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Agos Report: Every Armenian is a document

May 4, 2015 By administrator

Every Armenian is a document

Every Armenian is a document

A historic 1920s Yedikule Armenian Hospital regard to shelter the orphans in the document.
According to the records, so that they cut the root of hair lice, covered their heads after seeing these kids sent Corfu training workshop here in a while.

Nora Demirji the Diratsoui, New Jersey

Yozgat Boğazlıyan’da Uzunlu village of my grandfather Sargis Demirchyan (aka Kâzım) if they were five years old when he lost his father in 1915. His father, the village gathered together with the other men were killed by the Ottoman Turks. My grandfather’s sister Eva and Şaynik, 7 and 10 years old during the events lArIndAymIş. My grandfather does not remember what happened to them. Nurits to my grandfather’s mother, married a Turk Muslim to save his son, but my grandfather taught Armenian as a hidden way. Nuritsa the Turkish wife of three daughters and had another son. Sarkis Muslim home in a grown up, abandon from the Armenian spirit and religious faith. 17-year-old he married by the Georgian, Hagop and two sons in Haçig name. Nurits to, not how to Sarkis city had warned his son saying that they forced him to become a Muslim and Sarkis thus escaped from Kayseri. Nearly 20 years after this incident, Sarkis brothers Evan and Şaynik found in Istanbul.

MT (77)

Events at the beginning of 1915 my uncle goes-law, he was told. Sivas Tavra, 1915, soldiers have killed his entire family. He was the only survivor of his family. In 1915, a young angry at 13yaş. They joined the procession her exile, together with other people of the village. Soldiers, so they can do something to understand that the girl is camouflaged chest, closing her hair dressed like a man and hat. Convoy advancing troops killing people, he remains alive. The soldiers died because they think it is pretending to be dead. The soldiers died because they control, but they do not understand that he was alive. After leaving of soldiers, crawling reaches a village. In the village it finds the Turks, they hide. Then he returned to Sivas, was married to my uncle escaped from exile as his own father in law. Three children have been in Sivas.

Gassie Keoshgeri in (54), England

His paternal grandfather, my father’s name and the name of my mother’s grandfather Hagop Köşgery Yeğisapet, Adana were … My grandfather Diran, They were three brothers and two sisters; Mihran, Lusadz’s, Diran, Lutfig and Veronika. Diran My grandfather, born in 1900 in Adana. Axle (exile) when my grandfather’s sister, Veronica, was pregnant. Exile gave birth to twin boys. Have no clothes for new born twins, they’re crying from hunger and thirst. My grandfather Diran, exiled because of his sister Veronica’s birth was very tired and fell to the ground after a while he realized that by having the power to walk anymore. He died on the spot anyway. Yeğisapet my grandfather’s mother, taking under two branches of twin grandchildren continued to walk, but they continued to cry babies. Yeğisapet while in exile remained helpless convoy passed through a village, left the baby in front of a house. At least one Turkish family thought it would bring them. Unable to get any news from them again. After the family in exile, he went to Greece with the rest right. Mihran my grandfather’s brother, he went to Beirut; others Cyprus … My grandfather was very fond of his sister Veronika could never forget the death. Therefore, they put my sister’s name Vera. My grandfather’s father Hagop Köşgery, the Adana cobbler, so he goşgag the Armenian, so the name of Köşgery.

MONTH (88)

My father at the beginning of the story:

My grandfather’s name HY (Hampartsum), son (Harutyun). My grandfather, in 1915, was a soldier. Soldiers came to the house of my grandfather’s family, “we will take your soldier son, saying,” my grandfather’s wife, they killed the bald after taking the master of the creek and children. He threw into the river with the slide. Father Harutyun the 12-13 age lArIndAymIş in that year; if he was killed in the convoy exile with his family. Hidden under the convoy of the dead. They were soldiers who died for checking, to be sure. Past the break for 2-3 days. My grandfather was raised over the dead, look around and afar have seen a little light. He walked toward the light, went to Boğazlıyan’da. There he found his sister. Dervis someone named Agha, taken under the auspices of my father and sister. They are going in Yozgat. My grandfather also just around the soldiers, the children have started to look everywhere. Eventually he found the children in Boğazlıyan’da. He winds blowing over their homes. They distribute all the goods of immigrants. They lived in the center of Yozgat, at that time, military service lasted 6-7 years of my grandfather.

