Author: Baghdasarian Karlen

AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT: ‘ARMENIA IS POWERLESS’

Al-Jazeera, Qatar
Jan 14 2015

President Ilham Aliyev goes after neighbour with scathing tweets.

In a series of tweets Monday, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev
didn’t mince words when expressing his views on neighbouring Armenia.

President Aliyev, who has been in power since his father’s death
in 2003, began his string of tweets with a positive recollection
of Azerbaijan’s accomplishments. Over the span of 15 tweets, Aliyev
reflected favourably on the country’s economy.

Turning to foreign policy, however, the head of state adopted a less
than conciliatory tone.

Aliyev then specifically addressed Azerbaijan’s strained relations
with Armenia.

The disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in Western Azerbaijan has been
controlled by Armenia since the end of declared hostilities between
the two states in 1994. Armed confrontations are still commonplace
in the region. The Associated Press reported that two people were
killed earlier this week in clashes between Armenian security forces
and unidentified Azerbaijani gunmen.

Aliyev has openly condemned Armenian control of the Nagorno-Karabakh
region on social media.

Netizens seized on Aliyev’s comments on the neighbouring state,
many expressing criticism:

Others expressed their support:

See the tweets at

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American University of Armenia
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Two-Day National Quality Assurance Conference Held at AUA

YEREVAN, Armenia – From December 4-5, 2014, the American University of
Armenia (AUA) co-hosted Quality Assurance Week with the National Center for
Professional Education Quality Assurance Foundation (ANQA). AUA President
Dr. Armen Der Kiureghian offered a welcome speech to the guests, while
staff and faculty members Catherine Buon, Varduhi Petrosyan, and Sharistan
Melkonian made presentations during the conference.

The aim of Quality Assurance Week was to present and discuss the practice
of institutional accreditation processes, general results, decision-making
approaches, the internationalization and research implementation problems
revealed during the accreditation process, and the transition to program
accreditation process.

Among the speakers at the conference was Ruben Topchyan, ANQA Director,
Wolfgang Harmardt, Vice Rector at Public Administration Academy of RA,
Tigran Mnacakanyan, Associate Professor at Armenian State University of
Economics, and many more.

The first day of the conference focused on the benefits as well as
challenges of the accreditation process. Sharistan Melkonian, Director of
Assessment and Accreditation at AUA, presented on `Lessons Learned through
Institutional Accreditation,’ while Varduhi Petrosyan, Associate Dean of
the AUA School of Public Health, presented on the `Internationalization of
Research: Student and Alumni Involvement.’

The second day of the conference highlighted the main approaches of program
accreditation. Among the presenters that day was Dr. Catherine Buon,
Associate Dean for General Education at AUA, who discussed
`Institutionalizing Quality Assurance through the Academic Program
Review Process.’

Workshops were also held throughout the two-day conference in which leading
experts presented mechanisms for effective implementation of
self-evaluation and other elements of the institutional accreditation
process.

Founded in 1991, the American University of Armenia (AUA) is a private,
independent university located in Yerevan, Armenia and affiliated with the
University of California. AUA provides a global education in Armenia and
the region, offering high-quality, graduate and undergraduate studies,
encouraging civic engagement, and promoting public service and democratic
values.

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MIGHT THE PARIS MASSACRE HAVE BEEN A NEW SEPT. 11?

Today’s Zaman, Turkey
Jan 15 2015

ORHAN MÄ°ROÄ~^LU
January 15, 2015, Thursday

I am not of the opinion that it was. The 9/11 attack on the Twin
Towers caught the entire world — most notably the US — by surprise.

The levels of international awareness, solidarity and cooperation that
we have now when it comes to violence and terrorism did not exist at
that time, and the public was not prepared to share the pain caused
by this attack the way it is now.

The “Be Alert” campaign that rose out of the ashes of the Sept. 11
attacks was rooted in all the reflexive responses to this event;
extreme security precautions and strategies suddenly became
indispensable.

But that is no longer the world we inhabit. There is a different world
on hand now, one which reserves the right to question, to examine the
political and social dimensions of such events; one which is aware
of the strength of mass solidarity.

All of this is one reason the marches against the Patriotic Europeans
against the Islamization of the West (PEGIDA) we see happening are
so hope-inspiring.

There is little doubt that the stances embraced by both German
Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande in
the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attack will go down in history.

And in the same way, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s attendance,
along with other world leaders, at a Paris march against global
terrorism is no doubt an important and laudable message to all of
Europe, including, of course, the many Muslims living there.

