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Parliament of Czech Republic recognizes Armenian Genocide
Parliament of Czech Republic recognizes Armenian Genocide
On April 25, Parliament of Czech Republic unanimously recognized Armenian Genocide.
26 April 2017 Haber Merkezi
“Armenian Genocide resolution” in Egyptian parliament
“Armenian Genocide resolution” in Egyptian parliament
According to Anadolu Agency's report based on sources from Egyptian parliament, Deputy Mustafa Bekri has presented the resolution to Parliamentary Speaker Ali Abdel-Al. 337 deputies has signed the resolution.
26 July 2016 Haber Merkezi
“Bundestag's resolution may open the eyes of many Germans, including those of Turkish origin”
“Bundestag's resolution may open the eyes of many Germans, including those of Turkish origin”
We addressed two questions to two people, historian and former editor of Der Speigel Wolfgang Gust and historian Eric Weitz from City University of New York, who have been researching German complicity to the Armenian Genocide for many years.
17 June 2016 Fatih Gökhan Diler
“With an unrestrained access to the archives in Ankara, we can gain a much better understanding of German responsibility”
“With an unrestrained access to the archives in Ankara, we can gain a much better understanding of German responsibility”
We talked to Hilmar Kaiser, one of the prominent researchers who work on the Armenian Genocide, about Bundestag's resolution and Germany's responsibility. Kaiser said: “It was not 'the Ottoman Empire' or 'Turkey' or 'the Turks' or 'the Kurds' who killed the Armenians. Let us identify the culprits and praise the rescuers.
17 June 2016 Fatih Gökhan Diler
Agos headline: we hope this malignity brings about election
Agos headline: we hope this malignity brings about election
In the headline of this week's Agos, there are reactions of Armenian society toward General Vicar of Armenian Patriarch in Turkey Archbishop Aram Ateşyan's letter to President Erdoğan. The editorial points at an election.
16 June 2016 Haber Merkezi
“Lepsius believed that 1915 would cause a moral disaster also for the Germans”
“Lepsius believed that 1915 would cause a moral disaster also for the Germans”
Works of German theologian Lepsius, who sent reports to German politicians for warning them during the Armenian Genocide, revealed the fact that German officials had known the massacres but they hadn't done anything for preventing them. Director of Lepsius House Rolf Hosfeld talked about the influence of Lepsius' works on German society's current recognition and Germany's responsibility in the Armenian Genocide.
10 June 2016 Fatih Gökhan Diler
Letter to Ateşyan from Agos: May God bestow sense, intelligence and comprehension on you
Letter to Ateşyan from Agos: May God bestow sense, intelligence and comprehension on you
Agos responded to Archbishop Aram Ateşyan, General Vicar of Armenian Patriarch in Turkey, who is severly criticized by the Armenian society because of his letter addressed to President Erdoğan: "You define the systematic and almost complete annihilation of a people by the decision of the state itself as 'the events happened during the tragic times of World War I'; this is an affront to the ancestors, victims and the survivors in the eyes of the society to which you also belong.”
7 June 2016
Ateşyan's letter to President: we submit our regret to your dignified office
Ateşyan's letter to President: we submit our regret to your dignified office
Archbishop Aram Ateşyan, General Vicar of Armenian Patriarch in Turkey, sent a letter to President Erdoğan about the Armenian Genocide resolution of Bundestag. In the letter, Ateşyan defined the passing of the resolution as “abuse of Armenian nation by imperialist forces”. Claiming that the decision caused a deep regret in Armenian nation, he said “we submit our regret to your dignified office”.
7 June 2016 Haber Merkezi
Death threats against Cem Özdemir
Death threats against Cem Özdemir
While the debates on the genocide resolution that was passed in Bundestag on June 2 continues, Cem Özdemir, who made great efforts for passing the resolution, receives death threats.
6 June 2016 Haber Merkezi
Erdoğan threatens Armenian citizens once again
Erdoğan threatens Armenian citizens once again
President Erdoğan, after the Armenian Genocide resolution was passed in Bundestag, threatened to send Armenian citizens living Turkey to Armenia. Erdoğan made a similar statement in 2010.
4 June 2016 Haber Merkezi
Agos' archive: “a German treat” from Hrant Dink
Agos' archive: “a German treat” from Hrant Dink
Today, in Agos' archive, we go back to 2005, when Germany brought the Armenian Genocide to the parliamentary agenda for the first time. Here is Hrant Dink's article “a German treat”*.
3 June 2016 Haber Merkezi
Turkish government’s initial reactions against the genocide resolution
Turkish government’s initial reactions against the genocide resolution
President Erdoğan, Prime Minister Yıldırım and Deputy Prime Minister Kurtulmuş made statements after the Armenian Genocide resolution was passed by Bundestag. Moreover, Turkish ambassador to Germany is recalled to Ankara.
2 June 2016 Haber Merkezi
Bundestag passed the Armenian Genocide resolution
Bundestag passed the Armenian Genocide resolution
Bundestag passed the Armenian Genocide resolution
2 June 2016 Haber Merkezi
“It will pave the way for the Hague”
“It will pave the way for the Hague”
Armenian National Academy of Sciences Institute of Oriental Studies Director Ruben Safrastyan spoke to Civilnet about the voting in Bundestag.
2 June 2016 Haber Merkezi
The resolution is a message for Turkey
The resolution is a message for Turkey
The decision of Bundestag is a message for Turkey above all. Would Turkey take it as a message? Highly unlikely, but Germany's attitude is really meaningful and important for Armenians.
2 June 2016 Raffi Kantian
"Now, for Turkey, it is harder to deny what happened"
"Now, for Turkey, it is harder to deny what happened"
According to Jürgen Gottschlich, Taz Newspaper Turkey correspondent, the fact that German parliament recognized the genocide and Germany's complicity means that Turkey is left alone even by its “former ally”.
2 June 2016 Gözde Kazaz
Sargsyan's call to Bundestag
Sargsyan's call to Bundestag
Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan addressed to Bundestag about the Armenian Genocide resolution that will be voted tomorrow and asked the members of Bundestag not to connect the voting with the migration deal between Turkey and EU.
1 June 2016 Haber Merkezi
Prime Minister's statement on genocide: a common incident
Prime Minister's statement on genocide: a common incident
Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım made a statement to the press about the Armenian Genocide resolution of Bundestag: “This voting is nonsense. This is a common incident that happened in every country and it happened in 1915 in Turkey, under the conditions of World War I.”
1 June 2016 Haber Merkezi