TURKISH PRESIDENT OF EUROPEAN COUNCIL SHOULD BE BARRED FROM ARMENIA [+] 
18-05-2010
Mevlut Cavusoglu, the Turkish President of PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe), offended his hosts by refusing to lay a wreath at the Armenian Genocide Monument during his visit to Yerevan last week. When the Armenian media questioned him about his refusal, Cavusoglu lied by saying that his ...
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TURKISH SCHOLAR TANER AKCAM ADVOCATES CHANGE IN POLICY OF GENOCIDE DENIAL [+] 
11-05-2010
Dr. Taner Akcam, one of the first Turkish scholars to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, delivered two important lectures in Southern California last week. Based on historical research, he analyzed the underpinnings of Turkey's denial of the Armenian Genocide and proposed solutions for its official acknowledgment. Prof. Akcam made his first ...
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IS TURKEY’S CONSUL UNHAPPY THAT NOT ALL ARMENIANS WERE SLAUGHTERED LIKE SHEEP? [+] 
04-05-2010
Hakan Tekin, the young and inexperienced Turkish Consul General in Los Angeles, is trying hard to earn brownie points with his bosses in Ankara by countering any reference to Armenians in the U.S. media. He went overboard last week by sending an offensive letter to the Los Angeles Times. Tekin ...
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FROZEN PROTOCOLS AND WARMED OVER OBAMA STATEMENT [+] 
29-04-2010
Two developments on Armenian-Turkish issues spilled a lot of ink last week. Neither one was significant, but assumed significance because of extensive international media coverage. On April 22, exactly a year after the release of the roadmap, ostensibly to normalize Armenia-Turkey relations, and six months after the infamous Protocols were ...
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ISRAELI SCHOLAR ASSAILS ISRAEL’S: DENIAL OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [+] 
20-04-2010
An important international symposium on "Armenia-Turkey: How to Normalize Relations," was held in Paris on April 14. It was organized by the French Bureau of the Armenian Cause and the Armenian National Committee of France. The participants were: Dr. Yair Auron, Professor of History at Open University, Israel; Dr. Israel ...
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ROADMAP TO NOWHERE OR NEW DELAY TACTIC: GENOCIDE RECOGNITION IN 2015? [+] 
13-04-2010
Faced with deadlock in ratifying the Armenia-Turkey Protocols, the major powers are desperately looking for a face-saving way out of the current dilemma. France, Russia and the United States have invested far too much time and effort to walk away from the negotiated and signed, but not ratified, "deal of ...
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DID TURKEY’S AMBASSADOR REALLY LOBBY FOR PASSAGE OF GENOCIDE RESOLUTION? [+] 
23-03-2010
Thousands of articles are posted on the internet every day. But, very few make us fall off our chairs!Last week I came across a shocking news item posted by the Turkish Forum -- the largest website for Turkish news. It was titled: "Forgotten Ambassador in Sierra Leone Uses Armenian Genocide ...
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ARMENIAN-AMERICANS SHOULD NOT ALLOW OBAMA AND CLINTON TO BURY GENOCIDE BILL [+] 
10-03-2010
It was bad enough that Pres. Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had failed to keep their campaign pledge to reaffirm the facts of the Armenian Genocide. They sunk to a new low last week, when Mrs. Clinton announced that she and the President opposed adoption of the Armenian ...
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IF TURKS HAD NOT DENIED THE GENOCIDE,CBS WOULDN’T HAVE AIRED THIS SHOW [+] 
02-03-2010
Turks have only themselves to blame for their unhappiness with the airing of a revealing program on the Armenian Genocide by CBS on February 28. Were it not for the Turkish government's constant denials and distortions, the Armenian Genocide could have become a forgotten episode in world history. Yet, because ...
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PROPOSAL TO CREATE A FRAMEWORK UNITING DIASPORA ARMENIANS [+] 
24-02-2010
Armenians are great believers in national unity. Actually, they are obsessed with it. Yet, despite all the talk about unifying the Armenian people, writing fiery poems and singing patriotic songs about the benefits of unity, this most cherished dream remains elusive. Examples of failed attempts at unity are aplenty. Even ...
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