Yervant1 Posted October 27, 2017 Report Share Posted October 27, 2017 Asbarez.com Hamshen Couple Arrested in Turkey for Being Armenian http://asbarez.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hamshencouple.jpgFrom left to right: Nurcan Vayiç and Cemil Aksu8-Year-Old Daughter Left Without ParentsHOPA, Turkey – A Hamshen Armenian husband and wife have been arrested by Turkish authorities within two days of each other for being Armenian. As a result of the arrest, their eight-year-old daughter Arev, who witnessed her parents being hauled away, is now alone.According to Turkish media, Cemil Aksu was arrested Wednesday while Nurcan Vayic was arrested two days prior during when Turkish police raided their house in the middle of the night.Vayic has already been convicted and sentenced to three months imprisonment for her anti-government writings online while the husband has not been charged yet. Aksu and Vayic were both bloggers who actively criticize the Turkish government.Vayic has extensively written about the growing fascism in Turkish government, which has recently called for persecution of the people of Hamshen. Her friends are convinced that her arrest was a direct result of an organized plot against her.The town of Hopa, in the Hamshen region of Turkey is 11 miles from the Georgian border near Javakhk. http://asbarez.com/168207/hamshen-couple-arrested-in-turkey-for-being-armenian/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 Armenpress.com Western Armenian and Hamshen dialect meet in the ‘Grain of Light’ SaveShare 14:48, 19 July 2022YEREVAN, JULY 19, ARMENPRESS. The song titled Lusi Hadig [Grain of Light], a duet between Istanbulite singer Sibil, renowned for her performances of songs in both Eastern and Western Armenian, and Ayşenur Kolivar, who for many years has both performed and conducted research on studied the musics of the Eastern Black Sea region, has been released on all digital platforms. [see video] Composed and arranged by Ari Hergel, the Western Armenian lyrics of the song are by Lebanese Armenian poet Ashod Pakradouni, while its Hamshen dialect lyrics belong to Hamshen people writer Mahir Özkan. The music video directed by Özkan Aksular for Lusi Hadig, which invites the world to ‘goodness’ in Western Armenian and Hamshen dialect, has been presented to the appreciation of viewers with English, Eastern Armenian, Turkish subtitles, as well as audio description and sign language options on the YouTube channel of Kalan Music, the producer.This song brings together two different expressions of the same language that fell apart over time as they continued to live on in the same region, and also draws attention to the proximity of Western Armenian and Hamshen dialect, both listed by UNESCO as ‘definitely endangered languages’Sibil, who has gained international recognition with her work in the field of Armenian popular music and Ayşenur Kolivar, who interprets the multiculturality of Eastern Black Sea in her own unique style, lend their voices to hope with Lusi Hadig, which ties the awakening of spring to the joy of Vardavar. https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1088560.html?fbclid=IwAR2pSUsuWtaVAJPQ9oDF0WUPt_H4dREujo_mRD3w7MKRCII00-LInMss1VY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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