{"id":1652,"date":"2014-04-01T09:36:41","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T09:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=1652"},"modified":"2014-04-01T09:36:41","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T09:36:41","slug":"savekessab-protest-to-be-held-at-sydney-turkish-consulate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=1652","title":{"rendered":"#SaveKessab Protest to be held at Sydney Turkish Consulate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">SYDNEY: A peaceful protest is to be held in front of the Turkish Consulate in Sydney to express the Armenian-Australian community\u2019s solidarity with the Armenian community of Kessab, Syria, and to condemn Turkey\u2019s actions. <!--more Continue reading \/ \u0531\u0574\u0562\u0578\u0572\u057b\u0568  \u2192--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On March 21st, armed rebel groups attacked the heavily Armenian-populated region of Kessab, Syria, by crossing the Turkish border into Syria. Under the threat of slaughter, the entire Armenian population of the region was forced to flee their homes to neighbouring towns, including Latakia and Bassit. Some were not so lucky and have reportedly been taken hostage, while churches and homes have been destroyed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A demonstration is to be held in Sydney to join with Armenian communities from all around the world in condemning Turkey\u2019s action, which is a continuation of its genocidal policy towards Armenians dating back to 1915.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.armeniancause.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ANC-Australia-SaveKessab-protest-banner.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1654\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.armeniancause.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ANC-Australia-SaveKessab-protest-banner-213x300.jpg\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Executive Director of the <a title=\"ANC Australia\" href=\"http:\/\/anc.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Armenian National Committee of Australia<\/a>, Vache Kahramanian, remarked: \u201cThis is an important opportunity to the Armenian-Australian community to publicly show their solidarity with the Armenian community of Kessab.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn 1915 the Ottoman Turkish rulers orchestrated the Armenian genocide and today, in the 21st century, the current Turkish Government is continuing the same policy against the Armenians in Syria,\u201d Kahramanian added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spokesperson for the organising Armenian Youth Federation of Australia, Aram Tufenkjian, stated: \u201cToday we call on all Armenians, young and old, to join in this important action to hold Turkey accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY: A peaceful protest is to be held in front of the Turkish Consulate in Sydney to express the Armenian-Australian community\u2019s solidarity with the Armenian community of Kessab, Syria, and to condemn Turkey\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1653,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[131],"class_list":["post-1652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-anc-australia","post_format-post-format-image"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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