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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CALLING ON TURKEY TO PROMOTE PROCESS OF RECONCILIATION WITHARMENIAN PEOPLE On its report on “Turkey’s progress towards accession” the European Parliament calls on Turkey to recognize the Armenian Genocide. According to the recent information received from the European Parliament (Strasbourg), the European Parliament voted the 84 amendments to the report on “Turkey’s progress towards accession” of the rapporteur Camiel Eurlings and adopted the final text of the report. Amendments regarding the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the Republic of Turkey, the recognition of the Greek Cyprus State, ethnic minority rights were submitted to the vote by the European Parliament during the plenary session on 15/12/2004. The amendment 18 submitted by MEP Francis Wurtz and Dimitris Papadimoulis on behalf of the GUE/NGL group was approved by the European Parliament and will be included in the final text of the report: “Calls on Turkey to promote the process of reconciliation with the Armenian people by acknowledging the genocide perpetrated against the Armenians as expressed in Parliament’s earlier resolutions with regard to Turkey’s candidate status (from 18 June 1987 to 1 April 2004). In the same report the European Parliament calls upon Turkey to improve the situation of minority rights and protect their cultural heritage; to engage a constant dialogue with the European Parliament on women’s rights in Turkey and take note in this regard of the resolution on the role of women in Turkey in social, economic and political life, etc. http://www.a1plus.am/eng/?go=issue&id=23533

ARMENIAN STUDENTS, WHO GAVE INTERVIEW TO NEW YORK TIMES, SAY THEIR WORDS WERE DISTORT http://www.panarmenian.net/news/eng/?task=...date=2004-12-13

More about this person here: http://www.solport.com/roundtable/archives/000313.php http://www.exile.ru/shite/ass55.html

