Author: Nanijanian Alex

RUSSIAN, ARMENIAN CRACK POLICE PRACTICE COUNTER-RIOTING MEASURES
By Svetlana Alikina

ITAR-TASS News Agency
TASS
October 10, 2005 Monday 8:54 AM Eastern Time

Russian and Armenian crack police have practiced measures against
massive unrest at a proving ground near Krasnodar.

It was the first-ever such joint exercise, with about 1,500 officers
and men involved. Armored vehicles, police helicopters and various
types of firearms were used.

Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev spoke highly of the degree
of cooperation by Russian and Armenian police.

“We are quite happy with the performance of Russian and Armenian
law enforcers. Their crack units are well prepared for coping with
various tasks,” Nurgaliyev said.

An international anti-terrorist exercise of several crack police
units from CIS member-countries will be held in Dushanbe in the spring
of 2006.

Noyan Tapan News Agency
Oct 7 2005

PRESENTATION OF PERSIAN POET AND TRANSLATOR AHMAD NURIZADE’S THREE
BOOKS IN YEREVAN

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. “Ahmad Nurizade is
the only foreign poet writing in Armenian who in his fatherland,
Iran, holds propaganda of the Armenian culture and literature,” Levon
Ananian, the Chairman of the Writers’ Union of Armenia mentioned at
the October 6 presentation of three books, “100 Years Armenian
Poetry,” “Hail, Armenians” and “Night of Solitude and Dreams” by
Ahmad Nurizade, a Persian poet and translator. Nurizade’s poems
written in Armenian language are presented in the last two books.

L.Ananian mentioned that Nurizade’s translations from Armenian into
Persian made dozens of volumes. According to him, pages of Iranian
press are also full of interviews with Nurizade, and the Armenian
culture, Armenian people and friendship of centuries between the two
countries is in the pivot of all publications.

“Armenians and Persians have almost the same traditions and attach
importance to keeping national traditions. Nurizade attempts to serve
Armenian national values to his people and by this he destroys those
borders that there are between the two countries,” L.Ananian
mentioned. He also informed that the third volume of the Persian
poet’s poems written in Armenian will be published soon.

According to Reza Atufi, the Consulor on Culture of the IRI Embassy
to the RA, Armenian and Iranian cutures have come from old centuries,
and even somehow influnced on other civilizations of the world.
R.Atufi finds that though friendship between the two countries has a
history of milleniums, however, circles of Armenian-Iranian
cooperation must be widened even more.

PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr. Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
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HIS HOLINESS MEETS WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA

His Holiness Aram I held a long meeting with the Prime Minister of Canada
Paul Martin in Ottawa on October 4.

Archbishop Khajag Hagopian (Prelate of Canada), Hagop Der Khatchadourian (a
member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation’s “ARF” Bureau), Dr. Vahram
Ehramdjian (a representative of the Central Committee of ARF Canada), Apkar
Mirakian (a representative of the Armenian National Committee of Canada “Hay
Tad”) and Krikor Koyoumdjian (a representative of the community’s National
Assembly) also attended the meeting.

His Holiness Aram I expressed the gratitude of the Armenian community and
organizations of Canada for the friendliness demonstrated by the Canadian
people and government towards them. He emphasized that the Armenian
community of Canada fully participates in the progress of the country in
various fields.

The Catholicos spoke about Lebanon as a country of coexistence between
various communities. He talked about the Armenian community of Lebanon and
the role played by the Catholicosate of Cilicia.

His Holiness expressed satisfaction at the development of diplomatic
relations between Canada and Armenia, expressing hope that they are quickly
converted into cooperation based on common values and interests.

The Pontiff also spoke about the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the
Canadian Parliament last year, considering it a tangible expression of
Canada’s stance on defending justice and human rights.

Aram I finally talked about the dialogue of religions and cultures in the
current world, considering Canada a country of communities and religions.

PM Martin praised the Armenian community of Canada, highlighting their
contribution to various fields in the Canadian society.

The PM expressed hope that relations and cooperation between Armenia and
Canada would develop with time. The Canadian official thanked His Holiness
Aram I for his praise regarding Canada’s recognition of the Armenian
Genocide.

Martin asked His Holiness’ views on the political situation of the Middle
East and Lebanon in particular. The latter spoke in detail about the current
political situation in Lebanon and the region, expressing hope that Canada
plays a more active role in the Middle East and Lebanon.

