AN IRON CURTAIN AT MOUNT ARARAT By Harout H. Semerdjian The Moscow Times, February 8, 2005. Page 10. The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 gave birth to 15 independent states, from the Baltics to the Caucasus to Central Asia. Each state inherited both advantages and challenges that were largely absent as territories of a single Communist state. For some of these states, such as Armenia, independence bro ...

 THE OPENING OF ARMENIAN TURKISH BORDER TO INCREASE THRICE THE PRESENT Yerevan, February 14. /Mediamax/. The opening of Armenian-Turkish border will allow to increase the current goods turnover between two counties at least in three times. The co-chairman of the Turkish-Armenian Business Development Council (TABDC), Kaan Soyak, said this in Yerevan today, Mediamax reports. According to official data, the vo ...

  CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT FOR CHANGE THROUGH TURKISH-ARMENIAN DIALOGUE By Kaan Soyak/Co-Chairman of TABDC The Turkish-Armenian Business Development Council (TABDC) has been one of the main advocates for creating official and unofficial dialogue between the Turkish and Armenian governments, as well as expanding contacts between the two communities. Both governments were reluctant when first approached by TAB ...

ERMENİSTAN KAPISI AÇILIRSA KAFKASYA'YLA TİCARET HIZLANIR Türk-Ermeni İş Geliştirme Konseyi Başkan Yardımcısı Noyan Soyak, Ermenistan'ı Türkiye'ye bağlayan sınır kapılarının açılması gerektiğini bunun, hem Ermenistan ile ilişkilerin normalleştireceğini hem de Türkiye'nin Kafkas bölgesine açılmasına neden olacağını söyledi. Soyak, " Biz konsey olarak sadece Ermenistan ile değil bu bölge ile ilişkilerin gelişt ...

 MANŞET PROGRAMI-ERMENİ SORUNU Ermeni sorunu konusundaki söyleşinin tam metni -- Manşet programında Mehmet Ali Birand'ın sorularını yanıtlayan Türk Tarih Kurumu Ermeni Araştırmaları Başkanı Hikmet Özdemir, Türkiye kendi tarihi ile yüzleştiği gibi, konuyla ilgili diğer ülkelerin de kendi tarihleri ile yüzleşmelerini istediklerini söyleyerek, “kampanyamız bu açıdan oldukça sert mesajlar ve belgelere donatıldı ...

 ARMENIAN-TURKISH TRADE TURNOVER TOTALS $120 MLN: 525TH NEWSPAPER YEREVAN, JANUARY 15. ARMINFO. The Turkish-Armenian trade turnover has reached $120 mln against earlier reported $30-40 mln and will amount to $500 mln if the present trade restrictions are lifted, reports the 525th newspaper (Baku) in its article "What is Going On On the Turkish-Armenian Border?" More prospective projects have been drafted fo ...

ARMENIA'S ISOLATION GROWS ONLY DEEPER By SUSAN SACHS December 26, 2004 YEREVAN, Armenia - Landlocked and stuck in a cold war with two of its four neighbors, Armenia has rarely seemed so alone as in the past few months. Citing terrorism concerns, Russia abruptly sealed its border with Georgia in September and kept it closed for nearly two months, effectively cutting off the road that was the main route for A ...

 EDWARD BOGHOSSIAN/ARMENIAN REPORTER WAS IN TURKEY FOR INTERVIEW In Exclusive Interview with Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul in Ankara, Turkey, Senior Editor Edward K. Boghosian Discusses Armenian Issues ANKARA, Turkey - In an exclusive interview with Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul in the Prime Minister’s residential compound in the Cankaya district of the Turkish capital, questions by Armenian ...

 "TÜRKLER VE ERMENİLER BARIŞ VE HUZUR İÇİNDE YAŞAYABİLİRLER" diyor Türk general Orhan Tan "Azg"a yolladığı mektupta AZG gazetesi kurulduğundan bu yana Tirkiye’yi dikkat noktasında bulundurmaktadır. Göründüğü kadarıyla bunbun tek taraflı olmadığı, internet aracılığıyla Editörlüğümüze ulşatırılan, halkımızın dostları Ali Ertem, Kemal Yalçın, Ragıp Zarakoğlu gibileri yanında, Avrasya Stratejik Araştırmalar Mer ...

THE MISSING SOUTH EASTERN PILLAR FOR UNIFYING THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT PRESS RELEASE The European Commission’s recommendation for the opening of accession negotiations with Turkey is a long awaited awareness of Turkey’s capacity to contribute to stability, security and prosperity in its region. The challenge of the management of the EU’s long new external borders has to be addressed by Turkey’s efforts to imp ...