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Presentation of Armenian translation of 2nd President’s book

May 12, 2019 by administrator

The presentation of the Armenian translation of the book “Life and Freedom” by the second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan took place on Sunday, May 12.

The event was also attended by members of his family, politicians, and associates.

Robert Kocharyan’s spouse Bella Kocharyan had a speech and noted that over the years they tried to convince Kocharyan to write a book, however, as Robert Kocharyan wrote in the book, he did not want to delve into the past.

The moment came, he was thinking about it, and wrote a book in three years. It is very interesting and easy to read,” she said adding that the book is full of facts that they did not know about.

“Robert is not an open person, but he has been opened up in this book. He writes so lovingly about the nature of Stepanakert, Karabakh, that it seems there is something artistic in it. He writes about his childhood in the book, as well as about his sister, and a very beloved brother,” she added.

Bella Kocharyan reminded that it is the second presentation of the book as the first one was held in Stepanakert on January 26.

The younger son of Robert Kocharyan, Levon Kocharyan, read the address of his father.

The first part of the book narrates about the people who created the heroic pages of Armenia, and the second part presents due to what efforts the development of the country took place.

PSIA Chair Vahram Ter-Matevosyan Publishes a Book on Turkey, Kemalism and the Soviet Union

April 23, 2019 by administrator

The American University of Armenia (AUA) is proud to share the recent release by Palgrave Macmillan (London and New York) of a book by Dr. Vahram Ter-Matevosyan, Associate Professor and Chair of AUA’s Political Science and International Affairs (PSIA) Program. The monograph is titled “Turkey, Kemalism and the Soviet Union: Problems of Modernization, Ideology and Interpretation” and is featured in the book series Modernity, Memory and Identity in South-East Europe. The series explores the relationship between the modern history and present of South-East Europe and the long imperial past of the region.

“When I started working on this topic a few years ago, I had two objectives in mind: to better understand Kemalism and its ideological transformations in the 20th century and to publish the findings with a prestigious academic press. Many scholars in Armenia are doing groundbreaking research in the humanities and social sciences; however, not many have had the opportunity to share their research outside of Armenia. It’s possible that not knowing where or how to start the process is a daunting prospect for them. In the case of my monograph, the publication process took one-and-a-half years and involved several peer review stages and hundreds of email communications with the editor, assistant editors, and copy editors. This example demonstrates that we should not shy away from the challenges the process demands, but, instead, help one another to get published abroad. We can do our research in Yerevan, Gyumri, or anywhere else in Armenia, and strive to get published with eminent publishing houses outside the country. Lastly, Oriental Studies—a firmly established and respected field of study outside Armenia—has also enjoyed a strong presence here traditionally, so I am glad that my book is poised to continue that tradition,” noted Dr. Ter-Matevosyan.

The monograph delves into the history of Kemalism by introducing the hitherto unknown Soviet perspectives on Kemalist ideology. It discusses major problems in the existing interpretations of Kemalism and how the incorporation of Soviet perspectives enriches the historiography and modern understanding of that ideology. The book looks into the origins, evolution, and transformational phases of Kemalism between the 1920s and 1970s. Looking at various phases of Soviet attitudes towards the founding ideology of Turkey and its manifestations through the lenses of Communist leaders, party functionaries, diplomats, and scholars, the book illuminates the underlying dynamics of Soviet interpretations.

“This is an important, very instructive and innovative study. Ter-Matevosyan succeeds in carefully exposing the dizzying metamorphoses of Kemalism whose early genesis the Soviet Union had more attentively followed than self-absorbed Western powers,” said Hans-Lukas Kieser, Associate Professor at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

The presentation of the book will be held in Manoogian Hall on May 6. It is available both online and in print and can be accessed here.

The AUA PSIA program equips students with advanced analytical reasoning, critical thinking, and communication skills through the study of political science and international affairs, emphasizing local and global perspectives and practical applications of theory. The program aims to provide world-class research and teaching, through which graduates can best contribute to the development of the nation.

