Turkish Forum

Month: October 2008

  • Armenian Genocide Film Takes Top Awards at Moondance Film Festival

    Armenian Genocide Film Takes Top Awards at Moondance Film Festival

    LOS ANGELES-The ANC-WR announced today that the Genocide documentary titled “A Road Less Traveled” (The Handjian Story) won the Best Feature Documentary as well as best Film Score awards at the internationally renowned Moondance Film Festival on May 18. The film which documents the eyewitness accounts of two Armenian Genocide survivors Kourken Handjian of Erzinga, and Malvine (Papazian) Handjian of Izmir, was selected the winner-among 5 finalists in the Feature Documentary category. It also won in the film score category amongst eight final competitors. The film’s producer Denise Gentilini was on hand, with her special guest Malvine Handjian who is featured in the film, to accept the awards at the Boulder Colorado Awards Gala.
    Gentilini stated that while she is thankful to be honored for her talents she, nevertheless, believes that the wound of the Armenian Genocide still continues today by Turkey’s ongoing campaign to deny that it ever happened-and is hopeful that films such as this will continue to educate people about the truth, and the need to act firmly to prevent and punish those who commit such great crimes against humanity.ANC-WR Board member Steven Dadaian hailed the awards as “a validation, not only of the fine fimmaking and musical talents of Denise Gentilini, but as yet another example as to how Genocide affirmation is not just fought in the halls of Congress but also in the realm of American culture and public consciousness. The film joins the works of Peter Balakian, Samantha Power, Carol Edgarian, J. Michael Hagopian, and Atom Egoyan in educating the public about the evil of genocide in general and the particular pain felt by Armenians. I am hopeful that the film will find its way onto PBS and other broadcast outlets nationwide”

    About 2,500 screenwriters, film directors and producers from around the world participated in the festival. The festival, voted the third most important film festival in the world after Cannes and Sundance in the Filmmakers Alliance online poll of over 150,000 international film industry professionals, has garnered the attention of film studios and producers from Los Angeles and New York including Jodie Foster and Francis Ford Coppola.

  • Bildung und Integration in Deutschland: Status Quo und Perspektiven

    Bildung und Integration in Deutschland: Status Quo und Perspektiven

    Bildung und Integration in Deutschland: Status Quo und Perspektiven«

    9:15 Uhr REGISTRIERUNG

    10:00 Uhr BEGRÜSSUNG
    Juergen Boos Geschäftsführer, Frankfurter Buchmesse, Frankfurt a.M.
    Dr. Mark Schiffhauer Mitglied der Geschäftsführung, Maleki Group, Frankfurt a.M.

    10:15 Uhr FORUM A: BILDUNG UND INTEGRATION IN DEUTSCHLAND: STATUS QUO UND PERSPEKTIVEN

    Dr. Lale Akgün, MdB Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages, Berlin

    Bekir Albogga Islamwissenschaftler und Referatsleiter für interreligiöse und interkulturelle Zusammenarbeit, »Türkisch-Islamische Union der Anstalt
    für Religion« (DITIB), Köln

    Seyran Ates¸ Autorin und Anwältin, Deutschland

    Prof. Dr. Ursula Boos-Nünning Professorin für Migrationspädagogik, Fachbereich Bildungswissenschaften,
    Universität Duisburg-Essen

    Dr. Necla Kelek Soziologin und Frauenrechtlerin, Deutschland

    Kenan Kolat Bundesvorsitzender, Türkische Gemeinde Deutschland, Berlin

    Moderator
    Martin Spiewak Journalist, DIE ZEIT, Hamburg

  • Carl Bildt on the terrorist attack in Turkey

    Carl Bildt on the terrorist attack in Turkey

    “Fifteen soldiers have been killed in an attack carried out by the terror organisation PKK in south-eastern Turkey. It is absolutely clear that we must strongly condemn attacks of this type.

    “The democratic reform process in Turkey is now gradually creating better conditions, also for those regions of the country that are dominated by Kurdish population groups, and it is these positive developments that the PKK wants to curb by means of terror.”

    Carl Bildt on the terrorist attack in Turkey.

  • “A Road Less Traveled” (The Handjian Story)

    “A Road Less Traveled” (The Handjian Story)

    Armenian Genocide Film Takes Top Awards at Moondance Film Festival
    LOS ANGELES—The ANC-WR announced today that the Genocide documentary titled “A Road Less Traveled” (The Handjian Story) won the Best Feature Documentary as well as best Film Score awards at the internationally renowned Moondance Film Festival on May 18. The film which documents the eyewitness accounts of two Armenian Genocide survivors Kourken Handjian of Erzinga, and Malvine (Papazian) Handjian of Izmir, was selected the winner—among 5 finalists in the Feature Documentary category. It also won in the film score category amongst eight final competitors. The film’s producer Denise Gentilini was on hand, with her special guest Malvine Handjian who is featured in the film, to accept the awards at the Boulder Colorado Awards Gala.

