As the parliamentary elections in Turkey are drawing nearer, the wish of this country’s leadership to cause a panic in the country to cover up domestic and foreign political failures becomes obvious. Armenia is closely following the developments in Turkey where the level of democracy is retreating from the previous level. However, the ongoing developments are evidence that democracy in Turkey was not irreve ...

20.07.2015 President Serzh Sargsyan sends condolence letter to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Serzh Sargsyan has sent a letter of condolence to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of the Republic of Turkey on the blast in Sanliurfa province which claimed multiple lives. The letter reads as follows: “Your Excellency, It was with deep sorrow that I learned of the explosion in the town of Suruc in Turkey’s ...

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan speaks to Hürriyet correspondent Cansu Çamlıbel. Yerevan is prepared to normalize its relations with Ankara without any preconditions, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has said ahead of April 24, “Genocide Remembrance Day” for Armenians. “I declare that we are ready for the normalization of relations with Turkey, for starting a process of rapprochement between the Armenian ...

Ahmet Davutoglu did acknowledge that Ottoman Armenians died in deportations   The prime minister of Turkey has said the country will "share the pain" of Armenians whose ancestors were killed 100 years ago in what was then the Ottoman Empire. Ahmet Davutoglu also said a memorial would be held for the first time in Istanbul on the 24 April anniversary. However, Turkey still refuses to recognise the killi ...

A woman places lit candles in a renovated Armenian church, perched on Akdamar Island in Lake Van, near the eastern Turkish city of Van, March 29, 2007. (photo by REUTERS/Umit Bektas) The Armenian monastery of Varagavank stands teetering on the brink of collapse in the mountains above Lake Van, in eastern Anatolia. Built a thousand years ago, and once the seat of an archbishop, it was forsaken in 1915. The m ...

A Century After Armenian Genocide, Turkey’s Denial Only Deepens Nearly 1.5 million Armenians died at the hands of the Ottoman Empire in 1915, during World War I. Turks by and large do not believe mass killings were planned. By TIM ARANGO  APRIL 16, 2015 CUNGUS, Turkey — The crumbling stone monastery, built into the hillside, stands as a forlorn monument to an awful past. So, too, does the decaying church on ...

Well, folks, come April, "G-word" season is here -- but this time with a big gong. One of the greatest chapters of shame written by the leaders of these tormented lands exactly 100 years ago remains fully open, before our eyes, 100 years later, leaving all the wounds in the hearts and minds of the Armenians also fully open. As the centennial commemoration of the great Armenian tragedy approaches, the descen ...

  Reminding that the bilateral accords with Turkey have been withdrawn, Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan said it didn’t mean that all relations are over between Turkey and Armenia. “It doesn’t mean that we are cutting all our ties with Turkey,” Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan said, referring to the recent withdrawal of peace accords with Turkey which were signed in 2009. Speaking at “At the Foot o ...

  Yerevan /Mediamax/. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that Armenia's goal is "to continue enmity with Turkey and not reveal the truth about the 1915 events”. Turkish President said this to the TRT Haber Channel, Trend reports. According to him, “the Armenian authorities have repeatedly proved it”. Erdogan also noted that “the Armenian lobby using the 1915 events pursues an anti-Turkish ca ...

    Communicate with real people and not ghosts Diana Yayloyan During my two-year stay in Turkey (I am working on my master’s thesis on the Armenian Genocide at the Faculty of Political Science at Ankara University) I have been surrounded by and have been communicating with Turks, and every day I am getting more and more convinced about the need for communication and dialog. One of the main issues of the Ar ...