Study shows Turks want closer ties with Armenia Tuesday, February 20, 2007 A recent poll conducted among Turkish citizens in 27 provinces shows that while there are many social divisions in the country, with many voicing their objection to the slogans at the funeral of journalist Dink, around support closer ties with Yereven and the opening of the border with Armenia ANKARA - TDN Parliament Bureau Turkey' ...

Turkey misses its chance with Armenia Hrant Dink's assassination provided a key opportunity for Turkey to mend relations with its neighbor By Vartan Oskanian, VARTAN OSKANIAN is minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Armenia. February 7, 2007 ANKARA HAS LET a rare moment pass. Three weeks after the assassination of acclaimed Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, it appears the Turkish authorities ...

JOURNALIST'S MURDER OPENS WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR TURKISH-ARMENIAN RAPPROCHEMENT Yigal Schleifer 2/01/07 In the days immediately following the shocking murder of outspoken Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, many observers expressed hope that the tragedy could serve as a catalyst for reconciliation between Turkey and Armenia. Initial signals, however, show that a rapprochement still will not be easily ...

 Erivan'la ilişkiler Sami KOHENGazeteci Hrant Dink'in öldürülmesinin yarattığı hava Türkiye'nin Ermeni sorunu bağlamında dış ilişkilerini nasıl etkiler? Bu olay Ankara ile Erivan ve de Ermeni diasporası arasında bir yakınlaşmaya yol açabilir mi? Bunun bazı ülkelerde parlamentoların Ermeni yanlısı kararlar çıkarma eğilimine yansıması nasıl olur?..Hemen belirtelim ki, Dink suikastının dış dünyada yarattığı şo ...

  Ermenistan'la ilişkileri geliştirme zamanı Hakan Aksay Hrant Dink 'in öldürülmesinden hemen sonra bir Ermeni TV kanalı benimle mülakat yapmak için muhabir gönderdi. Sorular genellikle Türk-Ermeni düşmanlığını körükleyecek tarzda bina edilmişti. Verdiğim cevaplar muhabiri tatmin etmemiş olacak ki, sonunda şöyle dedi: - Ama bugün Ermenistan'da herkes Türklerin Ermenileri öldürmeye devam ettiğini düşünüyor. ...

 Sınır açılırsa rüzgar döner Hrant Dink’in cenazesinde iki halk kucaklaştı. Bu, Dink’in en çok istediği şeydi. Yıllardır Türkiye-Ermenistan arasında ‘sivil diplomasi’ yapan Türk-Ermeni İş Geliştirme Konseyi Başkanı Kaan Soyak, iki ülke arasında resmi görüşmelerin başlamasıyla her şeyin Türkiye’nin lehine döneceğini söylüyor. Hrant Dink ile iki kez röportaj yaptım.Saatlerce konuştuk. Coşkusuna, samimiyetine, ...

 Armenian Editor's Death Leads to Conciliation Armenian Editor’s Death Leads to Conciliation By SUSANNE FOWLER and SEBNEM ARSU Published: January 23, 2007 ISTANBUL, Jan. 22 � The killing of an Armenian-Turkish editor in Istanbul last week and the sorrow it has generated within Turkey are leading to rare conciliatory gestures between Turkey and Armenia, historic enemies, and to calls for changes in laws here ...

 Eradicating Walls of Fears Burcu Gultekin Turkish-Armenian Business Development Council I met with Hrant Dink in 2001 as I decided to carry on my first piece of research on Turkish-Armenian relations. I was delighted by his openness and sincerity. Hrant had probably been the first contact person for many young Turkish students interested in Armenians. Agos has been an essential gateway in that respect. At ...

 Turkish, Armenian businesses demand border opening By Hasmik Mkrtchyan Reuters Monday, January 15, 2007; 7:53 PM YEREVAN (Reuters) - The border between Turkey and Armenia has been shut for 14 years because of a dispute rooted in the centuries-old suspicions between Muslims and Christians in this remote part of the world. But the business communities in both countries pay heed to a different imperative -- m ...

  GENOCIDE RECOGNITION OSKANIAN YEREVAN STANCE Armenia expects “considerable developments” in the process of Genocide recognition in France and the USA-09.01.07 Yerevan, January 9. Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian stated in Yerevan today that “in 2007 we expect considerable developments in the process of recognition of the Armenian Genocide in a number of states, in particular, in France and the US ...