Posts Tagged ‘Turkey’
Nearly a Million Genocide Victims, Covered in a Cloak of Amnesia
ISTANBUL — For Turkey, the number should have been a bombshell. According to a long-hidden document that belonged to the interior minister of the Ottoman Empire, 972,000 Ottoman Armenians disappeared from official population records from 1915 through 1916. In Turkey, any discussion of what [...]
SHAME ON YOU MR. OBAMA, YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN THE REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.’S ADMONITIONS IN EXCHANGE FOR PETTY POLITICAL POSTURING.
President Obama shamefully chose to play linguistic gymnastics with Armenian and English euphemisms to no avail. Indeed, a devious and highly offensive ploy that will cost him politically more than he may think. Although the term Medtz Yeghern is not a legally accurate interpretation of the [...]
Obama again failed to honour his campaign pledge: ANCA
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) responded to U.S. President Barack Obama's April 24 speech for Armenian Remebrance Day. We posts the full article available on ANCA website. “In yet another disgraceful capitulation to Turkey's threats, President Obama today once again failed to [...]
Obama again dissapointed Armenians
We post the statement of President Barack Obama on Armenian Remembrance Day, issued by White House. On this solemn day of remembrance, we pause to recall that ninety-five years ago one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century began. In that dark moment of history, 1.5 million Armenians were [...]
By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Newspapers – Armenian date approaches, so does dispute over ‘genocide’
WASHINGTON — Armenian genocide commemorations continue to attract political, diplomatic and fraternal grief upon the arrival of another April 24 anniversary date. On Capitol Hill , an Armenian genocide resolution lacks the votes needed for House or Senate passage. In downtown Washington , [...]
95 Years After the Armenian, Assyrian, Greek Genocide
(AINA) -- "We have made a clean sweep of the Armenians and Assyrians of Azerbaijan." Those were the words of Djevdet Bey, the governor of Van Province in Ottoman Turkey, who on April 24, 1915 lead 20,000 Turkish soldiers and 10,000 Kurdish irregulars in the opening act of the genocide of Assyrians, [...]
Lebanon’s Armenians prepare to mark 95th anniversary of genocide
BEIRUT: As Armenians from across Lebanon gather in Bourj Hammoud Saturday to mark the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, their political representatives are increasingly worried by Turkey’s growing influence in the region. While the killing of one-and-a-half million Armenians nearly a [...]
Armenia must withdraw signature, demonstrators state
A year ago, on the threshold of the 94th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Yerevan and Ankara stated their intention to establish bilateral relations. On April 22, 2010, the Armenian side had to state its decision to suspend the ratification of the Armenian-Turkish protocols signed in Zurich on [...]
Torchlight procession in Yerevan: Turkish flag burned
A torchlight procession on the occasion of the 94th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was held in Yerevan on April 23 evening. Young people burned a Turkish flag, which marked the beginning of the procession. Despite the rainy weather, thousands of people are marching to the Tsitsernakaberd [...]
Rally and torchlight procession started in Yerevan
A moment ago, at 8:00 p.m., a meeting devoted to the 95th commemoration of the Armenian Genocide initiated by ARF Dashnaktsutyun started. Despite the bad weather thousands with banners and Armenian flags gathered near Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenadaran) to protest against [...]