Demonstration at Turkish Embassy
Well, once again Prime Minister Erdogan has come to town, and who could pass up the opportunity to make him feel unwelcome? There was a gala event at the Turkish Embassy yesterday (Sunday, June 5) to which hundreds of Turks, military officials, and other influential people showed up only to be greeted by a... very peaceful and quiet crowd of Armenians. Well, the secret service required the quiet part, but the peaceful was all us.
Many informative flyers were distributed to the attendees shaming them for their denial or their association with the deniers. Apparently throughout the event, calls from inside the Embassy were going to the State Department demanding that we be moved... something along the lines of, these Armenians are disruptive and crazy, you have to control them, they are breaking the law... to which the State Department apparently kneeled down to and obeyed, completely forgetting the liberties of their own country and following Turkey's idea of what law is. They called the secret service telling them to move some of our people across the street, which we did. At some point, I was taking photos of them through the fence and heard one of the cops tell me that I should be careful not to get too close because he can't protect me if they grab me... and he has seen it happen. That was a bit of reality check and made me appreciate my protection in the United States a bit more. Thanks guy for that.
But the winner of the show was when our people were offering flyers, one old man turned to us and said, "I don't need one, my father killed your families!" Enough said.
Anyway, here are some photos. All in all, it was successful in that they definitely were buzzing inside about us and felt our presence. I'll upload more photos on my website soon. I have some updates on AYF Junior Seminar too, but I'll post that later.
By the way, does anyone know what this hand gesture means? I have my doubts of it being peaceful.
Many informative flyers were distributed to the attendees shaming them for their denial or their association with the deniers. Apparently throughout the event, calls from inside the Embassy were going to the State Department demanding that we be moved... something along the lines of, these Armenians are disruptive and crazy, you have to control them, they are breaking the law... to which the State Department apparently kneeled down to and obeyed, completely forgetting the liberties of their own country and following Turkey's idea of what law is. They called the secret service telling them to move some of our people across the street, which we did. At some point, I was taking photos of them through the fence and heard one of the cops tell me that I should be careful not to get too close because he can't protect me if they grab me... and he has seen it happen. That was a bit of reality check and made me appreciate my protection in the United States a bit more. Thanks guy for that.
But the winner of the show was when our people were offering flyers, one old man turned to us and said, "I don't need one, my father killed your families!" Enough said.
Anyway, here are some photos. All in all, it was successful in that they definitely were buzzing inside about us and felt our presence. I'll upload more photos on my website soon. I have some updates on AYF Junior Seminar too, but I'll post that later.
By the way, does anyone know what this hand gesture means? I have my doubts of it being peaceful.
posted by Arsineh at 6:26 PM
2 Comments:
That sign is a social victory sign. They are laughing on the Armenian protestors because the Turkish Government sincerely feels that they have gotten away with a victory. No United States administration will ever dare recognize the Armenian Genocide, especially after this new Turkish oil pipe-line. It's sad, but the only the way to win this game of recognition is through popular western music. The gates are open...Long live the children of SOAD.
Thank you annonymous. While it would have been nice to think that it was the peace sign, the smirk on his face and dispicable attitude made me doubt that. SOAD truly has started the wave of education, but I have a little more optimism about recognition of the genocide in the US. I think it's possible in the near future, we just have to work hard and not let up. We need more SOADs!
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