ARMENIE
Plus de 40000 tonnes de fruits et légumes exportés d’Arménie
Quelques 40 245 tonnes de fruits et légumes ont été exportés d’Arménie
a annoncé le vice-ministre de l’Agriculture Robert Makaryan.
>, a déclaré
Robert Makaryan.
dimanche 1er février 2015,
Stéphane (c)armenews.com
Sarinay’s Silence… The Story of a Turkish Denialist
January 30, 2015
By Ara Sarafian
I have an interesting dilemma. A Turkish TV company based in Ankara
has approached me for an interview concerning “the events of 1915.”
The programme editor let me know that Yusuf Sarinay – the former head
of the Prime Ministry Ottoman State Archives – is his adviser. How
should I respond?
I believe Yusuf Sarinay is a denier of the Armenian Genocide.
A few years ago I examined an article he wrote, “What Happened on
April 24, 1915?” In that article he claimed that the Armenian
intellectuals who were arrested in Constantinople on 24 April 1915 had
posed a threat to the security of the Ottoman Empire and were
imprisoned accordingly. These prisoners were sent to Chankiri and
Ayash near modern-day Ankara.
Sarinay took Ayash prisoners as his focus and argued that, apart from
a handful of prisoners who were moved elsewhere, the remaining
prisoners stayed in Ayash for the duration of the war and were
released in 1918. Sarinay’s argument was entirely based on Ottoman
records in Turkey.
I examined Sarinay’s work, including the archival materials he claims
to have seen, and found his presentation lacking. There were
significant discrepancies in his work. The Armenian political
prisoners who were sent to Ayash in 1915, even according to the
Ottoman records, disappeared while in state custody. There are no
letters and petitions sent to the authorities, nor other references
attesting to their presence in Ayash, after the summer of 1915. Yet
Sarinay argues that these men remained in Ayash prison until the end
of WWI.
I published my critique of Sarinay’s work in the Turkish-Armenian
newspaper, Agos. The article was printed in Turkish to facilitate a
response from him. Sarinay never responded and proceeded to reprint
his article in a book.
I believe Sarinay chose not to respond because he was caught out and
there was a lot at stake – both personally and institutionally. After
all, he represented the Turkish establishment in the denial of the
Armenian Genocide, and the issues at hand were not trivial. By all
accounts, the Armenian prisoners who were sent to Ayash in 1915
disappeared while in state custody – and Yusuf Sarinay presents a
false picture when he argues otherwise.
Sarinay has remained silent in face of criticism while others – such
as the Turkish Foreign Ministry – have continued to circulate his work
in their own denial of the Armenian Genocide.
I can only wonder in what capacity Sarinay serves the Turkish TV
company making a documentary “on the events of 1915.”
Historian Ara Sarafian is the founding director of the Gomidas
Institute in London, which sponsors and carries out research and
publishes books. Among the institute’s publications are English
translations of Armenian texts related to the Armenian Genocide. He
edited a “Critical Edition” of the The Treatment of Armenians in the
Ottoman Empire, 1915-1916, commonly known as the Blue Book (originally
published in 1916 by British historians Lord James Bryce and Arnold
Toynbee), as well as a Turkish edition of the book.
Today’s Zaman, Turkey
Feb 1 2015
ErdoÄ?an spokesman slams Sarksyan for `unstatesmanlike’ remarks
Presidential Spokesman Ä°brahim Kalın. (Photo: Today’s Zaman, Mustafa Kirazlı)
January 31, 2015, Saturday/ 18:14:49/ TODAY’S ZAMAN / ISTANBUL
A spokesman for Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ?an condemned
Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan for recent comments accusing Ankara
of sending an `indecent invitation’ to an event commemorating the
Çanakkale (Gallipoli) battle of World War I on Apr. 24.
