Turkey’s Foreign Minister has blasted France for promulgating a “Middle Ages” mentality ahead of a French Parliament debate on a proposal to criminalize the denial of the “genocide” of Armenians, referring to events that took place in 1915. “If this proposal is legislated, France will pioneer the return of a Middle Ages mindset to Europe,” [...]
PM Erdoğan seeks an apology from Armenian President Sarkisian for his remarks on potentially reclaiming ‘Western Armenia’ from Turkey Recent remarks by the Armenian leader about “Western Armenia,” an area now in Turkey, were not suitable for a statesman and president, the Turkish prime minister said Wednesday, demanding an apology. “The statements of the Armenian [...]
The return of “historic territories in Western Armenia” now found in eastern Turkey “depend on younger generations,” Armenian President Serge Sarkisian has said, according to online Armenian news sources. “[Any return] all depends on you and your generation,” Sarkisian said Saturday in response to a question about the area during the Armenian Language Olympics. “I [...]
French Senate on Wednesday rejected a draft law penalizing the denial of Armenian allegations on the incidents of 1915. The Senate voted a motion 196-74 to reject the legislation before a debate and a voting at the general assembly. The proposal was included in the Senate agenda upon the initiative of senators from the Socialist [...]
Armenia’s National Archives will begin posting hundreds of thousands of documents online this month, yet some researches have cautioned against optimists who say the primary sources will shed light on the events of 1915. “Armenia was not a center of anything in 1915,” historian Ara Sarafyan, the director of the London-based Gomidas Institute, recently told [...]