3273) Video: Armenian Genocide Makes No Sense For The U.S. Senator James Reed In 1920

In 1920, the U.S. Senate was considering President Woodrow Wilson's pet project, a "mandate for Armenia," which, if approved, would have been the country's first Vietnam. Fortunately, unlike today's simple-minded Congressional representatives who blindly accept Armenian propaganda, and who are seduced by big Armenian money, there were men like Senator James Reed who actually took the trouble to look underneath the surface. To the eternal gratitude...

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3272) Cambridge History of Turkey

Volume I of The Cambridge History of Turkey examines the rise of Turkish power in Anatolia from the arrival of the first Turks at the end of the eleventh century to the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in1453. Taking the period as a whole, rather than dividing it along the more usual pre-Ottoman/Ottoman fault line, the volume covers the political, economic, social, intellectual and cultural history of the region as the Byzantine Empire crumbled...

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3271) Turkey Since 1989, Angry Nation by Kerem Oktem

About the BookSince its re-emergence as nation-state in 1923, Turkey has often looked like an odd appendix to the West situated in the borderlands of Europe and the Middle East, economically backward, inward looking, marred by political violence, yet a staunch NATO ally, it has been eyed with suspicion by both 'East' and 'West'. The momentous changes in the regional and world order after 1989 have catapulted the country back to the world stage....

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3270) Media Policies And Regulatory Practices in Turkey

Elmas and Dilek Kurban (TESEV), October 2010Project title: European Media Policies Revisited: Valuing and Reclaiming Free andIndependent Media in Contemporary Democratic SystemsProject duration: April 2010 - March 2013EU funding: approx. 2.65 million Euro1. Introduction2. Historical background3. The media landscape in Turkey3.1 Print and broadcasting media3.2 News agencies3.3 Online media3.4 Minority and alternative media4. The media regulatory...

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3269) SlideShow: April 24 Genocide Commemoration: 1 May 2011 Times Square New York

Please Click Here To Watch The Slideshow On Full Screen A Keghart.com reader has filed the following report: 24 May 2011"A small group of unaffiliated Armenian activists, not associated with any organization, attended the April 24 Commemoration on May 1st, in New York City's Times Square. The event was, as it has been for many years, sponsored by the Knights of Vartan (KOV) and several other Armenian-American organizations. We were threatened and accosted by the organizers and prevented from holding several of our signs and banners. However,...

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3268) Video: Incredible Turk Ataturk Alive In His Own Words by Prof Halman: Free E-Book

The Incredible Turk - Mustafa Kemal Ataturk - Video Professor Halman dedicates this book as a gift to the youth of Turkey on the occasion of the 85th Anniversary of the Republic of Turkey.Historic photographs and valuable quotes.Professor Talat S Halman is the First Minister of Culture and First Ambassador for Cultural Affairs of the Turkish Republic. Currently Dean of Humanities and Letters at Bilkent University. President, Turkish National Committee...

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3267) Ara Papian: Woodrow Wilson’s Arbitral Award Is A Valid And Legally Obligatory Document

Indefatigable analyst of international legal and historical contexts of occupation by the Turks in Armenia, the former Armenian diplomat returns to the response of Woodrow Wilson at the request of the Allies on the western borders of Armenia. Ara Papian finished product on a paradoxical conclusion: it is true that international law can not state enough to settle the territorial dispute is the only guarantor of a permanent and lasting solution....

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3266) Armenian Assembly Of America In C. V. Cafesjian May 9 2011

The Armenian Assembly Of America, In C., Et Al., Plaintiffs/ Counter-Defendants,V.Gerard L. Cafesjian , Et Al., Defendants/ Counter-Plaintiffs.Civil Action N O. 07-1259, N O. 08-255., 08-1254 (Ckk)United States District Court, District Of Columbia.May 9, 2011. . . . ....

