Turkey Archive

27/10/2012
Azeri and Turkish-American Groups Denigrate US-Armenian Executive

Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier Four Azeri and Turkish-American organizations launched a coordinated anti-Armenian campaign last week, attacking the...

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07/06/2012
Turkish education minister apologizes for school map on which Bulgaria is part of Turkey

Ankara. The Turkish Ministry of Education and the education department in Istanbul have announced they are “shocked” with the incorrect...

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07/02/2012
Turkey Moves to Deport Armenian Workers after French Vote

ISTANBUL–Turkey is set to amend a law that aims to rid the country of illegal workers. Many view this move...

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10/10/2011
Taxi driver in Istanbul beats female passenger for being Armenian

ISTANBUL. – A bizarre and sad incident occurred in Istanbul on Sunday, Marmara Armenian daily of Istanbul writes. A taxi...

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17/09/2011
Turkish Government Ignores Armenian Property Rights

LOS ANGELES, CALIF.–The Turkish government is now in default after ignoring a lawsuit brought against it and two Turkish banks...

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29/08/2011
Turkey Pledges to Return Some Confiscated Christian Properties

WASHINGTON—Fearing mounting losses at the European Court of Human Rights and recent adoption of Congressional legislation calling attention to its...

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16/08/2011
Rep. Schmidt Must Return $500K to Turkish Coalition of America

CINCINNATI, Ohio—In a statement released on August 5, the House Ethics Committee ruled that Rep. Jean Schmidt has received multiple...

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11/05/2011
Turkey’ General Staff to Be Sued Over Armenian Conscript’s Death

A Turkish rights organization is set to file a lawsuit against the General Staff of Turkey’s Armed Forces over the...

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05/04/2011
Republic of Turkey – the First Fascist State in History

The Republics of Armenia and Turkey have been in a long-lasting conflict with no resolution in sight. Therefore a proper...

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13/03/2011
ARMENIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE DEMOLITION BY TURKEY

(During 1915 to 2009)

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06/03/2011
Istanbul Armenians Document Violations of Minority Rights in Turkey

Two recent documents from Istanbul shed new light on violations of minority rights in Turkey. The authors of these reports make...

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21/01/2011
Gunaysu: Kurds Challenge Turkish Nation-State

On Dec. 20, 2010, Turkish members of parliament, including the ultra-nationalist MHP, Islamist AKP, nationalist CHP, and others, were listening...

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14/01/2011
No One Is Hrant Dink: 96 Years of Solitude, and 4 Years of the Same

Four years after Armenian journalist Hrant Dink’s assassination on a street in Istanbul, I still have not reconciled myself with...

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24/12/2010
Armenians Sue Turkey Claiming U.S. Air Base Land

Over the years, Armenians have gradually shifted their attention from the recognition of the Genocide to the pursuit of legal...

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13/10/2010
Turkey’s dwindling Christians fear end is approaching

By Ayla Jean Yackley HEYBELIADA, Turkey, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Andreas Zografos left Turkey in 1974 amid economic and political...

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02/10/2010
Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin: Namaz in Ani Cathedral political provocation, it has nothing to do with religious feelings

Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin today released a statement, which reads: “We were annoyed to learn that the Turkish authorities...

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