A friend just sent a link to me pointing to an article that was printed in the Milliyet newspaper. The article divulges that the former Istanbul National Education Director, Ata Özer, distributed free educational CD-ROMs to students attending schools in Istanbul. Apparently all schools received the CD.
On the CD is an image of a map [...]
There is a new online petition called Votch that can be signed in support of stopping the protocols from being signed/ratified.
According to Hetq Online,
Initiated by philologist Krikor Beledian, essayist Janine Altounian, journalists Arpig Missakian and Arpi Totoyan, historian Yves Ternon of France, Professor Mihran Dabag, Director of the German Research Institute on Diasporas, among others, [...]
I just found an interesting article about the signing of the protocols on the BBC News web site. Seems Prime Minister Erdogan is stating that Turkey will sign the protocols on October 10–the signing was originally set for October 13 as I previously posted. It could happen even sooner if they keep things under wraps [...]
Yesterday Former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, who now heads his Civilitas Foundation based in Yerevan, delivered a speech in the Yerevan Hotel about his take on the protocols calling for Turkish-Armenian diplomatic relations. The text is both passionate and straightforward as he explains without mincing words what the consequences will be for Armenia should the [...]
According to RFE/RL the Turkish newspaper Milliyet has reported that the protocols are scheduled to be signed on October 13. Incidentally that is the date when the Treaty of Kars, which defined the present day border between the two countries, was endorsed. Apparently history is symbolically repeating itself to the date. The agreements will most [...]
A sit-in protest and hunger strike in opposition to the protocols was initiated yesterday by the ARF-Dashnaktsutiun. So far about 75 party members are camped out in front of the government building on Republic Square. They are expected to stay on site until the date of the protocols’ signing which will be in about a [...]
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