Amid controversy over a bill accepted last month in the French National Assembly that penalized denial of the “Armenian genocide,” a circle of academics have suggested that the Ottoman Empire’s acts against the Armenian community in Eastern Anatolia cannot be considered “genocide” due to a lack of intention on the part of the Ottoman Empire [...]
Turkish Customs and Trade Minister Hayati Yazici inaugurated Vortvots Vorodman Armenian Church Culture Center in Istanbul on Wednesday. The building was restored within the scope of projects of 2010 Istanbul European Capital of Culture.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called against “bellicose rhetoric” in rows with countries backing allegations of Armenian “genocide,” stressing that Turkey should debunk the claims with comprehensive research of historic facts. Erdoğan’s remarks appeared to be aimed at cooling down tensions with France after the Lower House of its Parliament adopted a bill criminalizing [...]
Turkish-Armenian dialogue is currently in a deadlock but there is still hope of reviving the Zurich protocols signed between the two countries, according to Swiss Confederation President Micheline Calmy-Rey, who mediated the talks. Micheline Calmy-Rey, the Swiss Confederation president who led the mediation between Turkey and Armenia two years ago, said protocols between the two [...]
Turkey’s warm welcome to Switzerland’s president following the French Parliament’s adoption of a bill outlawing the denial of Armenian genocide allegations has put Ankara in an awkward position as critics recalled that Switzerland too has a similar law. “Contrary to France, there is no rule in Switzerland that would recognize the specific situation as genocide,” [...]