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No word from Turkey on hostages: Mansour (BEIRUT: Lebanon)

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April 20, 2013 11:17 AM
The Daily Star

BEIRUT: Lebanon has yet to receive positive information from Turkey on the nine Lebanese hostages being held by rebels in Syria, caretaker Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour said Saturday.

“[We have received] no positive information from the Turkish side so far,” Mansour told a local radio station.

“Turkey is not the country linked directly to the kidnapping and it maintains good ties with us,” Mansour added.

Relatives of the hostages have stepped action against Turkish interests in Lebanon in recent days, arguing that Turkey, a major backer of the Syrian Opposition, can help in securing the release of their loved ones.

This week the families held protests near the Turkish Airlines offices in Beirut and threatened to escalate their actions if the state did not put pressure Ankara.

The hostages were captured by Syrian rebels in Aleppo last May on their way back from a religious pilgrimage to Iran.

Victims of Armenian Genocide to be commemorated in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir

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16:35, 20 April, 2013

YEREVAN, APRIL 20, ARMENPRESS: Victims of the Armenian Genocide will be commemorated in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, reports Armenpress, referring to marksist.org.

716025Turkish news web site called on Turkish activists, journalists, academicians and artists to gather on April 24 and participate in the commemoration ceremony at Taksim Square. “These lands have seen a lot of pain during last 100 years. Anatolia, which was a mosaic of different nations, lost its entire colors only for becoming homogenous nation. First of all non-Muslim nations were expelled, losing everything they had. Those who managed to stay were merged, and if not were destroyed. Nevertheless, the most horrible happened to the most ancient owners of these lands, Armenian, in 1915. On April 24, 1915 Armenian nation was massacred. In order to commemorate this tragedy we call on our compatriots to pay tribute to their memory,” it is noted in the message.

Artsakh will turn from electric power importer into the exporter in 2014. Deputy Head of Qashatagh Province

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13:34, 20 April, 2013

YEREVAN, APRI715993L 20, ARMENPRESS: From 2014 Artsakh Republic will turn from electric power importer into the exporter. This was assured by Deputy Head of the Artsakh Qashatagh Province Artush Mkhitaryan during April 20 press conference.

“Three hydroelectric stations are being exploited in Nagorno-Karabakh in last 2 years and forth one is underway,” Armenpress quoted Mkhitaryan. He has reminded that leadership of Artsakh Republic plans to grant energy independence to the country in 2014.

Mkhitaryan has noted that Qashatagh region is rich in certain mineral resources and that after some investigation works the mining will be launched. Mkhitaryan called on to make investments in the region, underlining favorable conditions of the region.

Qashatagh Province is one of the 7 provinces of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and the largest by area (3,376.60 km2).

Interpol is looking for Azerbaijani terrorist (international terrorists and members of radical groups of Afghanistan (Gulbuddin Hekmatyar group), Turkey “Grey Wolves” Chechnya (Basayev and Raduev)

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international terrorists and members of radical groups of Afghanistan (Gulbuddin Hekmatyar group), Turkey (“Grey Wolves”) Chechnya (Basayev and Raduev)

Another citizen of Azerbaijan is included in the wanted list of Interpol. The Azerbaijani news agency “Trend” reports it, referring to the official website of Interpol.
Mushvig Bayramov wanted by the police is 38-year-old and is born on 29 August 1974 in the village of Eyvazli, in Fizuli region. Bayramov is accused of terrorism, in creation of illegal armed groups and participation in their activities, in supplying them by arms, ammunition and explosives.
In recent years a number of people from Azerbaijan were killed in Syria while fighting against government forces. According to Turkish sites about 30 Azerbaijani terrorists have been killed in Syria.

In general, the links between international terrorist groups and Azerbaijan originated in the early 1990s. Then the Azerbaijani army, having failed in the aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), retreated, suffering losses. Trying to salvage the situation, the Azerbaijani leadership, headed by Heydar Aliyev attracted to the war against the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh international terrorists and members of radical groups of Afghanistan (Gulbuddin Hekmatyar group), Turkey (“Grey Wolves”, etc.), Chechnya (groupings Basayev and Raduev etc.) and of some other regions.

Despite the involvement in the war in Azerbaijani army of thousands of foreign mercenaries and terrorists, the Azerbaijani aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh Republic failed and authorities of Baku were forced to sign an armistice with the representatives of the NKR and Armenia. However, the international terrorists found necessary links in Azerbaijan and used them in the future. Recruitment was conducted among the Azerbaijanis, who then were sent to Afghanistan and the North Caucasus, where they participated in battles against the forces of the international coalition and the Russian structures.