Taner Akçam’s new book on Armenian Genocide makes Turkish denialist historiography “fake news” – “Killing Orders: Talat Pasha’s Telegrams and the Armenian Genocide” book translated into Armenian

April 22, 2019 by administrator

The Armenian translation of the book authored by Turkish historian, expert in genocide studies Taner Akçam “Killing Orders: Talat Pasha’s Telegrams and the Armenian Genocide” has been published. The book presents unique telegrams that refute the main thesis of Turkish denialism. They prove that there have been orders for killings given by Talat Pasha. The author assures that the study and publication of the documents are the greatest blow to the Turkish denialism.

ARMENPRESS reports the book was presented on April 22 at the AGBU. The book is published by Newmag printing house.

“In the scientific circles the thesis that Talat Pasha’s telegrams are mainly unconfirmed documents prevailed and many did not even initiate to check again the history and find out the truth through the telegrams. Taner Akçam set to that work and did it”, translator of the book Andranik Israelyan said, adding that he admired the professional skills of the writer. “Akçam examined even the sorts of paper used then, the types of coding. He checked if the people mentioned in the telegram really existed or no”, the translator said.

Editor of the book Armen Sargsyan said that the book emphasizes that the Armenian Genocide started to be denied from the first seconds of the implementation.

“Why I decided to write this book? Everything is very simple. In 2015 I was allowed to see the private archive of Krikor Gergerian. I found there documents that I decided should be immediately published. The most difficult part here was encrypting the Ottoman coding and classified telegrams”, Taner Akçam said in a video message adding that it took a lot of time to understand the logic of the coding.

The author of the book noted that currently he works on understanding the role of Cemâl Paşa in the organization of the Armenian Genocide. “It’s known that in Istanbul he was among the leaders of Young Turks. There are rumors that he tried to save the Armenians. Now I am trying to understand his real role in the years of the Armenian Genocide”, he concluded.

The main thesis of denying the Armenian Genocide by Turkey is that there has been no order except the order for deportation, therefore, Armenians died, but were not killed. Meanwhile, the then Minister of Interior of Turkey Talat Pasha was personally in charge for deporting and killing Armenians. He send telegrams to Turkish officials, including to Naim Bey working in Aleppo. Aram Andonian, an Armenian Genocide survivor who passed through Deir el-Zor desser, get acquainted with Naim Bey. By bribing the Turkish official he obtains the historical documents, the telegrams of Talat, where he ordered to kill Armenians. Aram Andonian takes out from Syria over 70 documents to Paris and published a book there in 1921. Andonian gives all the documents to Nubar Library in Paris. Later the documents disappear from the library, but fortunately Armenian Catholic priest Krikor Gergerian had copied them and taken with him to the USA in 1950s. No one had examined that unique archive. In 2015 Taner Akçam gets into contact with Gergerian’s heirs and reaches those archives.

Belmont, Mass. Library Spotlights Armenian Titles in April

April 10, 2019 by administrator

By David Boyajian,

During April 2019 the Belmont, Massachusetts Public Library is displaying a selection of books, DVDs, and CDs on the Armenian Genocide and Armenian history and culture.

Library Director Peter Struzziero and his staff facilitated the display whose items can be borrowed by patrons.

The library is part of the Minuteman Library Network, a regional consortium of 36 public and 5 college libraries. The Network contains several hundred Armenian titles.

Belmont’s April display has so far included The History of the Armenian Genocide by Vahakn Dadrian; Killing Orders by Taner Akçam; Architects of Denial, a film by Dean Cain and Montel Williams; Armenia, the Survival of a Nation by Christopher Walker; Tadem, My Father’s Village by Robert Aram Kaloosdian; Neither to Laugh nor to Weep by Abraham and Vartan Hartunian; Goodbye, Antoura by Karnig Panian; Treasures from the Ark: 1700 Years of Armenian Christian Art by Vrej Nersessian; Komitas-Aslamazian, a CD by the Chilingarian Quartet; Armenian Folk Arts, Culture, and Identity by Levon Abrahamian and Nancy & Sam Sweezy; The History of Armenia by Simon Payaslian; The Kingdom of Armenia by M. Chahin; Armenia and Karabagh Travel Guide by Matthew Karanian; The Forty Days of Musa Dagh by Franz Werfel; The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian; and other titles.

