How to identify the falsifiers of the history of Armenia? Or the questions that those who deny the identity of Urartu and Armenia are obliged to answer. This article points out the grossest omissions of all those who claim that Urartu is not an Armenian state – from a scientific point of view. It will …
“I don’t want and cannot write long and in detail about our country, your inquiry notwithstanding. I’ll write to you briefly. We have destroyed our country from within and from without. Mostly we. I say ‘we’, and it is true. Some are interfering scoundrel, some are thieves and robbers, and some – the helpless and …
In the 9th century, Shirakavan (Շիրակավան) was the capital of the Armenian kingdom of the Bagratids and remained so for 40 years. In the 9th century, the Bagratids managed to conquer Armenia from the Arab Caliphate. In 885, Ashot I Bagratuni acceded to the throne, and both the Caliph and the Byzantine emperor were forced …
Everything that was said about Ararat was true: all the clichés which used to make me smile turned out to be correct. For a couple of days, I tried to resist Ararat. But I would see the contours of the mountain everywhere – they would loom at the end of the city blocks, filling the …
The battle for Zangezur in 1918-1921 is known in Armenian history as “Գոյամարտ” – “Goyamart” or “struggle for existence” in Armenian. And it indeed was a battle for the right to exist, for land, for the right to remain Armenians. Sisian was the decisive link in the battle for Zangezur. In historical works, Sisian has …
Before 1915, more than 42,000 Armenians lived in the villages near the ancient city of Urfa (Urha, Orfa, or Edessa). This Armenian community had 10 churches, one monastery, and about 20 Armenian schools. One of these Armenian-populated villages was the village of Jipin. During the Armenian Genocide in 1915, the forced emigration of Armenians began …
In the courtyard of the monastery of the Holy Apostles in Mush, at the tombstone of Mushegh and Vahan Mamikonyans once stood Vardan Vardapet, the last caretaker of the monastery and a defender of the Armenian liberation struggle and the fedayi troops. In 1915, the genocidal Turks invaded the monastery of the Holy Apostles in …
Not far from the village of Chukuraia (modern Turkey), 5 kilometers from the city of Kechror (Gabeganq, Ayrarat province of Greater Armenia), the ancient Armenian monastery complex Tsarakar was discovered. Only ruins remain from this monastic structure, unfortunately. The complex consisted of a church, which had several entrances connected to each other, at least six …
Most Armenian manuscript books have been stolen and destroyed. The miraculously surviving samples of handwritten treasures are carefully preserved. The largest collection of manuscripts is kept in the Matenadaran repository of ancient manuscripts in Yerevan, Armenia. About 10 thousand of the surviving 25 thousand manuscripts are illustrated, of which 5-7 thousand are full miniatures. The …
Located on a fortified rock east of the city of Van, Rusakhinili was the capital of the Kingdom of Van during its decline. Rusakhinili was built by King Rusa I (Armenian: Հրաչյա; Hrachya, Hrusha, or Rachea, Rusa is the generally accepted but distorted name) after Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III in 735 BC inflicted a decisive …
Traces of ancient human habitation were found in various regions of the Armenian Highlands. In Arzni and Nurnu, temporary settlements from the Neolithic era with stone tools were found. Additionally, dwelling caves were discovered in the Hrazdan Gorge and Lusakert. The oldest discovered stone tools are 800 thousand years old. Numerous rock paintings with hunting …
French politician and member of the French National Assembly Valérie Boyer, who represents the Bouches-du-Rhône department in parliament, announced that some government officials were involved in the struggle for the recognition of the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh. According to her, the corps of the 11th and 12th arrondissements of Marseille participated in the struggle for the …
Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Nuri Ersoy said in response to a written request from Kemalist Republican People’s Party (CHP) MP Aydin Ozero that Turkey would not pay compensation to the Swiss company Sicpa Turkey for the Byzantine Hagia Sophia, which was turned into a mosque recently. This was reported by Cumhuriyet. Cumhuriyet also reminded …
BERINGER AERO has suspended all equipment supplies for Turkish drones. The company has been selling fuel tanks for Turkish Bayraktar UAVs. The company said it does not wish its products to be used in devices that pose a threat to human life: “The company wants to stay in line with its ethical policy and has …
On November 4, Horizon Weekly employee Nazik Khaneshyan conducted a live interview with Leo Housakos, a member of the Canadian Senate and a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. As a reminder, on October 27, at a regular session of the Senate of Canada, a member of the Senate and former speaker of the …
Armenian Turkologist Varuzhan Geghamyan shared a photo taken live from the TRT TV channel. The photo shows a frame of the TRT channel’s report on the situation on the Karabakh front. The headline reads literally “Azerbaijan attacks civilians.” According to Varuzhan Geghamyan, this is not the first of the “blunders” of Turkish media resources. There …
HaberTürk Turkish analyst Muharrem Sarıkaya published an article in his column, trying to analyze the future of Turkish-American relations if Democratic candidate Joe Biden is elected in the US presidential elections. Some circles in Turkey believe that if Biden wins the US presidential elections, the problems in Turkish-American relations will worsen. This sentiment is based …
The Turkish Foreign Ministry reacted to the decision of the French government to ban the extremist organization “Grey Wolves”. This organization unites Turkish nationalists in the country. The Turkish Foreign Ministry denies the existence of the Grey Wolves terrorist movement, arguing that “inferring from the actions of individuals about the existence of a movement or …