On 4 April, a group of young Armenian students of the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik shut down a lecture by Turkish historian İlber Ortaylı, who is known for his denialist position on the Armenian Genocide.

Members of the ARF-D Zavarian Student Association condemned Turkey’s policy of denial of the Armenian Genocide through a peaceful demonstration.

During the event organized through cooperation with the Yunus Emre Institute under the Turkish government, the attending young Armenians stood up and started screaming “Genocide Denier”, “Turkey Guilty of Genocide”, “Shame on Turkey” and “We Are Here”.

The young people wore white shirts with the following statements on them: “April 24^th”, “Eastern Turkey is Western Armenia”, “Hrant Dink” and “Sevag Balikc”.

They urged the historian to speak the truth and left the hall. When asked about the Armenian Genocide, the historian avoided giving answers to the few people left in the hall.