Filed under: 1915, Armenia, History, Turkey, World War I — Michael van der Galien, Editor-in-Chief on April 7, 2008 @ 2:01 pm CEST
At PoliGazette we like to offer readers a chance to actively participate in the debate. We do that by allowing you all to comment, but we also encourage you to send us guest posts, which we will then publish. If you’ve got something to say, and want to do so by writing an article for PoliGazette contact me at michaelATpoligazetteDOTcom. Today’s guest post is written by Turkish American reader Kemal. The title is “The Armenian Question Answered.” (more…)
Filed under: Armenia — Benjamin on March 31, 2008 @ 10:09 pm CEST
Armenia’s presidential election has finally passed after simmering for much of the month of March. For a synopsis of the events before and after the election, please refer to this article in the Diplomatic Courier, or read the following open to an article from the February 21st Economist.
ELECTIONS in former Soviet republics rarely yield surprises. (more…)
Filed under: Armenia, Europe, Turkey — Michael van der Galien, Editor-in-Chief on March 13, 2008 @ 12:02 pm CET
Bruce Fein wrote a great post for the Huffington Post (of all places) about ” the ongoing Armenian dispute with Turkey.” “The quarrel over World War I history in Anatolia — which many have difficulty even finding on a map — has been turned into a special interest issue by the Armenian lobby,” he writes, and American politicians seem all too willing to give in to Armenian pressure. (more…)
Filed under: Armenia, Europe, Turkey — Michael van der Galien, Editor-in-Chief on March 3, 2008 @ 7:00 pm CET
One of the most entertaining aspects of the Armenian question / genocide debate, is that Armenian propagandists often pretend that Turkey is one of the most horrible, authoritarian and brutal countries on earth. Why is this entertaining? Because it seems that these particular Armenians are confusing Turkey with… Armenia. (more…)
Filed under: 1915, Armenia, History, Turkey, World War I — Michael van der Galien, Editor-in-Chief on December 17, 2007 @ 7:02 pm CET
Harut Sassounian, publisher of The California Courier newspaper, is the President of the United Armenian Fund and wrote this article recently about Elie Wiesel. If you’re interested in reading about the so-called Armenian Genocide (from an Armenian perspective), I’d say head on over to the website to read it.
Let me, however, deal with some of the points made by Mr. Sassounian, who is obviously a bit prejudiced because he’s an Armenian himself, and an activist at that. (Warning, my post contains horrible images) (more…)
