PARK ON ISTANBUL’S ISLANDS NAMED IN SLAIN JOURNALIST DINK’S HONOR [+] 
13-09-2010
Local authorities on Istanbul’s Princes’ Islands have named a playground in honor of Hrant Dink, making it the first public space in the country to be officially given the name of the assassinated journalist. The unanimous decision, unveiled Saturday, was approved by both the ruling party and the main opposition ...
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CALL FOR TURKISH-ARMENIAN PEACE FROM THEATER STAGE [+] 
18-11-2009
The Gülbenkyan Foundation, an Armenian organization in Lisbon, has given full support to the play ‘Armenian Concert or Turkish Proverb' to be staged in Turkey. ‘We cannot live by getting stuck in tragedy,' says the writer and composer of the play, Gerard Torikian. Also, director Serge Avedkiyan, who adapted the ...
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IS ARMENIA HOSTAGE TO TURKEY OR THE DIASPORA? [+] 
09-10-2009
All eyes will be on Turkey and Armenia this weekend, when the foreign ministers of the two countries are expected to sign two protocols on Saturday in Switzerland, which foresee the establishment of diplomatic ties, and the normalization of relations in every sphere possible. After the noisy, and in some ...
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INTERVIEW WITH YERVANT ZORIAN: THE LAUNCH OF AGBU'S ARMENIAN VIRTUAL COLLEGE [+] 
24-09-2009
The AGBU Armenian Virtual College (AVC) (www.avc-agbu.org) went online earlier this year for a summer trial session that attracted hundreds of eager students from every corner of the world. They logged on to learn more about this innovative Internet-based accredited distance learning program that provides courses in Armenian history, language ...
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OBAMA SPEECH TO THE TURKISH PARLIAMENT 6 APRIL 2009 [+] 
07-04-2009
Abstracts from President Obama speech to the Turkish parliament. Full Speech here Another issue that confronts all democracies as they move to the future is how we deal with the past. The United States is still working through some of our own darker periods in our history. Facing the Washington ...
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OBAMA - GUL JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE - 6 APRIL 2009 [+] 
07-04-2009
Abstracts from the Obama-Gul Press Conference, you can download the full Press Conference. PRESIDENT OBAMA: Christy Parsons, Chicago Tribune -- hometown -- hometown newspaper. Q Thank you, Mr. President. As a U.S. senator you stood with the Armenian-American community in calling for Turkey's acknowledgement of the Armenian genocide and you ...
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U.S. PLAY DOWN TENSIONS WITH TURKEY OVER ARMENIA ISSUE [+] 
23-03-2009
Seeking to avert tensions during President Barack Obama's visit to Turkey, both sides are playing down potential fallout from a renewed attempt by some U.S. lawmakers to declare the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks genocide. Ahmet Davutoglu, foreign policy adviser to Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, told reporters on ...
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TURKISH CHILDREN DRAWN INTO ARMENIA ROW [+] 
23-03-2009
Serdar Kaya is 43 and has never been to court before; now he's suing the Turkish ministry of education.The father of an 11-year old girl, Mr Kaya is angry that she was forced to watch what he calls a "very bloody propaganda film" at school.Sari Gelin, or "Blonde Bride", was ...
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TINY ARMENIAN CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY STAYS PUT IN IRAQ [+] 
19-03-2009
Armenians have long been one of its smallest communities with little political influence, even with the wealthiest woman in Iraq and associates of "Mr Five Percent" of Iraqi oil once among its ranks. The low profile has allowed the tiny Christian community in predominantly Muslim Iraq to thrive ever since ...
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US LAWMAKERS PRESSURE OBAMA ON ARMENIAN ISSUE [+] 
12-03-2009
Several U.S. lawmakers have written to President Barack Obama urging him to follow up on campaign statements and label the 1915 massacre of Armenians as genocide. The pressure on Obama comes ahead of an expected presidential trip to Turkey, which has warned that such declarations by the United States would ...
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