Author: Andres-Papazian

Le Parisien
Mardi 10 Février 2015

Cette expo inédite en France raconte le génocide arménien

par Agnès Vives
VAL-DE-MARNE; ALFORTVILLE

Cent ans que les Arméniens se battent pour la reconnaissance du
génocide arménien. Alors, en ce début 2015, il était impossible de ne
pas marquer l’événement, à Alfortville, où la communauté arménienne
avoisine les 8 000 personnes. Jusqu’à vendredi, le 148 accueille une
exposition sur le Carnet de Talaat. Ce rapport manuscrit trouvé sur
Talaat Pacha, lors de son assassinat en 1921, et conservé par sa
famille jusqu’à la publication en 2008 par un journaliste turc
comporte des données démographiques sur les Arméniens dans l’empire
ottoman. Talaat Pacha était à l’époque ministre de l’Intérieur et
responsable de l’élimination des Arméniens. Ses notes montrent la
diminution de la population arménienne de plus d’un million de
personnes entre 1914 et 1917. Pour la première fois, ce manuscrit est
présenté en France.« Nous avons voulu montrer à tous ceux qui pensent
encore que le génocide arménien n’a pas existé que si, l’élimination
des Arméniens était préparée, organisée », souligne Henri Ararad
Yesilcimen, de l’association Nazarpek, organisatrice.Jeudi soir,
l’historien anglais Ara Sarafian, qui a traduit toutes les données,
était d’ailleurs présent pour le lancement de l’exposition, au côté
d’une centaine de personnes. « On se bat pour préserver la mémoire.
Sinon dans quatre ou cinq générations, cette histoire pourrait
disparaître », poursuit Henri Ararad Yesilcimen.Une large communauté
présente dans la communeUn événement qui marque le coup d’envoi des
célébrations du centenaire du génocide à Alfortville. L’association
Nazarpek prévoit quant à elle, d’autres événements, notamment des
conférences sur la situation actuelle et géopolitique de la région.A
Alfortville, la communauté, l’une des plus importantes de France,
s’est constituée au gré des différentes diasporas, au début du XX e
sicèle mais aussi lors du putsch dans les années 1980.De 10 heures à
19 heures, au 148, rue Paul-Vaillant-Couturier.

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Pakistan Law Reporter
February 13, 2015 Friday

Calcutta High Court order: THE OFFICIAL TRUSTEE OF WEST BENGAL VERSUS
THE WARDENS OF THE ARMENIAN HOLY CHURCH OF NAZARETH IN CALCUTTA

Calcutta

Calcutta High Court has issued the following order:

AOT 1 of 2015
IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
ORIGINAL SIDE
THE OFFICIAL TRUSTEE OF WEST BENGAL
VERSUS
THE WARDENS OF THE ARMENIAN HOLY CHURCH OF NAZARETH IN CALCUTTA
BEFORE :
THE HON’BLE JUSTICE SOUMEN SEN
DATE : 2ND FEBRUARY,2015.
For the petitioner :
Mr. Indranil Nandi,Advocate
Mr. Deba Prasad Samanta,Advocate
For the respondent no. 1 :
Mr. Rudraman Bhattacharya,Advocate
Ms. Pubali Sinha Chowdhury,Advocate
For the respondent no.s 2 to 5 :
Mr. N. Ray,Advocate
THE COURT :- The official trustee shall visit the premises in question
and file a
detailed report about occupants, their status and the authority under
which they were
inducted on the returnable date.

(SOUMEN SEN, J.)
S..Chandra

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The Inquisitr
Feb 15 2015

Russell Crowe Sees Aussie Success With `The Water Diviner’

Russell Crowe’s directorial debut, The Water Diviner, has seen great
success in Crowe’s native homeland of Australia and was named the
country’s top grossing film of 2014, netting $5.6 million at the box
as of December 31, 2014.

It also won several awards at the 4th annual AACTA, or Australian
Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, including Best Picture,
Best Supporting Actor Yılmaz ErdoÄ?an, and Best Costume Design.

Yet with all of the buzz surrounding The Water Diviner, the U.S. will
see only limited showings starting April 24, 2015.

The historical fictional drama is set in Turkey 1919 during the
aftermath of WWI. Crowe plays Joshua Connor, an Australian farmer who
travels to Turkey upon hearing that his sons were killed during the
fighting at Gallipoli in hopes of bringing their remains back home.

