A filmmaker makes a journey into her own family’s history to investigate the terrible truth behind her grandmother’s odd tattoos and, in the process, unveils the story of the Armenian women driven out of Ottoman Turkey during the First World War.
The film was screened prime-time on Al Jazeera from January 11 – 18th. (Thank you 517design for the link to the film in HD).
Posted in Armenia
Tagged History, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Turkey, Tattoo, Twentieth Century, Wars and Conflicts, World War I, World War II
‘Armenian Monument’ is a free iPhone App dedicated to the recognition of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 and vigilance on current ones around the world. Continue reading
A group of Turkish hackers who call themselves “Turkish group of 1923” have launched a campaign against the international recognition of Armenian Genocide. Continue reading
A prominent Armenian American writer visiting Armenia to attend a major international conference on genocide has presented his books published recently in the United States, some of which deal with the Ottoman-era massacres of Armenians.
Foreign Ministers Eduard Nalbandian of Armenia (L) and Ahmet Davutoglu of Turkey sign landmark agreements to normalize Turkish-Armenian relations in Zurich.
“Unfortunately Turkey has backtracked from the agreements. Not only has it refrained from ratifying the protocols, but Ankara has returned to the language of preconditions that it had used before the beginning of the process,” Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian has written in an op-ed published by the Wall Street Journal, adding: “One needs to prove one’s good intentions by deeds.”
Lake Van, the cradle of the Iron age Armenian empire, the Urartu (Van kingdom), has been a central part of the Armenian culture for thousands of years. The Ottoman-era Genocide of Armenians in 1915, however, cleansed the area of hundreds of thousands of ethnic Armenians, leaving orphan churches and broken khachars (cross-stones) behind.
Posted in Armenia, Diaspora, Region
Tagged Armenian, Armenian Apostolic Church, Armenian diaspora, Armenian Genocide, Lake Van, Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Turkish government, Urartu
