Author: Badalian Vardan

Turkey seeking to cause split within Armenian Diaspora

18:13 * 29.01.15

Turkey is seeking to cause a split within the Armenian Diaspora and
show it is not unanimous in objecting to relations with Turkey, expert
in Turkic studies Arshak Shakaryan told Tert.am.

He thus disagrees with Etyen Mahçupyan, Senior Advisor to the Prime
Minister of Turkey, who stated that Armenia is more willing to
establish relations with Turkey than the Armenian Disapora.

“Ninety percent of the Armenian Diaspora are against relations with
Turkey. However, Turkey is able to find ten percent and work with them
and promise something to them, claiming that they are representing the
Armenian Diaspora,” Mr Shakaryan said.

As to the fact that Armenian-Turkish official is the one that made a
statement, the expert believes that Etyen Mahçupyan was appointed to
make such statements.

“His statement has something in common with reality. However, it
reflects the fundamental principles of Turkey’s policy,” Mr Shakaryan
said.

Turkey has for a several years been seeking to establish relations
with the Armenian Diaspora, trying to present Armenian-Turkish
relations as Turkey-Armenians relations rather than Turkey-Armenia
relations.

“Numerous consulates hold meetings with diasporic Armenian
organizations, trying to draw then into a dialogue, discuss other
issues pertaining to Armenian-Turkish relations, including claims,
hold cultural events thus showing the entire world that
Armenian-Turkish relations are not restricted to frozen Ankara-Yerevan
relations,” the expert said.

Turkey has come to realize that the Armenian side is locomotive in the
matter of recognition of the Armenian Genocide, and an opportunity to
cause a split within the Armenian Diaspora means slowing down the
process of presenting demands.

Although many Armenians are struggling for recognition of the Armenian
Genocide, they continue listening to Turkish music and watching
Turkish TV channels.

“Turkey is trying to make use of it. Davutoglu stated recently that
the Armenian Diaspora are former citizens of the Ottoman Empire, and
Turkey is even ready to consider the issue of granting Turkish
citizenship to some of them,” Mr Shakaryan said.

As regards the possibility of slight progress in Armenia-Turkey
relations this year, he said that everything depends on Turkey.

“If Turkey makes just and reasonable steps, it will have more
opportunities for rapprochement.”

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Mission Hills, CA – On the occasion of the Centennial of the Armenian
Genocide (1915-2015), the Board of Trustees of Ararat Home of Los Angeles, a
home for Armenian elderly, is organizing a commemoration and “Celebration of
Life” to honor the Home’s centenarian residents as well as the survivors of
the Genocide. Two of those residents, Mrs. Rose Garjian and Mrs. Yevnige
Salibian, are survivors of the Genocide and were honored by the USC Shoah
Foundation in 2012 and 2014, respectively.

Two events are planned for this commemoration. The first will be a memorial
service to pay tribute to the victims of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 to
1923. It will be held on Thursday, March 12, 2015, at 10:30 a.m., in Sheen
Memorial Chapel on the Ararat Home Mission Hills campus. The program will
include: a requiem service to be officiated by the Diocese and Prelacy of
the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Armenian Catholic Church and the Armenian
Evangelical Union in the greater Los Angeles area; a musical performance by
heavenly chants flute and harp duo, Salpy and Sossy Kerkonian; the unveiling
of a memorial monument; and, a tree planting ceremony in Heritage Courtyard
by Ararat Home residents.

The second “Celebration of Life” event will reflect on the survival of the
Armenian nation by highlighting the testimonies and life stories of the
Home’s centenarian residents, which will be presented by the future
generation of Armenians – students from Los Angeles area Armenian day
schools. It will be held on Sunday, March 15, 2015, at 3:00 p.m., in
Deukmejian Grand Ballroom on the Ararat Home Mission Hills campus. Mr.
Gerald S. Papazian, Chairman of the Armenian Film Foundation, will serve as
the Master of Ceremonies, and Dr. Stephen D. Smith, Executive Director of
the USC Shoah Foundation-The Institute for Visual History and Education,
will deliver the keynote address. The program will also include a film clip
presentation by Emmy Award winning documentary filmmaker Bared Maronian, a
performance by multi-faceted artist Dr. Vatche Mankerian as well as by tenor
Raffi Kerbabian. Near East Relief archival photos not seen in public for
nearly a century will be on exhibit. The program will conclude with a
“Celebration of Life” dance performance by Hamazkayin Nairi Dance Group.

Board Chairman Joseph Kanimian, Esq. commended the meticulous planning and
efforts of the Co-chairs of the Ararat Home Armenian Genocide Centennial
Commemoration Committee, Maggie Mangassarian-Goschin and Nadya Verabian, and
the participation of Committee members – Debbie Avedian, Ani Dikranian, Nora
Hampar, Margarita Kechichian, Varsenik Keshishyan, Rita Noravian and Kohar
Mardirossian Pelter, – who have worked diligently to immortalize the memory
of the victims of the first genocide of the 20th century and to celebrate
the revival and resurrection of the Armenian nation.

