Istanbul Armenian Genocide memorial , also known as Huşartsan , was a marble monument that became the first memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide . It was erected in 1919 at a site now partly located within today 's Gezi Park , near Taksim Square in Istanbul , Ottoman Empire . The monument was located on the premises of the former Pangaltı Armenian Cemetery . In 1922 , during the Turkish National Movement , the monument was dismantled and subsequently lost under unknown circumstances
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Istanbul Armenian Genocide memorial