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ISTANBUL OFFICE OF TURKISH HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION APPEALED TO TURKISH INTERIOR MINISTRY TO EXAMINE MASS GRAVES UNCOVERED IN VILLAGE OF XIRABEBABA

Yerevan, November 13. ArmInfo. The Istanbul office of the Turkish human rights organization appealed to the Turkish Interior Ministry with an open letter to examine the mass graves of the 20th century, which have been discovered in the village of Xirabeba of Mardin region, and to find out whether the killed were Armenians or Assyrians.

According to Turkish mass media, the letter says that no statements about uncovering the burial place on October 17 have been made so far. It was said that the peasants who had found remains in a stone quarry informed the police about that. Then the military men blocked the entrance of the quarry but said nothing of the remains. Yet, they said that they would start investigation on this. According to the source, Turkish soldiers didn’t allow the journalists to enter the quarry, and forbade the natives to show the way to the quarry. Therefore, the human rights advocates of Istanbul insist on investigation of the graves by an independent group of historians and experts in forensic medicine. The authors of the letter emphasize that the society which fails to display courage to look directly at the sad historical events of the past is unable to successfully finish the process of democratization.

To remind, while unearthing the grave of one of their relatives, the dwellers of Xirabebaba discovered mass burial in the stone quarry full of bones and skulls. The peasants supposed that they found the remains of over 300 Armenian inhabitants killed in 1915. Professor David Gaunt, a Swedish historian, believes that the remains discovered in the stone quarry belong to 270 Armenians and Assyrians killed by the order of Young Turk commander Halil Edip.

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