The public is cordially invited to attend both events. Admission is free.
For additional information, call Ararat Home at (818) 365-3000 or email
[email protected].

Armenia’s human rights record uneven – Human Rights Watch

13:04, 29.01.2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Armenia’s human rights record remained uneven in
2014, states Human Rights Watch World Report 2015, Armenian News –
NEWS.amreports from Washington, D.C.

According to the report, Armenia’s authorities continued to interfere
with peaceful protests.

“Torture and ill-treatment in custody remained a problem, and
investigations are ineffective, even when opened. Journalists
continued to face pressure and violence,” stressed the report.

According to international observers, although changes to alternative
service to compulsory military service garnered praise, serious abuses
in the army persist. Also, local groups documented forced psychiatric
hospitalization.

“Violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender
identity are serious problems,” noted the authors of the report.

In addition, Armenia’s government has yet to lift unnecessary
restrictions on access to pain medications for people with terminal
illnesses.

At the same time, Human Rights Watch added that in July joint
statement by the UN, EU, OSCE, and CoE commended Armenia for adopting
a Human Rights Action Plan as an opportunity for meaningful
accountability and human rights progress.

Don’t suppress the light you discover inside yourself: Lilit Khachatryan

19:39, 28 Jan 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan

“Don’t suppress the light that you discover within yourselves ever. Go
and meet the light and it will lead to something interesting.” The
author of these words is Lilit Khachatryan, a former lawyer, who had
enough courage to step in into the world of art three years ago, and
succeed.

All of us have a hidden light inside ourselves, which probably can be
best described with the word “talent.” Sometimes we lack the courage
to discover it within ourselves and pass it to others. Three years ago
Lilit Khachatryan managed to cross the boundaries of the self-doubt
and internal fear. And there was the painting beyond those boundaries.

“I’m a lawyer by profession and I have worked in this field for years.
But at some point I discovered I have a desire to paint. At the
beginning I was trying to hold it back by just thinking: Start
painting? At 36? But then I understood that I am not able to resist
this (the word “desire” is too weak to describe) passion,” Lilit said.

And then came over 70 works within two years.

“I was putting on a silk everything that was coming out from my soul,
everything I was feeling,” she says. “The art has changed me and my
perception of the world. There were big changes in my inner world
after I started painting: I see the beautiful and the uniqueness in
everything. Even in the human relations I ignore everything negative.”

“There are positive and good things around us that need attention.
Intercourse with the Art can lead to great changes. I gave up my
lawyer’s career, quitted the job and fully dedicated myself to
painting. My husband’s support played a key role in this change and I
thank God that I have him next to me,” said the artist. “Painting is
my life and I found myself here.”

Lilit was among the artists selected by Pietro Franesi, the Director
of New York and Dubai Art Biennale to participate in these events.
Pietro Franesi will also be the curator of Lilit’s solo exhibition
that will open in Yerevan on February 5 in the Artists’ Union.
“Don’t suppress the light that you ever discover inside yourselves. Go
and meet it. And it will lead to something interesting.” This is
Lilit’s request.

Armenian Folk Band Performed at the Largest Folklore Festival of Argentina

Agencia Prensa Armenia

The Armenian Folk Band Kusan performed for the first time in history
at the National Folklore Festival of Cosquin (),
Argentina, on Monday, January 26. “Despite the genocide, they are
here. They kept their identity and cultural legacy and transmitted it
to humanity,” said the presenter of the most important festival of
folk music in Argentina and Latin America.

“From the beginning, people connected with us. When we spoke about the
genocide people joined us. We perceived a feeling of solidarity,” said
Enrique Avakian, director and creator of Kusan after the show. At the
end, they played traditional Argentinean songs like Carnavalito and
Zamba para olvidar with the typical Armenian instruments.

The Cosquin Folk Festival lasts nine days and gathers the most
important folklore musicians and bands of the continent.

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Daily Sabah, Turkey
Jan 28 2015

Anti-Semitism foreign concept to Turks, stresses deputy PM

ALI Ã`NAL
GENEVA

The United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review
(UPR) Working Group discussed Turkey’s status in the context of human
rights on Tuesday in Geneva. The delegation, led by Deputy Prime
Minister Bülent Arınç representing Turkey at the meeting, answered
questions and discussed suggestions coming from U.N. member countries
on Turkey’s developing works and efforts in human rights since 2010.
Arınç, speaking at the U.N. building in Geneva, emphasized in a speech
that Turkey, at the base of its principle, greatly values and
progresses toward an equal relationship among individuals at
democratic levels, regardless of their identities.

In response to a question presented to him by the U.S. delegation,
Arınç said that Turkey has never been an enemy of the Jewish people:
“Anti-Semitism is a foreign concept to the Turkish population. In
fact, Turkey, throughout its history, has always hosted Jews escaping
from oppression. Any sort of anti-Semitic statement is deeply
condemned and all necessary judicial and/or governmental action is
taken. Yesterday, Jan. 27, is the International Holocaust Remembrance
Day for the victims, and our minister of foreign affairs has
personally attended the ceremony at Auschwitz along with
representatives from our Jewish community. Additionally, the president
of Turkish Parliament along with Turkey’s Chief Rabbi Ishak Haleva and
other representatives from the Jewish community will attend the
Commemoration of the Holocaust Victims ceremony in Ankara.”

