Representatives of Turkey’say Stop to Racism and Nationalism (DurDe) platform, European Network Against Racism (ENAR) , Turkey’s Human Rights Defense Union and New Awakening gathered Sunday at Istanbul’s Kabataş station to honor the memory of the Armenian Genocide.

They carried posters condemning and urging to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, as well as photos of Armenian intellectuals who were arrested and sent to death on 24 April 1915.

The participants thereafter marched to Haydarpaşa train station, from where the Armenian intellectuals were sent to death by train on the same day.

Turkish human rights defender Eren Keskin read out an announcement in Armenian, Turkish and English on behalf of those gathered.

He stressed that the denial of the Armenian Genocide, which is a crime against humanity, continues the crime.

By the end of the commemoration event, the participants threw white carnations into the sea.