His Holiness presented the Canadian PM with the book about the treasures of
the Catholicosate of Cilicia, rescued from the Armenian Genocide.

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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the dioceses of
the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of the
Catholicosate, The Cilician Catholicosate, the
administrative center of the church is located in Antelias, Lebanon.

HEALTH OFFICIAL DENIES CHOLERA CASES COMING FROM IRAN

Armenpress
Oct 5, 2005

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 5, ARMENPRESS: Armenian health authorities denied
rumors that cholera cases might have penetrated from neighboring
Iran. Lilit Avetisian, a department head, said several people were
suspected to have cholera but thorough examinations did not prove it.

She said the disease had been reported in Iran in mid-August but Iran’s
health officials moved to swiftly implement preventive measures to
take it under control. Avetisian said in the wake of reports from
Iran the health ministry deployed teams of doctors at border check
with Iran and Zvartnots airport to examine all passengers and food
arriving from Iran.

1,600 YEARS FOR 38 LETTERS
By Naush Boghossian, Staff Writer

Los Angeles Daily News, CA
Oct 5 2005

Language key to Armenian life

When Nicole Oganesian realized that her high-school Spanish kicked
in while she was trying to communicate with her great-grandmother –
but not the language of her ancestors – she knew it was time she
learned Armenian.

She saw her opportunity at the University of California, Los Angeles.

After five quarters, she was able to communicate in the language she
hadn’t learned growing up in an Armenian home.

“I felt a frustration – not being able to communicate with family
and grandparents,” said Oganesian, 26, a law student from Chino Hills.

“There was no reason for me not to know how. I almost felt a duty
to learn it. It just makes me feel like I can better interact, and
I felt like it just made me more in tune with the culture.”

Some 10 million Armenians worldwide this week are celebrating the
1,600th anniversary of their alphabet – which, along with their
Christian religion, serves as a key link to preserving their cultural
identity.

Armenians have long believed that their alphabet was destined for them
and came from a higher source, even ascribing its origin to mysticism.

Mesrop Mashtots, a cleric of the Armenian royal court, is said to have
dreamed the 38 letters in 405 A.D., writing them down when he awoke.

Mashtots, who was interested in translating the Bible into his native
tongue, is something of an icon for Armenians, with statues of him
erected throughout the homeland. Most Armenians-Americans today have
a poster or painting of the alphabet in their homes.

More than anything, Armenians believe that their language is the basis
of maintaining the culture – one that has been threatened over the
years by a genocide of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire
in 1915 and by life in the Diaspora.

In an effort to keep their language, values and customs alive in
America, Armenians over the past 40 years have built about 20 schools
in the Los Angeles area that serve more than 3,000 students.

Greg Tufenkian and his sister – who grew up in a household with an
Armenian-speaking mother and an Armenian-American father who spoke
only English – attended Armenian school and now send their children
to Armenian school in an effort to preserve the language.

“I think we’re so lucky to have a language and an alphabet as a people,
since there are so many people whose languages aren’t even spoken
anymore,” said Tufenkian, a Glendale resident who sells commercial
real estate.

“It seems through history we’ve always been an underdog; yet we’ve
always been able to regroup, refocus, survive and go forward. So
preserving our language for the next generations is the least we can
do to preserve our culture.”

High-profile attorney Mark Geragos said he speaks enough Armenian to
ask for more water, say thank you and ask how are you. But he talks
to his two children about the Armenian Genocide and sends them to
Armenian events, summer camps and church – to keep the culture alive
in future generations.

“The rule of thumb is that identification with your culture dies out
in three generations, and I’m determined not to let that happen.”

Armenian-Americans have been criticized as insular and ethnocentric,
but determination to keep the language alive is a byproduct of
historical tragedy, said Ed Finegan, professor of linguistics and
law at the University of Southern California.

“Because of our history – when you experience a calamity like a
genocide or holocaust – you are so insecure and so paranoid that you
are constantly fighting a war of preservation,” said Vahe Berberian,
an Armenian writer, performer and artist.

Stepan Partamian, the popular host of a controversial Armenian
public-access program, argues that there’s not much to celebrate
when, like Americanized Spanish or Spanglish, what’s being created
in America is “Armenglish.”