In response to questions asked by representatives from Norway, Germany
and Sweden relating to the freedom of the press in Turkey, Arınç
emphasized the appearance of full pluralism of numerous media
organizations in Turkey and said that there are many newspapers and
television channels in which journalists can freely and independently
work. Arınç also said: “The media sector in Turkey has both those in
support of the government and those who criticize the government.
According to the records from the Radio and Television Supreme Council
[RTÃ`K] in Turkey, excluding channels at the national level, there are
221 private television channels of which 205 are local and 16
regional. According to the Directorate General of Press and
Information, there are 4,074 newspapers available ` 66 national, 68
regional and 3,960 local.” Regarding the issue of imprisoned
journalist in Turkey, called “detained journalists” by some, Arınç
said that the detention status of those individuals has no relation to
any sort of journalistic activity and that they were arrested and
detained as part of the Dec. 14 TahÃ…?iye investigation and have no
relation to any journalistic profession or activity.

In regard to the prevention of access to Twitter and YouTube last year
in Turkey, Arınç said that the relevant companies were spoken to
regarding the method of warning and removal of content illegal in
Turkey at the time and added: “Despite our efforts with good faith,
the relevant companies remained insensitive to court decisions while
the contents remained available and the court decisions were not
fulfilled. Therefore, as a measure of last resort, blocking access had
to be applied. However, after the decision by the Constitutional
Court, these measures were removed.” In response to a question by U.K.
representatives regarding the use of tear gas by police, Arınç said
that there were two separate notices published in 2013, and that the
rules for the use of tear gas and other gases must be repeatedly
respected and followed during their usage, and the helmets of those
forces have been numbered in order to detect those who are using
disproportionate force during protests and demonstrations.

Regarding a question from the Norwegian delegation about the Gezi Park
protests, Arınç said that security officers who had allegedly used
excessive force have been continuing to be meticulously investigated
at the governmental and judicial levels. He also added: “A total of
149 staff had been penalized as a result of the administrative
investigation that was carried out. In the scope of judicial
investigations, there has been 329 investigations opened in 13
provinces in which 59 of those had decided not to prosecute and some
received public action. Finally, in regard to the Ali Ismail Korkmaz
case, two police officers have been sentenced to prison for 10 years
by the Istanbul Penal Court decision on Jan. 21, 2015. Other
investigations are still ongoing.”

Arınç also said that Turkey has never limited minorities from various
religious backgrounds from practicing their religion. He also stressed
the fact that since the review began back in May 2010 until today
there have been numerous restorations completed of churches that were
closed to worship by the government and are re-opened for use. Arınç
continued by saying that, “Armenian textbooks prepared by the Ministry
of Education of Turkey began to be distributed free of charge to
students in Armenian schools. The Greek Primary School on Istanbul’s
Gökçeada has been re-opened and began its educational activities. In a
kindergarten within the Syriac community foundation, Turkey’s Ministry
of Education gave the opportunity to provide Syriac courses as part of
curriculum on certain days and at specific times of the week.”

Arstakh to live in peace soon – Tsvetana Paskaleva

18:46 * 28.01.15

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan awarded Medal of Commendation to
Tsvetana Paskaleva, a Bulgarian journalist and documentary film
author, on Armenian Army Day.

In her speech, Ms Paskaleva said in particular:

“We have common memories and responsibility. The memories we always
pay tribute to and the responsibility for all that we have today. It
was achieved at the cost of the blood of the Armenian people’s sons
and tears of Armenian mothers. All of us, both here, in Karabakh and
abroad, must defend our borders.

“My dear soldiers who are on the border now, know that you are
protectors. Be brave and courageous and defend the borders with
credit. Dear parents, the loss is great and the wounds cannot healed.

“We will live on to see this day. I know it will happen this century,
we must just believe and work on it. Dear parents, we bow down before
you. We are sorry we could not save your children. They will remain
among heroes forever.”

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January 28, 2015

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Sayat Nova Dance Company of Boston Brings Armenian History and Culture to
Life in South Florida

By Mercedes Gechidjian
FLArmenians Miami Contributor

BOCA RATON, FL – What does it mean to be an Armenian? What have the
Armenian people been through in 3,000 years? How have we flourished as a
people and as a nation? These are some of the questions that Sayat Nova
Dance Company of Boston’s (SNDC) production A Journey Through Time
answered during their powerful performance on Saturday, January 24 at
Florida Atlantic University, in Boca Raton.

The event was held in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the 1915
Armenian Genocide, in which 1.5 million Armenians were brutally tortured
and killed by Turkish nationalists. The show took the audience on a magical
and heartfelt journey through Armenian history, in which the adoption of
Christianity, the genocide, and the creation of a free and independent
Armenia were portrayed.

