On June 12only 37 of 245 members of the Parliament of Sweden voted for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide. According to Vahagn Avetian, head of Armenica.org, the Parliaments of Sweden held very long debates on the issue the day before. The parliamentarians figured out 4 points against the recognition of the Genocide. In particular, […]

Resolution designating April 24th of each year a day of remembrance of the Armenian Genocide Sponsored by Albert Abkarian, Armenian American Republican Council WHEREAS, the Turkish Ottoman Empire massacred one and one half million innocent Armenian men, women, and children from 1915 to 1923; and WHEREAS, the Turkish massacre of Armenians was a crime against […]

Title: The Caucasus: Frozen Conflicts and Closed Borders Location: The House Foreign Affairs, Washington DC Description: The House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on the Caucasus on June 18, 2008 Start Time: 10:00 Date: 2008-06-19 The House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on the Caucasus on June 18, 2008.  Please contact […]

The allegation that the Ottoman Empire carried out a systematic and deliberate plan to annihilate the entire Armenian population is not supported by and contrary to historical evidence. Hence, the so-called “Armenian genocide” far from being an historical fact, is disputed by many scholars. In the 1870’s, Armenian nationalists began the process of fomenting revolution […]

First contact between Armenians and Turks date back to the early 1100s when nomadic Turkish tribes started showing up in numbers in Anatolia. These tribes begun their immigration from the harsh conditions of the steppes which today are north western China and still home to the Moslem Turkic Uygurs. Armenians at the time were mostly […]