A. Sun (54)

My grandfather was in Dersim in 1915, 5 years old. They killed all the men of the family, women and children were sent to deportation. Somehow, my grandfather’s mother escaped with three children. Hungry, thirsty for days in the mountains to escape tried to cling to life. His mother took the girl with him the eldest of three children, and his two sons left under a tree. “Left to right here, I’m going to find food for you,” he said. When he returned, unable to find where the two sons left. My grandfather, Flame has grown to take on a homestay. My grandfather in the same village, who have married my grandmother next to another family of Armenian orphans. My grandfather’s mother in the vicinity of the village, he called his sons for years. In the past there was itinerant tinsmith in the village. When Kalaycılar all come, he asked that the investigation had sons. My grandfather had a large scar on his forehead. One day one of my mother’s grandfather “fits your schedule has you told someone,” he said. On this occasion, many years later, his son gained. After the other son who also lost my grandfather and my father a long search, they found the servant next to a Kurdish family. My grandfather died in 1982 in Istanbul.

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Ümit Kıvanç: Turkish Intellectuals Who Have Recognized The #ArmenianGenocide

May 3, 2015 By administrator

By: Hambersom Aghbashian

Ümit Kıvanç

Ümit Kıvanç

Ümit Kıvanç (born in 1956), is a Turkish writer , documentary filmmaker and journalist. He is a columnist of the daily Radikal. He has worked in the New Agenda weekly news magazine and also wrote for Taraf. Ümit Kıvanç published more than 12 books, translated may others, wrote scenarios and made more than six films and has two musical albums. His father Halit Kıvanç is a Turkish television and radio presenter, humorist, sports journalist, writer and the best known sports commentator in Turkey.(1)(2)
Ümit Kıvanç is one of the Turkish notable intellectuals who signed “I Apologize Campaign” which was launched in December 2008 in Turkey by 200 journalists, writers, politicians, and professors that called for an apology for what they considered as the “Great Catastrophe that Ottoman Armenians were subjected to in 1915”. The campaign was launched by Prof. Ahmet Insel, politician Baskin Oran, Dr. Cengiz Aktar, and journalist Ali Bayramoğlu. The campaign emphasizes regret on behalf of Turkey that Armenian requests for recognition of the 1915 genocide has been actively suppressed within Turkey (3)
According to http://setasarmenian.blogspot.com, under the title “24 April, the anniversary of the 1915 events, will be remembered this year in Turkey, too.”, Taraf Newspaper of 20th April 2010 wrote ” A group of intellectuals, among them Ali Bayramoğlu, Ferhat Kentel, Neşe Düzel, Perihan Mağden and Sırrı Süreyya Önder, for the first time in Turkey, will commemorate this year on 24 April as the anniversary of the events of 1915, under the leader-ship of “Say Stop!” group. The commemoration will start in front of the tram station in Taksim Square. The group will be dressing in black and carry photos of massacred Armenian intellectuals who were deported from that station.” the following abstracts are from the text of the commemoration activity, “This pain is OUR pain. This mourning is for ALL of US. In 1915, when our population was just 13 million, 1,5 to 2 million Armenians were living in these lands…. In April 24, 1915 it was started “to send them”. We lost them. They are no longer available. They have not even graves. But the “Great Pain” of the “Great Disaster” , with its utmost gravity EXISTS in our pain”. Ümit Kıvanç was one of the intellectuals who signed the text.(4)
Ümit Kıvanç is one of the 37 Turkish intellectuals who, in 2012, signed a Petition Against Denialist Exhibit in Denmark. ” Don’t Stand Against Turkey’s Democratization and Confrontation with its History! ” was the message to the Royal Library of Denmark who has given the Turkish government the opportunity to present an “alternative exhibit” in response to the Armenian Genocide exhibition.(5)
According to “Today’s Zaman”, September 26, 2014, “A group of academics, journalists, artists and intellectuals have released a statement condemning in the harshest terms what they define as expressions that include ‘open hatred and hostility’ towards Armenians in Turkish schoolbooks, which were recently exposed by the newspapers Agos and Taraf. A letter accompanying the text of the condemnation, written by historian Taner Akçam, notes that including such expressions as lesson material to teach children is a disgrace. The statement said ‘The revolutions history and history textbooks should be collected immediately, with an apology issued to everyone and particularly to Armenian students.” The signees said textbooks in schools should seek to encourage feelings of peace, solidarity and living together over inciting hatred towards different religious and cultural groups. Ümit Kıvançwas is one of the many most respected Turkish intellectuals who signed it.(6)
In his article “Papa’ya yakışmamış, ama size yakışıyor”, ” It does not fit the Pope, but it fits you”, “Radikal, April 14, 2015”, Umit Kavanc responded stiffly the criticisms, especially done by PM Davoutoglu, concerning Pope Francis’ declaration of 1915 Armenian massacre in the Ottoman empire as a Genocide and accusing Turkey of committing “the first genocide of the 20th century” against the Armenian people. He mentioned also that sometimes he likes to put himself in the place of those shameless denials, and said “I fell a horrible exasperation, insomuch, I can’t explain, how hard it is to excuse a crime and live with so many lies.” hinting to the Armenian Genocide and the Turkish forged official history and anti Genocide recognition policy.(7)
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1- http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Cmit_K%C4%B1van%C3%A7
2- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halit_K%C4%B1van%C3%A7
3- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Apologize_campaign
4- http://setasarmenian.blogspot.com/2010/04/good-thoughtful-and-ugly-from-turks-on.html
5- http://www.aga-online.org/signature/detail.php?locale=am&alertId=6
6-http://www.todayszaman.com/national_group-of-intellectuals-condemn-anti-armenian-statements-in-textbooks_359935.html
7- http://www.radikal.com.tr/yazarlar/umit_kivanc/papaya_yakismamis_ama_size_yakisiyor-1334951