As items are borrowed, additional ones are added.

A group of local Armenian Americans conceived the idea of a library display for Armenian Genocide Commemoration Month. They suggested nearly forty titles available in the Minuteman Network on topics and genres such as the Genocide, history, religion, art, music, film, food, travel, and fiction.

The group consisted of Jirair Hovsepian, Lucine Kasbarian, Heather Krafian, Marc Mamigonian, Judith Ananian Sarno, and the author.

Hovsepian brought about the town’s annual official proclamation on the Armenian Genocide and is an elected member of Belmont’s Town Meeting which decides the town’s budget and bylaws. Kasbarian is a book and article author and a political cartoonist. Krafian is a board member of the Armenian Relief Society, Eastern Region and co-chairs St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School’s School Committee in nearby Watertown. Mamigonian is the Director of Academic Affairs at the National Association of Armenian Studies and Research. Ananian Sarno is active on town government boards and is an elected member of Belmont’s Town Meeting. The author is a freelance journalist and activist.

The Belmont Media Center is producing a community cable television spot about the display, along with a brief interview with this article’s author. The spot will be viewable on the center’s website.

America’s public libraries are, more than ever, actively contributing to community life. They are open to civic sponsorship of and participation in such events and activities as author presentations, lectures, exhibits, films, musical entertainment, and reading groups for both adults and children.

Libraries are a valuable community resource to which Armenian Americans should contribute.

The author’s articles are archived at Armeniapedia.org/wiki/David_Boyajian.

World Premiere Launch for ‘Armenian Highland’ Book on April 9 in Glendale

April 3, 2019 by administrator

(Glendale, Calif.) Abril Bookstore in Glendale, Calif., will host the world premiere book launch for The Armenian Highland by author Matthew Karanian at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. He will be introduced by Robert Kurkjian, PhD.

‘The Armenian Highland’ is a beautifully illustrated historical guide to the ancient homeland of the Armenians—lands that are commonly known today as Western Armenia or Historic Armenia.

This impressive 312-page volume provides a unique perspective on the Armenian past that has survived in Ani, Kars, and Western Armenia—all lands that are outside the borders of today’s modern Republic of Armenia.

Author Matthew Karanian brings these ancient Armenian lands alive through a masterful combination of story-telling, historic maps, and more than 200 photographs—both modern and ancient.

Karanian first signals to the reader his intent to resurrect the Armenian past through his use of the geographic term Armenian Highland as the title of the book.

For millennia, the Armenian Highland was recognized as the name of the vast highland plateau of Asia Minor—the homeland of the Armenians. The name was purged from most maps in the aftermath of the Armenian Genocide.

Karanian revives the name, just as he seeks to revive ancient Armenia. The result is a book that proudly showcases an Armenia that has rarely been seen since 1915.

Matthew Karanian is a second generation Armenian American who lives in Pasadena. He is a lawyer and the author of several books about Armenia.

‘The Armenian Highland’ will also be presented at California State University, Fresno at 7 pm on Thursday, April 11, 2019. A full calendar of book presentations for ‘The Armenian Highland’ is available at www.HistoricArmeniaBook.com

Book Review: “Cilicia 1909 – The Massacre of Armenians” CILICIA 1909 THE MASSACRE OF ARMENIANS

April 3, 2019 by administrator

By Varoujan Der Simonian,

translated by Ara Stepan Melkonian and edited by Ara Sarafian

This week, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: April 1, 2, 3, 1909 to be exact, marks 110th year anniversary of Adana Massacres that took place in Cilicia. On this sad occasion, we think it’s relevant to share with you the following book review, (as published in The Armenian Weekly and Asbarez weekly publications) about eyewitness accounts of Hagop H. Terzian, encouraging you and your friends to obtain a copy of this English publication, and learn about the pre Genocide horror that the Armenians were subjected 6 years prior to 1915.