IN SEARCH OF THE “ARMENIAN REVOLUTION” Being unable to find any traces of revolutionary moods in Armenia, an American reporter came to a conclusion that there is no future in Armenia. On November 4, 2004, an announcement appeared in one of the Armenian internet-forums, stating: “A journalist from New York Times has arrived to Armenia and wants to talk to Armenian youth. The meeting spot is the Red Bull Bar, the time of meeting is tomorrow, Friday, at 8 p.m. Welcome.” One of the forum members, asked about what the American needed. “She simply wants to talk, and find out how Armenian youth lives”—was the answer. According to the person in charge for organizing the meeting, “she just wishes to communicate in a natural environment”. Lets put aside the logical question of how correct it is to state that bars are the ‘natural environment’ of young Armenians. Lets move on to the second, rather unpleasant part of this story. The meeting took place on the next day, as planned. The participants met with the journalist, talked about different issues and forgot about her rather soon. The peace was broken on 9th of December, when the Thursday issue of New York Times came out with the article by Susan Sachs, under, softly speaking, rather a depressing title, For Young Armenians, A Promised Land Without Promise. The article has also been reprinted in the International Herald Tribune under a title Young Armenians puzzled over their homeland. The first impression one gets after reading is that the article has been written by an amateurish intern, however the second impression is that the article is a strong anti-Armenian PR. Otherwise it is hard to imagine that a professional journalist could have published such a biased and inaccurate article. A small biographic research excludes the version of un-professionalism: Susan Sachs is the chief of the New York Times Istanbul Bureau. Before that she used to work in Moscow, and earlier, after the coalition forces entered Iraq, she led the NY Times office in Baghdad. She is one of the authors of the World Security Network foundation – the organization, which declared goal is to ‘attract attention towards the potential conflicts in the world’. Despite a quite formulation, it is possible to draw conclusions about the activities of the foundation judging by the names of the people involved into its work: high-rank diplomats, political scientists, as well as such people as the former president of Poland Lech Valensa, James Thompson, the chairman of RAND Corporation, and Chechen “human rights advocate” Akhmed Zakaev. To cut it short, Susan Sachs can be suspected in anything but the lack of experience. Generously spreading dark colors, Sachs draws a picture of totally desperate Armenian youth ready to seek its future anywhere but in Armenia. “We are cheap labor force”, - says Viktor Aghababov, 22-year-old programmer, one of the participants of the meeting in Red Bull bar. The journalist adds that Viktor is going to leave for Moscow in search of better luck. After which, as a confirmation of her words, she reveals the amount of Viktor's monthly salary — $650. To an average American who has no idea about the cost of life in Armenia, such a figure can really seem depressing. But alas! Since when $650 has become a scanty salary in Armenia? Six hundred fifty bucks per month are more than enough to maintain relatively high standards of life especially for a twenty-two years old (given that he does not hang out in casinos and fancy restaurants all the time). Furthermore Miss Sachs would be rather surprised to learn, that the “unsatisfied” with his Armenian perspectives Mr. Aghababov is actually a Russian citizen and can leave for “affluent” Russia whenever he wishes. However, he prefers to stay in Armenia, and several days before the publication of the notorious article he had been hired by another company for even a higher salary. No future for youth in Armenia, huh? The article by Ms. Sachs can give an impression that Armenia is totally ruined, that the students from Yerevan are “relatively more sophisticated” than those from Gyumri and that’s only because they have more chances to communicate with English-speaking people via internet chat-rooms and forums or read news from the internet. Since when the involvement in internet chit-chatting has become a criteria for measuring person’s sophistication? The mood of the Times’ article is that the Armenians are ready to leave for abroad with the nearest possible chance. And this is being written now, when for the first time after we gained independence there is a clearly visible tendency towards the repatriation among those Armenians who have left their country in search of warmth and food during the worst years of 1991–1994. The participants of the meeting have reacted to the article in different ways. One of them, for example, states that the words of other interviewees have been ascribed to another person quoted in the article, Zara Amatuni. Some phrases has been taken out of the context and presented in different coloring. To check this particular claim appeared to be impossible: after I told Ms. Amatuni I was preparing material about the Sachs’ article, she sharply refused to meet with me. A suggestion to write a letter to New York Times has also been left without support. Nevertheless, both Zara and other ‘heroes’ of the publication shared some details of their conversation with the American journalist at the very forum, where the initial announcement about the meeting had been published. For instance, here is a very characteristic episode: “The most interesting thing is that the topics that we discussed in more detail than the others, have not been mentioned in the article at all. For example, when she asked what we thought about the situation in Georgia and whether it was time to organize the same in Armenia, we answered that we did not like what happened in Georgia and had no wish to repeat the same, as it would not solve our problems. I also remember Sachs said, that it was such an exciting example, when the people fought for their rights and achieved it, moreover – so elegantly, with a rose. I answered, that it only looked beautiful, and she probably did not like it, otherwise she would mention it somehow ... She has not misinterpreted our words but took them out of the context. Left out all the positive things [about Armenia] that had been said and left only what she was interested in. For example she has not published my answer to her questions, whether I would stay in Armenia, to which I replied that I would do my best to stay and live here, because despite all the difficulties, it is my country, where there have already been many changes for the better... but she took less important things which we said and focused on them”. A good explanation to this unpleasant situation was given by the person who organized the trip from the Armenian-side (she asked not to reveal her name). She said that could never imagine what a seemingly innocent talk could turn into: “you cannot find explicit faults but you understand that the person has just turned everything [said] into her own course… she came, knowing beforehand what she was going to write, and in Armenia she was just collecting opinions to support her position”. The article could be summed up with the moralizing lecture as to why one should always weigh his or her own words, especially while talking to journalists, in order not to complain later on that he or she has been used in an unethical manner. I could also bring dozens of opinions by young men and women, who are confident in their future under the Armenian sky. But I wish to call the readers’ attention to another more important aspect of the whole story. This is not the only article of such kind about Armenia published recently. There is an indication that New York Times and some other Western newspapers are actively digging for dramatic plots, trying to show the world that Armenia has no future. It was just on November 13th when in Times (of London) an article by Jeremy Page was published titled “Abandoned Armenia faces extinction”, and earlier on, in July, the Washington Post delivered an article: “Exodus Is New Chapter of Loss in Armenia’s Sad Story”. Who’s behind this campaign? Who is disturbed by the fact that Armenians finally started to return and settle down in their homeland? Who is desperate in his expectations to witness Armenia in the chaos of orange and rose riots. Karen Vrtanesyan Armenian electronic library www.armenianhouse.org Yerevan, Armenia Emil Sanamyan, Research & Information Associate, Washington DC contributed to this article.