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Montrealers march to mark centennial of Armenian genocide

May 3, 2015 By administrator

Jason Magder, Montreal Gazette
They marched to remember. They marched for recognition.

Federal Liberal leader Justin Trudeau joined thousands of people on a march organized by the Armenian Genocide

Federal Liberal leader Justin Trudeau joined thousands of people on a march organized by the Armenian Genocide

Thousands of Montrealers wove their way through downtown Montreal on a hot Sunday afternoon in a sombre three-kilometre march from Westmount Park, along Ste-Catherine St. to Place des Arts to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.

Held in honour of the estimated 1.5 million people who died, the commemorative walk followed similar marches held in Toronto and Ottawa.

Organizers estimated 10,000 people took part were accompanied by a drum band as they marched in relative silence.

The march commemorated Armenians, as well as Rwandans, Jews and other victims of genocide, and called for an end to genocide worldwide.

However, most of those taking part were from Montreal’s Armenian community, hundreds of them wearing black T-shirts with the message “I remember and demand.”

It has been 100 years, and this is the only genocide from the 20th century that has not been recognized by its perpetrators. It was a systemic massacre of a people. We will never forget. — St-Laurent resident Edward Agopian

The demand is for a recognition by the Turkish government that a genocide took place.

“It has been 100 years, and this is the only genocide from the 20th century that has not been recognized by its perpetrators,” said St-Laurent resident Edward Agopian. “It was a systemic massacre of a people. We will never forget.”

Agopian said although it has been a long time since the genocide occurred, nearly every Armenian in the world has a personal connection to the massacre.

“At the end of the day, there were 2 million Armenians in Ottoman Turkey, and 1.5 million of them disappeared,” he said. “We have 8 million or 9 million worldwide, so every person has at least one story of a family or extended family member that they lost along the way. Both my grandparents were orphaned. Their stories touched me personally.”

Among those who attended were Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre, Federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, and many other MNAs and city councillors. Among them was Harout Chitilian, vice-president of the city’s executive committee, and a descendant of Armenian genocide survivors.
“My ancestors were driven out from their historic homes. We have cherished this home,” Chitilian said. He added he’s confident the Turkish government will eventually recognize its role in carrying out the genocide.

“I think the process itself is a long one, but I firmly believe the day will come that the perpetrators will recognize it, because I think it’s the only way to turn the page on that part of history that was extremely dark,” Chitilian said.

When they arrived in Place des Festivals, many marchers laid flowers in front of a replica of Dzidzernagapert, a monument to the genocide in the city of Yerevan.

