The year 2015 has come to an end, and in both East and West the centenary of the genocide, often denied, has been commemorated.
And I recall an evening in the Turm (Tower) Theater in Cologne, Germany, in January 2013, when I, a German author, found myself among Armenians for the first time. Emotionally shaken by the play, “Anne‘s Silence” by the Turkish author Dogan Akhanli, I took part in the round table discussion after the performance, and heard Muriel Mirak-Weissbach say: “We have two years to 2015, a lot can still happen.” – And a lot has happened.
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Tag: Bochum, Germany, Armenian-German Friendship Garden, Azat Ordukhanyan, Heide Rieck

155 Bäume aus Jerewan symbolisieren den diesjährigen Armenischen Frühling in Bochum. Auf der Schmechtingwiese legt Oberbürgermeisterin Dr. Ottilie Scholz am 18. April um 11:30 Uhr den Grundstein für einen deutsch-armenischen Freundschaftsgarten, bereits eine Woche zuvor entstand parallel dazu in der armenischen Hauptstadt Jerewan ein ganz ähnlicher Garten. Beide Anlagen stehen unter der Schirmherrschaft von Bundestagspräsident Prof. Dr. Norbert Lammert.
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Tag: PRESSEERKLÄRUNG, Bochum, Jerewan, Dr. Ottilie Scholz

BRUSSELS (A.W.)—On March 3, the European People’s Party (EPP) adopted a resolution recognizing and condemning the Armenian Genocide. According to the press service of the European Friends of Armenia, the resolution calls on Turkey to recognize and condemn the genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire as a basis for the complete normalization and Europeanization of its relationship along with its international commitments and European aspirations.Read further...

Tag: European People’s Party (EPP)

In Gedenken an den armenischen Journalisten Hrant Dink (1956-2007) laden die Deutsch-Armenischen Gesellschaft, das Hrant Dink Forum Köln und das KulturForum TürkeiDeutschland auch in diesem Jahr zu einer interkulturellen Veranstaltung zur Stärkung des Dialogs und der Verständigung ein.Read further...

Tag: Hrant Dink, Deutsch-Armenischen Gesellschaft

Among the numerous initiatives launched to commemorate the centenary of the Armenian Genocide is a reading of Armenian literary works on a grand scale. Organized by two cultural institutions in Germany, the initiative will honor the memory of Armenian intellectuals rounded up and killed on April 24, 1915, by presenting public readings of their works and those of later writers. On November 20, at the Bundespressekonferenz in Berlin, Dr. Rolf Hosfeld, director of the Lepsiushaus, and Ulrich Schreiber of the International Literature Festival Berlin, presented the initiative to representatives of the international press. Read further...

Tag: Dr. Rolf Hosfeld, Lepsiushaus, Ulrich Schreiber , International Literature Festival Berlin, Worldwide Reading

German-Turkish director Fatih Akin's latest film,
'The Cut' raises furor in Turkey, draws threats from nationalists.

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Statement by Palestinian performing art organizations 17th July 2014
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In response to a December 2013 ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against Switzerland, a group of prominent genocide scholars has issued a letter to the Court. The ECHR had ruled in favor of those denying the fact that the Ottoman massacres of the Armenians in 1915 constituted genocide. The scholars write that the decision was political, not legal, and based on faulty information. Read further...

Tag: ECHR, European Court of Human Rights, CONCERNED GENOCIDE SCHOLARS, Union of Armenian Associations in Sweden

 Die neue Außenpolitik der Türkei unter der AKP-Regierung (All-Prints Distributors & Publishers, Beirut) ist am 18 Dezember bei der Beiruter Internationalen Buchmesse in der libanesischen Hauptstadt vorgestellt worden. Nachdem Sarkis Abu Zaid und Saad Mehio das Buch in arabischer Sprache präsentiert haben, antworteten die beiden Autoren Muriel Mirak-Weißbach und Dr. Jamal Wakim auf Fragen des Publikums. Rezensionen sind in mehreren arabischen Zeitungen erschienen.

 Turkey’s New Foreign Policy under the AKP (All-Prints Distributors & Publishers, Beirut) was presented on December 18 at the Beirut International Book Fair in the Lebanese capital. Following introductions to the book (in Arabic) by Sarkis Abu Zaid and Saad Mehio, the two authors, Muriel Mirak-Weissbach and Dr. Jamal Wakim engaged in discussion with the audience. Reviews appeared in several Arabic newspapers.Read further...