The history of the Cilician Armenian state and law

A historical novel about Joseph Emin—a legendary figure who devoted his life to the freedom of the Armenians—written by Eduard Avagyan is published in the Russian section of the Armenian Electronic Library.

Shnorhakalutyun, dianjan Actually I plan to publish materials in English too, it’s just a question of time and support.

Another update on Sumgait.info (in Russian section). --------- ЗАПИСКИ КАРАБАХСКОГО СОЛДАТА (Воспоминания участника событий 1918-20 гг. в Нагорном Карабахе) Данная книга, предоставленная Арсеном Мелик-Шахназаровым для публикации на Сумгаит.Инфо, содержит воспоминания очевидца и участника событий 1918-1920 гг. в Нагорном Карабахе. Автор вспоминает исторические события тех лет, в частности описываются кровавая расправа над тысячами русских солдат, возвращавшихся в Россию на станции Шамхор (в Елизаветпольской губернии - Гандзак-Кировабад-Гянджа) бандами мусаватистов в январе 1918-го года, разгрома русского отряда в Агдаме в марте 1918-го года, турецкая агрессия в Карабахе после падения Бакинской коммуны в сентябре 1918-го года, жуткие картины разгрома и гибели Шуши и резни армянского населения города в марте 1920-го года, подавление мусаватистского мятежа в Елизаветполе (Гандзак-Кировабад-Гянджа) в мае 1920-го года, и др. Содержание: ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ (ОТ СОСТАВИТЕЛЯ) 1. ВРЕМЕННОЕ ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВО КАРАБАХА. ПЕРВЫЕ ВОЙСКОВЫЕ ЧАСТИ 2. КАК БЫЛА СНЯТА "ГОЛОДНАЯ БЛОКАДА" 3. МУСАВАТИСТЫ ГРОМЯТ И РАЗОРУЖАЮТ В АГДАМЕ РУССКИЙ ОТРЯД 4. НАСТУПЛЕНИЕ НА ЗАРЫСЛУ 5. НАСТУПЛЕНИЕ В СТОРОНУ ЗАНГЕЗУРА И ЕГО ПРОВАЛ. МЫ ОСТАВЛЯЕМ КАРАГИШЛАГ 6. ТУРЕЦКАЯ АГРЕССИЯ В КАРАБАХЕ ПОСЛЕ ПАДЕНИЯ БАКИНСКОЙ КОММУНЫ 7. ПОПЫТКА ЗАХВАТА ШУШИ МУСАВАТИСТАМИ ВЕСНОЙ 1919 ГОДА 8. ГИБЕЛЬ ШУШИ 9. АРМЯНСКИЕ ЧАСТИ ЗАНИМАЮТ АСКЕРАНСКУЮ КРЕПОСТЬ И ВНОВЬ ТЕРЯЮТ ЕЕ 10. ПРОРЫВ ВОЙСК АРАРАТСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ В НАГОРНЫЙ КАРАБАХ 11. СЛУЧАЙ С ЧАСОВЫМ 12. "ЯЗЫК" 13. МЫ ГОТОВИМСЯ К ШТУРМУ ШУШИ, НО ОН ОТМЕНЯЕТСЯ 14. ПОДАВЛЕНИЕ МУСАВАТИСТСКОГО МЯТЕЖА В ГЯНДЖЕ

Thank you nairi!

