08.11.2011 15:49 Alisa Gevorgyan “Radiolur” Turkey has doubled its efforts of distorting the historic facts ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Young Turkish historian Mehmed Perincek has published his recurrent masterpiece, where he presents his views on the Armenian Genocide. In” The Armenian Cause in 120 documents of Russian state archives” book published […]

Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier, 14 July 2011 Prof. Taner Akcam dropped a bombshell during a lecture at the Glendale Public Library last month, when he revealed that a confidential source in Istanbul had informed him about the Turkish government’s scheme to bribe American scholars to deny the Armenian Genocide. Dr. Akcam, holder of the Kaloosdian/Mugar Chair in Armenian […]

Photograph by W. L. Sachtleben showing Armenian victims of a massacre in Erzurum on October 30, 1895 being gathered for burial in a mass grave Erzurum (Armenian: Կարին, Karin; Greek: Θεοδοσιούπολις, Theodosiopolis) is a city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. The name “Erzurum” derives from “Arz-e Rûm” (literally The Land of the Romans in Persian).[1] To the Arabs, the city was […]

While the ruling AK Party in Turkey continues to sing the same old tune on the genocide, it is trying out a new style. Our minister of foreign affairs, Ahmet Davutoglu, is one of those testing out this new style with the concept of “just memory.” Davutoglu explains the concept in this way: “If [Armenian Foreign Minister] Edward Nalbantyan had […]

Photo : Joshua Roberts/Getty Images Dr. Taner Akcam, one of the first Turkish scholars to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, delivered two important lectures in Southern California last week. Based on historical research, he analyzed the underpinnings of Turkey’s denial of the Armenian Genocide and proposed solutions for its official acknowledgment. Prof. Akcam made his first presentation at Valley Beth Shalom […]

SPIEGEL ONLINE By Benjamin Bidder, Daniel Steinvorth and Bernhard Zand AP/ Armenian National Archives The month of April marks the 95th anniversary of the start of the Armenian genocide. An unusual television documentary shows what motivated the murderers and why Germany, and other countries, remained silent. Tigranui Asartyan will be 100 this week. She put away her knives and forks […]

The Armenian Genocide documentary premiered nationwide in the U.S. on PBS (Photo @ Wikipedia.org) Obama and the denial of Genocide by Stephen Zunes The Obama administration, citing its relations with Turkey, has pledged to block the passage in the full House of Representatives of a resolution passed this past Thursday by the Foreign Relations Committee acknowledging the 1915 genocide by […]

The Swedish Parliament (Photo @ Wikipedia.org) STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Swedish Parliament on Thursday, recognized the Turkish Genocide over Armenians, Pontic Greeks and Assyrians. After a really long debate the Parliament of Sweden officially recognised the extermination of 1.5 million Armenians, 250,000 to 500,000 Assyrians and about 350,000 Pontic Greeks in Turkey, as an act of genocide, with 131 to 130 votes. Turkey rushed to denounce […]

Betrayal of Souls and Denial of the Genocide Gregg Rickman Cutting Edge human rights analyst Ottoman soldiers and mass hangings of Armenians Credit: James Nazer (Photo @cutting edge) In the book The Guilt of Nations, Elazar Barkan wrote, “For a ‘new’ history to become more than a partisan ‘extremist’ story, the narrative often has to persuade not only […]

The Armenian Genocide documentary premiered nationwide in the U.S. on PBS (Photo @ Wikipedia.org) A congressional panel will vote next month on a resolution to label the World War One-era massacre of Armenians by Turkish forces as “genocide,” a move that could infuriate Turkey. Howard Berman, the Democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said on Friday he intended […]