“Why should we celebrate 1,600 years of the Armenian alphabet when
we don’t utilize it today?” he said. “Learning it will one day become
more of a novelty than a necessity.”

But language in fact must change and adapt in order to survive,
Finegan said.

“In order for a language to remain vital, it has to grow and adapt,
so borrowing English or words from other languages doesn’t affect
the heart of the language,” Finegan said.

Despite the effort to preserve the language, some Armenians are
resigned to the probability that it will one day die in America. They
point out that once-vibrant Armenian communities have evaporated in
India, Rome and Singapore.

There are two ways a language can die, Finegan said: Its people are
eliminated, or the speakers give it up for another language. But the
language can survive by being used for functions more immediate to
the culture – as at home, church or heritage events.

“The more it can be preserved there, the more likely it will be to
survive,” Finegan said.

Oganesian would definitely want her children to learn Armenian.

“I think it’s a connection to their heritage,” she said. “It’s always
a good idea to know how to speak more languages, and any way you can
give yourself more avenues by which to express yourself, the better
off you are.”

Naush Boghossian, (818) 713-3722

L’Humanité, France
30 septembre 2005

La Turquie sur la touche?

Blocage contre le lancement du processus d’adhésion d’Ankara *
Congrès travailliste surréaliste * Toute l’Allemagne regarde Dresde

par Hassane Zerrouky

Adhésion. Les négociations entre la Turquie et l’UE, qui débutent le
3 octobre, sont compromises par l’Autriche, qui place sur un même
plan Ankara et Zagreb – la Croatie s’étant fait recaler par Bruxelles
pour avoir refusé de livrer un criminel de guerre à La Haye.

