»April 21, at St. Peter of Hamburg, was commemorated the 97th anniversary of the Armenian 
Genocide in the presence of more than 700 people. Guests included the leader of German Greens, of Turkish origin, Cem Özdemir. During his speech C. Özdemir called on the government of Turkey to stop its policy of denial of the Armenian genocide and encouraged Turkish civil society to revisit and analyze “these tragic pages of its history.” Ertan Tobrk, the leader of the Kurdish Alevi community in Germany has told his side that his people had recognized and condemned the Armenian genocide carried out by the Turkish government. A representative of the Assyrian-Chaldean community in Germany also condemned Turkey for genocide. Armen Mardirosian Ambassador of Armenia in Germany also spoke at the event. The choir “Gayane” composed of Armenians, Germans and Turks has interpreted European and Armenian songs.
Orhan Kemal Cengiz, the columnist of the Turkish Radical paper ‘Compensation and Decision’
April 11, 2012 | 00:04
Orhan Kemal Cengiz, the columnist of the Turkish Radical paper published his second article on the Armenian Genocide entitled ‘Compensation and Decision’ where he talks about the possible steps Turkey can make towards the Armenian Genocide.
We present
a part from the article.
“Turkey can solve the Armenian issue both on a humanitarian and on a legal level. We acknowledge that a great human tragedy occurred in 1915. We condemn the Government of the Young Turks, who organized it and apologize to our Armenian brothers. Turkey must not stop at only apologizing but must develop a legal approach for compensation.
Believe! Turkey can realize that and solve the problem easily. However, in order to realize it Turkey must stop the denial policy which humiliates us [Read more…]
Armenian Genocide Walk to be held in Philadelphia.
April 11, 2012 – 15:45 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – On Saturday, April 28, for the fifth consecutive year, the Armenian Genocide Walk
will take place in Philadelphia, U.S., providing an opportunity for the entire Philadelphia community to gather to commemorate the 97th anniversary of the Genocide, and educate the public on Turkish denial of the atrocities committed against the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire from 1915-18, The Armenian Weekly reported. [Read more…]
AGMA hosts “Witnesses to the Armenian Genocide” exhibit.
April 11, 2012 – 13:17 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – The Armenian Genocide Museum of America announced the opening on April 5 of an exhibit entitled “Witnesses to the Armenian Genocide.”
The exhibit brings together the surviving photographic record of the Armenian Genocide produced by German witnesses. The exhibit is being presented with the Armenian Assembly of America and the Armenian National Institute.
The Witnesses to the Armenian Genocide exhibit is hosted by the Lutheran Church of the Reformation. The Lutheran Church of the Reformation has been serving the Capitol Hill community since 1869 and its congregation strongly supports ecumenical activities. [Read more…]
Sassounian: Turkey’s Foreign Minister in Search of ‘Soft’ Armenians.
Harut Sassounian is the publisher of The California Courier, a weekly newspaper based in Glendale, Califfornia.
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey’s ‘man on the run,’ has added to his extrem
ely busy schedule the new task of travelling around the globe trying to recruit ‘sensible’ Armenians.
Davutoglu has embarked on such a desperate initiative after the failure of all Turkish attempts to divide and conquer the Armenians and weaken their resolve to pursue their just cause.
Davutoglu has embarked on such a desperate initiative after the failure of all Turkish attempts to divide and conquer the [Read more…]
Slovak official: any Turk denying Armenian Genocide in Slovakia will be jailed
April 5, 2012 – 14:45 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – On April 4, a wreath laying ceremony was held at a khachkar-obelisk in center of Bratislava, Slovakia, in memory of Armenian Genocide victims, press serv
ice of Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe (FAAE) reported.
Slovakia’s Supreme Court Chairman Štefan Harabin, President of Armenian Constitutional Court Gagik Harutyunyan, Chairman of RA Court of Cassation Arman Mkrtumyan and FAAE Chairman Ashot Grigorian partook in the event. In his speech, Mr. Harabin noted that he attaches great importance to “Law criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial” adopted by the Slovak government and parliament. He said that any Turkish official regardless of his rank and any other person who dares deny the fact of the Armenian Genocide in Slovakia will immediately be sentenced to 5 years in prison. The Slovak official stressed his readiness to help his French counterparts to pass a similar law. [Read more…]
Turkish Hypocrisy Of Israel? [Video]
Turkish Hypocrisy Of Israel ?
Michael Coren is a brilliant intellectual, but with a double dose of humour and common sense. His columns are a must-read road map for anyone looking to make sense of current events.
BBC Correspondent, By Karen O’CONNOR Armenian Genocide [Video]
Any society is capable of atrocities. The Nazi atrocities were acknowledged by the Germans and now the German people are stronger and better for it. The Turks will be like the former Imperial Japanese Empire by ignoring the truth of their wrongs and they will risk commiting genocide again. All people sin against God and man, but better people will stand above their own sins when they acknowledge them. Better sooner than later. We must learn from our history or we are doomed to repeat it.
The taboo breaker: Turkish scholar speaks of cracks in the wall of genocide denial
Gayane Abrahamyan is reporting from Turkey with the support of the Global Political Trends Center (GPoT) and Internews Armenia
Turkish scholar Cengiz Aktar and a few dozen “taboo breakers” like him are changing many stereotypes about Turks, raising hopes that one day Turkey’s denialist policy regarding its past may end.
Aktar, 56, is one of the progressive intellectuals who recognize the Ottoman-era genocide of Armenians and take action to help the Turkish society face its past.
When in 2008 Aktar initiated the “I Apologize” campaign whereby for the first time Turks offered apologies to the genocide victims, Armenians, little did he think that the action would become a “tsunami” and would cause cracks on “the concrete wall of denial”. [Read more…]
Taner Akcam: “In Turkey, genocide denial is an industry”
10:44, January 26, 2012
Taner Akçam, Ph.D.
Born in the province of Ardahan, Turkey. Taner Akçam graduated from Middle East Technical University in Ankara and emigrated to Germany, where he worked as a research scientist in the sociology department at the Hamburg Institute for Social Research. Akçam earned his doctorate from the University of Hannover with a dissertation on The Turkish National Movement and the Armenian Genocide Against the Background of the Military Tribunals in Istanbul Between 1919 and 1922.
The following interview with Prof. Taner Akcam, the Robert Aram, Marianne Kaloosdian and Stephen and Marion Mugar Chair in Armenian Genocide Studies at Clark University, appeared in Le Monde on Jan. 7. The interview was conducted by Guillaume Perrier. Below is the interview in English.
Q. What is your opinion, not about the genocide denial law itself, but about the effects it can have on the debate among intellectuals and civil society in Turkey? [Read more…]