Tag: Beirut International Book Fair, All-Prints Distributors & Publishers, Beirut, AKP, Turkish Foreign Policy, Außenpolitik der Türkei , Muriel Mirak-Weissbach, Dr. Jamal Wakim

In addition to personal memoirs of “hidden Armenians” several photographic collections documenting the history of the Armenians in Turkey and their fate in World War I are contributing to the expanding debate among civil society of the subject...Read further...

Tag: Osman Köker, Armen Marsoobian , Orlando Carlo Calumeno, Marsoobian Familie

 The well-known genocide researcher Prof. Taner Akçam from Clark Univeristy (Worcester, Massachusetts) was on a lecture tour in Germany from November 26-29. He spoke at the Free University Berlin (26.11), the Potsdam University (27.11) and the Lepsiushaus-Potsdam (28.11) on the genocide aginst the Armenians. On 29.11 Prof. Akçam was joined by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach for a workshop with two classes of high school students from Potsdam and Berlin.


 Der bekannte Genozidforscher Prof. Taner Akçam von der Clark University (Worcester, Massachusetts) war vom 26. bis 29. November zu Gast in Deutschland. Er hielt Vorträge an der Freien Universität Berlin (26.11.), der Universität Potsdam (27.11.) und dem Lepsiushaus-Potsdam (28.11.) über den Völkermord an den Armeniern. Am 29.11. leitete Akçam zusammen mit Muriel Mirak-Weißbach einen Workshop für zwei Klassen aus Gymnasien in Potsdam und Berlin. Read further...

Tag: Prof. Taner Akçam , Clark University, Freien Universität Berlin, Universität Potsdam, Lepsiushaus-Potsdam

Excavations in the area of Yerevan, capital of the Republic of Armenia, have unearthed new evidence of the pre-Christian Kingdom of Van or Urartu.
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Tag: Van or Urartu, Yerevan, Archeology

Am 17 Oktober organisierte der Kulturverein Spree-Athen eine Veranstaltung über die Literatur des Genozids. Unter dem Titel "Im Brennpunkt der Erinnerung": Texte zu dem 1915 in der Türkei verübten Völkermord...Read further...

Tag: Kulturverein Spree-Athen, Dogan Akhanlı , ea Ehlers Kerbekian, Muriel Mirak-Weißbach, Anton Peisakhov

October 8, 2013 – The turmoil that has swept Turkey since the eruption of protests in Gezi Park and Taksim Square seems to have reached the institutions of the judiciary as well. On October 4, the Istanbul court convened to review the case of Dogan Akhanli, a German-Turkish author and human rights activist who had been framed up on charges of membership in a subversive political organization and participation in armed robbery and murder. In 2010, the same Istanbul court had handed down an acquittal, clearing him of all charges.Read further...

Tag: Dogan Akhanli

By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
Special to the Mirror-Spectator

GUMRI — Armenians in Gumri celebrated the 22nd anniversary of independence appropriately with music. On September 20, a day before the official festivities took place in Yerevan and other cities, leading national figures joined by international guests officiated over the open- ing of the brand new Octet music school, which had been destroyed in the 1988 earth- quake. Read further...

Tag: Gumri, Gumri Octet School, Ian Gillan , John Dee, Deep Purple, Haik Hovivyan, Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Samvel Balasanyan, Felix Tsolakyan, President Serge Sargisian, Edward and Janet Mardigian

During a ceremony inaugurating the Monument of Common Conscience in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Kurdish leaders issued an apology for the genocide against Armenians and Assyrians, and called on Turkish authorities to follow suit.Read further...

Tag: Armenians, Assirians, Kurds, Turkey

Am 7 September 2013 wurden die Mirak-Weißbach-Stiftung und das Projekt „Ein Blüthner-Flügel für Gjumri“ im Lepsiushaus, Potsdam vorgestellt. Auszüge der Rede der Mitbegründerin der Stiftung. Read further...

Tag: Lepsiushaus, Potsdam, Blüthner-Flügel, Gjumri, Prof. Hayruni, Frau Anna Maria Pammer

Artikel über Syrien von Vizepräsidenten der Deutsch-Arabische-Gesellschaft Dr. Gerhard Fulda
Der Konflikt in Syrien muss auch Anlass sein, das Konzept der Schutzverantwortung weiter auszuarbeiten. Doch der Libyeneinsatz 2011 bietet dafür keine geeignete Vorlage, meint Botschafter a.D. und DAG-Vizepräsident Gerhard Fulda.
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Tag: Dr. Gerhard Fulda

„Ich weiß, daß manche bei meinen Sprüngen nur so lange geklatscht haben, wie der Fallschirm noch zu war.“
Jürgen Möllemann (1945-2003)

Genau 10 Jahre nach Möllemanns Tod sorgt ein rätselhafter Brief des FDP-Politikers und Möllemann-Freundes, Wolfgang Kubicki, für Aufsehen. Für den Unbedarften mögen diese Informationen, dass sich Möllemann damals verfolgt und beobachtet fühlte, neu sein, denn laut Medienangaben gibt es an der Suizidthese nichts zu rütteln. Read further...