L’adhésion de la Turquie à l’UE ressemble à s’y méprendre à une
course d’obstacles. En décidant, hier, de bloquer l’adoption du
mandat de négociation pour les pourparlers d’adhésion avec la
Turquie, l’Autriche fait peser un doute sur l’ouverture des
négociations qui doivent débuter lundi 3 octobre. Vienne entend que
ce mandat formule explicitement une alternative à l’adhésion sous
forme d’un partenariat privilégié, alors qu’elle sait par avance
qu’une telle proposition est inacceptable par Ankara : Abdullah Gül,
le chef de la diplomatie turque, a déjà averti qu’au cas où tout
autre objectif figurerait dans le mandat, il ne ferait pas le
déplacement à Bruxelles.
En fait, le bras de fer autrichien s’inscrit dans un étrange chantage
aux relents ethnico-religieux les moins affriolants puisqu’il s’agit
de contraindre les autres membres de l’UE à mettre sur un même plan
l’ouverture des négociations
avec la Turquie (« musulmane ») et avec la Croatie (« chrétienne »).
« Si nous faisons confiance à la Turquie pour faire plus de progrès,
nous devrions aussi faire confiance à la Croatie […] et ne pas
laisser éternellement ce pays dans la salle d’attente », a estimé le
chancelier autrichien Wolfgang Schüssel, par ailleurs toujours allié
au pouvoir avec le parti d’extrême droite de Jörg Haider – dans
l’indifférence désormais générale des autres capitales européennes.
Il se trouve que les négociations d’adhésions avec Zagreb ont été
reportées par l’UE en raison du refus des autorités croates de
coopérer dans la capture du général Ante Gotovina, inculpé de crimes
de guerre dans le conflit qui a ravagé l’ex-Yougoslavie au début des
années quatre-vingt-dix. Sur ce sujet, la procureure générale du
Tribunal pénal international pour la Yougoslavie (TPIY), Carla Del
Ponte, qui se trouve à Zagreb depuis jeudi, doit faire un rapport aux
Vingt-Cinq sur les mesures prises par la Croatie pour retrouver
l’ancien général Ante Gotovina.
Au blocage de dernière minute de l’Autriche s’ajoute la décision
prise par les ministres des Affaires étrangères européens, le 21
septembre, faisant de la reconnaissance de Chy- pre par la Turquie un
« élément nécessaire » à son entrée dans l’UE. Le 29 juillet, en
signant le protocole étendant l’accord d’union douanière aux nouveaux
États membre de l’UE, Ankara avait cru bon y ajouter en annexe une
déclaration stipulant que son geste ne signifiait pas une
reconnaissance de Chypre. Cette position avait soulevé la colère de
Nicosie, qui avait menacé d’user de son droit de veto à l’ouverture
des négociations d’adhésion. Pour l’heure, faute d’accord sur le
document-cadre fixant les principes directeurs des négociations
d’adhésion, les ministres des Affaires étrangères des Vingt-Cinq sont
convenus de se
retrouver dimanche soir dans la capitale luxembourgeoise pour tenter
de trouver une solution. Auparavant, le Parlement européen a adopté
une résolution demandant à Ankara, comme préalable à l’accession, non
seulement la reconnaissance de Chypre mais aussi celle du « génocide
arménien », après avoir refusé de se prononcer sur l’extension du
protocole étendant l’accord d’union douanière aux nouveaux États
membres. Même si la position adoptée par le Parlement sur ces deux
points n’a aucune valeur contraignante, elle est indicative de l’état
d’esprit qui prévaut parmi les eurodéputés sur l’éventuelle adhésion
de la Turquie.
S’estimant dans son bon droit, la Turquie fait savoir que les
préalables à l’ouverture des négociations d’adhésion remettent en
question les décisions du Conseil européen de Bruxelles en décembre
2004, que le chancelier autrichien avait acceptées. Ce Conseil, qui
avait fixé la date du 3 octobre, n’avait pas posé la reconnaissance
de Chypre comme préalable à l’ouverture des pourparlers d’adhésion.
Ankara fait observer également que cette question ne figure pas dans
les critères d’adhésion fixés par le Conseil européen de Copenhague
de juin 1993.
Loin des instrumentalisations aux relents racistes, le seul critère
de fond dans ce débat autour de l’adhésion de la Turquie devrait
être, comme l’a fait observer hier Francis Wurtz au nom du groupe
GUE-GVN, celui des « conditions réunies pour engager, comme prévu,
les négociations avec ce pays le 3 octobre », à savoir «
l’application effective de standards démocratiques comme du respect
des droits civiques et des droits humains » en ce qui concerne les
Kurdes, la question arménienne et la reconnaissance de Chypre. Si
d’indéniables progrès ont été réalisés sur la question des droits de
l’homme, Ankara en a encore à faire sur le problème kurde, les
autorités turques cultivant toujours l’ambiguïté autour d’une «
solution militaire ».
Ce qui apparaît certain dans ce bras de fer euro-turc, c’est que
l’armée, ex-colonne vertébrale du pouvoir, et les nationalistes, qui
font montre de peu d’enthousiasme à l’idée d’une adhésion de la
Turquie à l’UE, seront les premiers à tirer leur épingle du jeu en
cas d’échec des pourparlers avec Bruxelles. En effet, la mise en
oeuvre de l’adhésion à l’UE ne pouvait que se traduire assez
rapidement par l’accélération d’un processus observé ces derniers
mois, qui tend à réduire le rôle de l’armée dans la vie publique.

Institute of War and Peace Reporting (IWPR)
Sept 30 2005

ARMENIA: HOMEOWNERS PROTEST DEMOLITION PLAN

An urban renewal scheme for the capital has drawn the ire of some
residents.

By Gegham Vardanian in Yerevan

In the centre of the Armenian capital Yerevan they are manning the
barricades.

Huge piles of stones, wooden beams and pieces of metal block off both
ends of Pavstos Byuzand Street, 100 metres from the city’s main
Republic Square.

They were built one month ago by 14 families, 60-70 people in all,
trying to thwart government plans to raze their homes in order to
build a new, fashionable boulevard in downtown Yerevan – part of an
urban renewal scheme for the capital.

Police quickly moved in and cleared the first barricades, but they
soon went up again, and since then there has been a stand-off. The
protesters keep watch 24 hours a day – looking out for the tractors
and dumper trucks which they fear may come any time now to demolish
their homes.

Of the roughly 100 one-story houses that make up the street, 80 have
already been destroyed. Their owners received compensation and moved
to other sections of the city.

Those who refuse to vacate face serious consequences. They’ve already
had the compensation amount offered reduced by one third. Meanwhile,
the Yerevan mayor’s office, which is spearheading the urban renewal
campaign, has taken the case to the district court in the hope of
forcibly evicting those who refuse to depart peacefully.

But for the families of Pavstos Byuzand Street, the sum being offered
is far from adequate.