In recent years, the citizens of Azerbaijan are actively involved in terrorist and extremist activities in Russia, Afghanistan and Syria. In Azerbaijan the citizens of this Republic, are attracted to criminal liability for participating in “illegal armed formations” in Afghanistan and are sentenced to negligible terms of imprisonment.

Source: Panorama.am

Armenian Genocide victims commemorated in LA

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To mark the 98th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the Armenian Council of America (ACA) participated in the City of Los Angeles’ annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration ceremony held at the Los Angeles City Council Chamber on April 19.

Armenian Genocide in LAThe commemoration was led by Councilmember Paul Krekorian and former City Council President Eric Garcetti, recognizing Rose Garjian, a 104 year old Genocide survivor, honoring Ararat Home for its immeasurable contributions to the Armenian-American elderly community, as well as honoring the AGBU Generation Next program for transforming the lives of Armenian-American youth.

Councilmember Krekorian expressed the difficulty in grasping the magnitude of Genocide – a Genocide in a tiny nation to have lost one and a half million Armenian men, women and children. To put it into perspective, he asked everyone to remember what they felt on September 11th when thousands of victims were lost to a horrible act of terror, and to imagine if that terror was experienced every day for an entire year. “It is very important for all of us to recognize and condemn man’s inhumanity towards man,” Krekorian said.

“As the Councilmember representing Little Armenia, who has traveled to Yerevan to make us sister cities, I’m deeply aware of the lasting impact of the Genocide,” Councilmember Eric Garcetti said. “It’s important that the Genocide is never forgotten–that is the best way to ensure that tragic chapter in history is never repeated.”

In previous years the City Council has honored Emmy nominated filmmaker Dr. J. Michael Hagopian, and world-renowned scholar, Professor Richard G. Hovannisian.

The Armenian Council of America is dedicated to educating the Armenian-American community in local political affairs, as well as actively pursuing Armenian-American participation in their respective local governments, to support political candidates who share the values of the Armenian American community.

U.S. organizations urge Coca-Cola to sever ties with genocide denial group, (the Turkish Anti Armenian Genocide ATAA)

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April 19, 2013 – 21:22 AMT

Genocide-executed-ArmenianAmerica’s leading genocide prevention groups this week called upon Coca-Cola and Citigroup to suspend their participation in a conference hosted by an organization waging a public campaign that supports the Turkish government’s denial of the Armenian Genocide, the Ottoman Turkish Government’s centrally planned and systematically executed mass murder of Christian Armenians.

In letters sent to the boards of directors of Citigroup and Coca-Cola, United to End Genocide, Investors Against Genocide, Genocide Watch, Massachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur, Jewish World Watch, and the Armenian National Committee of America all called upon these two corporations to sever any ties with organizations, such as the Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA), that actively deny the Armenian Genocide. Citigroup and Coca-Cola are ranked by Fortune magazine as the 20th and 59th largest American corporations, respectively.

Both firms are scheduled to be represented at the ATAA’s convention, being held in Washington, DC starting on April 25, the day after the worldwide commemoration of the Armenian Genocide. Speaking on behalf of Coca-Cola will be its Chairman, Muhtar Kent; representing Citigroup will be its Senior Vice President for International Government Affairs, Charles R. Johnston. The signatories of the letter asked both corporations to withdraw their speakers from the conference, and, failing that, to publicly clarify that any participation by the officials is in a personal capacity.

Also scheduled to speak at the ATAA conference, over the publicly voiced objections of the ANCA, is the U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, Francis Ricciardone. The Obama Administration has yet to confirm that any of its representatives will participate in the annual Capitol Hill Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, to be hosted by the Congressional Armenian Caucus on April 24th at the Hart Senate Office Building, Room 902, reported Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

Notre Dame de Paris to host liturgy for Armenian Genocide victims

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PanARMENIAN.Net – Notre Dame de Paris will host a liturgy Sunday, April 21 to commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Empire.

Accordin155052g to Nouvelles d’Armenie, Bishop Jerome Daniel Beau will deliver a sermon at the event. The liturgy will be held by the Bishop the Eparchy of Paris of the Armenian Catholics in France Holy Cross, Hovhannes Teyrouzian.

