Protest in Istanbul against attacks on Armenians

Residents, civil society groups and political party representatives gathered in the central square of Istanbul's Samatya neighborhood on Sunday to protest a number of attacks committed against elderly Armenian women in their homes over the past few months, one of which resulted in a death, with police failing to capture the assailants, Today's Zaman reported.

The first attack in the past few months was on Nov. 1, 2012. A woman named Gonul A. was beaten by an intruder, and her valuables were stolen. On Nov. 28, Tuivat A. (87) was attacked inside her house. She lost one eye in the attack and her valuables were also taken. On Dec. 28, Maritsa Kucuk (85) was brutally murdered in her house, where she lived alone. In the fifth attack, Sultan Aykar (80) was stabbed as she entered her house.