Tag: Turkey
The genocide of Armenians seized 1.5 million, Steve Jobs said, when in Istanbul
21/12/2011 Turkish tour guide Asil Tuncer disclosed some facts about the visit of the Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs to Turkey five years ago. When ... Read More
Catholicos, Western Prelate Applaud Passage of H.Res. 306
20/12/2011 ANTELIAS, Lebanon, LA CRESCENTA, Calif.—His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia and Western Prelate Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, in separate announcements, ... Read More
Destroyed Armenian church will be rebuilt in Ankara
19/12/2011 To permit the building of a new military hospital in Ankara, Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry required that the Armenian Vank Church, which was ... Read More
Growing Number of U.S. Representatives Demand Turkey’s Return of Churches
19/12/2011 Turkish Government Lashes out at Adoption of Religious Freedom Measure WASHINGTON—A growing number of Members of the House of Representatives have praised the passage ... Read More
France to criminalize denial of the Armenian Genocide
Martin Barillas 17/12/2011 French president Nicholas Sarkozy's party has introduced legislation in that nation's legislature that would make illegal the denial of the infamous genocide ... Read More
Turkish history books discriminating Armenians may be revised
17/12/2011 PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish Education Minister Ömer Dinçer has promised to alter clauses in Turkish history books that are antagonistic toward Armenians and Syriac Christians, ... Read More
Turkey’s non-Muslim minorities discuss constitution
17/12/2011 PanARMENIAN.Net - Representatives of Turkey’s non-Muslim minorities met December 15 at the Armenian Patriarchate in Istanbul’s Kumkapı district to discuss the ongoing efforts to ... Read More
Armenian Church owned by Turk used as warehouse in Turkey
16/12/2o11 Armenian Church in Turkey’s Svaz province is still used as a warehouse. As the Turkish IHA agency informs, as the renovation works of the ... Read More
Adam Schiff: Turks aimed at destroying Armenian history, culture, faith
15/12/2011 PanARMENIAN.Net - American diplomats, members of Congress and presidents have consistently pressed other governments to respect and protect their minorities, U.S. representative Adam Schiff ... Read More
U.S. House of Representatives calls on Turkey to return the Christian Church Properties
15/12/2011 The U.S. House of Representatives today adopted a landmark religious freedom measure, H.Res.306, calling upon Turkey to return the Christian church properties it stole ... Read More
Reconciling the Irreconcilable: Turkish-Armenians face the challenges of status and identity
By GAYANE ABRAHAMYAN ArmeniaNow reporter 14/12/2011 After visiting Armenia, Istanbul-Armenian Janet Petrosoglu felt the controversy of her national identity issues even stronger than before, against ... Read More
ATAA, FTAA Call Congress to Reject Anti-Turkish Bill
13/12/2011 Federation of Turkish American Associations (FTAA) and Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) issued a joint letter regarding H.Res. 306, which accuses Turkey of ... Read More
Religious minorities and New Constitution
ORHAN KEMAL CENGİZ o.cengiz@todayszaman.com 8/12/2011 According to a news article published by the Akşam daily on Dec. 8, the parliamentary Constitutional Subcommittee has invited the ... Read More
Turkey’s FM visits Orthodox and Syriac churches in Germany
4/12/2011 Ahmet Davutoglu met Christian Turkish citizens at the Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church and St Petrus and Paulus Church in Cologne. Turkey's foreign minister ... Read More
Biden urges Arab leaders to allow free speech
12/3/11 Ecumenical Patriarch Welcomes Vice President Biden to the Phanar His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew welcomed the Hon. Joseph Biden, Vice President of the United ... Read More
No alternative to peaceful resolution of Karabakh conflict – Catholicos Karekin II
28/11/2011 YEREVAN.- Leadership of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh repeatedly voiced their aspiration for strengthening peace and cooperation with all the neighboring states, said Catholicos of All ... Read More
Aram I Welcomes Clinton Call for Turkey to Return Properties
10/11/2011 WASHINGTON—His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, has commended U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s statement of concern regarding Turkey’s ... Read More
Archons deliver Religious Freedom Presentations for the Ecumenical Patriarchate to OSCE
Warsaw, Poland 11/8/2011 On behalf of the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle, Archons Theofanis Economidis and Achilles Adamantiades, Ph.D., presented two papers at the ... Read More
Bedrosyan: A Series of Firsts in Armenian-Turkish Relations
By: Raffi Bedrosyan 7/11/2011 During the third week of October several firsts were accomplished in Turkey, with respect to the future of Turkish-Armenian relations, the ... Read More
US Senator calls on Turkey to pay compensation to Armenian Genocide Victims
3/11/2011 U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein called on Turkey to recognize the Armenian Genocide and calls for “some recompense” for the tragedies that Armenians suffered, Asbarez ... Read More
Armenian News-NEWS.am presents PHOTOS of Armenian monastery collapsed by Turkey’s quake
31/10/2011 MORE SNAPS HERE VAN. - Armenian News-NEWS.am’s correspondent visited the Varagavank Monastery, which is a major Armenian holy site nearby Van, Turkey, and photographed ... Read More