Turkish Zaman newspaper reports that “Armenians who lost their lives in the Armenian displacement that took place in 1915, during the final days of the Ottoman Empire, will be commemorated through a variety of events for a second time this year. Armenians all over the world commemorate this tragedy on April 24 because it was on that day in 1915 when many Armenians who were deported by the Ottoman Empire perished.”

The first commemoration ceremony held in 2010.

This year's commemoration ceremonies will be held in Istanbul's Taksim Square, Ankara, Izmir, Diyarbakır and Bodrum. Victims will be remembered in silence with carnations and candles. During the ceremonies the duduk, an Armenian musical instrument, will be played during a reading of the names of victims.

The ceremonies are being organized by the Say Stop to Racism and Nationalism! (Dur De!) initiative. Spokesman Cengiz Algan said what took place in 1915 is "a hurt we all share."

"We need to confront the realities that have been hidden by the official ideology for 100 years," he said.

A statement with the headline, "This pain is ours," has been opened up for signatures. More than 100 people including intellectuals, writers and journalists including Ahmet İnsel, Ali Bayramoğlu, Alper Görmüş, Bekir Berat Özipek, Cafer Solgun, Ferhat Kentel, Gülten Kaya, Leyla İpekçi, Mehmet Bekaroğlu, Oral Çalışlar, Orhan Miroğlu, Oya Baydar, Şebnem Korur Fincancı and Ümit Kardaş have already signed the statement. Deputies from the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and independent candidates supported by the party will be supporting the commemoration ceremony to be held in Diyarbakır.

"There is nothing we want more than alleviating the pain of surviving Armenians, if even just a little,” Algan said. "Turkey has at least noticed that there is an Armenian problem. A dent was made in the official clichés. We have begun to confront the past. There's no turning back, and we should not do so."