Erdogan invite Sarkissian à commémorer Gallipoli le 24 avril, réacti

TURQUIE
Erdogan invite Sarkissian à commémorer Gallipoli le 24 avril, réaction
du CCAF et de Sarkissian

Ankara, 16 jan 2015 (AFP) – Le président turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan a
suscité la polémique vendredi en invitant son homologue arménien aux
cérémonies du 100e anniversaire de la bataille de Gallipoli, prévues
le jour-même où l’Arménie commémore celui des massacres de 1915.

M. Erdogan a officiellement convié cette semaine par courrier une
centaine de chefs d’Etat et de gouvernement du monde entier aux
célébrations, le 24 avril, du fameux épisode oriental de la Première
guerre mondiale, a-t-on appris de source officielle turque.

En tête de cette longue liste figure le président américain Barack
Obama, et un peu plus loin Serge Sarkissian, celui de l’Arménie, en
conflit avec la Turquie autour de la question des centaines de
milliers d’Arméniens tués par l’Empire ottoman à partir de 1915,
qu’Ankara refuse de considérer comme un génocide.

L’invitation adressée par M. Erdogan a essuyé une sèche fin de
non-recevoir de la part d’Erevan, qui a dénoncé une “manipulation de
l’histoire”. Cette nouvelle controverse entre les deux capitales, qui
n’entretiennent pas de relations diplomatiques, a pour origine un
hasard de l’Histoire. La bataille de Gallipoli a débuté le 25 avril
1915, lorsqu’un contingent de troupes anglaises, néo-zélandaises,
australiennes et françaises a débarqué dans cette péninsule du
nord-ouest de l’actuelle Turquie pour rouvrir le détroit des
Dardanelles et porter la guerre au coeur de l’Empire ottoman, allié de
l’Allemagne.

Au terme de neuf mois d’pres combats, les Alliés seront contraints de
battre en retraite en laissant derrière eux 180.000 morts. Cette
bataille, où s’est illustré le colonel Mustafa Kemal, qui proclamera
en 1923 la République turque moderne née de la chute de l’Empire
ottoman, est traditionnellement célébrée le 24 avril par les Turcs, le
lendemain par des milliers de visiteurs venus d’Australie et de
Nouvelle-Zélande, où le 25 avril est un jour de fête nationale.

– ‘Déni’ –

Coïncidence, ce 24 avril marque aussi le coup d’envoi, en 1915, des
arrestations puis des massacres d’Arméniens par l’Empire ottoman.
Chaque année, l’Arménie et les Arméniens de la diaspora honorent leurs
victimes.

Dans la réponse rendue publique par ses services, M. Sarkissian a
suggéré que M. Erdogan d’avoir délibérément profité de ce conflit de
dates pour “détourner l’attention du monde des activités marquant le
centenaire du génocide” et dénoncé la “politique traditionnelle de
déni” d’Ankara.

Le chef de l’Etat arménien a ajouté qu’il avait lui-même invité M.
Erdogan à se rendre dans son pays le 24 avril et souligné qu’il
n’était pas dans ses usages de “rendre visite à un invité qui n’a pas
lui-même répondu à sa propre invitation”.

De son côté, le Conseil de coordination des organisations arméniennes
de France (CCAF) a dénoncé un “contre-feu diplomatique” destiné à
“neutraliser la présence prévue des chefs d’État étrangers ce jour-là
à Erevan”.

La Turquie a toujours refusé d’admettre toute élimination planifiée,
évoquant la mort d’environ 500.000 Arméniens (contre 1,5 million selon
l’Arménie), qui s’étaient rangés du côté de son ennemie la Russie,
lors de combats ou à cause de famines.

En avril 2014, le président Erdogan, alors Premier ministre, avait
offert des condoléances sans précédent pour les victimes arméniennes,
parlant d’une “douleur commune”. Mais la semaine dernière, il a
formellement écarté toute reconnaissance du génocide.

Selon un sondage paru cette semaine, moins de 10% des Turcs souhaitent
que leur gouvernement reconnaisse un génocide des Arméniens. La
Turquie et l’Arménie ont signé en 2009 des protocoles dits de Zurich
pour normaliser leurs relations mais, plus de cinq ans après, ces
textes n’ont toujours pas été ratifiés.

samedi 17 janvier 2015,
Ara (c)armenews.com

Book: "Dance of the Banished" by Marsha Skrypuch

Kirkus Reviews (Print)
January 15, 2015, Thursday

DANCE OF THE BANISHED
FICTION

World War I separates a betrothed Anatolian couple-leaving one to
witness the Armenian genocide and sending the other to a prison campin
Canada.