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3265) Haytoug April 24 Special & Spring-2011

Haytoug is the official publication of the Armenian Youth Federation-Western United StateGuerrilla Print MaterialsHaytoug is committed to stimulating thought and offering a fresh interpretation of the social, political, cultural and economic conditions of the Armenian nation.As the flagship publication of the Armenian Youth Federation, we are guided in our mission by the following core set of values:-Youth Empowerment-Cutting Edge-Public Service-Diversity...

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3264) How Ara Sarafian Excavates Words & Figures Through His Own Imagination From Ambiguous Notes

Gomidas Institute © 2011 Ara SarafianCONTENTSIntroduction by Ara Sarafian Map TALAAT PASHA’S 1917 REPORTOpening Summary Page: Data and Calculations WESTERN PROVINCES (MAP) Constantinople Edirne vilayet Chatalja mutasarriflik Izmit mutasarriflikHudavendigar (Bursa) vilayet Karesi mutasarriflik 28Kala-i Sultaniye (Chanakkale) mutasarriflik Eskishehir vilayet Aydin vilayet Kutahya mutasarriflik Afyon Karahisar mutasarriflik Konia vilayet Menteshe...

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3263) Internet Enemies | State of the Internet Outpaces State of Internet Legislation

State of the Internet Outpaces State of Internet Legislation? by Banu Akdenizli* * Yeditepe University, Turkey AbstractIt is of common understanding that ICTs play a vital role in the social, political and economic development of every country. But every country does not welcome this technology without struggles. This study looks into the particular case of Turkey. As a semi-periphery country Turkey has been in a unique position, not only geographically...

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3262) The Armenian Weekly April 2011 Special

Justice As Cure By Khatchig Mouradian‘A Question of Genocide’. . . and More Questions —By Marc Mamigonian Genocide Recognition and a Quest for Justice —By Harut Sassounian April 24th: Remembrance Devoid of Inspiration and Commitment—By Michael G. Mensoian One Hundred Years of Abandonment—By Talin Suciyan and Ayda Erbal ‘Reparations’ as an Essential Element of any Just Resolution of Genocide—By Henry C. Theriault Confiscation & Colonization:...

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3261) April 24, May 4 : The New Step Of Decline For The Transnational Armenian Activism by Maxime Gauin*

The decline of the actions carried out by the Armenian nationalist organizations, noticeable since some years, was confirmed during the Spring 2011 especially in the United States. In Washington, the annual demonstration in front of the Turkish embassy was challenged by a Turkish counter-demonstration, which received the — needed — protection of the police. In Los Angeles, the traditional fortress of the Diasporic Armenian nationalism since decades,...

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3260) Harut Sassounian Discusses Armenian Genocide On Fox TV (Video)

FOX-TV: Joining us now is Harut Sassounian, the president of the United Armenian Fund. He’s also publisher of the California Courier, a newspaper here in Southern California, published out of Glendale. It is the 96th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. And it’s also kind of a confusing issue for a lot of us, because Armenian-Americans want the president to say, to claim that this was genocide. And yet, you just told me prior to coming on the...

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3259) "How To Dramatize The Great Fire of Smyrna & Collect More Relief ?" YMCA & YWCA

"The Great Fire of Smyrna is the name commonly given to the fire that ravaged Izmir/Smyrna from 13 to 17 September 1922. Turkish armed forces systematically burned the city and killed Greek and Armenian inhabitants. This is based on extensive eyewitness evidence from Western troops sent to Smyrna during the evacuation, foreign diplomats/relief workers based at Smyrna and Turkish sources." - Wikipedia.org Robert Davidian's grandfather, George Magarian,...

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3258) AGHET The Movie With English Subtitles: Exposing Numerous Distortions & German Hypocracies: Reviewed by Sukru S. Aya

Updated 17 May 2011 People Being Interviewed: .. Cem OzdemirYusuf HalacogluMurat BardakciHasan CemalFethiye CetinVolkan VuralAGHET [produced by NDR (German public television)] is a new documentary made by German filmmaker Eric Friedler using the actual words of 23 German, American and other nationals who witnessed the events with archival materials.AGHET incorporates never-before-seen footage and documents - making it one of the best researched...

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