Author: Hunanian Jack

KARABAKH PROCESS DISCUSSED IN MOSCOW

PanARMENIAN.Net
06.10.2009 12:14 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Grigory Karasin, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and
Yuri Zubakov, Deputy Secretary of the RF National Security Council,
met Monday with Helga Schmid, director of Policy Unit of the General
Secretariat of the Council of the European Union to discuss Nagorno
Karabakh conflict settlement process.

The officials also exchanged views on the situation in the South
Caucasus, the RF MFA press office reported.

MORE THAN 12,000 ARMENIANS PROTEST PROTOCOLS DURING SERZH SARKISIAN VISIT TO LOS ANGELES

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
05.10.2009 11:06 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ More than 12,000 Armenian Americans from throughout
California converged on the Beverly Hilton Hotel to protes the
Turkey-Armenia protocols as Armenia President Serzh Sarkisian met
with representatives of Armenian American organizations to defend his
decision to sign the flawed documents. The protest was organized by
the Stop The Protocols Campaign.

Blockades and guardrails contained protesters who held signs
proclaiming, "Serzh Don’t Betray the Armenian People," "Turkey Accept
the Genocide!" and "No to the Protocols!" Meanwhile, planes overhead
were carrying banners which stated "Stop Turkish-Armenian Protocols,"
as large moving vans drove around the hotel with billboards picturing
presidents Sarkisian and Gul with the slogan "Don’t Betray us."

Prior to the beginning of the community meeting, Pres. Sarkisian’s
delegation stood out on their 12th floor balcony and watched
demonstrators, who called out in hopes that the President would
address them directly.

Pres. Sarkisian chose not to address the people. During the fourth
hour of the protest, several hundred frustrated demonstrators broke
through the barricades and stormed across the street to the hotel
entrance, yelling "votch, votch," stopping traffic on Wilshire Blvd.

Meanwhile ARF Western Region Central Committee member Hovan Tashdjian,
who had just left the meeting with the President, described a tense
Pres. Sarkisian faced with overwhelming opposition by representatives
of Diasporan organizations, attempting to defend the formation of
a so-called "historical commission" and arguing that the Protocols
would not affect the Karabakh peace process, asbarez.com reported

CULTURAL AGENDA

Today’s Zaman
04 October 2009, Sunday

EXHIBITIONS

Today is the last day to see "Octet," a selection of 110 works of
art by 66 students, lecturers and alumni of the New York School of
Visual Arts, at the Pera Museum in Istanbul’s Beyoglu district.

Works by Turkish conceptual artist Serkan Ozkaya and Romanian artists
Dumitru Gorzo and Mircea Suciu are being shown at "Without Hintersinn,"
a group exhibition on view until Oct. 12 at the Bilsar Building in
Istanbul’s Beyoglu district.

Istanbul’s Sabancı University art gallery hosts an installation
titled "Yapıların Ayak Ä°zleri — Istanbul" (Building Footprints —
Istanbul) by Osvaldo Romberg until Oct. 24.

A selection of portraits from "One Shot Ä°stanbul" by photo artist
Alexander Berg is on view at the Taksim metro station until Oct. 25.

Ä°stanbul’s Sakıp Sabancı Museum in Ä°stanbul’s Emirgan neighborhood
is home to an exhibition titled "Joseph Beuys and His Students: Works
from the Deutsche Bank Collection" until Nov. 1. The museum is closed
on Mondays.

The 11th International Ä°stanbul Biennial runs through Nov. 8,
offering works of art by around 70 artists at the old customs
warehouse, Antrepo No. 3, in Karaköy, the old tobacco warehouse in
Tophane and the Feriköy Greek School in Å~^iÅ~_li. Tickets can be
purchased at

US-based Romanian artist Serge Spitzer’s "Molecular Ä°stanbul"
installation is on view at the Mayor Synagogue in Ä°stanbul’s Hasköy
district on the Golden Horn through Nov. 11.

"Site," an exhibition of installations by Turkish-born Armenian
conceptual artist Sarkis Zabunyan, runs through Jan. 10, 2010 at
Ä°stanbul Modern. The museum’s movie theater also offers a selection
of films that influenced the artist’s career.

Paris-based Turkish artist Yuksel Arslan’s retrospective is on view
at SantralÄ°stanbul contemporary art center until March, offering
more than 500 works by the artist.