Sept. 11 flung open the doors to a world that was closed off onto
itself, a world that suddenly began distancing itself from democratic
values, a world where Islam became synonymous with violence.

But the attack that unfolded in Paris showed us that there are other
ways to fight terrorism and violence. And even now, Europe is shaking
with the combined force of all these displays of solidarity.

Governments’ desires to increase levels of dialogue and cooperation
between each other appears to be on the rise.

What really emerged from the Paris massacre is the understanding
that there is no real difference between the goals of those who
foist racist and Islamophobic slogans onto the world around them,
hoping to turn Europe and the globe into a sort of living hell,
and those who actually carried out the attack on Charlie Hebdo.

When one observes the debates unfolding in the more Islamist circles,
one sees that there exists a prevailing idea that the Paris massacre
was a sort of uprising against Orientalism and Western colonialism.

But this idea serve only to lend some sort of legitimacy to jihadi
violence and terrorism in these circles, and do nothing to help the
struggle against racism or Islamophobia. Demands can, of course,
be made of Western states that they face up to their pasts; people
can also demand that they apologize for policies implemented in
cases such as Algeria, Vietnam and Palestine. But, at the same time,
assertions that these past memories are nourishing jihadi violence
and terrorism are simply misleading.

After all, when one looks at the history of the Kurds and the Armenians
in the past century, one sees that no one hurt these groups as much
as Europe did. Because of the Sykes-Picot Agreement and the Treaty
of Lausanne, the land that once belonged to Kurds was splintered
into countless pieces. As for the Armenians of Anatolia, they were
first provoked, and later, as a country as large as Germany stroked
the backs of the members of the Committee of Union and Progress, the
Armenians were pushed into the forced relocations of 1915. Despite
this, though, there is no evidence of any Kurdish or Armenian terrorist
groups with Western Europe in their sights. The proper response to
deadly memories is certainly not violence and massacre.

In the end, of course, Muslims living in Europe are not defined by
the Kouachi brothers. Similarly, depicting Islam as being synonymous
with these brothers is a racist and Islamophobic stance. It is a
stance which, when it spreads, plays a key role in jihadi terrorism
and violence.

No, when it comes to Charlie Hebdo, people need to try and not model
the stances taken by some liberal and leftist intellectuals in Turkey,
who make out the Kurdish armed struggle to be somehow sacred, and
who see this struggle as an “historical answer to history,” and who,
quite unfortunately, hope this struggle continues — despite the
peace process under way in Turkey.

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ASHOT MANUCHARYAN: GYUMRI TRAGEDY RESEMBLES 1999 ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SHOOTING (VIDEO)

15:20 | January 16,2015 | Politics

The Gyumri tragedy is an appalling crime and in a moment, someone may
make use of the tragedy for other purposes, says political analyst
Ashot Manucharyan.

“Such is the world. We must not be offended or say this is a disgrace
for us as it will not help us. So we must be on the alert,” said the
member of the Karabakh Committee.

He reminds that the same situation was observed in Armenia after the
parliamentary carnage of October 27, 1988. “We had eight victims but
we could not understand why those people had been killed and who
had ordered their murder. Contradicting opinions were heard after
the tragic incident the truth was concealed from people. The same
thing might happen today but this time we have no right to stumble,
we must disclose the crime,” he said.

“In peaceful time we could have waited until the end, but now that
a global war is on, if we consider the worst version – it had been a
planned crime – the tragedy will be used for other purposes the next
moment,” Mr Manucharyan said adding that strong groups are launching
their activities – both inside and outside – to cash in on the tragedy.

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NEWSPAPER: POLITICAL DECISION MADE TO TEMPORARY SHUT DOWN NAIRIRT PANT

by Alexandr Avanesov

Friday, January 16, 14:44

Political decision has been adopted to temporary shut down the Nairit
Plant, a local Haykakan Zhamanak Daily writes.

“The authorities of Armenia pin no hopes with reactivation of the
plant. The process of the temporary shutdown has been launched. Almost
2,000 employees will be dismissed in February. Some 480 people will
remain at the plant to keep it in the state of conservation. Later, the
staff will be reduced to 250 people. The plant will be fully liquidated
in few years, unless there are prospects of its reactivation,” the
paper writes.