November, 2009Cilicia 1909: The Massacre of Armenians
By Hagop H. Terzian
Translated by Ara Stepan Melkonian and edited by Ara Sarafian
A Special Centennial Publication
Published by Taderon Press by special arrangement for the Gomidas Institute
ISBN 978-1-903656-95-2
146 pages

A new abridged English translation by Ara Stepan Melkonian and Ara Sarafian was just released by the Gomidas Institute of London under the title “Cilicia 1909: The Massacre of Armenians.” The book, by Hagop H. Terzian, was originally titled Giligie Aghedu (The Cilician Catastrophe). It was published in Istanbul, in 1912, but confiscated by the Ottoman government. Terzian, a pharmacist by profession, documented his own and other eyewitnesses’ experiences during the 1909 massacres in the Adana province. Born in Hadjin in 1879 and educated in Constantinople, he barely escaped the horrific events, however, was arrested on April 24, 1915 and killed, along with many of his colleagues.Sarafian introduced the new volume on Monday, October 12, during the Armenian Studies Program Lecture Series at California State University, Fresno, in observation of the one hundredth anniversary of the Adana Massacres. The detailed descriptions that Terzian recorded in his diary are chilling, to say the least, but should be widely required reading. The suffering to which the Armenian population of Adana was subjected by mobs — in two stages — could be summarized as “going through hell and back,” if you survived!The slide presentation at the end of Sarafian’s talk brought me flash-backs. My grandparents were from Adana. I remembered sitting at my grandmother’s bedside, as she described how she and her siblings had survived, having been next in line to be assassinated by police squadron. Their corpses were to be dumped in the Sihoun River. I wonder now why she chose to hold back the descriptions of so many of the atrocities that Terzian so painfully documented in his book — including devouring and raping young girls and wives in public, and the slaughtering of Armenian men, women and children of all ages, while amputating their arms and legs with axes. Was my grandmother hoping to protect her teenage grandson’s tender young feelings by holding back so much of the violent behavior?According to the book, over 21,000 Armenians were murdered during less than two weeks of massacres. As a result of lootings, in the Adana province the Armenians lost an estimated 5,400,000 gold liras in economic and personal property (in 1909 value).*As I read the unfolding events, an amazing pattern of Turkish behavior emerged. Over and over again, while the organized mob and looters were moving from one city, town or village to the other, the same pattern emerged: deception and cunning. They characterized the nature of Turkish politics and re-emphasized the separate findings of a scholar: “In the more ghastly episodes of the Abdul Hamit era and 1909 Adana massacres, for example (barring few exceptions), the muftis in general played a decisive role by formally sanctioning the regional and local mass murders by declaring them permissible by the canons of Muslim law….” And, also, “A closer scrutiny of the manner in which Sultan Abdul Hamit handled the matter is instructive of the covert designs and intentions of Ottoman authorities confronting the emerging Armenian Question. One becomes readily cognizant of the rudiments of the governmental tactic of publicly declaring a policy, which is then countermanded by secret orders.” Or, further, “…ethnic groups [i. e., Kurds, Circassians, Lazes…] in appreciable numbers were co-opted by Ottoman-Turkish authorities to serve as allies and surrogates… that is, killer bands in search of loot and spoils.” (Dadrian, 1999.)It is mind-boggling to read in the new translation of Terzian’s document, how the local Turkish governmental and religious leaders act very much the same way in over fifty-seven communities where they committed mass killings and destruction — even while assuring Armenians that they need not worry, nothing will happen to them. For example, in one incident (and the following is only my abbreviated version), when on Monday April the 19th the news of the Adana Massacres were confirmed in Antioch, concerned Armenians closed their shops and took refuge in their homes. The Turkish kaymakam (regional governor) and his officers invited all the notable Armenians to a meeting at the Prelacy headquarters to calm the tense situation, assuring them that “there’s nothing happening; let everyone open his shop and carry on his business.” However, the minute the Turkish representatives depart the meeting, the mob, which was assembled outside, invaded the Prelacy, murdering everyone inside, including the catholicos’ vicar and the monks at the monastery. The mob looted the church of its vessels and furniture, and in a few hours all the Armenians of Antioch (some eight hundred total, except 20) were killed. After the massacres they burned the Armenian Apostolic and Armenian Evangelical Churches to the ground.The new publication is a must-read, also, for anyone hoping to better understand the impact that the Adana Massacres had on Armenian literature and music. Poems like Siamanto’s “The Dance,” or “The Suffocated,” or “Red News from my Friend,” or Taniel Varoujan’s “The Red Soil” and other works, remain as vivid poetic expressions of the profound psychological effects left by the experiences documented in the Terzian book, whereas the unnerving classical music composed by Prof. K. Kalfayan “Requiem” — released in Paris in 1913 — still moves the listener to wonder about the emotional trauma the artist was undergoing, while arranging his notes…. Only after reading “Cilicia 1909″ could one even begin to approximate, perhaps, the turmoil and suffering that produced such music.I had long been wondering why the Adana Massacres took place in the Ottoman Empire at that particular period in its history. After all, the city was one of the thriving centers of commerce in the empire. As I reached the half-way point of the book, one sentence — now highlighted — struck my mind. It exists in the following paragraph:“The sad days and hours that made us tumble were impossible to forget, and of course our grandchildren and even their children will remember the terrible things we suffered. The great, rich and proud Cilician City of Adana that had never deigned to request assistance or beg for help was forced, after terrible calamity, to open its hand to the public and ask for aid and beg for assistance. One month before the massacre, the city of Adana, which had collected thousands of liras for the needy of Armenia, was reduced to the same needy state itself. It was as if the destiny of the Armenians was to be massacred, looted, and burned, and to always seek help and assistance from humanity.”To further comprehend with the enormity of the crime committed in 1909 against humanity, world culture and civilization, it is worth to mention the series of scholarly papers presentation at the UCLA conference in 2000 and “Armenian Cilicia” released thereof by Dr. Richard Hovanessian. With their translation, Ara Stepan Melkonian and Ara Sarafian have done a great service, not only for recorded history but also for the illumination of our coming generations. Although the book encompasses many disturbing and graphic descriptions of eyewitness accounts, it is easy to read and should be read by every student of humanity. It provides a preview of what followed six years later, during the 1915 Armenian Genocide. Anyone who would like to educate younger people about atrocities that may be committed by mankind against man, or provide help with interpreting unfolding current events, with the goal of pre-empting and preventing genocidal recurrences, should hand them a copy of “Cilicia 1909.”*Note: One Ottoman Gold Lira contains 6.62 grams of pure gold, which is equal to about 0.24 ounces. An ounce of gold is valued at $1,060.00 today (2009). Hence, in today’s currency, 0.24 ounces of gold will be valued at $254.00, whereas 5,400,000.00 gold liras of 1909 would amount to $1,371,400,000.00 — in principal alone. What could have been the potential return on investments of $1.3 billion over the past one h
undred years?
Cilicia 1909 – The Massacre of Armenians
By Hagop H. Terzian
Translated by Ara Stepan Melkonian and Edited by Ara Sarafian
A Special Centennial Publication
Published by Taderon Press by special arrangement for the Gomidas Institute
For more information please contact [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-903656-95-2
146 pages
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GagruleLive Interview Haig Boyadjian New Book Bloodied, But Unbowed Tells a Personal Story of Survival

March 12, 2019 by administrator

By Wally Sarkeesian

LOS ANGELES — A new book by Alice Nazarian, Bloodied, But Unbowed: A Memoir of the Ashur & Arshaluys Yousuf Family, has just been released by Nineveh Press.