The program was organized into two parts. Part one, consisted of a travel
through time, in which the audience met famed Armenian hero’s Saint Gregory
the Illuminator in Khor Virab and Vartan Mamigonian in the Battle of
Avarayr, among many others. Yet, the most agonizing encounter was with the
twenty brides of Adana in 1909, where the audience saw the gruesome
execution of twenty, innocent, young women. Part two, on the other hand,
celebrated the many cultural and melodic dances of the Armenian culture,
including crowd favorites, Kochari and Nare Nare. This part of the
production showed that, even amid tragedy, Armenians have always managed to
stay connected to their roots and the essence of being Armenian; in
addition to finding both peace and courage through the art of music and
dancing.

(According to the definition by SNDC: Kochari- `Is an ancient national,
ritual dance symbolizing movements that express the sense of `fighting the
battle of life.’ Nare Nare- `[is a] festive dance celebrating the spirit,
love, and allegiance of Armenians to their homeland.’)

This wonderful event would not have been possible without the Armenian
Genocide Commemoration, Inc. (AGC) and their efforts to raise awareness of
the Armenian Genocide in Florida. Their mission is to educate Armenian and
non-Armenians in the local community on a very dark time in world history.
`I
felt proud, relieved, wired,’ stated Arsine Kaloustian, the Public
Affairs
Director of Florida Armenians and Chairman of AGC. `A lot of people and a
lot of work went into bringing Sayat Nova to Florida. There were a lot of
moving parts to this and to watch it come together so seamlessly was
energizing. To know that it was the first official event in the USA that
was commemorating the centennial was very emotional for me,’ Kaloustian
said.

With over 700 tickets sold, Sayat Nova’s A Journey Through Time was a
great success for the Armenian community of Florida, and encouraged all of
us to help raise awareness and seek justice towards the atrocities that
occurred in 1915. As the Armenian proverb states, `If the village stands,
it can break a trunk (strength increases unity).’

Available online at:

20 Nisan 2014 Pazar

WHY ISLAM IS WORSE THAN NAZISM

I am an atheist author and poet, who had lived as a Sunni Muslim for
23 years from his birth, and I am still living in a Muslim country,
Turkey, and also all of my parents and relatives are already
Muslim. So, my critics about Islam can be easily considered as an
inside view.

I know that the title of the essay seems assertive, but I will explain
the rightness of this title step by step in this essay.

First of all you have to learn that about Islam, if you are an
`outsider’, a non-Muslim, for example a Christian, an atheist, a
Buddhist, a Jew or whatever else, all Muslims have the `right’ of
killing and raping you, grabbing your all properties, your country,
land, money and anything else. They take this `right’ from the book of
their belief Quran. With another words, they take this `right’ from
their belief’s core, theology of Islam.

Here are some example verses from Quran.

This verse of Quran is about `all non-Muslims’, all `heretics’!,
Christians, Buddhists, Atheists, Jews, etc., as describing them `who
wage war against Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad)’

Surat Al-Ma’idah (5.33)

`Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His
Messenger and strive upon earth [to cause] corruption is none but that
they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off
from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land. That is for
them a disgrace in this world; and for them in the Hereafter is a
great punishment,’

And this verse of Quran is about the killing order of the humans who
left Islam, the apostates.

Surat An-Nisa’ (4.89)

`They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be
alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for
the cause of Allah. But if they turn away, then seize them and kill
them wherever you find them and take not from among them any ally or
helper.’

Look at the current situation in Syria. How can Islamist terrorists
slaughter Alevi people or rape Christian women so easily, because they
take this `right’ from their belief and they believe that they will go
to the heaven because of these vandalistic actions against
`outsiders’, who are out of Islam, who don’t believe the same
religious with them, in other words who are the `heretics’ according
to their belief. Some Muslims say that `But they are not the real
Muslims.’ That is big lie that is the exact form of real Islam,
because these vandalistic actions are proper to the orders of Quran.

You have heard many times that `Islam is a tolerance religion’. That
is the biggest lie that you can hear all over the World, and this lie
is used as a mask to hide the terrible face of Islam. There is NO
difference between Islam and Islamism. This is the main fault that
modern world make about Islam. There are not different forms as Islam
and Islamism, they are the same thing, and they have the same
content. This separation is just only an illusion and it is used by
Muslims to hide the brutal, hateful, oppressive, murderous, genocidal
face of Islam.

Islam theology is based on the verses of Quran and hadiths. Hadiths
are the words and actions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and all
Muslims must follow these words and actions addition to the orders of
Quran. For example, you have to have a shit as Muhammad did, and you
have to clean your ass as he did, or you can rape and enslave a
`heretic’ woman in a war as a sex slave as Muhammad did, or you can
torture your enemy in a war to learn the place of his hidden money as
Muhammad did.

You `must’ cut the hand of a thief as Muhammad did, not any prison
sentence according to the modern laws is enough.

You must stone a woman to death as Muhammad did, because she made sex
out of the rules of Islam (but you must only whip her partner a
hundred times). You can never set them free as considering that their
sexual actions are about their own personal relations and freedom
according to modern laws, if you are Muslim. You must definitely apply
the punishments of Muhammad as stoning the woman to the death and
whipping a hundred times her partner if you want to be a good Muslim.