FILM SCREENINGS

Bogazici University’s Mithat Alam Film Center (MAFM) w ward-winning
films by young-generation Turkish filmmakers in a program that runs
from Monday to Friday. For more information, visit the MAFM Web site
at

A selection of 22 films by German directors is offered in a weekly
film program that runs through December at the Goethe Institute in
Ä°stanbul. Admission is free of charge. Showings take place each
Friday at 7 p.m.

The Ankara Cinematheque Society screens arthouse and classic films
in admission-free showings every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. as part of
its weekly program that runs throughout the year at the society’s
headquarters, located on Buklum Sokak, No: 16 in the Kavaklıdere
quarter.

FESTIVALS

Austri an pianist Alfred Brendel will open this autumn’s weekly
classical concert series at Ä°stanbul’s Bogazici University with
a conference-recital on Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the Albert Long
Hall. Ticket price: TL 25, TL 20

The five-day Balkans Folk Dance Festival runs through Oct. 7 on
various squares of Ä°zmir, featuring shows by folkdance companies
from 10 countries.

The fifth edition of Visibility Project, a contemporary art and
performance art event held annually in the Galata neighborhood of
Ä°stanbul, will take place Oct. 10, featuring performances on the
streets, four alternative stages and the Okcu Musa Primary School in
Galata. For more information:

Turkish rockers Ozge FıÅ~_kın, Friendly Fire, TNK and Kurban will
perform at the TanıÅ~_arock 2009 Festival, scheduled for Oct. 11 at
the Macka Kucukciftlik Park. Ticket price: TL 34 (Biletix)

Armenia orchestra plans December show in Tehran
Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:56:06 GMT
The Youth Orchestra of Armenia, conducted by Sergey Smbatyan, has
scheduled a show in the Iranian capital, Tehran, to perform classical
pieces.

Accompanied by internationally-acclaimed Iranian pianist Mahyar
Moradi, the orchestra will present pieces by the world’s most famous
composers such as Tchaikovsky and Dvorak.

The concert, which is organized by the Armenian embassy in Tehran and
Iran’s culture ministry, will be held in December 2009, Fars News
Agency reported.

The Youth Orchestra of Armenia had previously visited Iran in July
2009, when it held concerts at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall.

The orchestra comprises of over 70 musicians, who are between the ages
of 16 and 24 and are also students of the Yerevan State Conservatory.

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Today’s Zaman

03 October 2009, Saturday

Gül points to stronger democracy for resolution of problems

President Gül commented on recent developments in Turkey and
the world during his flight to Azerbaijan on Friday. Today’s Zaman
columnist Abdülhamit Bilici was among the reporters who
accompanied the president.
President Gül commented on recent developments in Turkey and
the world during his flight to Azerbaijan on Friday. Today’s Zaman
columnist Abdülhamit Bilici was among the reporters who
accompanied the president.
President Abdullah Gül has said the improvement of Turkey’s
democratic standards will solve all of the country’s current problems.
`A higher level of democracy is the solution to all problems. Without
the need to define them as problems of religion or ethnicity, our
problems will be solved if we raise our democratic standards. We can
settle any problems of Kurdish, Alevi and religious citizens through
democracy without being obliged to name those problems,’ the president
told reporters on Friday during his flight to Azerbaijan to attend the
ninth meeting of the Turkic-speaking Countries Cooperation Council.

Gül referred to democracy and the rule of law as the two most
important values of the contemporary world.

The president also clarified remarks made during a speech he delivered
on Thursday in Parliament in which he called for more respect for
differences in society. `When I say respect for differences, I am not
just pointing to ethnic and sectarian ones. I am also pointing to
political ones,’ he remarked.

Asked about the attendance of military officers during his
parliamentary address, Gül expressed full confidence in the
Turkish military and noted that he states his views freely when he
meets with members of the military.

The president was also asked a question about the recent elections in
Germany. Most observers have said the new German government will lend
less support to Turkey’s bid to join the European Union. `We all know
the EU standards and in which areas we need
make these improvements, then Turkey’s outlook will change, which will
result in a change in the views of France and Germany toward our
country,’ he noted.

The president also expressed hope that his Armenian counterpart will
visit Turkey this month for a World Cup soccer qualifier between
Turkey and Armenia.

