Friday, June 22, 2012

Hearing Turkey’s Armenians

Hearing Turkey’s Armenians
Issues, Demands and Policy Recommendations

Armenian flags used during a protest in Yerevan, Armenia

The aim of this report is not only to introduce the problems that the Armenian population has been living with, but also the opinions of the different segments of Armenian society about the democratization process in Turkey. The authors focus on the issues that are mostly ignored by policy makers and society in Turkey such as access to education and employment; assuring the freedom of faith and religious practices; freedom of intellectual, cultural and artistic expression; elections of the Patriarch and directors of community foundations, and demands concerning confiscated property.

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