In this memoir, author Alice Nazarian tells the story of her parents and family in the shadow of the Armenian/Assyrian Genocide. Her father, Ashur Yousuf, a prominent Assyrian intellectual and professor at Euphrates College in Kharpert, Turkey, became a victim of the Genocide in 1915. Her mother, Arshaluys Yousuf, heroically struggled on after her husband’s death, raising their six children while helping educate countless young children in orphanages and schools in the Middle East.

BLOODIED, BUT UNBOWED is a memoir written by Alice Nazarian that tells the story of her parents and family in the shadow of the Armenian/Assyrian Genocide. Her father, Ashur Yousuf, a prominent Assyrian intellectual and professor at Euphrates College in Kharpert, Turkey, became a victim of the Genocide in 1915. Her mother, Arshaluys Yousuf, heroically struggled on after her husband’s death, raising their six children while helping educate countless young children in orphanages and schools in the Middle East. The memoir comprises a narrative of the turbulent life of Arshaluys and a section devoted to writings by and about Ashur Yousuf. This English translation, while faithful to the original Armenian, contains some new material and an updated genealogy of the descendants of Ashur and Arshaluys Yousuf.

ALICE NAZARIAN was the fifth child of Ashur and Arshaluys Yousuf. In addition to this memoir, she wrote numerous articles, poems, and lectures. She was well-known in Aleppo, Syria, as an educator and director of plays. Having lived most of her life in Aleppo, she immigrated to the United States in 1967. She died in Los Angeles in 1976.

The memoir comprises a narrative of the turbulent life of Arshaluys and a section devoted to writings by and about Ashur Yousuf. This English translation, while faithful to the original Armenian, contains some new material and an updated genealogy of the descendants of Ashur and Arshaluys Yousuf.

Alice Nazarian was the fifth child of Ashur and Arshaluys Yousuf. In addition to this memoir, she wrote numerous articles, poems, and lectures. She was well-known in Aleppo, Syria, as an educator and director of plays. Having lived most of her life in Aleppo, she immigrated to the United States in 1967. She died in Los Angeles in 1976.

Ishkhan Jinbashian is a literary translator. His works include translations of novels, poetry, and memoirs by Hagop Oshagan, Shahan Shahnur, Zareh Vorbuni, Yeghishe Charents, Mikayel Shamtanchian, Armen Anush, and Aram Sahakian. Jinbashian lives in Los Angeles.

Nineveh Press publishes new books and reprints old and rare books and periodicals concerning Assyrian language, literature, history and culture.

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‘Armenian Highland’ to reveal the hidden lands of Western Armenia

March 1, 2019 by administrator

‘The Armenian Highland,’ a hardcover photo-history book celebrating the Armenian nation, will be published on April 15.

Author and photographer Matthew Karanian calls the book unique.

“This is an unusual book,” says Karanian. “I have curated a photo-based historical guide to the ancient homeland of the Armenian nation, but I have focused on the part of Armenia that is today located entirely outside the borders of the modern Republic of Armenia.”

These lands are more commonly known today as Western Armenia or as Historic Armenia. But Karanian’s book refers to these lands as the Armenian Highland.

Armenian Highland is a much older name. The Armenian Highland is the geographic term that has been used for millennia to identify the highland plateau of Asia Minor. This vast Highland, also known as the Armenian Plateau, is the ancient homeland of the Armenians.

Karanian says ‘Armenian Highland’ also has a forward-looking connotation that is absent from the term Historic Armenia.

“This is our homeland,” says Karanian about the Armenian Highland region. “It’s been our homeland for thousands of years. And it will be our homeland tomorrow, as well.”

The geographic name Armenian Highland fell into disuse during the decades that followed the Armenian Genocide after Turkey renamed the region and issued revised maps cleansed of the Armenian name.