`We went to Yerevan without making any conditions. What is important
here is sports and gentlemanliness. It is clear that the status quo in
the Caucasus is of no benefit to anyone,’ Gül stated.

03 October 2009, Saturday
ABDÃ`LHAMIT BILICI NAKHCEVAN

PRESIDENT’S FIRST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR I.T. CONTRIBUTION

Tert.am
30.09.09

Taking place in November of this year will be President of the Republic
of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan’s first annual international competition
for contribution to the field of information technology, announced
Presidential Advsior in Economic Issues Vahram Nersisyan during a
press conference today.

In Nersisyan’s words, the competition’s aim is to highlight, on an
international scale, those individuals who have made a considerable
contribution to IT development.

Synopsis Armenia CEO Rich Goldman added that the competition, partly
financed by Synopsis, was finalized this summer, at the Armenian
president’s request. Goldman announced that the committee has already
chosen the winner, though his or her name will be announced only
during the awarding ceremony.

"Our winner, with his activities, is well-known in the whole world. He
is a gifted individual with many merits."

The winner will receive a special medal decorated with a
golden eagle. Other than the medal, the winner will receive a
silver-and-obsidian statuette. Goldman also announced that numerous
bids to participate in the competition have been received from South
America and Western Europe.

"PATRIOTISM DOESN’T LIE IN THE HATRED TOWARDS TURKS"

30/vazgen-manukyan
05:37 pm | September 30, 2009 | Politics

Today the Public Council expressed its opinion on the Armenian-Turkish
Protocols during a meeting with Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan.

"The Public Council thinks that the Protocols carry no preconditions
and should be signed by the two parliaments" Council Chairman Vazgen
Manukian announced today.

The latter thinks the ratification of the Protocols in their present
form derives from the interests of Armenia. "I think that patriotism
doesn’t lie in the hatred towards Turks but in the love towards your
own people."

Council members, Armenian renowned actor Sos Sargsian and academician
Babken Harutiunian, sounded against the Protocols’ signing.

Only environmentalist Karine Danielian abstained from voting.

NKR PRESIDENT MEETS WITH THE ARMENIAN COMPOSER CONSTANTINE ORBELYAN

ARMENPRESS
Sep 30, 2009

STEPANAKERT, SEPTEMBER 30, ARMENPRESS: On September 29 President
of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan met famous Armenian
composer, People’s Artist of the USSR Constantine Orbelyan who arrived
in Artsakh on the same day.

Central Information Department of the Office of the President told
Armenpress that Bako Sahakyan rated high the input of the maestro in
the development of culture and expressed hope that the well-known
composer would continue to wage an active and creative way of life
in the future.

The interlocutors discussed issues related to the development of
culture and musical art in Artsakh. NKR minister of culture and youth
affairs Narine Aghabalyan partook at the meeting.

SARGSYAN TO MEET ARAM I IN BEIRUT

News.am
17:00 / 09/28/2009

October 1, RA President Serzh Sargsyan will meet with His Holiness
Aram I, the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia in Beirut within
the framework of his visits to Diaspora communities, the Catholicate
press department reports.

According to the source, on September 26 RA President had a phone
conversation with His Holiness Aram I. "Next week Serzh Sargsyan will
visit Lebanon and meet with His Holiness," the message by Antilias
Catholicate reads.

October 1, RA President will pay a week visit to Armenian communities
in Beirut, Paris, Los Angeles, New York, Rostov-on-Don and others. The
purpose of his visits is discussion of the Armenia-Turkey Protocols
with Diaspora representatives. The Protocols entailed protest actions
and controversy amid Armenian Communities

ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER: THE PROCESS OF THE NORMALIZATION OF THE ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS PROMISES TO BEAR FRUIT DESPITE ALL DIFFICULTIES

ArmInfo
2009-09-29 18:04:00

ArmInfo. Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan said at the 64th
session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

He also added that over the past year with the help of our Swiss
mediators and other international partners we have advanced towards
opening one of the last closed borders in Europe and normalization of
our relations with NO preconditions. We wish to be confident that the
necessary political will can eventually leave behind the mentality
of the past, and we hope that the wisdom and courage will prevail
to make the last decisive steps. We have been most encouraged by the
support of the international community, the minister said.