Tag: Jürgen Möllemann , Heiko Schrang

Die Deutsch-Arabische Gesellschaft begrüßt die EU-Richtlinie zur Zusammenarbeit mit Israel, mit der verhindert werden soll, für Israel bestimmte europäische Fördergelder auch israelischen Projekten in den besetzten palästinensischen Gebieten zugute kommen zu lassen.Read further...

Tag: EU, Deutsch-Arabische Gesellschaft, Israel

BERLIN — In Germany, where the largest Turkish community outside of Turkey lives, there were two special events commemorating the life and work of Hrant Dink on the sixth anniversary of his death. Along with cultural events, like the performance of the play “Anne’s Silence,” there were presentations of a new book by a Turkish intellectual. Read further...

Tag: Hasan Çemal, Çemal Pasha, KulturForum TürkeiDeutschland

In October 2012, my new book, Madmen at the Helm: Pathology and Politics in the Arab Spring (Ithaca, July 2012) was presented in several venues in the Boston area: the Old South Meeting House (Oct. 17), Book Ends bookstore in Winchester (Oct. 18), the Armenian Cultural Foundation (Oct. 21) and Robbins Public Library, Arlington (Oct. 25). The first event in the historic Old South Meeting House was a panel discussion together with Professor Roger Owen of Harvard University, author of The RISE and FALL of Arab Presidents for Life (Harvard University Press, May 2012). Psychologist Dr. Jack Danielian was the moderator. Read more...
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Tag: Madmen at the Helm: Pathology and Politics in the Arab Spring , The RISE and FALL of Arab Presidents for Life, Professor Roger Owen

Prof. Walid Khalidi, the renowned Palestinian historian who was the first to publish in English documents of “Plan Dalet” – the Zionist project to expel the Palestinians in 1948, was the keynote speaker at a conference in Washington, DC on October 22, 2012. The conference, organized by the Institute of Palestinian Studies, was entitled, “The Nakba: 60 Years of Dispossession, 60 Years of Resistance. His speech can be viewed on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxY1oUmpsqw
A digital version of Prof. Khalidi’s book, Before Their Diaspora, has just eben issued. See: http://btd.palestine-studies.org/ This richly illustrated volume, first published in 1984, documents life in Palestine before the expulsion.

Tag: Prof. Walid Khalidi, Nakba, Before Their Diaspora, Plan Dalet

Ilan Pappe, the leading member of the so-called “new historians” from Israel, delivered a lecture in the context of an extraordinarily successful exhibit on the NAKBA (the expulsion of the Palestinians in 1948) in Berne, Switzerland in late November. Professor Pappe is the author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (OneWorld, Oxford, 2006), which presents documentation from the Israeli side of the Nakba, first researched by Walid Khalidi. Pappe spoke on November 30 at the University of Berne, on the subject, “1948 – A Different Story.” Following the presentation before a crowd of 400, there was a question and answer session. Both were filmed by Simsalafilm and are available on YouTube:
Part 1: The speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R91asKI_kQ
Part 2: Q & A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrGL2tw8CN0

Tag: Ilan Pappe, Nakba

Im Januar veranstaltet das Hrant Dink Forum Köln erneut Gedenkveranstaltungen zum 6. Todestag des ermordeten Journalisten und Menschenrechtlers:
Am 17., 18. und 19. Januar jeweils um 20 Uhr wird das Theaterstück „Annes Schweigen“ des Kölner Autors Doğan Akhanlı im Theater im Bauturm gezeigt; (mit Bea Ehlers-Kerbekian, Regie: Ron Rosenberg), mit anschl. Diskussionenen, u.a. mit Günter Wallraff, Muriel Mirak-Weißbach und Osman Okkan. Mehr Infos unter: www.annesschweigen.blogspot.com
Der Autor und Journalist Hasan Cemal, Enkel des für den Völkermord an den Armeniern mitverantwortlichen Cemal Pascha, stellt am 21. Januar 2013 um 19 Uhr in der Großen Aula der Universität Köln sein Buch „1915 – Ermeni Soykırım“ / 1915 – Genozid an den Armeniern“ vor. Hasan Cemal ist am 18.1.2013 um 19 Uhr an der Humboldt-Universität in Berlin zu Gast.