Turkish Connection: Turkish minister: Boston Marathon suspects

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WantedANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s interior minister Muammer Guler says one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing spent 10 days in Turkey 10 years ago but had no other links to the country.

Guler said Friday that Tamerlan Tsarnaev had travelled to Turkey with a Kyrgyz passport, along with three other people with the same last name in July 2003. He said they entered Istanbul on July 9, 2003, and departed the country from Ankara 10 days later.

Guler said Turkey has shared all information it has about the suspects with FBI officials.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was killed in a shootout in Boston. His brother Dzhokhar is on the run

 

Persian-language Manoto TV produces film on Armenian Genocide (video) نسل کشی ارامنه ( من و تو)

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Persian-lagenocidenguage channel Manoto TV has produced a film on the Armenian Genocide. The film tells about the geopolitical events that occurred during World War I and presents eyewitness memories.

The film presents the details of the genocide organized by the Ottoman Empire, when more than 1.5 million Armenians were killed between 1915 and 1916 by the Ottoman Turks.

The Armenian Genocide has been recognized and condemned by Uruguay (1965), the Republic of Cyprus (1982), Argentina (1993), Russia (1995), Canada (1996), Greece (1996), Lebanon (1997), Belgium (1998), Italy (2000), Vatican (2000), France (2001), Switzerland (2003), Slovakia (2004), The Netherlands (2004), Poland (2005), Germany (2005), Venezuela (2005), Lithuania (2005), Chile (2007), Sweden (2010). The Armenian Genocide has also been recognized and condemned by Vatican, the Council of Europe and the World Council of Churches.

Published on Mar 27, 2013

ویژه برنامه- نسل کشی ارامنه – من و تو
در فاصله‌ی سالهای ۱۹۱۵ تا ۱۹۱۶ میلادی، بیش از یک میلیون ارمنی، در نسل‌کشی‌ها یا برنامه‌های بی‌رحمانه‌ی تبعید جمعی، کشته می‌شوند. نسل‌کشی‌های ارامنه یکی از بدترین نسل‌کشی‌ها قرن بیستم و یکی از جنجالی‌ترین‌ نسل‌کشی‌های این قرن است. این فاجعه موضوع نزاع‌های تلخ حقوقی قرار گرفته و ترکیه تا همین امروز، وقوع آن را از اصل انکار می‌کند. لورنس جوردن در تلاش برای فهم منشأ، سرشت و تبعات نسل‌کشی ارامنه در زمان به عقب بازمی‌گردد تا نگاهی بیندازد به کشتار ارامنه در دهه‌های منتهی به این کشتار دسته‌جمعی. او همچنین وضعیت سیاسی را در قبل و بعد از این فاجعه‌ی هولناک بررسی و تحلیل می‌کند. در این فیلم گزارش‌ها و اسنادی را خواهید دید که در زمان رخداد فاجعه توسط دیپلمات‌های غربی‌ای که در امپراتوری عثمانی خدمت می‌کردند، به نگارش درآمده‌اند. این اسناد باعث می‌شوند درک بهتری از روش‌های استفاده شده و مسیرهای تبعید دسته‌جمعی ارامنه بدست آوریم. این اسناد در فیلم با داستان‌های شخصی کسانی که از نسل‌کشی جان سالم به در برده‌اند و نیز فیلم‌های آرشیوی مسئولان حکومت عثمانی همراه می‌شود.

ARF Urges Closures on April 24

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GLENDALE—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation Western US Central Committee issued an appeal this week, urging community members to take the day off or close their businesses on April 24 as a fitting gesture to commemorate the 98th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

tashnag1Below is the translated text of the appeal:

The Armenian Genocide anniversary is upon us and every Armenian, once again, is preparing to honor the memory of the victims of this heinous crime by attending commemoration events or protests and expressing the commitment to our demands and the cause.

We are all mourners. We all have demands. While the struggle for justice is a daily matter, for all of us April 24 remains the day to honor the sacred memory of our martyrs. It is the day when we appreciate the extent of our personal and collective losses and a time when we must reevaluate our present and determine the course of our struggle, in the name of justice and the restoration of our rights.

By taking a personal day from work or closing businesses on April 24 many people instinctively express their firm stance befitting our national day of mourning.

However, some of our compatriots have veered from that tradition and, just like any other day, they go to work and keep their businesses open.

April 24 cannot be considered an ordinary day for any Armenian. Hence, we call on our community to assume responsibility for our martyred ancestors by closing their businesses and taking part in the day’s commemorative events.