The marchers filled the Place des Festivals, listened to several speeches and watched a broadcast of a commemoration held in Place des Arts.

jmagder@montrealgazette.com
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Canada CTV News: Armenian Genocide remembered at solemn ceremony

May 3, 2015 By administrator

CTV Montreal
Published Sunday, May 3, 2015

Montreal 1915-2015

Montreal 1915-2015

A large crowd met at Westmount Park Sunday for the March for Humanity, an event that aimed to mark the 1915 Armenian Genocide, which saw an estimated 1.5 million Armenians killed by Ottoman Turks in Europe. CTV Report

“We not only wanted to remember our victims but at the same time start a new journey, a journey of educating the population that a genocide did exist,” Georges Tsovikian of the Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of Canada told CTV Montreal Sunday.

Organizers sought not only to bring attention to the plight of the Armenians 10 decade back but also welcomed such groups targeted by genocide such as Ukrainians, Rwandans, Cambodians.

Widespread murder based on ethnicity is still going on and events like stress that the practice must stop forever, as participant Meghri Doumania put it, “because we see genocide is still going on after two centuries and it’s just not acceptable.”

And while the event occurred before anybody in attendance was born, one woman said that her mother knew the heartbreak.

“She suffered so much. I was a child and every night, every night, I was awoken because my mother wasn’t sleeping. She was crying, crying, crying,” said Dikranuhi Arevian.

And while the event was far away in time and location, the memory lives on.

“We’ve inherited the Canadian culture, we believe in the Canadian culture but at the same time we’ll never forget our heritage,” said Rafy Froundjian.

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Origins: Discovery by Len Wicks Armenian genocide BOOK

May 3, 2015 By administrator

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Origins: Discovery by Len Wicks

Christian Genocide

The Christian Genocide of Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks took place from 1913 until 1925, resulting in the deaths of more than two million people. Estimates of the tragedy place the death tolls at:
1.2 – 1.5 million during the Armenian Genocide (1915-1923);
275,000 – 400,000 during the Assyrian Genocide (1914-1918 and 1922-1925); and
750,000 – 900,000 during the Greek Genocide (1913-1923).

Visit Len Wicks site for more in detail Information  http://originsdiscovery.com/genocide.html

The Christian Genocide took place at a time of incessant wars during the last years of the Ottoman Empire, and the emergence of Turkey after World War I.

Christian missionaries (notably, German Johannes Lepsius and American Clarence Ussher), German military officers such as Otto Liman von Sanders and ambassadors like American Henry Morgenthau and Germans Hans von Wangenheim and Paul Wolff Metternich witnessed and reported the Armenian Genocide as a campaign of race extermination, but Germany and the world did nothing to stop it. Therefore Germany stood by during both World War I
and World War II (the Holocaust) and were complicit in not one, but two genocides.

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Turkey Discards Armenian Genocide Motion from European Parliament

May 1, 2015 By administrator

europarlANKARA—Turkey has discarded a European Parliament motion recognizing the mass killing of Armenians under Ottoman rule during World War I as genocide, as a senior EU official warned Ankara about the consequences of its reaction to statements made by countries and organizations labeling the mass killings genocide, the Hurriyet Daily News reports.

The European Parliament sent its motion to the office of the Permanent Delegation of Turkey to the EU on April 29, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reports. The office sent back the motion on April 30, with a statement by the Permanent Delegation of Turkey attached expressing Turkey’s anger.

In a response, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said, “The European Parliament repeated the same exact mistake it made in the past, by being incompatible with international law and exceeding its competence.”

“We return this text, which is an unprecedented example of incoherence in all aspects, verbatim to the abovementioned institution so that the text finds its place among the documents that the European Parliament will shy away from remembering in the future,” the Foreign Ministry said in a written statement released on April 15, only hours after the adoption of the motion in Brussels.

Almost simultaneously with Ankara’s move of returning the motion, the commissioner in charge of EU enlargement argued that Turkey’s backlash against European countries calling the 1915 killings genocide will complicate Ankara’s ambitions to join the EU.

Commissioner Johannes Hahn told Austrian newspaper Der Standard on April 30 that Ankara’s “very harsh” reaction should be seen in the context of the upcoming June elections.

“This [response] may be quite popular in parts of the country and among certain parts of the population. But what worries me are the long-term consequences,” Hahn said. “The seeds of an anti-European and anti-Western stance are thus sown, which, from today’s perspective, make a future [EU] entry very difficult.”

Turkey has rebuked several EU members including Germany and Austria whose parliaments recognized the Armenian Genocide in resolutions marking the 100th anniversary of the tragic event.