You must kill the man who left Islam belief as Muhammad did. You can’t
say `This is his own chose and he has the freedom of thought and
belief’, because it is an order of Quran that you `must’ kill the
persons who were Muslim before and then left the Islam religion.

You must kill all homosexuals according to the orders of Islam. None
of Muslims can say according to Islam that their sexual orientation is
their own natural right according to the human rights norms of our
age.

You have the `right’ of marry a little girl at 9 years old as Muhammad
did. In other words, you can rape a little child legally in Islam and
make her a sex slave, and also a domestic slave till the end of her
life.

You can lie alongside of your dead wife in 6 hours as Muhammad did. In
other words you can rape the dead body of your wife in 6 hours after
death.

Here is Islam¦Here is the `tolerance religion’¦Here is the right
way to the heaven¦Here are the orders of Allah¦Here are the
actions of Muhammad¦

You can easily see how much civilized the Muslim countries of the
World because of Islam as Afghanistan, Nigeria, Turkey, Iran, Sudan
and the others. You can see how much they had contributed to the
philosophy history, the art history, the science history of the whole
world. You can see how respectful they are to the human rights, women
rights, children rights, freedom of expression and thought, press
freedom, belief freedom, etc.

The first genocide wave of 20th century, the Armenian Genocide, the
Assyrian Genocide and the Pontian Greek Genocide had been perpetrated
by Turk and Kurd people of Ottoman Empire and new Turkish Republic
with getting motivation from the `rights’ that they had because of
Islam; the `rights’ of killing and raping the non-Muslims, enslaving
their women and little girls as sex slaves and also domestic slaves
and grabbing their money, houses and lands. However `The Committee of
Union and Progress’ (CUP) (Turkish: Ä°ttihat ve Terakki
Cemiyeti) was based on Turkish nationalism, they had used Turk and
Kurd people easily for these genocides because of Islam religion’s
content about non-Muslims. All the Turk and Kurd Muslims believed that
they will go to the heaven as they killed more non-Muslims like
today’s Islamist terrorists.

The owners of the second genocide wave of 20th century were Nazis as
you know. They took the genocides of Turks as a sample. It is know
that Adolf Hitler said to his military commanders `Who, after all,
speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?’ while they were
talking about the reaction of the world about the genocides that they
were planning to perpetrate.

Nazism was considered as a legal and respectable ideology at the
beginning of thirties and then the world saw how dangerous was
Nazism. Millions of people died because of Nazism and today it is
illegal to support Nazism in any civilized country. You can never make
propaganda of Nazism legally. Today, Nazism is not considered as a
thought alternative and it is not being included in freedom of thought
and expression.

As I have detailed above, Islam is against the human rights norms of
our age and it has more dangerous content than Nazism. Islam is not a
belief alternative, it is just a humanity crime, and any crime can’t
have freedom in our modern world. So, Islam must be illegalized all
over the world like Nazism, because of its vandal content and orders
against the human rights. All actions about Islam must be forbidden
and the propagandists of Islam must be judged because of instigating
to the crimes of murder, rape, grab and crimes against humanity.

Otherwise, the world will meet with a big tragedy when the Islamists
will get more power as the world had met because of Nazism.

SERKAN ENGIN
April 2014

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8 Nisan 2014 Salı

AM I ARMENIAN?

AM I ARMENIAN?

Some friends ask me if I am an Armenian or not, and some fascists
call me as “Armenian bastard” according to their tiny brains.

Yes, I am an Armenian. I am a Kurd as Ismail Besikci, I am a
Palestinian as Rachel Corrie and I am an Armenian as Ottoman Governor
Mehmet Celal Bey.

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6 Nisan 2014 Pazar

A Poem for Peace in West Armenian- Azerbaijani- Turkish

Dar Dar Gı Sirem Tsez – HÉ’rf HÉ’rf SevirÉ’m Sizi –
Harf Harf Seviyorum Sizi

(A Poem for Peace in West Armenian- Azerbaijani- Turkish)

Dar Dar Gı Sirem Tsez

`Yes mardig çem, vart hastsnoÄ? mın yem’ Eozkan Mert

Krderen varter badrasdetsi tsez yeraznerus nurp deÄ?en
Lazeren gı taylayli papaknerus sriga cncÄ?ugnerı, geankin userun vra
Hunaren gı hampurem kiÅ?eruin tats nahatasutyunnerı, lusnin dag
Karnan zaza gı pattuim meçkit amenen kmahac deÄ?en

Tsavert gı hampurem srdis kar nedoÄ? dÄ?ots tserkagaberen
Å?akanagakuyn açkerıs Hayeren voÄ?p mın yen vorahnerut meç, godruadz
Volorvadz darerıs çen paver tsaverut reontgenı kaÅ?elu hamar

Posor arakasdanav mın yem Kırdistan’i lernerun vra loÄ?atsoÄ?
Kurd yev Turk hokiners gı tsavin hon, dar dar hoÄ?in vra tapuelov
Vran Dolar dolar tavacan gerbov gı partsarana
Gı harsdana Å?adager yersabaÅ?dutyan tignatornerı, usanotsnerı
Paravonneru zenk ıngerutyan Å?ahi purkerı

