The Swiss Federal Office of Justice has requested the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to review the case of Doğu Perinçek, earlier determining that the Swiss Courts’ rulings to impose financial and criminal fine for denying the Armenian Genocide was a limitation of the right for free expression.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s threat to retaliate against anyone in Syria who dares to damage the tomb of Suleyman Shah, grandfather of Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire, is the latest manifestation of the Turkish government’s utter hypocrisy. Here is a country that has committed genocide against millions of its Christian subjects (Armenians, […]
In a series of secretly recorded phone conversations revealed last week, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was heard instructing his son to hide from police tens of millions of dollars of cash stashed in his Istanbul house.
It is noteworthy that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is holding simultaneous hearings on two rival lawsuits filed by Armenians and Azerbaijanis. Is this a mere coincidence or an attempt by the Court to intervene in a thorny dispute that political leaders have failed to resolve for over 25 years?
Violence against women and girls directly affects individuals while harming our common humanity. In response to this global challenge, I launched my UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign in 2008. Since then, partners around the world have joined our drive to protect the human rights of women and girls to live free from violence.
This is the amazing tale of the Turkish government handing over to Istanbul’s Armenian Patriarchate in the 1920’s some of the church effects looted during the Genocide.
On October 25th people gathered at Zangak club to meet renowned Polish writer Yanush Leon Vishnevski, author of the books “Loneliness in a Net” and “The Lover.” The writer was invited to Armenia to take part in the Literature Arc 2013 forum.
Yesterday a news agency of Moscow Ria Novosti organized a teleconference between Yerevan, Moscow, Astana, Kiev, during which the secretary-general of the collective security pact Nikolay Bordyuzha made a long speech.
When a man cries it means that a very bad thing happened. It is the women, who are masters at crying. They even know how to cry in order to ensure their forehead doesn’t get too wrinkled. The nature created the man in a way to ensure he doesn’t cry too often. That is the reason why a crying man means desperation, powerlessness, etc.
Ever since Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi was removed from office, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been harshly critical of the new government, strongly advocating his fellow Islamist Morsi’s return to power. Given Erdogan’s unwelcome meddling in Egypt’s internal affairs, millions of Egyptians have expressed anger and resentment against Turkey and its prime minister. […]