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Haaretz: How Herzl Zionist sold out the Armenians for return of Palestinian

May 1, 2015 By administrator

He supported the brutal Ottoman sultan against them, believing this would get the sultan to sell Palestine to the Jews.
By Rachel Elboim-Dror

Theodor Herzl in Basel, site of First Zionist Congress.

Theodor Herzl in Basel, site of First Zionist Congress.

The Armenian question has occupied the Zionist movement since a mass killing of Armenians was carried out by the Turks in the mid 1890s – prior even to the First Zionist Congress. Herzl’s strategy was based on the idea of an exchange: The Jews would pay off the Ottoman Empire’s huge debt, in return for the acquisition of Palestine and the establishment of a Jewish state there, with the major powers’ consent. Herzl had been working hard to persuade Sultan Abdul Hamid II to accept the proposal, but to no avail.  Haaretz

“Instead of offering the Sultan money,” Herzl’s diplomatic agent Philip Michael Nevlinski (who also advised the Sultan) told him, “give him political support on the Armenian issue, and he’ll be grateful and accept your proposal, in part at least.” The Christian European countries had been critical of the murder of Armenian Christians at the hands of Muslims, and committees supporting the Armenians had been founded in various places, and Europe also offered refuge to leaders of the Armenian revolt. This situation made it very difficult for Turkey to obtain loans from European banks.

Herzl eagerly took the advice. He felt that it was appropriate to try any means possible to hasten the establishment of a Jewish state. And so he agreed to serve as a tool of the Sultan, by trying to convince the leaders of the Armenian revolt that if they surrendered to the Sultan, he would comply with some of their demands. Herzl also tried to show the West that Turkey was in fact more humane, that it had no choice but to deal with the Armenian revolt this way, and that it aspired to a ceasefire and a political arrangement. After much effort, he also met with the Sultan on May 17, 1901.

The Sultan hoped that Herzl, a well-known journalist, would be able to alter the Ottoman Empire’s negative image. And so Herzl launched an intensive campaign to fulfill the Sultan’s wish, casting himself as a mediator for peace. He established ties with and held secret meetings with the Armenian rebels, in an attempt to get them to stop the violence, but they were not convinced of his sincerity, and did not trust the Sultan’s promises. Herzl also made energetic attempts to this effect in diplomatic channels in Europe, which he was very familiar with.

As was his way, he did not consult with other Zionist movement leaders, and kept his activities secret. But in need of some assistance, he wrote to Max Nordau to try to recruit him for the mission as well. Nordau responded with a one-word telegram: “No.” In his eagerness to obtain the charter for Palestine from the Turks, Herzl publicly declared – after the start of the yearly Zionist Congresses – that the Zionist movement expresses its admiration and gratitude to the Sultan, despite opposition from some representatives.

Herzl’s chief opponent on this was Bernard Lazare, a French Jewish intellectual, leftist, well-known journalist and literary critic, who had fought prominently against the Dreyfus trial, and was a supporter of the Armenian cause. He was so incensed by Herzl’s activity that he resigned from the Zionist Committee and abandoned the movement altogether in 1899. Lazare published an open letter to Herzl in which he asked: How can those who purport to represent the ancient people whose history is written in blood extend a welcoming hand to murderers, and no delegate to the Zionist Congress rises up in protest?

This drama involving Herzl – a leader who subordinated humanitarian considerations and served the Turkish authorities for the sake of the ideal of the Jewish state – is just one illustration of the frequent clash between political goals and moral principles. Israel has repeatedly been faced with such tragic dilemmas, as evidenced in its long-standing position of not officially recognizing the Armenian genocide, as well as in other more recent decisions that reflect the tension between humanitarian values and realpolitik considerations.

The writer is professor emeritus of history of education and culture at Hebrew University.

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Turkey failed to cast shadow on Armenian Genocide centenary commemorations – expert

April 29, 2015 By administrator

Turkey-FailThe events dedicated to the Armenian Genocide centenary were held at a high level, Turkologist Hakob Chakryan told reporters on Wednesday, highlighting that the speech of Russian President Vladimir Putin during the commemoration ceremony at Tsitsernakaberd was very impressive.

“The Turkish President attempted to cast a shadow on the Armenian Genocide centenary commemorations with the Gallipoli events, but he did not succeed,” the expert noted.