Sarksyan readily dismissed the Turkish invitation for the event,
saying instead that ErdoÄ?an should respond to his that was invitation
extended a few months ago to join Armenians in the commemoration of
the victims of the Armenian `genocide’ in Yerevan on April 24.
On Jan. 29, Sarksyan repeated his criticism of the Turkish initiative,
calling it a `cynical and short-sighted invitation.’
`They say that in politics all means will do, but in this particular
case Ankara has harmed its own self. Once I received that indecent
invitation, I hurried to publicly respond to it so as to prevent any
improper comments from the international mass media. I think my
response and the reaction of the Turkish society have proved that it
was an injudicious initiative,’ Sarksyan was quoted in the Armenian
media as saying during a meeting of a state committee for the
commemoration of the centennial of the alleged Armenian genocide.
In remarks published by state news agency Anadolu on its website,
presidential spokesman Ä°brahim Kalın denounced Sarksyan’s comments as
`undiplomatic’ and `unstatesmanlike.’
`We return the expressions he used back to him,’ he told the agency.
Kalın accused the Armenian administration of not responding to
Turkey’s good will gestures, including the invitation to join the
Çanakkale commemoration. `It is observed that it is not realistic to
expect the Sarksyan administration, which remains stuck in distorted
pages of history, to appreciate these sincere steps [for
reconciliation],” Kalın said.
`The Armenian administration’s shallow and hateful rhetoric seems to
be unable to comprehend the true meaning of the Çanakkala battle as
well,’ he said.
Turkey sent invitations to the leaders of 102 states to attend the
commemorative event that is scheduled to take place on April 23-24.
Armenia, on the other hand, is preparing for the commemoration of the
centennial of what it calls a genocide of Anatolian Armenians during
the final years of the Ottoman Empire.
On Jan. 29, Sarksyan said a number of countries have already accepted
Armenia’s invitation to attend the commemoration in Yerevan.
In an open letter to ErdoÄ?an on Jan. 16, Sargsyan declined the Turkish
invitation, saying it indicates Turkey’s “traditional policy of
denialism.”
“Year by year, improving its tools of history distortion, this time
Turkey marks the anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli on April 24
for the first time, while it began on March 18, 1915, and lasted till
late January 1916. Furthermore, the Allies’ land campaign — [the]
Gallipoli land battle — took place on April 25, 1915,’ said Sarksyan
in his letter. `What purpose does it serve if not a simpleminded goal
to distract the attention of the international community from the
events dedicated to the centennial of the Armenian Genocide? Whereas,
before organizing a commemorative event, Turkey has a much more
important obligation toward its own people and the entirety of
humanity — namely the recognition and condemnation of the Armenian
Genocide,’ he added.
Ankara denies claims that the events of 1915 amounted to genocide,
arguing that both Turks and Armenians were killed when Armenians
revolted against the Ottoman Empire during World War I in
collaboration with the Russian army, which was then invading Eastern
Anatolia. Every year on April 24, Armenians around the world
commemorate the Armenian victims who died at the end of World War I in
Ottoman Turkey. Armenians are preparing for the centennial
commemoration events this year in April.
Kirkus Reviews (Print)
February 1, 2015, Sunday
OPERATION NEMESIS
The Assassination Plot that Avenged the Armenian Genocide
NONFICTION
Actor, playwright and novelist Bogosian (Perforated Heart, 2009, etc.)
retells the horrors of the Turkish attempt to eradicate the Armenians:
the century’s first ethnic cleansing.The Ottoman Empire was primarily
Muslim but mostly tolerated Jews and the Christian Armenians. However,
they were treated as second-class citizens, required to pay extra
taxes, never eligible for public office and banned from intermarriage.
In an attempt to modernize, a group of “Young Turks” allied with the
Armenian Revolutionary Federation in 1908 to overthrow the empire.
