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1352:"İmamoğlu paylaştı: Dink'in büyüdüğü yetimhanenin yerine Kamp Armen Gençlik Merkezi kurulacak"
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875:"Halkımızı Kamp Armen'e Sahip Çıkmaya Çağırıyoruz!"
569:"Istanbul's Camp Armen to be Rebuilt – Asbarez.com"
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927:"Kamp Armen Direnişin 175. Gününde İade Edildi"
490:"Kurucusunun kaleminden Kamp Armen'in hikâyesi"
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1217:"Yeni Kamp Armen için hafriyata başlandı"
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753:"Tuzla'daki Ermeni Yetimhanesi Yıkılıyor"
621:"The New Law on Foundations is in Effect"
517:"Hatıralardan miras olmaz mı: Kamp Armen"
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1007:"Kamp Armen'e dair elzem sorular"
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465:"Kamp Armen Tarihi | Kamp Armen"
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674:"Ermeni yetimhanesi yıkılıyor"
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1248:"Kamp Armen'in temeli atıldı"
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1192:"Kamp Armen inşaatı başlıyor"
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802:Işıl, Demirel (2015-05-06).
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1300:"'Kamp Armen' geri dönüyor"
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359:"Camp Armen" Youth Center
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1382:Güzelyan, Hrant (2016).
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1061:"Kamp Armen iade edildi"
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1034:"Kamp Armen iade edildi"
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647:"Kamp Armen is returned"
547:Heinrich Böll Foundation
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213:Tuzla Armenian Orphanage
55:Tuzla Armenian Orphanage
542:"Sürgündeki Kamp Armen"
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