As it was reporter earlier, 1,700 employees of the Nairit Plan will be
dismissed starting February 6 2015. The employees have already received
relevant notifications. Earlier today, on 16 January, the staff of
the Nairirt Plant disseminated an open letter addressed to President
Serzh Sargsyan, wherein they demand their salaries for 18 months. The
staff recalls that the government represented by the Nairirt-2 state
CJSC has a 5 billion drams debt to the Nairit Plant CJSC and ask to
spend that amount to repay the areas of wages. They recall that the
prime minister and minister of energy and natural resources have
already declared that the salaries of the Nairit staff will not be
paid. The staff qualifies the decision as a violation of the Labor
Code of Armenia and urges the president to tackle the problem.

Nairit has been standing idle for quite a while already, with its
employees haven’t been paid wages for as long as 15 months. The
plant’s debts total 50bln AMD or $130mln (including 5bln AMD in
unpaid wages). In the 1980s Nairit had almost 10-12% of the global
rubber market. In 2006 90% of Nairit Plant was sold to Rhinoville
Property Limited for $40mln. The remaining 10% is owned by the Armenian
Government. Since Apr 2010 the plant has been idle, with its shares
given as security against the CIS InterStateBank’s loan.

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EDITORIAL: UCLA COMMUNITY SHOULD STAND AGAINST ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIAL

January 15, 2015 12:00 am

BY EDITORIAL BOARD

Members of the Turkish Cultural Club tried to deny on Tuesday that
the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians near the start of the 20th
century was a genocide.

Denying the existence of a genocide is a heinous act that degrades the
experience of an entire people and is threatening to the prevention
of future racism and genocides.

To an audience of Armenian students and the undergraduate student
government, members of the Turkish Cultural Club defended the Turkish
government, which has failed to recognize the genocide for the
last century. The presentation and public comments were part of the
group’s efforts to sway councilmembers to vote against a resolution
next week that calls for the University of California to divest from
the Republic of Turkey.

More than 40 U.S. states and 22 countries, and the United Nations
SubCommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of
Minorities have officially recognized the Armenian Genocide.

But citing “documents” and “scholars,” the students at the meeting said
it was not a fact. Mark Bhaskar, a second-year political science and
Middle Eastern studies student who presented, read a quote calling the
genocide a “secondary matter.” Gulnaz Kiper, president of the Turkish
Cultural Club and third-year psychology student, said there is “an
open debate going on in Turkey” about the existence of the genocide.

These statements are a flagrant denial of historical facts. Genocide
denial should not happen anywhere, and especially not at a university
that is supposed to be one of the best in the world. The students
who called facts into question Tuesday night demonstrated a lack of
moral conscience.

At the meeting, Bhaskar said he thinks the resolution is “a racist
attempt to drive a wedge between the Turkish and Armenian communities
here at UCLA.”

The true wedge is the Turkish students’ attempts to minimize a genocide
and stand on the side of a government that denies its existence.

The real divide comes from not listening to people who have lived
through the truth and from standing in front of a group of peers and
downplaying the murder of their people.

Though Kiper said she doesn’t think it matters if she calls it
a genocide or not, it does. Words matter, whether they come from
students or from official institutions that should know better.

Of course, students from the Turkish Cultural Club are allowed to
speak whether they are refusing to acknowledge historical truths or
not. But rational UCLA students, professors and administrators need
to speak louder.

If this unworthy debate continues, UCLA officials and the UCLA
community should make it known that they wholeheartedly support facts
and condemn genocide denial. If the UCLA community does not speak up
and criticize these acts when they continue, they are allowing for
the profound disrespect of a people and their history.

This is not just a battle for Armenian students to fight.

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LE GRAND MUFTI DE SYRIE ET LE MINISTRE DES AFFAIRES RELIGIEUSES CONDAMNENT LE GENOCIDE ARMENIEN

SYRIE

Le Grand Mufti de Syrie Ahmad Badreddine Hassoun et le ministre de la
Syrie pour les affaires religieuses Mohammed Abdul-Sattar Al Sayed
ont visite la Prelature armenienne de Damas avec une delegation des
d’ecclesiastiques et d’enseignants.