Russell’s character has a knack for finding things throughout the
film, the most obvious being water, but his talents are put to the
test when he finds himself in the war-torn region of Gallipoli in
search of answers regarding the whereabouts of his sons’ remains.

With the help of hotel owner Ayshe (Olga Kurylenko), with whom Connor
forges a romance, and a Turkish officer who is himself a veteran of
the war, Joshua discovers the bodies of two of his sons, with the
possibility that one is still alive after being captured during the
battle.

The film has been hailed as being a fantastic work of historical
fiction, but The Water Diviner has also come under fire from critics
who claim the film is implausible and sentimental.

The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Company) reports that while the film
is doing well in Turkey, even outperforming recently released films
regarding the battle at Gallipoli, Greek and Australian critics alike
have condemned the film, saying it glosses over the Armenian Genocide
and considers it an exercise in myth-making.

But Russell Crowe is certainly no stranger to controversy. As reported
by the Inquisitr The Water Diviner star has ruffled more than a few
feathers with recent remarks that Hollywood actresses need seek
age-appropriate roles if they want to continue to work in the
industry.

This, of course, sparked a flurry of comments and debate about the
unrealistic demographics the industry has regarding movie roles, with
actress Jessica Chastain being quite vocal about her disagreements
regarding Crowe’s comments.

While both the film and its director are busy making waves of
controversy, the numbers don’t lie. The film has achieved much success
worldwide and shows no signs of slowing down.

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‘ISTANBUL’ MOSQUE PLANNED IN CUBA

Saudi Gazette, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Feb 13 2015

ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan unveiled his
ambitious plan to build a major Ottoman-style mosque in Cuba, saying
it should be similar to a nineteenth century one on the Bosphorus
in Istanbul, the presidency said Thursday. Erdogan acknowledged
after holding talks with Cuban President Raul Castro in Havana that
Cuban officials had appeared to have already made an agreement for
the construction of a mosque in Havana. But Erdogan, who caused
astonishment last year by claiming Muslims discovered the Americas
before Columbus, said Turkey was pressing for an Ottoman-style mosque
in another city in Cuba. “We have told them that we could build a
similar one to Ortakoy Mosque in another city, if you have promised to
others for Havana,” Erdogan said in the communist island, the second
stop of his Latin America tour. The Ortakoy Mosque, designed by the
Balyan family of Armenian architects, was built in 1853 during the
rule of the Ottoman sultan Abdulmecid I. The neo-Baroque edifice is
a familiar sight on the shore near the Bosphorus Bridge.

From: A. Papazian

RELATIVES DEMAND INFORMATION ABOUT KILLED SOLDIERS

Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Feb 13 2015

13 February 2015 – 8:07pm

A group of protesters in Yerevan demanding information about soldiers
killed not in action have had a fight with police near the residence
of President Serzh Sargsyan this week. The mother of one of the dead
soldiers was hospitalized after the incident. Sargsyan’s administration
has been receiving letters from the relatives asking for information
about the soldiers. One of such letters received at the Presidential
Administration on November 27 came from Goar Sargsyan, the mother of
soldier Tigran Oganjanyan, killed by electricity in 2007, Epress.am
reports.

Goar Sargsyan emphasized that parents seeking information had met with
Prime Minister Ovik Abramyan and Prosecutor General Gevorg Kostanyan
and wanted to meet with President Serzh Sargsyan, referring to his
promise to investigate the deaths. The president did not find time
to meet with them personally. In response to the refusal of the
protesters to leave, the police moved people away from the residence.

Goar Sargsyan and her husband Suren Oganjanyan were injured. Raphael
Pogosyan, the head of the rapid reaction section of the Ombudsman’s
Office, was told that demonstrations around the building were
prohibited.

Igran Orukhanyan, spokesman of the Prosperous Armenia Party, said that
the political crisis in Armenia was so grave that President Sargsyan
could not keep his promises.

Arman Musinyan, spokesman of the Armenian National Congress, believes
that Sargsyan is not committed to promises at all. He called the
disappointment of the public unsurprising.

