Why does Turkey have such difficulty in dealing with its historical past? Why can the Turkish authorities not acknowledge that in 1915 the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire was the victim of genocide? If the German post-war political elite was capable of facing up to the Holocaust and establishing relations with the Jewish people, in Israel and elsewhere, why cannot the Turkish leadership do as much?
Some 700 volunteers fromFrance,Germany, andSwitzerlandwill work the phones throughout the four-day event, with calls being placed 12 hours a day. Stationed inParis, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, andToulouse, the volunteers will call close to 60,000 Armenian families, businesses, and organizations across Europe to request financial support for the ongoing development ofArmeniaand Artsakh. Also participating in the Phoneathon will be the Armenian communities...
The brothers were arrested during a raid at their house in Beirut at 4 a.m. Tuesday by members of the Internal Security Forces, the source told the newspaper.
The fund says that it signed a memo of understanding with Armenia’s Ministry of Culture on October 18 to repair the church.
In a November 15 Today’s Zaman article, the father of one of the prime suspects in the murder of Hrant Dink claims that he received calls from government officials congratulating him for raising such a worthy son.
Presiding Judge Tadevosyan also noted that he needed time to familiarize himself with the Constitutional Court’s ruling yesterday amendments to media legislation.
A business in Yerevan that promotes landscaping services is being charged with cutting down trees in the front of its own store.
All seven Yerevan City supermarkets continue to violate the laws regarding “Advertising” and “Food Safety”.
Before the Genocide, thousands of Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire bought life insurance from American and European companies, so that after their death, their heirs would receive a lump sum payment.