`Apartments in the centre of Yerevan are going for 1,100-1,300 US
dollars per square metre,’ said Byuzand resident Zorik Vardanian.
`They are offering me 48,000 dollars for my 80 square metre
apartment, so my place is worth 600 dollars per square metre to
them.’

`But it’s not about the money,’ added Vardanian. `In general I don’t
believe that our eviction is legal.’

Anzheta Muradian agrees and says that the amount proposed is not
enough to move her 12 family members to the outskirts of Yerevan.

“They think of us as rats,’ said Muradian who wants to receive the
market value for her home. `They don’t want to give us apartments in
the buildings that are being built. We won’t leave until we receive
compensation, even if they destroy our homes.’

In order to make it uninhabitable, Anna has already seen half of her
house destroyed, according to a court order. `I was in the first
floor and did not want to leave the house. Then court officials came
and dragged me out of the house, beating me in order to continue
their black deed,” said Anzheta, displaying the bruises on her arms
and legs.

The protesters and their supporters say the case is just another
example of how the government and judicial system run roughshod over
their rights.

For government officials, however, the residents of Pavstos Byuzand
Street are merely holding up a long-planned project that will benefit
all of Yerevan in order to line their own pockets.

`They register a huge number of relatives in their miserable little
apartments,’ said Karen Davtian, who runs Yerevan’s office of
construction investments, the main body dealing with the project.
Each registered person in a property receives compensation.

`They knew already a few years back that their houses would be torn
down, so they did everything to receive more compensation and to get
new apartments,’ Davtian told IWPR. `We can’t pay them what they
want.’

The urban renewal project – directed by the state, but funded by
private companies – began in 2001 with the construction of another
major thoroughfare, Northern Avenue. Wreckers destroyed some 400
houses covering 70,000 square metres.

Some residents at the time were not satisfied with the compensation
they received. But they did not erect barricades. Instead they
created a public defence organisation, Victims of the Needs of the
State, which is now assisting the Pavstos Byuzand Street protesters.

Zhora Khachatryan, chief legal adviser to Armenia’s human rights
ombudsman, said the urban renewal programme should have been designed
so it did not infringe on people’s rights.

The ombudsman’s office, which has received more than 200 complaints
from residents, has responded to the protests by issuing a special
report on property rights, agreeing that some homeowners who have
been moved did not receive sufficient compensation.

It also believes the government’s actions are in violation of the
constitution and claims that the courts are not protecting the
population, since all judicial decisions have come down on the side
of the government.

Not surprisingly, government officials disagree, saying that the
project is essential and should therefore be given high priority.

“The refurbishment of the centre of Yerevan is a pressing task and,
if the government does not have sufficient resources, it should be
resolved with the help of private investors,” Yerevan Mayor Yervand
Zakharyan told a news conference.

Others, however, say that rebuilding downtown Yerevan does not
constitute a special case.

“A case is exceptional if, God save us, a war starts or a terrorist
attack is carried out,’ said Vahe Grigoryan, a lawyer for one of the
protesters. `Why are they rebuilding the centre of Yerevan where
land is most expensive?’

`Let them think about improving remote villages. This is no
exception. This is being done only to satisfy the government’s
financial needs.”

The protesters, however, have lost all legal challenges to their
eviction, with the courts agreeing with the government and citing
`state need’ for their properties as a legitimate reason to evict
them. Their last hope is the Yerevan Court of Appeal, which is also
scheduled to hear their challenge.

Despite the setbacks, the residents’ faith in the system has not
disappeared completely. On the walls of many of the houses on Byazand
Street hang photos of Armenian President Robert Kocharian and copies
of Article 28 of the Armenian constitution, which describes citizens’
property rights.

Yerevan’s mayor has ordered a final round of consultations with the
residents before the next stage of demolition on Byuzand Street
begins. Neither side places much confidence in resolving the issue,
however.

“We can offer them 10 per cent more, but not 70-80 per cent, as they
are demanding,” said Karen Davtyan of the construction committee.

Vahe Grigorian believes that the government is making a grave mistake
by alienating the residents of Pavstos Byuzand Street. `You should
understand that a beautiful building can be constructed in two years
but, when people’s trust in the rule of law is lost, many more years
will be necessary to restore it,’ he said.

Gegham Vardanian works for the Yerevan office of Internews.