Hazar ankam Auschwitz’i meç ayruetsank srdin meradz deÄ?en
Yotanasun hazar yergu ankam suinuetsan Dersim’i meç, vayrakutyan çar jbdumov
Amerigyan lezvov Irak’i meç anuÃ…?eÄ?eni deÄ? çarçaranki Ä?aÄ?alik yeÄ?ank
MaraÃ…?’i, Çorum’i meç poÄ?ots poÄ?ots zarnuetstank kaÄ?akagrtutyan srden
Kosova’yi meç çdesnuetsan mer kovı mertsuov dzaÄ?ignerı
Filistin’i meç karerov godretsin azadutyan teverı
Meg milyon ankam voçnçatsan Hayeren orornernis , Ararad’i teverı
Çulamerg’i meç mer mangutyan kluhnerun zenkerov zargetsan
Ruanda’yi meç gdrestin gor turerov mer mangutyan papaknerı
Vran Dolar dolar tavacan gerbov gı partsarana
Gı harsdana Å?adager yersabaÅ?dutyan tignatornerı, usanotsnerı
Paravonneru zenk ıngerutyan Å?ahi purkerı

Yerani te hampuerink mer çkidtsadz lezunerov inkzinknis
Darper gronknerov lur genayink antsaynoren, hantard
UriÅ? deÄ?eru meç layink vazvzoÄ? kaylerov
Baderazmı taylayloÄ? nahatasutyunnerun verçı dar mı ankam çı tıneink
Mer sirdı çıgırtıneink vayreni ciçerun
Arteok ur deÄ?en mernelu gı sgsi baderazm u tramadirutyunı

Vayrakutyunı ur deÄ?en lur gılla mer hahaÄ?utyan hamanuaki arçeven

: Dar dar gı sirem yergnki polor kuynerı

Written in Turkish by Serkan Engin
Translated to West Armenian by Mayro Kuyrik

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HÉ’rf HÉ’rf SevirÉ’m Sizi

`MÉ’n döyüÅ?çü deyil gül yetiÃ…?diricisiyÉ’m’ Ã-zkan MÉ’rt

KürdcÉ’ güllÉ’r yıÄ?dım xülyalarımın incÉ’ yerindÉ’n
Lazca Ã…?akıyor ümidimin tÉ’nbÉ’l sÉ’rçÉ’lÉ’ri, hÉ’yatın çiyinindÉ’
YaÃ…? cümlÉ’lÉ’rini Yunanca öpürÉ’m gecÉ’nin, ay altında
Bahara Zazaca sarılıram É’n nazlı yerindÉ’n belinin

Ã`rÉ’yimÉ’ daÃ…? atan uÃ…?aqların qandallarından öpürÉ’m aÄ?rılarını
Kayutlarında ErmÉ’nicÉ’ bir mersiyedir É’la gözlÉ’rim, qırıq dökük
KÉ’dÉ’rlÉ’rinin rontgenini çÉ’kmÉ’yÉ’ çatmır buruk hÉ’rflÉ’rim
Qırmızı bir Laz takasıyam Kürdüstan daÄ?larında üzÉ’n
Kürd vÉ’ Türk canlarım yanır orada, heca heca düÅ?É’rÉ’k torpaÄ?a
Dollar dollar üstünÉ’ xaincÉ’ yüksÉ’lirkÉ’n
Firon silah Ã…?irkÉ’tlÉ’rinin qazanc marjı piramidaları
Kresloları, apoletleri palazlanırken gonbul eqoizmin

AuschwitzdÉ’ milyonlarla dÉ’fÉ’ yandırıldıq vicdanın öldüyü yerdÉ’n
YetmiÃ…? iki min dÉ’fÉ’ süngülÉ’ndi xülyalarımız DÉ’rsimdÉ’, arsız sırıtıÅ?ıyla vÉ’hÃ…?iliyin
Ä°raqda hamburger üstü dadli niyyÉ’tinÉ’ iÃ…?gÉ’ncÉ’ oyuncaÄ?ı olduq Amerikanca
MaraÃ…?da, Çorumda küçÉ’ küçÉ’ vurulduq sivilizasiyanın ürÉ’yindÉ’n
Kosovada görmÉ’mÉ’zlikdÉ’n gÉ’lindi yaxamızda qÉ’tl edilÉ’n çiçÉ’klÉ’r
FÉ’lÉ’stindÉ’ daÃ…?la qırdılar azadlıÄ?ımızın qollarını
Bir milyon dÉ’fÉ’ yox edildi ErmÉ’nicÉ’ ninnilÉ’rimiz, Araratın qollarındakı
HakkaridÉ’ uÃ…?aqlıÄ?ımızın baÃ…?ına qundaqla vurdular
Ruandada palalarla kÉ’sdilÉ’r É’n uÃ…?aq hÉ’vÉ’slÉ’rimizi
Dollar dollar üstünÉ’ xaincÉ’ yüksÉ’lÉ’rkÉ’n
Firon silah Ã…?irkÉ’tlÉ’rinin qazanc marjı piramidaları
Kresloları, apoletleri palazlanırken gonbul eqoizmin

