Authorities in Istanbul have once again banned a planned Armenian Genocide commemoration event on April 24, continuing restrictions on public remembrance activities organized by the city’s Armenian community. According to the Istanbul-based newspaper Agos, the April 24 Remembrance Platform had applied for permission to hold a rally on April 24 at 19:00 in Kad?köy, outside the Süreyya Opera House. The request was denied by the Istanbul governorate. Organizers said in a statement cited by Agos that similar applications have been repeatedly rejected in recent years. They noted that, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, public commemorations were regularly held in multiple cities across Turkey, particularly in Istanbul. The group stressed that organizing remembrance...