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National Center for Armenian Remembrance Inaugurated in Décines, France
(asbarez.com) DÉCINES, France — On Sunday, October 20, French Minister of Culture Aurelie Filipetti inaugurated the National Center for Armenian Remembrance (Centre National de la Mémoire Arménienne) in the French city of Décines, journalist Jean Eckian reports. For this occasion the Minister declared, “Never forget what happened in 1915. The facts are established, and the…
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Monument Of Common Conscience Opens In Diyarbakir. Kurds Apologize For Genocide
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (armenianweekly.com) — The Sur Municipality of Diyarbakir held the official inauguration of the Monument of Common Conscience on Sept. 12, with mayor Abdullah Demirbaş apologizing in the name of Kurds for the Armenian and Assyrian genocides. “We Kurds, in the name of our ancestors, apologize for the genocide of the Armenians and Assyrians…
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ABC 7.30 airs feature on Turkish Gallipoli ban threat against Australians
(armenia.com.au, SYDNEY) – Australia’s national broadcaster, the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), aired a powerful feature on Australia’s connection to the Armenian Genocide, and the recent threats made by the Turkey’s Foreign Ministry to ban Australian politicians from attending ANZAC Day centenary commemorations in Gallipoli. The feature was part of the prime-time “7.30” program (WATCH THE…
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Turkey’s “race codes” and the Ottoman legacy
VICKEN CHETERIAN 20 August 2013 The revelation that modern Turkey continues secretly to classify its citizens according to religious criteria reflects the weight of the Ottoman past. It also has implications for those in the middle east seeking a state based on equality before law, says Vicken Cheterian. Only days before the verdict in the latest…
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Diyarbakir Exodus Chronicles Memories of Three Families
(yerakouyn.am) – By Gabriella Gage The late Josephine Mangasarian’s Diyarbakir Exodus is more than the story of a singular life; the memoir is an extensive family history — the interconnected stories of Mangasarian’s mother’s, father’s and husband’s families — between the years 1895 and 1927. In April, the Mangasarian family published her unfinished memoir. In 1905, Josephine…
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The Father of Genocide
(horizonweekly.ca) The Father of Genocide – Outraged by the Ottomans’ massacres of Armenians, a young Polish lawyer pushed to have the crime of genocide enshrined in law – By YASCHA MOUNK During World War I, Soghomon Tehlirian, an Armenian civilian, looked on helplessly as Ottoman troops shot his mother, raped his sisters and hacked his…
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Cemal Pasha’s Grandson Publishes a Book, “1915 Armenian Genocide”
Issue 12, Winter 2012 Does Grandfather Turn Over in his Grave, or is Turkey somehow in Part Moving Forward? (GPN) – The grandson of one of the major executors of the Armenian Genocide Cemal Pasha, Hasan Cemal, has published a book entitled 1915: The Armenian Genocide. “To reject the Genocide means to be a part…
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Uruguay Initiates The Establishment Of An Armenian Genocide Museum
July 17, 2013 was yet another landmark for the Armenian community of Uruguay. The decision to establish a museum dedicated to the Armenian Genocide was announced in the presence of Armenia’s Ambassador to Argentina and Chile, Vahakn Melikyan, honorary Consul Ruben Abrahamyan, ARF-D Bureau member Mario Nalbandian, religious leaders headed by Archbishop Hagop Keledjian, senator…
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In Vatican, Pope Recognizes Genocide
“The first genocide of the 20th Century was that of the Armenians,” says Pope Francis (www.asbarez.com, June 4, 2013) — Pope Francis, during a meeting Monday with a delegation led by Nerses Bedros XIX, Catholicos Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholics at the Vatican reiterated his earlier recognition of the Armenian Genocide. During the…
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[Updated] Australia’s New South Wales State Recognises Greek, Assyrian Genocides, Reaffirms Armenian Genocide Recognition
The Peak Public Affairs Committee of the Armenian-Australian Community NSW Lower House joins Upper House in recognising Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides SYDNEY (May 8, 2013): The New South Wales Parliament’s Legislative Assembly (Lower House) today adopted a unanimous motion recognising the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek genocides. This follows a similar motion passed by the…