From: A. Papazian

Book Review: ‘The Martyred Armenian Writers 1915-1922’
By Rupen Janbazianon February 14, 2015, Armenian Weekly

The Martyred Armenian Writers 1915-1922: An Anthology
By Herand M. Markarian
Libra-6 Productions, N.Y. (Jan. 2, 2015); 250 pages
ISBN 9780692344767; $20.00

As Armenians around the world prepare to commemorate the Centennial of the
Armenian Genocide, writer and playwright Dr. Herand Markarian has taken on
the ambitious task of memorializing 13 of the most prominent Armenian
writers who were martyred in the genocide, in a new anthology entitled The
Martyred Armenian Writers 1915-1922.
[image: Cover of Markarian’s ‘The Martyred Armenian Writers 1915-1922: An
Anthology’]

Cover of Markarian’s ‘The Martyred Armenian Writers 1915-1922: An Anthology’
Markarian’s anthology, which was published by Libra-6 Productions in New
York earlier this year, begins with an introduction to Armenian history,
with a particular focus on the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire and the
evolution of Ottoman-Armenian literature. Markarian then gives readers a
concise, yet methodical history of the Armenian Genocide through eyewitness
accounts, and a chronology of events during the genocide based on the
memoirs of the Very Rev. Krikoris Balakian. Markarian also dedicates a page
to the different prison sites where Armenian writers and intellectuals from
Constantinople were detained starting on April 24 and later murdered.
The final hours of Taniel Varoujan, Rupen Sevag, and Indra (Dikran
Chrakian) are detailed through excerpts from Micheal Shamdanjian and Ohan
Bedigian, two eyewitnesses to the genocide.
Markarian then provides comprehensive biographies of the 13 martyred
writers–which include Rupen Zartarian, Kegham Parseghian, Yerukhan (Yervant
Srmakeshkanlian), Hrant (Melkon Gurjian), and Taniel Varoujan–and
highlights their literary characteristics and accomplishments.
Perhaps the biggest highlight in Markarian’s anthology is his masterful
translation of the writers’ works. The excerpts are carefully selected and
are wide-ranging in literary style and genre–from plays, (like Smpad
Pyurad’s “The Eagle of Avarayr”) to poems (Siamanto’s “The Dance”) and both
fiction (Krikor Zohrab’s The Burden of Responsibility) and non-fiction
(Hrant’s Lives of Bantookht).
Markarian has done an exceptional job in presenting nearly all facets of
Armenian literature at the time. The translations of the original Armenian
versions are done meticulously, and are vital to the success of this book.
As we approach the 100th anniversary of the night when most of the profiled
writers were arrested and subsequently murdered, Markarian’s book proves to
be a fitting tribute to the martyrs of what is sometimes called our Red
Sunday.

From: A. Papazian

COMMUNAUTE-VALENCE (DRÔME)
Pinar Selek a présenté son livre >
paru récemment aux éditions Liana Lévy. Parmi le public, de nombreux
élus, dont Nicolas Daragon le maire de Valence et Marlène Mourier la
maire de Bourg-Lès-Valence. Le groupe Sheram, avec Kévo Rastklan au
doudouk et Ankiné Rastklan au micro interprétèrent magistralement
quelques chants arméniens.

Nazo Alain Jinbachian, le président de la Maison de la Culture
Arménienne de Valence a remercié Pinar Selek pour sa présence et son
engagement avec ce livre. Chorig Jabourian -l’une des deux
responsables de la communication de Mission 2015 Drôme Ardèche- a
également remercié Pinar Selek pour son courage. Puis après lecture de
quelques passages du livre >. Pinar
Selek a affirmé que cette Turquie reposait sur les cendres des
civilisations arméniennes, grecques ou autres peuples et

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VTB Bank (Armenia) renovates and enlarges its Training Center

by Gayane Isahakyan

Friday, February 13, 19:28

VTB Bank (Armenia) gives high priority to the training of its
employees and does its best to train skilled personnel.

The press service of the Bank has told ArmInfo that the Bank has
renovated and enlarged its Training Center for those purposes. The
Center has classrooms equipped with all the necessary facilities and
rooms for interactive training courses, roundtables, debates and
meetings with the Bank’s management. Both the new employees and the
specialists striving to enhance their skills can attend training
courses at the Center.

Up to 100-120 people can be trained at the Center simultaneously. “The
enlargement and renovation of the Training Center is an extra
opportunity for the employees to develop their professional skills and
improve the service quality”, the source says.

