Turkish scholar to speak at ANC-WR event

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian National Committee – Western Region has announced that journalist and human rights activist Ayse Gunaysu will participate in the ANC Grassroots presentation “Confronting Truth, Delivering Justice: Turkey and the Armenian Genocide,” which is part of the ANC Grassroots weekend that will take place from Friday, November 25 to Sunday, November 27, 2011, at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Studio City.

Ayse Gunaysu is a professional translator, human rights advocate, and feminist. Gunaysu is a founding member of the Committee Against Racism and Discrimination. Gunaysu was a columnist in a pro-Kurdish daily from 2005–07. Since 2008, she writes a bi-weekly column, titled “Letters from Istanbul,” for the Armenian Weekly.

Ayse Gunaysu, a member of the Committee Against Racism and Discrimination of the Human Rights Association of Turkey (Istanbul branch) since 1995, will discuss human rights movements in Turkey and the treatment of Turkish proponents of Genocide recognition.

She joins Khatchig Mouradian, the editor of the Armenian Weekly, who will speak at ANC Grassroots about the confiscation of Christian church properties by the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey.