Turkish Nationalists Burnt Armenian Flag in Istanbul

On April 24 representative of the Turkish Great Union Party (BBP) burnt the Armenian national flag on Taksim square in Istanbul a few hours after other Turkish residents had held a rally to commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide.

According to some Turkish media the BBP move was a kind of protest against those Turks who had organized the commemoration on Taksim.

The BBP representatives marched holding the Azerbaijani national flag and photos of Turkish diplomats assassinated by members of ASALA (Armenia Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia) chanting "You, So-called Intellectuals, Timid Betrayers," "We are Not Armenians," "Armenian Diaspora is Proud of You."

Further Turkish police attempted to prevent the burning of the Armenian national flag by the Turkish nationalists, but the latter justified their move, saying that the Armenians too had burnt the Turkish flag, and the police yielded.