World War I separates a betrothed Anatolian couple-leaving one to
witness the Armenian genocide and sending the other to a prison
camp…in Canada.Cast as letters and journal entries, the double
narrative records the experiences of Zeynep, a villager transplanted
to the “mighty city of Harput,” and Ali, who is swept up with other
supposed enemy aliens and shipped to a remote camp in central Ontario
before he can send for Zeynep. Neither is of Turkish descent: They are
Kurds practicing the ancient, indigenous Alevi faith.

These distinctions make no difference to Canadian authorities in Ali’s
case, but they do give Zeynep some protection as she records a rising
tide of atrocities committed against her Armenian (Christian) friends
and neighbors. The characters often come off as mouthpieces (“The
minorities must stick together or we’re all dead”), and the brief
insertion of a young Cree woman into the cast so that she and Ali can
compare lifestyles and religious beliefs is an awkward interpolation.
Nevertheless, both parts of the author’s tale being based on actual
incidents, readers may come away with enhanced awareness of the
multiplicity of smaller ethnic groups, both in other countries and
their own. An eye-opening exposé of historical outrages committed in
two countries, with intriguing glimpses of a minority group that is
not well-known in the Americas. (afterword) (Historical fiction.
11-14)

Publication Date: 2015-03-01
Publisher: Pajama Press
Stage: Children’s
ISBN: 978-1-927485-65-1
Price: $15.95
Author: Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk

ISTANBUL: Dink lawyer: Gendarmerie knew about plot 6 months before m

Today’s Zaman, Turkey
Jan 17 2015

Dink lawyer: Gendarmerie knew about plot 6 months before murder

Hakan BakırcıoÄ?lu represents the family of slain Turkish-Armenian
journalist Hrant Dink. (Photo: Cihan)

January 16, 2015, Friday/ 14:45:27/ TODAY’S ZAMAN / ISTANBUL

Hakan BakırcıoÄ?lu, a lawyer representing the family of slain
Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, has claimed that the Trabzon
Gendarmerie Command had known about the assassination plot against
Dink six months before the murder took place.

The lawyer said the murder took place on Jan. 19, 2007, and the
gendarmerie command was informed in July 2006 that the murder was
going to take place. Dink, the editor-in-chief of the Agos newspaper,
was assassinated in broad daylight outside his office.

BakırcıoÄ?lu also claimed that high-ranking gendarmerie commanders,
such as Ali Ã-z and Metin Yıldız, had known that Yasin Hayal, one of
the prime suspects in the ongoing Dink murder investigation, was
planning to kill Dink.

Dink was shot and killed by an ultra-nationalist teenager. The hitman,
Ogün Samast, and 18 others were brought to trial. Since then, the
lawyers of the Dink family and the co-plaintiffs in the case have
presented evidence indicating that Samast did not act alone.

In his interview with the Agos newspaper, the family’s lawyer also
said that a report prepared at 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 20, 2007, at the
Trabzon Gendarmerie Command included the exact features of the gun
used by Samast. `However, Samast was captured at 11 p.m. [on Jan. 20,
2007] at the Samsun bus station and the murder weapon was seized at
that time. This means that officials at the Trabzon Gendarmerie
Command had known about the features of the gun even though the gun
had not yet been seized,’ he said.

The lawyer said the officials from the Trabzon Gendarmerie Command
also knew that the suspects were determined to commit the murder. He
said they arrived in İstanbul, inspected the road between Dink’s home
and his office — the Agos newspaper building — and even drew
sketches as to how they could go through with the assassination. He
also said they were trying to obtain a gun to commit the murder.

BakırcıoÄ?lu asked about police chiefs allegedly linked with the Hizmet
movement — which is inspired by the teachings of Turkish Islamic
scholar Fethullah Gülen. The chiefs testified to prosecutors as part
of the Dink murder probe. In response to a question on whether the
Dink investigation will be turned into a case used to try the
Hizmet-affiliated police officers, BakırcıoÄ?lu said the prosecutors
must assess the powers and duties of all the related public officials
in the case, as well as their possible role in the murder, in order to
arrive at the truth.