Though it was a bloodless coup, it soon became apparent that the Young
Turks had no need for the Armenians. The country was ruled by the
Committee of Union and Progress, a government as ruthless and cruel as
the old sultan. The CUP was led by a triumvirate of Djemal Pasha,
Talaat Pasha and Enver Pasha; by 1913, any semblance of democracy was
lost. Then, in late April 1915, prominent Armenian leaders were
rounded up and disappeared. This was the beginning of the genocide
about which Hitler said, “[W]ho remembers the Armenians?” The
killings, massacres, torture and deportations of Armenians went on
through World War I. War-crime trials by the occupying British were
ineffectual. Bogosian explores the life of survivor Soghomon
Tehlirian, a young man who was fixated on revenge for the deaths of
his people. In 1919, the ARF approved a “special mission” called
Nemesis to find and execute the guilty parties, and Tehlirian was the
perfect man for their mission. He found Pasha in Berlin and killed
him, then stood trial, thereby bringing the world’s attention to the
fate of the Armenians. The author gives a clear, concise view of
Turkey’s history in the 20th century, and it’s not pretty. Difficult
reading, but an extremely well-written political statement about
Turkey-not just then, but as it is now.
Publication Date: 2015-04-21
Publisher: Little, Brown
Stage: Adult
ISBN: 978-0-316-29208-5
Price: $28.00
Author: Bogosian, Eric
REVUE DE PRESSE
Marseille : Journée de commémoration nationale à l’Ecole Pont de Vivaux
Il est revenu cette année à l’Ecole Pont de Vivaux, d’organiser la
cérémonie du 27 janvier intitulée par le Conseil de l’Europe : Journée
à la mémoire des génocides et à la prévention des crimes contre
l’Humanité. Sous la direction de Madame Sylvie Joubert, Principale du
collège, professeurs et élèves ont relevé le défi. À travers
différentes saynètes, ils ont choisi d’évoquer dans les termes les
plus appropriés et variés les génocides du XXème siècle. Dans son
intervention, Mme Michèle Teboul, Présidente du CRIF Marseille
Provence, s’est adressée aux jeunes pour leur demander de s’interroger
sur les événements, tout en gardant l’esprit critique. M. Patrick
Guichard, Directeur académique d’Aix-Marseille a remerciant les élèves
en leur adressant ce massage :
VARDAN PETROSYAN CONDAMNE A 5 ANS DE PRISON FERME
AFFAIRE PETROSYAN
La Cour de justice de Kotayk a condamne vendredi Vardan Petrosyan
a cinq ans de prison. Il etait poursuivi pour homicide involontaire
a la suite d’un accident de la route commis en octobre 2013 et dans
lequel deux garcons âges de seize ans ont trouve la mort et quatre
autres ont ete blesses.
Le procureur de la Republique avait demande une peine de six ans et
demi de reclusion.
Le tribunal a egalement prive Petrosyan de son droit de conduire
pendant deux ans.
Petrosyan avait clame son innocence lors du procès, faisant valoir
qu’il n’avait pas viole les règles de la circulation et que l’autre
voiture etait stationnee a tort et d’une manière dangereuse sur la
chaussee, ce qui n’avait pas permis de l’eviter.
Vardan Petrosyan, artiste et humoriste bien connu en Armenie, avait
a plusieurs reprises brocarde les autorites et beaucoup ont vu dans
son emprisonnement preventif et le traitement qui lui a ete inflige,
des retorsions politiquement motivees.
lundi 2 fevrier 2015, Ara (c)armenews.com
MINISTERE DE LA DEFENSE DU KARABAGH : DEUX POSITIONS AZERBAIDJANAISES NEUTRALISEES
KARABAGH
Les Unites avancees de l’armee de defense de la Republique du
Haut-Karabagh ont recouru a des actions punitives samedi après-midi
a annonce le service de presse du ministère de la Defense du Karabagh.
En consequence lors d’actions en direction de l’est de la ligne
de contact avec les forces armees de l’Azerbaïdjan “deux positions
ennemies et un vehicule ont ete neutralises”, a-t-il ajoute.
