASC Co-Chairman Gunay Evinch is among the lawyers hired by the Turkish Government to defend it in a lawsuit brought by victims of this attack.<\/p>\n

The organizer of the Armenian Genocide protest \u2013 the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) Ani Chapter \u2013 was joined by the Armenian National Committee of America in arguing vigorously against the Park Service granting a permit for a counter-protest at Sheridan Circle, on Constitutional and public safety grounds. Over these strenuous objections, the Park Service has permitted TASC to occupy roughly a third of Sheridan Circle.<\/p>\n

The AYF is expecting a strong turn-out from the local Armenian, Greek, and Assyrian\/Aramean\/Syriac communities \u2013 all of whom remain undeterred in raising their voices for justice on April 24th in the nation\u2019s capital.\u00a0 To support the peaceful protest, join them from 4:30pm to 6:30pm at Sheridan Circle, located at Massachusetts Ave. and 23rd St NW.\u00a0 Buses are available from Soorp Khatch Armenian Apostolic Church (4906 Flint Drive, Bethesda MD<\/a>) at 3:15pm.\u00a0 For more information, email anc.gw@anca.org<\/a> or ayfdcaniseniors@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The ANCA will be live streaming portions of the protest on its Facebook page at: facebook.com\/ancagrassroots<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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