Lawyer: MİT, ex-intel chief did not protect Dink

Emphasizing that Dink was living in İstanbul, BakırcıoÄ?lu said: `His
home and the Agos newspaper were both in İstanbul. He was shot during
the day on one of the most crowded streets of İstanbul. ¦ According to
the Regulations on Protection Services, both the National Intelligence
Organization [MİT] and former İstanbul Police Department Intelligence
Bureau Chief Ahmet İlhan Güler were directly responsible for taking
measures to protect Dink, and it is pretty clear that these
responsibilities were not met.’

He also said the Dink murder was an organized assassination and that
there is collective responsibility that needs to be taken. `A possible
indictment to be prepared should include this [concept of] collective
responsibility. An indictment prepared against one particular group or
only certain officials will be deficient and misleading,’ BakırcıoÄ?lu
said.

There has been a recent attempt by some pro-government circles to put
the responsibility for the Dink murder on police officers that they
have labeled as being linked to the Hizmet movement. The movement has
been subjected to a large-scale smear campaign by the government under
claims of it being a `parallel state.’ The campaign has been directed
at the movement since Dec. 17, 2013, when a major corruption scandal
implicating high-ranking state officials, including former Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ?an and four former ministers, went public.
The `parallel state’ or `parallel structure’ is a term used by ErdoÄ?an
to refer to the Hizmet movement, which he says was behind the
corruption scandal.

Former Police Chief Ali Fuat Yılmazer and the former head of the
National Police Department’s intelligence unit, Ramazan Akyürek, were
among the police chiefs who testified to prosecutors as part of the
Dink murder probe.

http://www.todayszaman.com/national_dink-lawyer-gendarmerie-knew-about-plot-6-months-before-murder_369996.html

A huge crowd at the funeral of the young Michael Asaturyan yesterday

MARSEILLE
A huge crowd at the funeral of the young Michael Asaturyan yesterday
afternoon in Marseille – Photos

Great sadness seized the approximately more than 2000 people present
Friday, January 16 at the funeral of the young Michael Asaturyan (16)
whose funeral was held in the Armenian Cathedral Prado in Marseille.
The crowd gathered had come to say a final goodbye to Michael killed
two stab wounds to the release of his high school Monday in Marseille.
In the crowd, there was the presence of many leaders of the Armenian
associations, religious, personalities and elected officials. Of
these, Jean-Claude Gaudin Mayor of Marseille, assistant Didier
Parakian Martine Vassal, the MP Valérie Boyer, the Regional Adviser
Garo Hovsepian and other elected officials. The Armenian community
scored again its solidarity with the family Asaturyan deeply affected
by this tragedy. Photos: Isahak Akkayan

Krikor Amirzayan

Saturday, January 17, 2015,
Krikor Amirzayan © armenews.com

http://www.armenews.com/article.php3?id_article=107096

Gyumri tragedy: Slaughterer broke glass to break into house

Gyumri tragedy: Slaughterer broke glass to break into house

14:00 * 17.01.15

The probe into the tragic murder in Armenia’s second largest city has
revealed new details, the Investigative Committee says in a press
release.

It was particularly found that Valery Permyakov, the Russian
serviceman who stands as a chief culprit in the criminal proceeding,
broke into the Avetisyan’s house by breaking a door-glass after
removing the frames.

After an additional site examination on Friday, the investigative
group, which is now reported to be in Gyumri, found 28 cartridge
cases, two unused bullets, one AKS self-firing rifle and a military
uniform of the Russian Armed Forces. The inquest continues.

http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/01/17/investigation-committee/1562117

Las Vegas aura son mémorial du génocide arménien dans le parc Sunset

GENOCIDE ARMENIEN
Las Vegas aura son mémorial du génocide arménien dans le parc Sunset

A l’initiative du Centre culturel arméno-américain, un mémorial du
génocide arménien sera érigé à Las Vegas. Le Conseil municipal de la
ville a donné son accord. Le mémorial sera placé dans le parc Sunset,
l’un des plus grands parcs de Las Vegas avec 57 000 m². C’est le
journal > paraissant à Alep (Syrie) qui donne cette
information. Le Centre culturel arméno-américain entreprendra le
financement de ce mémorial ainsi que sa sécurisation, soit 200 000
dollars. Ainsi les dizaines de millions de touristes et les habitants
de la capitale mondiale des jeux, pourront se rappeler qu’en 1915 près
de 2 millions d’Arméniens ont succombé à la barbarie de l’Empire
ottoman. Rappelons également que Las Vegas dispose d’une petite
communauté arménienne de près d’un millier de membres.

