Nané Posted April 9, 2003 Report Share Posted April 9, 2003 Most of you have probably heard this already but here it is for the rest of you guys After the Turkish Parliament voted to disallow American troops in Turkey for an Iraq war, Turkish prime minister Bulent Ecevit phoned President George W Bush: "I had a dream about the United States" he said. "I could see the whole country, and over every building and home was a banner," said Ecevit. "What was on the banner?" asked Mr. Bush. "Long live Turkish-American friendship." answered the Turkish prime minister. "I'm so glad you called" said President Bush. "I, too, had a dream. In my dream, I saw Turkey and it was more beautiful than ever; totally rebuilt with many tall, gleaming office buildings, large residential subdivisions with swimming pools in every yard; and over every building and home was a big, beautiful banner." "What did the banner say?" Asked Mr. Ecevit. "I don't know," answered the president, "I can't read Armenian." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
America-Hye Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 LOL. Hovson's, Kerkorian and other Armenians will turn what is now Eastern Turkey into a paradise. One should note that the area was in massive agriculture while the Armenians lived there and is now primarily a wasteland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamavor Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 Let them first invest some money into Republic of Armenia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
America-Hye Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 Gamavor, Where have you been?? Smoking the same hashish as the President of the US, down there in Tejas??? (No-it is not a typo, but the Mexican way of spelling Texas).Hovsons is already building a new suburb of Yerevan and Kerkorian's Lincy Foundation is restoring historic and cultural (tourist-drawing) monuments throughout Armenia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamavor Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 When I said them I didn't mean Krikorian and Hovnanian. My respect to both of them. I mean the rest 1,5 million so-called Armenians in USA and another 4.5 millions in the Western hemisphere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjk Posted August 30, 2003 Report Share Posted August 30, 2003 According to the American Census Bureau of 2000, your statistics are wrong; 132,583 Armenians live in the United States (that includes American citizens of Armenian ancestry). Your Western Hemisphere statistic is correct. Also, 11 million Armenians exist worldwide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted August 30, 2003 Report Share Posted August 30, 2003 hjk, According to the Glendale city government there ar just over 100,000 Armenians just in Glendale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
America-Hye Posted August 30, 2003 Report Share Posted August 30, 2003 One side of my family is 100 % Armenian and the other side is 3/4 Armenian-1/4 Assyrian. Only one family in our extended family has an Armenian surname, yet we are the first generation removed from the Armenian heartland. The last generation arrived here and all changed their surnames. Census 2000 did not ask every citizen their heritage, but only took a sampling which can be quite inaccurate. Since our families are Catholic or Protestant we are rarely included in surveys of Armenians. I am sure this phenomenon occurs in many cities in the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamavor Posted August 30, 2003 Report Share Posted August 30, 2003 According to the American Census Bureau of 2000, your statistics are wrong; 132,583 Armenians live in the United States (that includes American citizens of Armenian ancestry). Your Western Hemisphere statistic is correct. Also, 11 million Armenians exist worldwide. hjk, I think you were looking at a different ethnic group . According to the same census, Armenians (note nationals of R of Armenia) residing in USA (green card holders and US citizens are 354,187. Apart from that number there are already at least 1 mln. American - Armenians and a number of ethnic Armenians who are foreign nationals, be it from Russia, Eastern Europe or the Middle East. 1.5 mln is a modest estimate since only Mass. Boston area has more than 300.000. Worldwide I think we are around 10 mln.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caucasian Posted August 30, 2003 Report Share Posted August 30, 2003 LOL. Hovson's, Kerkorian and other Armenians will turn what is now Eastern Turkey into a paradise. One should note that the area was in massive agriculture while the Armenians lived there and is now primarily a wasteland. Eastern Turkey is completely a wasteland, that's completely true but Armenians have to turn ARMENIA into heaven before Anatolia. Yerevan still looks like a communist city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
America-Hye Posted August 30, 2003 Report Share Posted August 30, 2003 It has been 10 years since the Soviet Union was broken up. Armenia has endured a lot of misery since then. When I visited in the early 90's, the locals told me that they had frozen the previous winter. There are changes going on there, but Armenia is far from a free country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caucasian Posted August 30, 2003 Report Share Posted August 30, 2003 The same situation is in the Caucasus now. My uncle married from a woman from Northern Ossetia and I have seen the 1970's in the video. Espeically in the houses. The thing I critisize is "turning into heaven". Front of your own door, first. Not the neighbour's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
America-Hye Posted August 30, 2003 Report Share Posted August 30, 2003 There is SO much beautiful Czarist era architecture in Yerevan and in the rest of Armenia, mainly in the larger cities. Some of the Soviet era architecture, especially in Republic Square is good, as is the Matenadaran (for example). Yet so much of the other Soviet era buildings are SO, SO bad that they should eventually be torn down (if the next earthquake does not collapse their black-market starved cement foundations). The beautiful older buildings should be rehabilitated for present uses in order to maintain the historical beauty of the cities and towns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caucasian Posted August 30, 2003 Report Share Posted August 30, 2003 You can be sure if an earthquake happens (Allah korusun - God protect us) in north-eastern Turkey, all the border countries (this means neighbour countries in Turki) will be damaged. I don't know about the streets or avenues but the buildings and the elevators give people the emotion of insecurtiy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominO123 Posted August 30, 2003 Report Share Posted August 30, 2003 According to the American Census Bureau of 2000, your statistics are wrong; 132,583 Armenians live in the United States (that includes American citizens of Armenian ancestry). Your Western Hemisphere statistic is correct. Also, 11 million Armenians exist worldwide. The total world Armenian population does probably not exeed 8 million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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