Content tagged with 1915

Germany's process of confrontation with Holocaust
Germany's process of confrontation with Holocaust
The debate on “confrontation” is heated again after Bundestag's Armenian Genocide resolution. Germany is one of the remarkable countries in terms of reckoning and we talked to Prof. Nora Şeni from Paris VIII University about Germany's process of confrontation with Holocaust and what Turkey should do in order to confront with 1915.
13 June 2016 Vartan Estukyan
Anzacs tell about 1915
Anzacs tell about 1915
Held captive by Ottoman army, Anzac soldiers reveal rather unknown aspects of the Armenian Genocide through their journals. In the stories that came to light thanks to the studies of New Zealander historian and journalist James Robins, experiences of Anzac soldiers who witnessed the genocide are told. This interview of Robins is about his studies that reach from 1915 to the present.
12 May 2016 Fatih Gökhan Diler
Paylan's call for investigation on Armenian politicians killed in 1915
Paylan's call for investigation on Armenian politicians killed in 1915
HDP Istanbul MP Garo Paylan suggested forming a parliamentary commission for carrying out an investigation on 7 Armenian members of Chamber of Deputies of Ottoman Parliament who served in 1908-1915 and killed after being arrested on April-May 2015.
21 April 2016 Haber Merkezi
What is your next step? Are you going to kill 15-20 million Kurds now?
What is your next step? Are you going to kill 15-20 million Kurds now?
One of the most prominent genocide researchers in the world, Ronald Grigor Suny was in İstanbul for “Critical Approaches to the Armenian Genocide Conference” that is organized by Sabanci University. We made an interview with Suny; he shared his evaluations on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and his views on the events in Kurdistan from the perspective of the Armenian Genocide.
14 October 2015 Fatih Gökhan Diler
Are Armenians the only victims of 1915?
Are Armenians the only victims of 1915?
The Armenian Youth Federation is using the hashtag #Turkeyfailed to create awareness as part of an informative action. The group has prepared posters about people who migrated to the United States from Turkey either after or just before 1915, and about their discoveries or inventions that have affected our daily lives.
30 January 2015 Nayat Karaköse
Sargsyan responds to ‘Gallipoli’ invitation: Before organizing a commemorative event, Turkey has obligation to recognize and condemn Armenian Genocide
Sargsyan responds to ‘Gallipoli’ invitation: Before organizing a commemorative event, Turkey has obligation to recognize and condemn Armenian Genocide
17 January 2015
Agos editorial – Not eight, but a hundred years
Agos editorial – Not eight, but a hundred years
From the January 19 editorial of Agos: It has been eight years since Hrant Dink was shot to death in front the offices of his own newspaper. From 2007 to 2015, the eight years that passed with the expectation and demand for justice. But that is not all; since 1915, a century has passed with the same expectation and demand.
15 January 2015
Turkey’s ‘100th Anniversary action plan’
Turkey’s ‘100th Anniversary action plan’
Declarations made at the 7th Ambassadors Conference have revealed Turkey’s ‘action plan’ for the 100th anniversary of the Genocide. According to the plan, the ‘leaving the issue to historians’ thesis will once again take centre stage, and church renovations will be underlined. Foreign commission members state that they will carry out ‘stunning’ lobbying efforts abroad.
7 January 2015
Former TTK Presidents say ‘It wasn’t us’
Former TTK Presidents say ‘It wasn’t us’
Following Murat Bardakçı’s claim that dispatch registers kept following the decision of forced displacement in 1915 had been hidden by a Turkish Historical Society (TTK) officer, a response is expected from former high-ranking administrators of the institution.
31 December 2014
Turkey, the Legacy of Silence
Turkey, the Legacy of Silence
The trailer of the web-documentary titled ‘Turkey, the Legacy of Silence’, directed by Anna Benjamin and Guillaume Clere, has been released.
16 December 2014