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ANKARA The deaths that occurred during World War I are the common pain of all, presidential spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has said, referring to the deaths of Ottoman Armenians in 1915 in a statement, released on the anniversary of April 24, which Armenians mark as a day of commemoration of what…

Skip to comments. The Armenian Genocide and my grandmother's secret 'A distant signal was given – it sounded something like a trumpet ... ' WND ^ | April 23, 2020 | David Kupelian Posted on 04/23/2020 7:51:08 PM PDT by Perseverando Children victims of the Armenian Genocide EDITOR'S NOTE: April…

Yerevan (AFP) - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Friday decried crimes against "civilisation" and demanded an apology from Turkey as his country marked the 105th anniversary of the WWI-era Armenian genocide.The genocide is a "crime not only against our ethnic identity, but also against human civilisation," Pashinyan said in…

Some disasters that plague humans are unavoidable, as they are acts of nature. The plagues that are avoidable are human made. Among them is genocide. Every April 24 nations around the world commemorate the genocide of the Armenians committed by the Ottoman regime in 1915. The two nations that should…

Armenian communities across the globe mark the murderous history of state violence in Turkey with the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day on April 24. That commemoration marks the period between 1914 and 1921, when the Ottoman Empire carried out an extended campaign to expel or kill the Armenians living in Turkey…

SAMSUN A 100-year-old house, whose exterior facade consists of Turkish soda bottle lids, has become one of the most visited spots of the Black Sea province of Samsun’s Vezirköprü district. The house, which underwent extraordinary maintenance on its exterior to keep the plaster sturdy, is also drawing the interest of…

Armenia will alter commemoration ceremonies to mark the anniversary of the World War I-era massacre of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire due to the coronavirus pandemic. A torch-lit procession traditionally held on April 23 each year in Yerevan has been canceled "in the interests of citizens' safety and health," government…

Elizabeth Barrows Ussher – Caring for All During the Armenian Resistance In 1915, the buildings belonging to the missionaries in Van, Turkey, turned into fortresses, refugee centers, and hospitals. “Reports come to us of the burning of village after village, with outrages upon the women and children, and the shooting…

From 2002, when Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the AK Party reached power, until about 2016, a debate raged among Turkey-watchers in the United States: Is Ankara still an ally?  Actually, due to nostalgia, that debate dragged on long after it was obvious that Turkey no longer was an ally. That…

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