Camp Armen Activists Seek Assistance from Armenia

Members of Nor Zartonk, which leads the campaign to save Camp Armen in Istanbul, speak to reporters in Yerevan (Source: Tert)

YEREVAN (Combined Sources)””The fight to save Camp Armen has entered its 94^th day, after public outcry led by Armenian activists in Istanbul hampered plans to demolish the historic Armenian site earlier in May.

Several activists involved in the campaign have traveled to Yerevan to seek appeal from Armenian society over the issue.

At a press conference on Friday in Yerevan, Sayat Tekir, Co-chairman of the Nor Zartonk movement, which has led the effort to save Camp Armen, said that the Turkish state had seized the orphanage and summer camp from the local Armenian community, privatized it, and that Camp Armen now is being moved to the ownership of a seventh proprietor.

“One-third of Camp Armen is already demolished. Our [Nor Zartonk’s] demands are addressed to the [Turkish] state, since it seized the territory of the orphanage from us,”