Posts Tagged ‘Politic’
DurDe: Erdogan’s threat calls to mind the Ottoman policy of 1915
The Initiative for "Say Stop to Racism and Nationalism" (DurDe) of Turkey has slammed the statement, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made on March 16, during an official visit to London. “The expressions suggest that the Prime Minister, who has been infuriated by the votes of the [...]
CoE Congress will not monitor Armenia by 2012
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe will assess the level of local democracy in CoE 15 member countries in the coming next two years. Armenian is not included in the list. The Congress drafted a report on local democracy in Armenia in 2003, but according to [...]
Erdogan became jest for world media
Erdogan’s words that media misinterpreted his statement on deportation of 100.000 illegal Armenians from the country, aroused sarcasm of foreign media. German Der Tagesspiegel refers to CNNTurk’s ironic quotation: “The guilty are found – it’s media representatives,” Erdogan said. The [...]
European Armenians condemn Erdogan’s statement
Assembly of Armenians of Europe (AAE) condemned recent statement by Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan, that if needed he will deport 100.000 illegal Armenians from the country. “This fact also comes to prove that in modern Turkey too xenophobia is spread, particularly intolerance towards [...]
CoE anti-torture Committee publishes report on Armenia
The Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has published today the report on its ad hoc visit to Armenia in March 2008, together with the response of the Armenian Government. Both documents have been made public at the [...]
Leave Turkey immediately
"I advise Armenians appearing in the territory of Turkey for this or that reason to immediately leave the country as it is obvious who we are dealing with. A threat uttered by Turkey's top official from such a high rostrum could be perceived by some forces as a signal to launch anti-Armenian [...]
Erdogan goes back on his word
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday defended his statements about deporting undocumented Armenian workers and criticized the media for misinterpreting his remarks. He said the media was wrong to compare Roma and Armenian citizens to illegal immigrants, saying his comments in [...]
Baku hails positive Armenia’s adoption of revised Madrid Principles
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov hailed positive the fact that Yerevan adopted revised version of Madrid Principles, Trend News reports. “This will create an opportunity to continue the negotiation process and begin work on a large agreement on the settlement of the conflict,” [...]
Lavrov and Clinton discussed Karabakh peace process
At the March 18 meeting, RF Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had an extensive exchange of ideas on Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, Russian Foreign Office informs. Same day, the U.S. Secretary arrived in Moscow to participate in the meeting of the Quartet [...]
Erdoğan under fire at home for remarks on Armenian workers
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s remarks about the possible deportation of irregular Armenian workers in Turkey have angered civil society organizations despite the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) attempts to explain that Erdoğan did not intend to expel these workers but [...]