Category: Ferruh Demirmen
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Holocaust Museum Championing Armenian Cause
By Ferruh Demirmen, Ph.D. Make no mistake about it: The U.S. Holocaust Museum is now unabashedly championing the Armenian cause and the Armenian lobby’s efforts […]
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Armenian “Settled History Syndrome”: An affliction that runs deep in the media
So, I was a “Genocide denier,” and Armenian “genocide” was a settled history, the arbiter presumably being the all-knowing International Association of Genocide Scholars. Case shut. Opinions and facts brought forward by others will not change anything … The response was the embodiment of a frozen mind. Frozen in time, frozen in space. Here was…
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Turkey’s PM Erdoğan Uses Unique, Unorthodox Way to Address Corruption Allegations
Out of this sordid affair, one thing that stands out inarguably, however, is the way that the PM Erdoğan has handled the situation. In a parliamentary democracy where the rule of law prevails, and public trust counts, the scandalous details that surfaced, while not yet proven in a court of law, would have been easily…
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Ergenekon: A dark chapter in Turkish history
Ferruh Demirmen The Ergenekon verdicts in Turkey announced on August 5 shook the Turkish judicial system and left an indelible mark on the conscience of […]
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Armenian ‘G’ claims: A matter of balance and due process
Hurriyet Daily News, April 28, 2012 FERRUH DEMİRMEN We have just passed April 24, when Armenians of various walks of life commemorate the anniversary of […]