Krikor Amirzayan

samedi 17 janvier 2015,
Krikor Amirzayan (c)armenews.com

Le ministère de la protection de la nature 107 puits artésiens illég

ARMENIE
Le ministère de la protection de la nature 107 puits artésiens
illégaux en Arménie

Le ministère arménien de la protection de la nature a fermé un total
de 107 puits artésiens illégaux selon le vice-ministre de la
protection de la nature Khachik Hakobyan.

Lors d’une conférence de presse le vice-ministre a déclaré que le 16
Juillet le ministre a ordonné de mettre en place un groupe de travail
spécial chargé de surveiller plus de 200 puits artésiens.

Il a dit 63 des puits artésiens fermés étaient exploités par des
exploitations piscicoles, 8 par la Compagnie arménienne des eaux et 36
par Erevan Jur, une société française en charge de l’exploitation des
systèmes d’eau potable et des déchets à Erevan.

Les usagers illégaux ont été condamnés à une amende totale de 6,4
millions de drams, a déclaré le vice-ministre en ajoutant que le
ministère a lancé une inspection à grande échelle de la compagnie
arménienne des eaux et Erevan Jur.

Le vice-ministre a également rappelé une série de modifications
législatives votées cette année pour améliorer la surveillance et le
contrôle des puits artésiens.

Il a déclaré que le ministère va lancer un programme pilote destiné à
la surveillance continue des points de prise d’eau.

dimanche 18 janvier 2015,
Stéphane (c)armenews.com

UNESCO to decide fate of 450 churches in Georgia

Agenda, Georgia
Jan 18 2015

UNESCO to decide fate of 450 churches in Georgia

Armenia has applied to UNESCO to recognise hundreds of churches
located in Georgia as Armenian, Russian media reports.

The Armenian side asked for 450 churches in Georgia to be recognised
as Armenian, a Russian news agency said based on “a reliable source”
in the Azerbaijani capital Baku.

reported Baku did not believe this action from Armenia
was “unexpected”.

Representative of the Azerbaijani President’s Administration Paud
Akhundov was quoted as saying “caprices” of the Armenian side were a
result of many centuries of “falsification” by Armenian historians.

Meanwhile, the move was assessed in Tbilisi too. Georgian officials
believed UNESCO was the body to give recommendations as to how to
preserve a historical building but it was not the right agency to
decide whom the building belonged to.

Georgia’s Minister of Culture Mikheil Giorgadze said the Culture
Ministry also was not the right agency to decide a religious belonging
of a site.

“It’s not a Culture Ministry’s competence to decide religious
belonging. We see all of these churches as historical monuments and we
take care of them regardless of which religion they belong to,”
Giorgadze said.

Nikoloz Antidze, head of Georgia’s National Agency for Cultural
Heritage Preservation, believed this was a “very sensitive issue” and
thorough research needed to happen before any decision was made.

http://agenda.ge/news/28232/eng
Www.newsru.com

Selon le << New York Post >> la visite de Kim Kardashian en avril en

PEOPLE
Selon le > la visite de Kim Kardashian en avril en
Arménie, n’est pas liée au 100ème anniversaire du génocide arménien

Le > a informé que la star mondiale de la
télé-réalité, l’arméno-américaine Kim Kardashian ira en Arménie en
compagnie de ses soeurs en avril prochain. Le célèbre journal écrit
également que la visite des soeurs Kardashian en Arménie n’a aucun lien
avec le centenaire du génocide arménien.

> a affirmé Kim Kardashian à >. Ses agents confirmant également que sa visite de l’Arménie
n’est pas liée à l’anniversaire du génocide arménien. Phil Valotski le
porte-parole de l’Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of America a
toutefois affirmé que la visite d’une telle vedette des médias en
Arménie est très importante et a une grande signification.

Ministry of Culture of Georgia will not argue with Church of Armenia

Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Jan 18 2015

Ministry of Culture of Georgia will not argue with Church of Armenia

18 January 2015 – 6:54pm

The head of the Ministry of Culture of Georgia, Mikheil Giorgadze said
today that his ministry is not responsible for assigning denominations
to churches. Earlier, Armenia appealed to UNESCO to recognize 450
churches in Georgia as belonging to the Armenian Apostolic Church.

The head of the National Agency for Cultural Heritage Protection,
Nikoloz Antidze said that UNESCO cannot solve issues about the
ownership of cultural heritage.

http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/culture/64866.html