The Turkologist said that the Pope’s statement, the European Parliament resolution, and the Armenian Genocide centenary events weakened Turkey’s efforts to counteract the Armenian Genocide initiatives. In his words, Turkish analysts themselves stated this.

Source: Panorama.am

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Armenians should now pursue legal claims rather than further Genocide recognition

April 29, 2015 By administrator

Harut-SassounianBy Harut Sassounian
Publisher, The California Courier
TheCaliforiaCourier.com

Armenians experienced unforgettable days last week during the Centennial commemorations of the Armenian Genocide. In many respects, Turkish denialists’ much-feared ‘Tsunami’ became a reality! While Armenians around the world were busy organizing commemorative events in recent years, their efforts were amplified by some unexpected developments, including Turkish President Erdogan’s irrational rhetoric and reaction.

The year began with Erdogan’s childish maneuver, switching the Gallipoli War Centennial to April 24, to derail the observances planned for the Armenian Genocide Centennial. The international media quickly exposed the Turkish President’s ploy, providing extensive publicity for the upcoming genocide anniversary.

In early April, the Kardashians’ visit to Armenia generated thousands of articles and TV reports, and millions of social media posts. A few days later, Pope Francis created his own ‘Tsunami’ by uttering his courageous words on the Armenian Genocide. Once again, Erdogan made matters worse for Turkey by insulting not only the Pope, but also one billion Catholics, and the nation of Argentina, the Pontiff’s birthplace. Shortly thereafter, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the Armenian Genocide providing further media coverage of this is- sue.

Being in Armenia for the first time on April 24, and on the occasion of the Centennial, was a deeply moving experience. The Armenian government did monumental work inviting 1,000 dignitaries from 60 countries, including prominent scholars, legal experts, political leaders, parliamentarians from 30 countries, and survivors of other genocides. On April 22-23, the distinguished guests participated in a Global Forum “Against the Crime of Genocide,” where I delivered brief remarks castigating Pres. Obama’s failure to keep his promise on using the term Armenian Genocide. I explained that contrary to a widely-held misperception, the United States has repeatedly recognized the Armenian Genocide.

On April 23, all six political parties represented in the Austrian Parliament issued a joint declaration recognizing the Armenian Genocide. As expected, Turkey overreacted by withdrawing its Ambassador from Vienna. This is the second Turkish Ambassador to be recalled to Ankara this month. As an increasing number of countries recognize the Armenian Genocide, Turkey may soon have fewer envoys, isolating itself from much of the world!

Also on April 23, German President Joachim Gauck delivered a powerful speech at a memorial service in Berlin, acknowledging not only the Armenian Genocide, but also Germany’s complicity in the Ottoman Turkish genocidal campaign. Despite heavy pressures from Turkish leaders, the German Bundestag is expected shortly to adopt a similarly-worded resolution which would send shock waves through- out the 1,000 rooms of Pres. Erdogan’s newly-built palace, since Ger- many was Turkey’s ally in 1915, and continues its close relationship until today!

In the evening of April 23, the Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II and the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I jointly pre- sided over a historic rite of canonization in Etchmiadzin, declaring the Armenian Genocide victims to be Saints. Following this moving ritual, at the exact hour of 19:15 or 7:15 pm, churches throughout the world began ringing their bells 100 times. Later that night, the System of a Down band performed a free concert at Yerevan’s Republic Square. The thousands of young people in attendance were highly energized despite the heavy downpour. The concert was aired live, disseminating the band’s Genocide message to millions of people worldwide.

On April 24, a memorable observance took place on the grounds of Tsitsernagapert, the Armenian Genocide Monument in Yerevan, with the participation of hundreds of religious leaders, Ambassadors, officials, and presidents of Russia, France, Cyprus and Serbia. While the heads of two superpowers came to Yerevan on April 24, Turkey was unable to attract to Gallipoli the same caliber of leaders, despite its considerable efforts. It was perfectly fitting to this solemn occasion that the distinguished guests at the Yerevan Memorial spent several hours huddled in blankets like refugees, in freezing temperatures, sheltered under a large canvass from the rain.

One of the most stunning developments last week was Turkish Prime Minister Davutoglu’s declaration that the Armenian “deportations were a Crime Against Humanity” — which under international law is tantamount to recognizing the Armenian Genocide. No one should be surprised if Erdogan dismisses Davutoglu after the June Parliamentary elections.

Now that the Centennial is behind us, it is high time that Armenians turn the page on Armenian Genocide recognition and begin to systematically pursue their claims from Turkey through international, regional and local tribunals.

