To install click the Add extension button. That's it.

The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. You could also do it yourself at any point in time.

4,5
Kelly Slayton
Congratulations on this excellent venture… what a great idea!
Alexander Grigorievskiy
I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like.
Live Statistics
English Articles
Improved in 24 Hours
Added in 24 Hours
What we do. Every page goes through several hundred of perfecting techniques; in live mode. Quite the same Wikipedia. Just better.
.
Leo
Newton
Brights
Milds

60th anniversary of the Armenian genocide commemorations in Beirut

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

On May 6, 1975, a massive gathering took place in the Lebanese capital Beirut, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. Some 100,000 people participated in the march, which was organized jointly by different groups across the Armenian political spectrum.

Preparations

From the 50th anniversary commemoration of the Armenian genocide in 1965 onwards, Armenians held assemblies in the streets of Beirut on Commemoration Day (April 24).[1][2] Previously these events had been held in stadiums.[1]

The Armenian political parties in Lebanon decided on September 2, 1974, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Armenian genocide together. Apart from the Lebanon branches of the Armenian political parties, the Armenian communists (members of the Lebanese Communist Party) also took part in the preparations.[3] A Beirut-based International United Committee was formed by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Tashnaqs), the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party and the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (Ramgavar) to organize commemorations worldwide.[4] However, in April 1975 the Lebanese Civil War broke out.

Bourj Hammoud meeting

Taking advantage of a temporary cease-fire, the march was held on May 6, 1975.[3] Around 50,000 people gathered at Bourj Hammoud Athletic Field.[4][5] Speakers included Rashid as-Solh (prime minister of Lebanon), Khatchig Babikian (Armenian member of the Lebanese parliament), Nubar Tursarkisian, Shavarsh Torigian (Tashnag party representative), Vahrij Jerejian (Hunchakian party representative) and Onnig Sarkisian (Ramgavar party representative).[4][5] Kataeb Party leader Pierre Gemayel took part in the meeting as a special invitee.[4]

March

At the end of the meeting in Bourj Hammoud, the assembled started marching towards Martyrs' Square in downtown Beirut.[3][4] The crowd numbered some 100,000.[3][4] According to press accounts, the march proceeded without any incidents.[4] Amongst the participants in the event were prominent Armenians from abroad, such as the businessman Kirk Kerkorian.[4] At Martyrs' Square the march was greeted by Emin Beyhoum, mayor of Beirut. Beyhoum declared that a street had been renamed 'Rue de l'Armenie'.[4] At the Martyrs' Monument the executive of the International United Committee placed a large wreath.[4]

Hamra protest

Some 2,000 Armenian students carried out protests in the Hamra neighbourhood of West Beirut. They conducted sit-ins at two Turkish centres.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Le Paris des étrangers depuis 1945. Publications de la Sorbonne. 1 January 1994. p. 222. ISBN 978-2-85944-256-9.
  2. ^ Zekâi Ökte; Tarihi Araştırmalar ve Dokumantasyon Merkezleri Kurma ve Geliştirme Vakfı (1989). Osmanlı arşivi: Yıldız tasnifi : ermeni meselesi. Historical Research Foundation/Istanbul Research Center. p. 20. ISBN 978-975-7555-01-8.
  3. ^ a b c d Messerlian, Zaven. Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934–2009. Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2014. pp. 260–263
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k The Armenian Review. Hairenik Association. 1975. pp. 94–95.
  5. ^ a b Yves Ternon (1983). La Cause arménienne. Éditions du Seuil. p. 193. ISBN 978-2-02-006455-2.
This page was last edited on 31 May 2021, at 03:28
Basis of this page is in Wikipedia. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported License. Non-text media are available under their specified licenses. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. WIKI 2 is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wikimedia Foundation.