Les invites d’honneur ont ete recus par le chef du diocèse armenien
de Damas, Son Excellence, Mgr Armash Nalbandian et des representants
des autorites nationales de Damas. La visite etait dans le cadre du
100e anniversaire du genocide armenien et a commence par une visite a
l’eglise armenienne Saint Sargis de Damas le 6 Janvier. Le Grand Mufti
et le ministre des affaires religieuses ont exprime leur soutien au
peuple armenien a l’occasion du 100e anniversaire du genocide armenien
et ont condamne les Turcs.

vendredi 16 janvier 2015, Stephane (c)armenews.com

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GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT TO ALLOCATE “INVESTMENT FLOW” TO JAVAKHETI

January 16, 2015 10:21

Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Economy of Georgia Georgi
Kvirikashvili

Photo:

Yerevan /Mediamax/. Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Economy of Georgia
Georgi Kvirikashvili stated the government’s intention to allocate
“considerable investment flows” to the region of Samtskhe-Javakheti
populated with Armenians.

“The government has planned serious investments in Samtskhe-Javakheti.

Two ski and one biathlon highways will additionally open in Bakuriani”,
he stated.

“Major projects are scheduled to be implemented in Abastumani jointly
with the World Bank”, said the Minister.

As of the 2002 census, about 250 thousand Armenians live in Georgia,
a bit less than half of them reside in Samtskhe-Javakheti.

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UNE JOURNALISTE TURQUE MEURT DANS UN ACCIDENT DE LA ROUTE EN ARMENIE

TURQUIE

Gaye CoÃ…~_ar, une journaliste turque, a perdu sa vie suite a un
accident de la route dans la capitale arménienne Erevan.

CoÅ~_ar, qui était dans le pays dans le cadre du programme du
processus de normalisation entre l’Arménie et la Turquie, financé
par l’Union européenne, a succombé a ses blessures le 7 janvier a
Erevan, après que l’accident ait eu lieu la semaine dernière.

La journaliste de 40 ans avait travaillé au quotidien Evrensel,
diffuseur de NTV et dernièrement a Al-Jazira Turquie. Elle avait
également travaillé comme interprète pour un certain nombre
d’organisations et de fondations.

Gaye CoÃ…~_ar avait recu une bourse de la Fondation Hrant Dink.

Sa famille a dit qu’elle avait été enterrée dans la province de
Kutahya en Anatolie centrale.

vendredi 16 janvier 2015, Stéphane ©armenews.com

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LA SANGLANTE HISTOIRE QUI HANTE LA TOURNEE DE SYSTEM OF A DOWN

Centenaire du Genocide des Armeniens

L’artiste Serj Tankian, sur sa mission d’inspirateur de la musique
du groupe et les perspectives d’un nouvel album…

Par Kory Grow, Rollingstone

8 janvier 2015

Entre leurs rythmes spasmodiques et leurs melodies syncopees, System
of a Down ont toujours ete engages dans une demarche grave : appeler
a la reconnaissance du Genocide Armenien de 1915. Le disque longue
duree eponyme des debuts comportait une chanson titree ” P.L.U.C.K
” ; le leader du groupe Serj Tankian y chantait ” Une race entière,
genocide/ Enlevee toute notre fierte “, et a travers les annees,
le groupe a donne plusieurs concerts ” Souls ” uniques pour aider a
la prise de conscience de cette tragedie.

À present, le groupe dont les membres sont les enfants des survivants,
commemore le centi̬me anniversaire du genocide Рau cours duquel
les Turcs ottomans arretèrent puis executèrent quelques 1,5 millions
d’Armeniens, un fait que la Turquie et plusieurs pays refusent encore
de reconnątre officiellement Рdans une tournee internationale
baptisee ” Reveiller les Âmes “. Elle se terminera le 23 avril,
veille du jour de commemoration par l’Armenie, par la toute première
representation du groupe dans le pays de ses ancetres. Le groupe
prevoit de diffuser le concert en direct de facon a ce qu’il soit
suivi dans le monde entier.

System of a Down a egalement cree sur son site internet une ” carte
thermique ” interactive, permettant aux fans de suivre la facon
dont on reagit au Genocide dans les diverses parties du monde, avec
l’indication des pays qui l’ont officiellement reconnu. Par ailleurs,
le site heberge un appel a l’action, afin que les fans demandent au
president et au parlement turc qu’ils le reconnaissent.

” Il s’agit en partie d’attirer l’attention sur le fait que des
genocides se produisent encore, que l’on emploie les termes ” genocide
“, ” holocauste “, ou ” catastrophe humanitaire “, dit Tankian. ”
Rien ne change vraiment dans ce domaine. Nous voulons prendre part au
changement. Nous voulons que la reconnaissance du premier genocide du
20ème siècle soit un renouveau de la confiance des hommes dans leur
capacite d’arreter par eux-memes de se tuer eux-memes “. Il a un petit
rire. ” Je dis cela, en riant, parce que bien sûr, c’est ridicule “.