BilmÉ’diyimiz dillÉ’rdÉ’ dÉ’ öpÉ’ bilsÉ’k ya bir-birimizi
BaÃ…?qa dinlÉ’rdÉ’ susa bilsÉ’k yavaÃ…?ca, dinc
DigÉ’r coÄ?rafiyalarda aÄ?laya bilsÉ’k qaçar addım
Bir hÉ’rf belÉ’ É’lavÉ’ etmÉ’sÉ’k döyüÅ? çıÄ?ırtkanı cümlÉ’lÉ’rin quyruÄ?una
Ã`rÉ’yimizi É’sla yaslamasak vÉ’hÃ…?ilik qıÅ?qırıqlarının çaÄ?ırıÅ?ına
Harandan ölmÉ’yÉ’ baÃ…?lar acep döyüÅ? vÉ’ kapitalizm
VÉ’hÃ…?ilik harandan lal olar barıÅ? simfoniyalarımızın qarÃ…?ısında

: HÉ’rf hÉ’rf sevirÉ’m dünyanın bütün rÉ’nglÉ’rini

Written in Turkish by Serkan Engin
Translated to Azerbaijani by Can Pelit

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Harf Harf Seviyorum Sizi

`Ben savaÃ…?çı deÄ?il gül yetiÃ…?tiricisiyim’ Ã-zkan Mert

Kürtçe güller derledim düÅ?lerimin ince yerinden
Lazca Å?akıyor umudumun haylaz serçeleri, hayatın omzunda
Islak tümcelerini Rumca öpüyorum gecenin, ay altında
Bahara Zazaca sarılıyorum en nazlı yerinden belinin
Kalbime taÅ? atan çocukların kelepçelerinden öpüyorum acılarını
KoÄ?uÅ?larında Ermenice bir aÄ?ıttır ela gözlerim, kırık dökük
Kederlerinin röntgenini çekmeye yetmiyor buruk harflerim

Kızıl bir Laz takasıyım Kürdistan daÄ?larında yüzen
Kürt ve Türk canlarım yanıyor orada, hece hece düÅ?erek topraÄ?a
Dolar dolar üstüne haince yükselirken
Firavun silah Å?irketlerinin kr marjı piramitleri
Koltukları, apoletleri palazlanırken obur bencilliÄ?in
Auschwitz’de milyonlarca kez yakıldık vicdanın öldüÄ?ü yerden
YetmiÃ…? iki bin kere süngülendi düÅ?lerimiz Dersim’de, arsız sırıtıÅ?ıyla vahÃ…?etin
Irak’ta hamburger üstü tatlı niyetine iÃ…?kence oyuncaÄ?ı olduk Amerikanca
MaraÃ…?’ta, Çorum’da sokak sokak vurulduk uygarlıÄ?ın kalbinden
Kosova’da görmezden gelindi yakamızda katledilen çiçekler
Filistin’de taÃ…?la kırdılar özgürlüÄ?ümüzün kollarını
Bir milyon kere yok edildi Ermenice ninnilerimiz, Ararat’ın kollarındaki
Hakkari’de çocukluÄ?umuzun kafasına dipçikle vurdular
Ruanda’da palalarla kestiler en çocuk heveslerimizi
Dolar dolar üstüne haince yükselirken
Firavun silah Å?irketlerinin kr marjı piramitleri
Koltukları, apoletleri palazlanırken obur bencilliÄ?in

BilmediÄ?imiz dillerde de öpebilsek ya birbirimizi
BaÃ…?ka dinlerde susabilsek usulca, dingin
DiÄ?er coÄ?rafyalarda aÄ?layabilsek koÅ?ar adım
Bir harf bile eklemesek savaÅ? çıÄ?ırtkanı tümcelerin kuyruÄ?una
Kalbimizi asla yaslamasak vahÅ?et çıÄ?lıklarının çaÄ?rısına
Neresinden ölmeye baÅ?lar acep savaÅ? ve kapitalizm
VahÅ?et neresinden ll olur barıÅ? senfonilerimizin önünde

: Harf harf seviyorum dünyanın tüm renklerini

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SERKAN ENGIN BIOGRAPHY

FotoÄ?rafım Serkan Engin

A socialist Laz poet-author from Turkey, Serkan Engin was born in 1975
in Izmit, Turkey.

His poems and articles on poetry theory have been published in English
in The Tower Journal, Poetry’z Own, Belleville Park Pages, Far Enough
East, Spilt Infinitive Lit Magazine, Empty Mirror, The Writer’s
Drawer, Poetry Super Highway, Miracle E-zine, Industry Night Lit
Magazine, Typoetic.us Literary Magazine, Open Road Review, Shot Glass
Journal, Songsoptok, The Criterion and Mediterranean Poetry. Some of
his poems appeared in Japanese in the leading Japanese philosophy and
poetry journal Shi to Shisou.

His political articles have been published in many countries like USA,
Greece, Sweden, India, Armenia, France, Indonesia, etc.

