Iranian Vice President Hamid Baghaei denied Sunday that he made comments regarding the 1915 killings of Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire.
“We are rejecting the news reports attributed to me in some media outlets,” Baghaei was quoted as saying by the Anatolia news agency.
His remarks came after Turkey demanded a high-level explanation from […]
Alarmed by reports that Iran’s vice president said the events of 1915 constituted a “genocide,” Turkey is seeking high-level explanation from Tehran.
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu spoke late Friday with his Iranian counterpart, Manouchehr Mottaki, who told him that Iran’s position was in line with Turkey’s stance on the issue. “I asked for an explanation from […]
Armenians could not demand compensations from Turkey regarding their properties during the Ottoman period, said the head of Turkish Historical Society.
Prof. Dr. Kemal Cicek, head of the Armenian Studies Desk at Turkish Historical Society, told the AA correspondent on Monday that Armenians could not demand compensation from Turkey as the issue ended after the payment […]
A U.S. appeals court in Massachusetts on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling that prevented the insertion of literature denying an alleged genocide against Armenians into a state school curriculum.
The Armenian Assembly of America said the ruling “marks a major defeat” for a 2005 lawsuit brought by the Assembly of Turkish American Associations, or ATAA.
A […]
Turkish music companies have begun to move to secure the copyrights to the works of legendary Armenian artist Rupen Hakverdian, whose songs have been popular across Europe. Conveying his love to Turkish intellectuals working for reconciliation between Turks and Armenians, Hakverdian says, ‘Stay away from nationalism; ignorance feeds nationalism’
Illustrating the cultural exchange that occurs despite […]