Qu’est-ce qui vous a decide a commemorer le 100ème anniversaire du
Genocide Armenien par une Tournee ?

C’est le renouvellement et la montee en puissance d’un engagement que
nous avions pris il y a des annees, concernant le Genocide Armenien.

Le concept ” Souls ” [âmes] est complètement devenu une tournee, et
c’est une chose en laquelle nous avons tous foi, etant tous enfants
de survivants du genocide. C’est important pour la reconnaissance
du genocide, qui est le resultat final a atteindre, tout comme
l’accomplissement de la justice.

Quelles sont les etapes a franchir pour obtenir justice ?

Je pense qu’il est important pour la Turquie, qu’elle connaisse sa
vraie histoire. Il ne s’agit pas simplement du genocide des Armeniens,
des Grecs et des Assyriens, mais de ce qui se passe en ce moment. Il
n’y a pas d’accords internationaux executables qui permettent de mettre
fin au genocide. En depit d’un certain nombre de grandes structures
des Nations-Unies dont certaines sont meme basees aux Etats-Unis,
s’agissant de prevention du genocide, il n’y a aucune resolution
sur un genocide ou un holocauste quel qui soit, alors qu’il est en
cours. Nous assistons toujours a leur reapparition. J’ai lu dans la
presse d’aujourd’hui qu’on a decouvert a Deir ez-Zor en Syrie, une
fosse commune de victimes des massacres de l’Etat Islamique, et cela
m’a rappele tous les os qui gisent sous le sable de Deir ez-Zor depuis
le premier genocide du vingtième siècle, exactement au meme endroit. Si
cela n’est pas un symbole, je me demande ce qui peut en etre un.

Vos grands-parents ont tous vecu le Genocide Armenien. Que vous en
ont-ils dit ?

Ils avaient ces recits incroyables, obsedants, de leur survie. Ils
etaient tous dans leur première enfance, des petits enfants. Ma
grand-mère et sa grand-mère ont ete sauves par le maire turc d’un
village, tandis qu’elles etaient forcees de marcher vers la Syrie,
vers Deir ez-Zor, le desert. C’est ainsi qu’elles furent sauvees. Mon
grand-père a perdu la majeure partie de sa famille au cours de
pogroms. Il a ete recueilli dans divers orphelinats avant de se
retrouver finalement au Liban, pour y trouver un refuge et grandir.

Des histoires a vous serrer le coeur, vraiment.

Lorsque mon grand-père etait encore en vie, nous l’avons filme pour
cette sequence que nous avons inseree dans Screamers. C’etait une
bonne facon de raconter son histoire, ce qui m’a fait beaucoup de
bien. Nous avons engage une equipe de cameramen pour enregistrer
16 heures de ces importantes histoires avant que ne disparaissent
presque tous les survivants.

Vous vous etes produit sur scène en solo en Armenie. Comment avez-vous
vecu cette experience ?

C’etait reellement etonnant. La première fois, j’etais avec mon
orchestre, le F.C.C, pour une tournee en solo a travers l’Europe. Nous
nous sommes produits dans un beau et grand theâtre. La deuxième
fois, j’ai joue avec un orchestre armenien, l’Orchestre de l’Opera
d’Armenie. Nous avons donne ce spectacle pour le lancement d’un
centre technologique public nomme Tumo. Il y avait environ 11 000
personnes dans cette belle place attenante a un parc, sur des gradins
prefabriques, surplombant cette magnifique vallee. C’etait vraiment
etonnant. Beaucoup de jeunes, beaucoup d’enthousiasme. C’etait vraiment
très encourageant d’entrevoir qu’un futur s’offre a l’Armenie.

Avez-vous percu les sentiments eprouves par ces gens envers les
artistes lors de ce concert ?

En Armenie, notre reputation est sans equivalent. Je ne veux pas user
de noms comme les Beatles ou quoi que ce soit, mais c’est un genre de
chose unique. C’est pour cela que nous voulons y aller et jouer pour
ces gens, ce que nous n’avons jamais encore fait en tant que System
of a Down. C’est tout a fait interessant.

Comment se fait-il que System of a Down ne se soit jamais produit en
Armenie ?

C’est une bonne question, vraiment. Je n’ai aucune reponse directe sur
ce point. On nous a demande de nous produire, mais cela n’a jamais
debouche, soit du fait des possibilites de calendrier, soit du fait
de l’etendue de l’investissement dans les infrastructures. Cela
prend du temps, quelle que soit l’infrastructure necessaire a ce
grand spectacle.