‘The Armenian Highland’ book tells the history of the Armenians through a combination of photography, maps, and the author’s scholarly research and fieldwork.

Modern color photos depict the ancient Armenian homeland– all the Armenian provinces of the former Ottoman Empire as well as Ani and Kars– as it exists today. Historic images show the same scenes as they appeared one century ago, often juxtaposed with stunning effect.

The field research and photography are original and are the product of the author’s travels throughout the lands of the Armenian Highland from 1997 through 2018.

‘The Armenian Highland’ book also includes detailed maps that show the Armenian nation as it existed until 1915. Many of the maps are adapted from the works of the cartographer and scholar of Armenian history Prof. Robert Hewsen. The book also includes antique maps by Mardiros Kheranian, a famous cartographer whose maps are on display at Echmiadzin and at Yerevan’s National Museum.

The text, the vivid photography, and the detailed maps, all combine to create a single volume resource that introduces the reader to an Armenia that has rarely been seen since 1915.

“No other book has ever depicted the Armenian homeland in this manner,” says Karanian.

“The effect is a book that can reach our young people who may have forgotten about our roots, as well as an older readership that may have come to think of Historic Armenia as simply a topic for arcane scholarly research,” says Karanian.

Karanian is a lawyer in California. He is a passionate supporter of Armenia who has lived and worked in Yerevan for many years. He has served as an associate dean and professor of law at the American University of Armenia in Yerevan.

The Armenian Highland book will be available from Amazon and at most bookstores on April 15. The book is also available directly from the publisher Stone Garden Press at www.HistoricArmeniaBook.com

‘The Armenian Highland’ is printed in the USA on high quality archival paper and published by Stone Garden Press of Pasadena, California.

Life and freedom The autobiography of the ex president of Armenia and Karabakh, Жизнь и свобода Автобиография экс-президента Армении и Карабаха

February 12, 2019 by administrator

Вышла из печати автобиография экс-президента Армении Роберта Кочаряна. По-моему, это удивительно интересное произведение, особенно для российского читателя. Роберт родился в Советском Союзе, и до 34 лет его жизнь мало отличалась от жизни его сверстников: обычное советское детство, институт, работа, семья… А в 1988 году началось движение армян Нагорного Карабаха за воссоединение с Арменией, и вскоре его возглавил Роберт Кочарян. Ослабевшая Советская советская власть не смогла мирно разрешить армяно-азербайджанский конфликт, и противостояние перешло в партизанскую войну. Думаю, непредвзятый рассказ о том, как национальное движение перерастает в войну, многое дает для понимания современных национальных конфликтов. Из воспоминаний Роберта становится также понятнее, как Советский Союз двигался к своему распаду.

В развернувшейся затем полномасштабной войне малочисленный народ Нагорного Карабаха сумел одержать победу в войне с Азербайджаном — и Роберт все это время стоял во главе непризнанной республики, руководя Государственным комитетом обороны Карабаха. Нагорный Карабах сумел отстоять свою независимость – тем самым завершился многовековой период унижений и поражений армянской нации, символом которых явля

The autobiography of the ex-president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan was published. In my opinion, this is an amazingly interesting piece, especially for the Russian reader. Robert was born in the Soviet Union, and up to 34 years his life differed little from the life of his peers: the usual Soviet childhood, institution, work, family … And in 1988, the movement of Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh began to reunite with Armenia, and soon Robert headed Kocharyan. The weakened Soviet government was unable to peacefully resolve the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, and the confrontation turned into a partisan war. I think an unbiased story about how the national movement grows into a war gives a lot to understand modern national conflicts. From Robert’s memoirs, it also becomes clearer how the Soviet Union was moving towards its breakup.