“Dans un autre section de la meme direction au moins deux soldats
ennemis ont ete touches”, a declare le rapport.
“les Unites de l’Armee de Defense du Karabagh continuent a accomplir
leur devoir en toute confiance et garder toute la première ligne sous
leur contrôle.”
Les responsables militaires a Erevan et Stepanakert ont averti a
plusieurs reprises Bakou que les forces armeniennes se reservent
le droit de mener des actions punitives et de livrer des frappes
preventives en represailles aux raids de commandos et d’autres
violations du cessez-le-feu mortelles commis par l’Azerbaïdjan dans
la zone du conflit.
Depuis le debut de l’annee, plus d’une douzaine de militaires armeniens
ont ete tues par les forces azerbaïdjanaises le long de la ligne de
contact dans le Haut-Karabagh et a la frontière armeno-azerbaïdjanaise.
lundi 2 fevrier 2015, Stephane (c)armenews.com
SERGEY SMBATYAN HEADED THE MOSCOW STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
13:04, 02 Feb 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
On January 29 Sergey Smbatyan, the Artistic Director and Principal
Conductor of the State Youth Orchestra of Armenia performed in
Moscow, leading the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra (Music Director
and Chief Conductor: Pavel Kogan), one of the most prestigious Russian
orchestras. The audience was presented the Vocalise by Rachmaninov, the
Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra on the theme of Paganini (soloist:
the winner of numerous international competitions Andrey Gunin)
and the Symphony No.4 by Tchaikovsky.
Speaking about the bright impressions of the yesterday’s concert,
Ekaterina Polozhenceva, the manager of the guest artists of the
Federal State Institution of Culture said: “It was interesting to
listen to the orchestra’s performance under the guidance of Sergey
Smbatyan. But this cooperation wasn’t the first one with the young
conductor: as always he has justified all our expectations!”
The MSSO was founded in 1943 by the Kremlin and is one of the five
oldest concert orchestras in Russia. The Moscow State Symphony
Orchestra became renowned around the globe under the leadership
of Pavel Kogan. In 1989 he was engaged as Music Director and Chief
Conductor and immediately enriched the orchestra repertoire by the
works of European and American musical literature. During last 25
years the MSSO regularly performed overseas including the USA, United
Kingdom, Japan, Spain, Austria, Italy, Germany, France, South Korea,
Australia, China and Switzerland.
The Moscow performance became Sergey Smbatyan’s second foreign
concert in 2015. Earlier, on January 14, Artistic Director and
Principal Conductor of the Youth Orchestra performed jointly with
the world-renowned Hollywood actor John Malkovich in Seoul leading
the Korean Chamber Orchestra.
CONFUSION : L’ARMENIE AFFIRME QUE L’AZERBAIDJAN A ABATTU SON PROPRE DRONE
ARMENIE
Les autorites du Haut-Karabagh ont nie les allegations de l’Azerbaïdjan
que ses forces auraient abattu un drone armenien le 29 Janvier.
Le ministère de la Defense du Haut-Karabagh a qualifie cette
affirmation de l’Azerbaïdjan de “fausse”.
Pendant ce temps, le porte-parole du ministère armenien de la Defense
Artsrun Hovhannisyan a suggere que les forces armees azerbaïdjanaises
aurait en fait abattu leur propre drone et ont tente de le presenter
comme un drone armenien.
REVUE DE PRESSE
Génocide arménien par la Turquie : les langues se délient en Israël….
Le président israélien a mentionné le génocide arménien, qu’Israël n’a
jamais reconnu officiellement, mercredi lors d’un discours devant
l’Assemblée générale de l’ONU à New York dans le cadre des
commémorations de la Journée internationale dédiée à la mémoire des
victimes de l’Holocauste.
lire la suite…
samedi 31 janvier 2015,
Stéphane (c)armenews.com