THE ARMENIANS IN TURKEY Format: 52 min. documentary Stage of development: Pre-Production 10 min. pilot film available on request. There are still Armenians in Turkey today, despite the tragic past; 60.000 to be exact, mostly in Istanbul. They publish newspapers, perform plays in their own language. However, there are Turkish names on their doorbells. “Hear my plea, brothers, sisters!... They threw us out of the civilization we built.” Hrant Dink, is not talking about the 1915 Armenian genocide. He points to an arbitrary practice of the Turkish government in 1983. He and dozens of his buddies - orphans who spent their summer holidays in a recreation camp nearby Istanbul - were violently chucked out of the property which belonged to a Turkish Armenian church foundation; some were arrested for being so-called “Armenian militants”. In fact, the property was confiscated by the authorities, allegedly because minority institutions were not permitted to own real estate. A small detail: the whole complex had been built by the orphans of the Gedikpasa church themselves over the years. Today Hrant Dink is the chief editor of the Armenian newspaper “Agos”, published in Istanbul. He says: “I wouldn’t mind it, if this place had been continued to be used as a camp for the needy, the disabled, or whatever,” while visiting the devastated ruins of what once used to be the “Tuzla Camp”, for the first time in 20 years and spits on the ground, disgusted. Hrant Dink, one of the protagonists of this film, is by no means scornful and cramped in current politics. In contrast to the Armenian diaspora, he doesn’t want to “get stuck in a 1915 feet deep well.” Garo Nergisyan has not experienced any direct racial discrimination in daily life. Nevertheless, he prefers to buy from fellow Armenian wholesalers for his small fish restaurant in Yesilköy, a small shore-village near Istanbul. (Although Armenians are Turkish citizens, they are barred from public service, the army and the legal professions.) Garo guides us through a “Madagh” ceremony in the local church. The donations collected during the Madagh are the only financial ressource for survival of the few remaining Armenian preliminary schools in Istanbul. With its satirical repertoire, the Arto Berberyan Theatre Group strives to fight against the inevitable. The extinction of a language, which was once spoken by an estimated 2,5 million people throughout Anatolia.... A recent legislative reform now allows Armenian foundations to acquire property; Hrant and his colleagues will soon broadcast radio in Armenian language. Times are-a-changing? There are still Turkish names on Armenian doorbells in Istanbul. http://www.trojamedien.de/armenians.php

Leider nicht (Unfortunately not). I was not in Germany last June.

I would like to know the answer too.

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This is what they’ve been saying since last ten years. I don’t see any serious reason for putting this standard rubbish from azeri sites in Armenian forum.

Exactly. Verbatum Nobile I wish I had your patience.

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Did you read this regarding Bagratuni? http://projects.ascp.am/history/vedi3/1.htm

True.

Accelerated Since I’m not the author of this project on ArtsakhWorld I would recommend (if you wish) to contact people there in order to provide them with your comments or maybe you could help them somehow.

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В Москве состоится литературоведческая конференция с участием армянских и российских специалистов 25-го июня в Москве во Всемирном институте литературы им. Горького состоится торжественное открытие конференции "Григор Нарекаци и духовная культура средневековья", приуроченной 1000-летию поэмы "Книга скорбных песнопений" выдающегося армянского поэта Григора Нарекаци. Как сообщили ИА REGNUM в пресс-службе армянского внешнеполитического ведомства, конференция организована Институтом всемирной литературы Академии наук России совместно с Институтом литературы им. Абегяна Академии наук Армении, посольством Армении в России, Российской и Новой Нахичеваньской Епархиями Армянской Апостольской Церкви. Армянскую сторону представят доктор филологических наук А. Егиазарян, доктора науки З. Аветисян, Е. Алексанян, А. Исаакян, К. Тер-Давтян, доктор филологических наук Г. Тамразян, доктор искусствоведения Л. Чуказсян, кандидат филологических наук М. Джанполадян. Российскую же сторону представят ученые академических институтов: доктора филолгических наук Н. Надярних, Л. Сазонова, А. Кавко, кандидаты наук Б. Зулумян и Е. Акимушкина; доктор исторических наук В. Арутюнова-Фиданян и кандидат философских наук С. Неретина. Отметим, что это первая встреча армянских и российских литературоведов после долгого перерыва. Конференция призвана в очередной раз представить на научном обосновании место и роль Нарекаци в контексте средневековой духовной культуры и всемирных литературоведческих ценностей. Конференцию откроет академик Александр Куделин.

Exactly.

anileve

Steve have you seen this site before? http://www.raa.am/