    Gentilini stated that while she is thankful to be honored for her talents she, nevertheless, believes that the wound of the Armenian Genocide still continues today by Turkey’s ongoing campaign to deny that it ever happened—and is hopeful that films such as this will continue to educate people about the truth, and the need to act firmly to prevent and punish those who commit such great crimes against humanity.

    ANC-WR Board member Steven Dadaian hailed the awards as “a validation, not only of the fine fimmaking and musical talents of Denise Gentilini, but as yet another example as to how Genocide affirmation is not just fought in the halls of Congress but also in the realm of American culture and public consciousness. The film joins the works of Peter Balakian, Samantha Power, Carol Edgarian, J. Michael Hagopian, and Atom Egoyan in educating the public about the evil of genocide in general and the particular pain felt by Armenians. I am hopeful that the film will find its way onto PBS and other broadcast outlets nationwide”

    About 2,500 screenwriters, film directors and producers from around the world participated in the festival. The festival, voted the third most important film festival in the world after Cannes and Sundance in the Filmmakers Alliance online poll of over 150,000 international film industry professionals, has garnered the attention of film studios and producers from Los Angeles and New York including Jodie Foster and Francis Ford Coppola.

  • PKK assault draws condemnation from European Union and NATO

    PKK assault draws condemnation from European Union and NATO

         
    Monday, 06 October 2008

    A bloody attack perpetrated by the separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Friday against a military outpost in southeastern Turkey has drawn harsh reactions from the EU and NATO.The French presidency of the Council of the European Union on Saturday condemned the attack staged by PKK terrorists against a military outpost, Aktütün, in the Şemdinli district in the eastern province of Hakkari that killed 15 soldiers and wounded 21 others. A press release issued by the presidency said the EU was in complete solidarity with Turkish officials and offered condolences to the families and relatives of the slain soldiers. “The EU expresses its entire solidarity with the Turkish authorities and presents its condolences to the families and relatives of the victims. …

    The EU is resolutely at the side of Turkey in its fight against the PKK, an organization on the European list of terrorist groups and entities,” the statement read. EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana also condemned the attack and said he shared Turkey’s grief. “I condemn in the strongest possible terms the attack against Turkish troops in the Southeast of Turkey in which at least 15 Turkish soldiers were killed. I convey my sincere condolences to the families of the victims and wish to express my sympathy and solidarity to the Turkish authorities,” he said.

    NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer also issued a press release condemning the attack and said NATO allies were in strong solidarity with Turkey in its fight against terrorism.
  • DEMOCRATS HAVE NEW STRATEGI – Windfall Tax on Retirement Income

    DEMOCRATS HAVE NEW STRATEGI – Windfall Tax on Retirement Income

    Selahattin Dogan <[email protected]>

    DEMOCRATS HAVE NEW STRATEGI

    Something to think about when you vote.
     

    Windfall Tax on Retirement Income
     

     Adding a tax to your retirement is simply another way of saying to the American people, you’re so darn stupid that we’re going to keep doing this until we drain every cent from you. That’s what the Speaker of the House is saying. Read below……………

     Nancy Pelosi wants a Windfall Tax on Retirement Income.  In other words tax what you have made by investing toward your retirement. This woman is a nut case! You aren’t going to believe this.

     Madam speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to put a Windfall Tax on all stock market profi ts (including Retirement fund, 401K and Mutual Funds! Alas , it is true – all to help the 12 Million Illegal Immigrants and other unemployed Minorities!

     T his w o man is frightening.
     She quotes…’ We need to work toward the goal of equalizing income, (didn’t Marx say something like this), in our country and at the same time limiting the amount the rich can invest.’  ( I am not rich, are you)

    When asked how these new tax dollars would be spent, she replied:
    ‘We need to raise the standard of living of our poor, unemployed and minorities. For example, we have an estimated  12 million illegal immigrants in our country who need our help along with millions of unemployed minorities. Stock market windfall profits taxes could go a long way to guarantee these people the standard of living they would like to have as ‘Americans’.’  (Read that quote again and again and let it sink in. &a mp;nb sp; ‘Lower your retirement, give it to others who have not worked as you have for it’.  

    Send it on to your friends. I just did!! This lady is out of her mind and she is the speaker of the house!