An Armenian school in Istanbul was vandalized, Persecution reported.

A swastika was painted on the gates of an Armenian school in Istanbul. The act of vandalism just before the preparations for Easter on Sunday and the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on 24 April.

The same school in Istanbul was subjected to anti-Armenian harassment in November 2016, when graffiti appeared on the walls saying, "One night we will suddenly be in Karabakh." Also in 2016, the walls of the Armenian seminary were defaced with anti-Armenian graffiti. The graffiti read: "Long live the Turkish race! " and "Torture the Armenians."