Activists in Yerevan burned a Turkish flag on the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

Participants in a torchlight procession in Yerevan, dedicated to the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, burned the Turkish flag.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," every year on April 23 and 24, residents of Armenia hold events in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. Thus, on April 23, 2025, activists in Yerevan organized a torchlight procession in memory of the victims of the genocide.

Thousands of participants in a torchlight procession organized by the ARF Dashnaktsutyun "Nikol Agbalyan" student union gathered today in Republic Square. The procession route led to the Tsitsernakaberd memorial complex, Novosti-Armenia reports.

Those gathered in Republic Square in Yerevan burned the Turkish flag. "We will not abandon our history," said Ishkhan Saghatelyan, a representative of the Supreme Body of the Dashnaktsutyun, during the rally.

Afterward, the rally participants moved along the route: Amiryan Street - Mashtots Avenue - Baghramyan Avenue - Kievyan Street - Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex. Many held flaming torches and the flags of Armenia and Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh's self-designation), as well as countries that have recognized the Armenian Genocide.

"Those who choose humility ultimately receive both humiliation and a new war. Those who cede part of their homeland in the hope of saving the rest give the enemy the opportunity to destroy us completely. Those who remain silent about the destruction of their own sacred sites silently become instruments in the struggle against our identity. Those who believe that identity can buy security are on the path to new exile," News.am quoted Saghatelyan as saying.

The burning of the Turkish flag has been part of commemorative events in Yerevan on previous anniversaries of the Armenian Genocide. Thus, a year earlier, in April 2025, activists burned the flags of Turkey and Azerbaijan in Republic Square.

In 2023, participants in the commemorative events told the "Caucasian Knot" stories of their ancestors who survived the genocide, whose stories are passed down in Armenian families from generation to generation.

In particular, Arakel Hovsepyan reported that his grandfather was a deacon in a church. "When the pogroms began, the priest ordered him to ring the bells. From the bell tower, he saw the Turks throw his mother and sister into a ravine. Another group of Turks locked the priest in the church and set it on fire. My grandfather jumped from the bell tower and ran home, where he saw his father and two brothers hanged," he said.

Materials on the attitudes of various countries toward the Armenian Genocide have been collected by the "Caucasian Knot" on the thematic page "Armenian Genocide: 100 Years of Admissions and Denials".