La formation a-t-elle jamais joue en Turquie ?

Non. Nous avons envisage la Turquie comme l’un des lieux où roder la
tournee Souls. Nous avions besoin de la permission du gouvernement,
conditionnee au silence envers le genocide et envers les actes du
gouvernement d’Erdogan [alors premier ministre] en particulier. À
ce moment, le nouveau premier ministre, ancien ministre des affaires
etrangères, venait d’etre designe, et bien sûr Erdogan avait abandonne
le poste de premier ministre pour celui de president. Nous avons
attendu un peu, mais n’ayant jamais obtenu de reponse, nous avons
mis en programme la suite de la tournee.

À quoi ressemblent vos relations avec vos fans turcs ? Cela doit etre
frustrant pour vous de ne pas pouvoir jouer pour eux.

Complètement. Je tiens personnellement a aller jouer la-bas. Nos
relations avec eux sont vraiment decontractees. Il y a des annees,
quelqu’un a fait passer dans la presse turque des affirmations
destinees a nous nuire – un agent du gouvernement, je pense, disant
que nous avions fait des choses que nous n’avons jamais faites. Nous
avons donc fait paraître sur notre site internet un message, expliquant
que cela etait de la desinformation, et qu’il ne fallait pas y preter
attention. Que ce n’etaient que mensonges. Ce sont nos fans qui nous
ont proteges en Turquie. Ils ont ecrit aux redacteurs qui avaient
publie ces fausses informations, et ont lutte pour nous.

Nous en sommes restes bouche-bee. Le fait est que nous avons des
fans en Turquie qui defendent System of a Down. Il n’y a pas de
societe unipolaire.

Pensez-vous que la Turquie reconnaîtra un jour le Genocide ?

Je pense que c’est très possible. Je viens de lire qu’une resolution
pour la reconnaissance de tous les crimes passes, y compris les
genocides armeniens – specifiquement nommes- vient d’etre deposee
au parlement turc par une Kurde, membre du parlement de la minorite
Sebahat Tuncel. Meme si je suis sûr qu’il n’y a pas de majorite pour
la voter, c’est de sa part un geste etonnant de courage, mais ces
temps pourraient changer, et c’est positif.

S’agissant de changement, des celebrites armeniennes ont recemment
attire l’attention sur le genocide.

Absolument. Les gens retiennent avant tout Kim Kardashian. Je pourrais
dire qu’avec sa commemoration annuelle du Genocide Armenien et l’impact
qu’elle donne a ce mot, il faut lui en etre reconnaissant.

Elle a fait du bon travail.

Elle est capable de beaucoup secouer les consciences ?

Absolument. Elle a plus de fidèles Twitter que j’en ai, c’est certain
[rires].

Pour changer de sujet, il y a dix ans sortait le dernier album de
System of a Down. Parlez-vous entre vous de la possibilite d’en faire
un nouveau ?

Nous en avons parle. Cette tournee etant faite, de retour, nous verrons
où nous en sommes. S’il y a des chansons qui marchent pour System,
si je le pense et si Daron [Malakian, guitare] le pense. Il y a une
opportunite pour travailler ensemble, mais nous n’avons encore fait
aucun plan que nous pourrions annoncer.

Avez-vous personnellement ecrit des chansons en pensant a System ?

J’en ai quelques-unes qui pourraient convenir, mais je ne suis pas
sûr de pouvoir reellement les jouer pour voir si elles eveillent
favorablement l’interet des garcons.

Pour l’instant, je me concentre sur un projet de musique de film.

C’est en realite une musique vraiment sereine, pour un film base,
une fois de plus, sur le Genocide. C’est le seul sujet sur lequel je
travaille pour le moment. Son titre est 1915. C’est une dramatique
très interessante actuellement tournee a Los Angeles, au Los Angeles
Theater, un très vieux et très distingue theâtre. C’est une histoire
moderne, une intrigue psychologique vraiment, vraiment interessante.

Elle s’inspire du negationnisme et des impacts psychologiques d’un
genocide plutôt que de ses aspects materiels.

Pour revenir a un nouvel album de System, je suis sûr que vos fans
attendent de savoir où vous en etes.

Ils seront les premiers a savoir. Les Fans savent avant la presse,
je vous le garantis.

Traduction Gilbert Beguian pour Armenews

vendredi 16 janvier 2015, Jean Eckian (c)armenews.com

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