“The people of Nagorno-Karabakh have proven that they deserve the right to self-determination and independence and that they can rule the country,” said Donald Wilson Bush in an interview with the correspondent of NEWS.am. Donald Wilson Bush is the great-grandson of the 28th President of the US Woodrow Wilson and chairman of the Woodrow Wilson …
Ahmet Hakan, a journalist of the Turkish Hurriyet newspaper, expressed his personal 7 points that confirm the Armenian Genocide: 1. We say that the word “genocide” is used by the imperialists. The largest imperialist is the United States, but they do not use this word. 2. If we are talking about the fact that the …
By the joint efforts of journalists, police, and employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Azerbaijan has finally dealt with the photos of General Andranik Ozanyan (or maybe Peter Montin?). Panic in Baku may decline. However, questions remain whose answers may deprive the residents of the capital of Azerbaijan of sleep. For example, how did …
Baku was baffled after The Telegraph listed Yerevan as one of the oldest cities in Europe. As Khakin.az wrotes: “Yerevan as an ancient Armenian city – this is not our history. This is annoying, painful, and shameful. Yes, this is a lie! Yes, a falsification! Yes, we have written a lot about the fact that …
In the 1st century AD, King of Armenia Trdat I built the pagan temple of Garni in the Azat River Valley. Now, Armenians have to pay 1500 drams (about $3) to visit this shrine. Entry tickets for Armenians are three times cheaper than for tourists. Armenians pay to access Garni even though they are paying …
On May 7, 2020, James S. Gilmore III, US ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), urged Moscow to stop falsifying the history of World War II. Gilmore announced this on the eve of the celebration of the victory over the Nazis in Europe during the virtual meeting of the OSCE …
Arrests have occurred in Tigranakert for illegal excavations. A total of eight people were arrested, four of whom were police officers. It turned out that the police brought an armored vehicle to the excavation site to demonstrate that the excavations were allegedly legal. This was reported by Akunq.net with a reference to the Hurriyet newspaper. …
The Armenian translation of Turkish historian Taner Akçam’s book “Killing Orders: Talat Pasha’s Telegrams and the Armenian Genocide” (2016) was published in April 2019. This work presents to the reader exceptional telegrams refuting the main thesis of the Turkish policy of denial. These telegrams prove that Talat had ordered the killings. Akçam thinks that the …
We often hear that instead of running around the world’s political fields and asking nations and states to delve into our tragedy and recognize the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey, we must demand that Turkey compensate for the state-organized ethnic killings. Although this observation is objective, it for some reason is ignored in Armenia. Furthermore, …
Before the Armenian Genocide, 25 thousand Armenians lived in the Khnus region. In 1915, self-defense against thugs and murderers in the region was organized in the villages of Govanduk, Salur, Khrmkhaya, Gharachoban, Gopal, and many others. These battles now belong to the heroic pages of the Armenian liberation struggle. The heroic battle on Mount Ag-Dag …
The video below (in Armenian) tells about the Soviet campaign against the Armenian alphabet during the Sovietization of Armenia as part of a broader campaign against the Armenian culture, history, and the church. Apart from that, the anti-alphabet campaign was part of the latinisation campaign which was aimed at replacing the writing systems of all …
Gyumri Mayor Samvel Balasanyan, answering a question from “Aravot” about the development of tourism in Shirak Province, expressed the opinion that visitors of Shirak should first go see the ruins of Ani and only then visit Gyumri. However, in order to enjoy the views of Ani, the mayor thinks that it is necessary to “activate” …
National Geographic Travel has published a photo of Mount Ararat on Instagram in July 2019. The caption to the photo reads: “Mount Ararat is a dormant snow capped volcano in the east of Turkey. It’s also the highest peak in the country. Scholars agree that the biblical “mountains of Ararat” do not refer to specifically …
A monument to the 1915 Armenian Genocide was erected in the Swedish city of Västerås. At the early stages of the monument’s design, the Christian People’s Party presented its draft to the community administration. The municipality replied that it was not authorized to make decisions on foreign policy issues. However, the church of Västerås gave …
On Mount Tsghuk (3582 m), the highest peak on the border of Syunik and Artsakh, an Armenian-English group of archeologists and art historians have discovered more than 1000 cave paintings, the largest group of cave paintings found so far in Armenia. Anna Khechoyan, the head of the Armenian team and researcher at the Institute of …
As reported by CNN Türk and tert.am, a religious book dating back to the 800s was discovered in Tigranakert. The police have confiscated this book from four citizens who were attempting to sell it. The four citizens were also arrested. This unique book has a leather binding and consists of 22 pages. It contains pictures …
Famous British historian and “The Independent” correspondent Robert Fisk in his last article touched upon the book “The Thirty-Year Genocide” by Jewish historian Benny Morris. This work covers genocides committed by the Turks. According to Moris, it took 9 long years to complete the book. The co-author of the book is another Jewish historian Dror …
90 kilometers north of the city of Adana (modern Turkey), in a cozy, forested area rises the magnificent fortress of Tamburt (Tamrut) built during the times of Cilician Armenia. Unfortunately, in the last 40 years, the fortress has been severely damaged due to the actions of treasure hunters. However, foreign fans of Armenian culture managed …