Serkan Engin’s E-Books (In Turkish):

Poetry:

1- Shameless Acrostic (Art of Labour E-Publishing House)

2- Rhymeless of All Poems (Art of Labour E-Publishing House)

3- Hard Verses (Self Published)

4- First Poems (Self Published)

5- My Erotic Poems Atlas (Collected Erotic Poems of Serkan Engin)

(Art of Labour E-Publishing House)

6- Chatty Poems (Serkan Engin’s poems translated from Turkish to the
other languages of Turkey as Kurdish, Lazuri, Romaic, Zazaki, etc.)

(Art of Labour E-Publishing House)

Essay:

1- Left Hook (Poetic Reviews) (Self Published)

2- Left Direct (Poetic Reviews) (Self Published)

3- Shadow Boxing (Collected Poetic Reviews) (Art of Labour
E-Publishing House)

4- Poemed Letters (Collected Letters to Poets) (Self Published)

Article:

1- Be a Dynamite (Collected Newspaper Politic Articles) (Self
Published)

Novella:

1- Mild Murders (Art of Labour E-Publishing House)

Dictionary:

1- Inconvenient Poetry Dictionary (Alternative Poetry Dictionary)

(Self Published)

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Florida State Coach Mark Krikorian Wins Third National Title

By Tom Vartabedian on January 28, 2015

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.–Add the name to the venerable list of prominent
Armenian-American coaches who have made an imprint on the national
scene.

He’s Mark Krikorian and he just coached Florida State University to
its first-ever NCAA Division 1 women’s soccer championship.

Mark Krikorian

Krikorian joins such iconic coaches as Jerry Tarkanian, who led the
University of Nevada/Las Vegas to a national title in basketball in
1990. The Running Rebels that year defeated Duke in the finals,
103-73, representing the largest point difference in an NCAA final
ever.

And let’s not forget Ara Parseghian, who won two national football
titles with Notre Dame in 1966 and 1973 before turning to the
announcer’s booth.

With Krikorian, make that one better than Parseghian, when you
consider the two Division 2 national soccer crowns he secured in 1994
and 1995 while with Franklin Pierce College in rural Rindge, N.H., at
the advent of his coaching career.

The title game was a 1-0 nail-biter against fourth-ranked University
of Virginia. The Seminoles were ranked second in the polls going into
that showdown.

It was not only the talk of the Florida State campus but the entire
soccer scene in America. Krikorian is being hailed for such an
achievement at a time when the Seminoles were blown away by Oregon,
59-20, in the Rose Bowl.

“I’m truly honored to be mentioned in the same breath as Tarkanian and
Parseghian,” he said. “They are great leaders of their respective
sports and did it their way. It’s great to follow in their footsteps.
Women’s soccer is on the rise.”

Comparatively speaking, there’s no way women’s soccer is being
upstaged by men’s sports at FSU, Krikorian feels. And he likes to
think that perhaps he’s played a role in that perception.

The 54-year-old mentor was born and raised in Malden, Mass., and
graduated from St. Anselm’s College in Manchester, N.H., prior to
graduating from Pinkerton Academy in Derry, N.H., where he starred in
soccer, basketball, and lacrosse.

“Being from New Hampshire is essential to who I am today,” he
confirms. “I learned an awful lot from my high school coaches. A lot
of my success at FSU is tied to my direct roots in New Hampshire.”

He’s been inducted into the Saint Anselm’s Athletic Club Hall of Fame
as a former two-time captain and team Most Valuable Player, as well as
an All-New England First-Team selection. He helped guide the college
to a share of the Northeast-8 championship his senior year.

“By winning the national championship at Florida State, Mark is as
good a coach as anyone in the country,” says his former coach Ed
Cannon. “He has been one of the best coaches in America at any level.”

Krikorian started coaching soccer in 1990 and the Seminoles are his
fifth team. In 2004, he piloted the United States Women’s Under-19
team prior to joining FSU.

He led that 2004 team to a world championship in Thailand. With 10
years of Top Ten finishes, it’s as close to a dynasty as you’ll ever
find in his sport.

“I appreciate the support from my family and being at FSU where they
value excellence as much as I do,” Krikorian adds. “My Armenian
heritage taught me a great work ethic and family mentality.”

Krikorian and his wife Linda are parents to two children, Allie, 14,
and Michael, 12. They live in Tallahassee not far from the school and
remain bullish toward campus activity.

As far as women’s sports are concerned, he sees an open window of opportunity.

“The best opportunity to coach at the college level was on the women’s
side,” he notes. “That’s why I got into it. I hope to be here until I
retire.”

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PERSONAL FAVORITES

Armenian coaches: Jerry Tarkanian and Ara Parseghian

American coach: Bobby Bowden (retired FSU football coach)

Athlete: Larry Bird

TV show: “NCIS”

Movie: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”

Screen star: Jack Nicholson

Hobby: Reading

Singer: Whitney Houston

Vacation spot: Maine

Pet peeve: Apathy

Book: Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Proudest accomplishment: Birth of my children and three national championships

Something that may surprise others: I was previously a high school teacher.

Quote: “Seek first to understand, then be understood” by Stephen Covey