To recall, VTB Bank (Armenia) is owned fully by Russian VTB Bank. It
runs 67 branches across Armenia, more than any other local bank. The
bank is traditionally among the leaders of the banking system of
Armenia by the key indices. Most of its branches are located in the
marzes of Armenia.

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Criminal case instituted on junior sergeant’s death

13:32, 14 February, 2015

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 14, ARMENPRESS: A criminal case was instituted at
the Military Investigation Department of the Investigation Committee
of the Republic of Armenia on the death of the serviceman Arman S.
Osipyan, born in 1995, who got a deadly wound at 04:40 on February 14
at one of the military bases, located in the northeastern direction of
the Defense Army. The press service of the Investigation Committee of
the Republic of Armenia informed Armenpress that the junior sergeant
got deadly wounds due to the shots fired in the result of the
violation of rules of combat duty in the military base and died.

The Military Investigation Department of the Investigation Committee
of the Republic of Armenia instituted a criminal case on the incident
in accordance with the 3rd part of the 365th article of the Criminal
Code of Armenia. Preliminary investigation is being carried out.
Measures are taken to find out all the circumstances of the case.

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ARMENIE
Le cas d’un enfant trisomique révèle l’échec de l’Arménie à intégrer
les personnes handicapées

L’histoire d’un enfant arménien né trisomique dont le père (un
Néo-Zélandais) a quitté le pays avec le garçon, a provoqué une vague
de bavardages sur les médias sociaux. Le père de l’enfant a dit que
l’Arménie n’est pas un endroit pour élever un enfant ayant des besoins
sp̩ciaux Рune affirmation qui a soulev̩ des questions sur les
attitudes en Arménie à l’égard des gens qui sont physiquement et
mentalement handicapés.

En Arménie, l’histoire très médiatisée a mis un coup de projecteur sur
les attitudes et les perceptions à l’égard des personnes handicapées.

L’ONG Prkutyun, centre pour enfants handicapés gés de 16 à 35 ans et
les jeunes, créé en 1999 existe pour aider les familles à trouver des
solutions aux problèmes sociaux, d’éducation et de soins de santé,
ainsi que leur intégration complète dans la société par le biais de la
médiation et de l’aide humanitaire.

Arpine Abrahamyan, chef du centre a dit qu’elle n’a pas de
statistiques officielles de combien d’enfants sont nés trisomiques en
Arménie, mais elle a dit que cela se produit dans environ un cas sur
800 naissances.

“Au cours des dernières années, ils essayent de détecter cette
anomalie pendant la grossesse et en cas de confirmation du syndrome,
ils se tournent vers l’avortement. Pour cette raison, il y aura moins
d’enfants nés comme ça, mais je sais que chaque année cinq à six
enfants sont envoyés dans l’orphelinat de Gyumri” a dt Arpine
Abrahamyan ajoutant que les six enfants avec ce syndrome sont dans
leur centre.

La mère d’un de leurs élèves, dont le fils de 22 ans a fréquenté le
centre pendant sept ans, a déclaré qu’en Arménie, le centre Prkutyun
est le seul salut pour son fils. La mère (qui ne voulait pas que son
nom soit médiatisé) a dit que quelques jours après que l’enfant soit
né ils ont découvert que le garçon était trisomique, et qu’ils n’en
avaient jamais entendu parler avant.

“Après trois filles, j’ai finalement donné naissance à un fils, et
avec cette maladie, tout le monde autour m’a dit de l’abandonner mais
mon mari et mes enfants et moi-même étions critique contre cette idée.
Le mettre à l’écart a été exclu. Certes, il a été très difficile de
l’élever, et plus il a grandi plus cela a été difficile, mais je ne
pourrais jamais juger les parents de ces enfants qui les abandonnent
mais je pense que vivre dans une famille est le mieux “a dit la femme
ajoutant que son fils est inscrit à l’hôpital psychiatrique d’Avan. La
famille reçoit des médicaments gratuits et reçoit environ 45 $ de
pension par mois pour les personnes handicapées.

Mais la femme, une veuve, ne peut pas laisser son fils seul et aller
au travail, et avec le peu d’argent de sa retraite, il est tout
simplement impossible de survivre. Son seul espoir est de l’aide des
parents.

Néanmoins, en plus des difficultés physiques dit la mère l’attitude la
plus difficile ets le rejet par la société de son fils.

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