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Argentine Armenians Rally En Mass for Genocide Centennial

April 29, 2015 By administrator

Argentine Armenians march in Buenos Aires to commemorate and demand justice for the Armenian Genocide on its centennial anniversary

Argentine Armenians march in Buenos Aires to commemorate and demand justice for the Armenian Genocide on its centennial anniversary

BUENOS AIRES, CORDOBA, Argentina (Agencia Prensa Armenia)—The Armenian community in Argentina, along with a large number of human rights organizations and political parties, marched on Friday in Cordoba and on Tuesday in Buenos Aires to commemorate and seek justice for the Armenian Genocide on its centennial anniversary.

Tuesday’s march in Buenos Aires gathered more than 10,000 people and was attended by Adolfo Perez Esquivel, human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize, Archbishop of the Armenian Apostolic Church Kissag Mouratian and Buenos Aires Legislator Pablo Ferreyra, along with all the leaders of the institutions of the Armenian community and scores of young people, children and elderly people carrying candles, flags and posters.

Adolfo Perez Esquivel, who was part of the judges of the Permanent People’s Tribunal, an organization that recognized the Armenian Genocide in 1984 and promoted its subsequent recognition by other international organizations, said that “memory can’t stay in the past; memory has to illuminate the present,” in reference to the Armenian Genocide centennial.

“In a few days, I will travel to Rome and I will meet with Pope Francis. I’ll tell him about this rally,” he concluded, receiving the cheers from everyone.

“Once again we are marching to the residence of the Ambassador of the State of Turkey, as part of the struggle we have been carrying out a century ago the descendants of the victims, for the recognition, repair and conviction of those responsible: the Turkish state, and all those countries who collaborated before, during, and after the genocide,” said Razmig Nalpatian, representing the Commemorative Commission of the Armenian Genocide Centennial on behalf of all institutions of the Armenian community.

“In our country, human rights organizations, led by our Madres and Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, who fought relentlessly for nearly four decades for memory, truth and justice, gained victories that put us at the forefront in the matter of human rights,” he said in his speech.

“We are aware that Turkey is not alone in carrying out the last stage of genocide: denial. Its main partner is the Republic of Azerbaijan,” he added. “We wonder how different would have been the history of the twentieth century if the genocide against the Armenians had not gone unpunished.”

march-argentina-4“Our country has recognized the Armenian Genocide by all three branches of government,” said Aram Ter Akopian, member of the Armenia Youth Federation of South America, one of the organizers of the march. “In 2006 the Congress passed Law 26,199 declaring all April 24 as ‘Day of Tolerance and Respect among Peoples’ and in 2007 the executive branch, headed by President Nestor Kirchner promulgated it. On the other hand, in 2011 the judiciary established that the Turkish State ‘committed the crime of genocide against the Armenian people,’” added Ter Akopian.

Andrés Ohanessian, member of Liga de Jovenes of the Armenian General Benevolent Union, said that “the force that had the recognition of Pope Francis led many people to mobilize worldwide.”

The main event at the Luna Park stadium will be held on Wednesday, April 29, with the leading of the renowned journalist Alejandro Fantino and a presentation of the artist Jairo, who will perform songs of Charles Aznavour.

A few days before the rally in Buenos Aires, on April 24, over 10,000 people marched in the center of the city of Cordoba, Argentina, for the Armenian Genocide centennial. The rally ended with a “Concert for Peace” with the presentation of the renowned band Bersuit Vergarabat.

The march was attended by the Deputy Mayor of the City of Córdoba, government officials, politicians and journalists. “We feel the company of all the people of Cordoba,” said Eduardo Torossian, President of the Armenian Community of Cordoba. “All political youth is represented here today,” he added.

Ruben Avakian, one of the organizers of the march, said that “it is a day of reflection, a day of action for tolerance, a day of awareness to the whole society and the States to assume the commitment to prevent so that this does not happen again, as well as to commit themselves to the struggle for human rights and condemn the crimes against humanity.”

In addition, Avakian remarked that “the courage of Pope Francis to set a position for us is invaluable, calling the Armenian Genocide as the ‘first genocide of the twentieth century’ while opening the Vatican archives as evidence of what truly happened.”

 

Filed Under: Genocide, News Tagged With: Argentiane, Armenian, Genocide, rally

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