In the ensuing full-scale war, the small people of Nagorno-Karabakh managed to win the war with Azerbaijan – and all this time Robert stood at the head of the unrecognized republic, leading the Karabakh State Defense Committee. Nagorno-Karabakh managed to defend its independence – thus ending the centuries-old period of humiliation and defeat of the Armenian nation, the symbol of which is

Homosexuality in the Ottoman Empire: Praying in his hand,

December 26, 2018 by administrator

Akit newspaper, “Sodomy in the Ottoman Empire” sued the author of the Book of slander, but all the documents in the book, the book was cleared when it emerged from the Ottoman origin. When the Akit lost the slander case, it was decided to pay compensation.

Rıza Zelyut’s book, ’Ottomanism in the Ottoman Empire kar, was decided to be confiscated two years ago. The work of Zelyut was taken to the scope of the report by the decision of the Board of Ministers for Protection of Children from the Prime Ministry of the Republic of Turkey, dated 25.01.2018 and numbered 2018/2. The publication of the books in the market was decided to be sold in bags. The publication of the book by using the works of the writers and poets of Ottoman times, the publication of the publication of the book published in the publication Publication of the book reacted. “In the last period, when the news about the harassment and rape of children has increased unfortunately, it has been said that the book was not intended to harm minors or to adversely affect their spiritual structures, but rather to protect our children from this tendency by deciphering that structure.” vehicles. In the case filed by Kaynak Yayınları, which carried the decision of the Muzır Publication Board to the jurisdiction of the Ankara 11th Administrative Court, the book was approved to be sold in a normal way. Source: ‘Sonship in the Ottoman Empire’ came out of the bag: the publishing house won the case

Radikal newspaper writer Ayşe Hür wrote homosexuality in her H conservatism in Turkish society açı debate, which came up with the discussion on i student houses m, from a different perspective and found a place in the life and life of the sultans in the Ottoman Empire as well as literary texts.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ‘s mixed houses of male and female students in the homes and dormitories of the AKP’s conservative structure, starting with saying that the “student houses” controversy continues controversy.

Scapegoat: Olivera Despina

During the time of Orhan Gazi (1326-1359), the Byzantine Archbishop of Thessaloniki, Gregory Palamas, who was captured by the Ottomans in his memoirs, stated that heresy in the Ottoman Empire was very common and that there were many harassment towards Christian prisoners. The sources that accept that ‘patriarchy’ started during the period of Bayezid I assigned the blame to Bayezid’s wives, Olivera Despina of Serbian origin.This gavur has started with the Christian boys found for the husband of her husband, the institutionalization of homosexuality in the Ottoman Empire and the ‘inner boys’ organization in the palace formed these boys

When summer comes to the boys, when the winter

Well, II. Murad, Lentil Ahmed on the orders of Ahmad Persian Persian dialect lived in the 11th century, the Kuhistan Sultan Nightmare’s son read the following lines in the book of advice if this book was surprised wondered: “… and in summer when the inclination to the boys Because the skin of the boy is warm, because the skin of the boy is hot, if two come in a warm place, the skin becomes thin and the skin of the palm is cold, and in the winter two come to a cold place and the skin dries.Hilmi Yavuz promised a reverend son of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror in one of the ghazels written by Avni’mah, praising a beautiful boy named Veyis in response to the transformation of homosexuality into an almost historical and sexual normality. Finally, “Av Avni! Fortune went up and he was your beloved guest. Opportunity kidnapping; Veyis thousand are suicidal,” he said, while the other veterans of Fatih in a church in Galata church priest klaut said he did not finish the apocalypse had been cut. still waiting for the researcher hala

Hairless boys guide

II. Selim, III. Murad and III. The historian of the period of Mehmed, the clergyman of the clergy, the governor of Gelibolulu Mustafa Ali (d. 1600), in the Divan “Zenne is a popular / Tab-i Ali is the mail.” Is the trend towards the woman in his mind? uyla There is orientation. Bu In this book, homosexuality is recognized as a fact of society, and one of the works that summarize the view of homosexuality on the subject was the Mevaidun Nefais fi Kavaidil-Mecalis. While giving detailed information, it was also bad.

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