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NATIONALIST REFORMERS MAKE OFFERS

The party `One Nation’ and the Armenian Nationalist Union have decided to
take the legislative initiative and offer the Parliament to deprive the
deputies who have been inadequately absent from the Parliament for a month
of their mandate.

Mentioning the fact that in that case the opposition who has announced
political boycott will be deprived of the mandates first, the leader of the
party «One Nation» Gor Tamrazyan said that in any case they are against the
behavior of the opposition as they have received their mandate to represent
the interest of the people in the Parliament and to process and adopt laws.
As for the boycott, they simply hinder the work of the other fractions and
the legislative body is not able to do its work properly.

The head of the Armenian Nationalist Union Rouben Gevorgyan finds that the
opposition must continue the struggle from the Parliament although he
realizes that the struggle of the opposition is in vain as the «majority is
always right.

The other offer referred to the educational field; the nationalists consider
that the schools must have a general uniform. The also offered to teach the
«Theory of Nzhdeh» at school.

The spiritual field was not neglected either; an offer was made to give a
super status to the Church. By the way. On October 16 the party «One Nation»
is going to organize an anti-sect march and calls all the church workers to
join it.

And the last offer is about the enhancing of the security of borders. Rouben
Gevorgyan announced that the Parliament must think about the security of the
borders of the country and make the conditions favorable for organizing
business in the areas near the border.

By the way, the NA President Arthur Baghdasaryan liked the idea of the
Nationalists to offer legislative reforms and he said they must be
represented to the NA in a written form. They wiil meet soon.

EU-TURKEY: ANOTHER SLIGHT FOR ANKARA

AKI, Italy
Sept 28 2005

Strasbourg, 28 Sept. (AKI) – The European Union’s parliament has
approved a resolution in which it supports the start of membership
talks with Turkey but lays down a series of provisos. The parliament
says recognition as genocide of the killing of more than a million
Armenians in 1915 was “a prerequisite for accession”. Euro-MPs also
postponed a vote on extending Turkey’s customs agreement to the
ten newest member states, because of Ankara’s refusal to recognise
Cyprus. The parliament’s decisions do not affect the start of
entry talks on 3 October but are seen as a further sign of European
reluctance towards Turkey’s bid.

The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, described the
postponement of an important vote on the trade agreement as ‘an
own goal’.

The decision was motivated by Turkey’s recent declaration that
signing the protocol of the Ankara Agreement did not mean any form of
recognition of Cyprus, which became an EU member last May. Euro MPs
wanted assurances that this declaration would not be part of Turkey’s
parliamentary ratification of the protocol. Turkey also refuses to
admit naval vessels and airplanes from Cyprus.

Armenia and Armenians abroad accuse Turkey’s Ottoman rulers of carrying
out genocide when 1.5 million of their people died in 1915.

Turkey denies there was any systematic killing, saying the death toll
was much lower and that the deaths occurred during a civil war. Last
week a Turkish court cancelled a historians conference which was due
to have discussed the highly taboo subject.

More negotiations are scheduled for Thursday to resolve outstanding
issues in the framework for Turkey’s entry negotiations which
officially kick of on 3 October.

Austria has been seeking to push a “privileged partnership”, also
seen positively by the German centre-right leader Angela Merkel,
while Ankara insists nothing short of full membership will do.

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09.26.2005 Monday – ISTANBUL 23:02

Renowned Photographers Gather in Ankara
By Cihan News Agency
Published: Monday, September 26, 2005
zaman.com

Two important panels on photography will be held among the 40 th Anniversary
activities at the Ankara University Communication Faculty.

“Orientalism and Photography: the West films the East,” to be held October
17, will be attended by Nikos Economopoulos and Alex Webb from the Magnum
Agency, Reza Deghati from National Geographic and Ara Guler from Turkey.

The panel will discuss how contemporary Western photographers look at the
image of the East and the manners of Eastern photographers in representing their
own image.

The second panel, “What is Ara searching for?” will be held at 2:00 p.m., on
October 18 at Ankara University Communication Faculty Art House.

The panel will handle the social processes reflected by the Turkish
photography’s illustrious figure, Arfa Guler’s work of 55 years.

Architect Ragip Buluc will chair the panel and Ara Guler, Enis Batur and
Samih Rifat will attend.

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