Tag: Hrant Dink Forum Köln, Doğan Akhanlı

Cemal (Djemel) Pasha was one of the three Young Turk leaders responsible for organizing the 1915 genocide against the Armenians. His grandson, Hasan Cemal, published a book on the topic in September. See http://armenpress.am/eng/news/692511/cemal-pasha-grandson-publishes-a-book-about-armenian-genocide.html
Buch von Hasan Cemal über den Massenmord an den Armeniern 1915:
http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/andruck/1920047/

Tag: Hasan Cemal

The ruling party of South Africa, a country whose apartheid regime was ended in part due to an international boycott campaign, has joined the efforts of the BDS to boycott Israeli goods.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/south-africa-s-ruling-party-endorses-bds-campaign-against-israel.premioum-1.486195

Tag: South Africa, Israel, Boycott, BDS

The grandson of Cemal Pasha, one of the three Ottoman Young Turk leaders who organized and implemented the genocide against the Armenians in 1915, has spoken out publicly against the massacres. Now he has issued a book which bears the unequivocal title, “1915. Armenian Genocide.”
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/692511/cemal-pasha-grandson-publishes-a-book-about-armenian-genocide.html

Tag: Cemal Pasha, Hasan Cemal, “1915. Armenian Genocide.”

The travelling exhibit on the Nakba – the expulsion of the Palestinians in 1948 – has been raising awareness in Germany of what really occurred in the process of the foundation of the state of Israel. It has been criticized and in many cases sabotaged by parties interested in burying the historical record. In response, a large number of respected intellectuals, writers, human rights activists, political figures, and others have signed a statement in support of the Nakba exhibit.
Presse-Erklärung und Unterstützer hier download

See also http://www.lib-hilfe.de/fakten_austellung_unterstuetzer.html

Tag: Wander-Ausstellung „Die Nakba – Flucht und Vertreibung der Palästinenser 1948“

In October, Muriel Mirak-Weissbach will present her new book at several venues in the greater Boston area. The book, Madmen at the Helm: Pathology and Politics in the Arab Spring, was released by Ithaca Press in Reading, UK in July. Read further...

Tag: Muriel Mirak-Weissbach, Madmen at the Helm: Pathology and Politics in the Arab Spring, Ithaca Press, Boston

The 2012 International Hrant Dink Award was presented to laureates İsmail Beşikçi from Turkey and "Memorial" from Russia, on September 15, 2012, with a ceremony organized by the Hrant Dink Foundation held at the Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall in Istanbul.Read further...

Tag: Hrant Dink, İsmail Beşikçi, Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall in Istanbul, “Memorial”, Alexander Cherkasov

Ithaca Press is pleased to announce the publication of Madmen at the Helm: Pathology and the Arab Spring, by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach.
Are dictators mad or do they just not know when to quit? Do they know that people hate them, or do they have personality disorders that block this knowledge from their consciousness? Read further...

Tag: Gheddafi, Assad, Mubarak, Saled, Ben Ali

  Potsdam University and Lepsius House Cooperate to Promote Genocide Studies
The University of Potsdam and the Lepsius House signed an agreement on June 6, 2012 to enhance their cooperation in the field of genocide studies. The Lepsius House is a museum and research center located in the former home of Dr. Johannes Lepsius, the renowned theologian and scholar who documented the 1915 Armenian genocide.
Professor Dr. Johann Hafner, Dean of the Philosophy Department, explained that students will be able to make use of the Lepsius House’s facilities, including rooms, archives, and library. In addition they “will be able to complete scientific internships there, receive assistance in their dissertations, and participate in research projects, conferences and publications.” The University, for its part, will lend institutional support to the work of the Lepsius House and cooperate on projects and conferences. http://asbarez.com/103549/potsdam-university-and-‘house-of-lepsius’-to-advance-genocide-studies/

Potsdam Universität kooperiert mit dem Lepsiushaus
Stellungnahme zur Erklärung des Kölner Arbeitskreises Israel-Palästina zur Ausstellung „Die Nakba – Flucht und Vertreibung der Palästinenser 1948“ im Allerweltshaus in Köln.
Siehe auch
http://www.pnn.de/campus/653967
und
http://www.maerkischeallgemeine.de/cms/beitrag/12339503/63369/Lepsiushaus-kooperiert-mit-der-Universitaet-Potsdam-Eingebunden.html

Tag: Potsdam University, Lepsiuhaus, Die Nakba

Zehnter Jahrestag der “Berliner-Mauer” in Westjordanland
Am 16. Juni 2002 wurde in Israel entschieden, eine Mauer durch das Westjordanland zu bauen und nur Tage später war mit dem Bauprojekt begonnen worden. Obwohl in der internationalen Presse sonst kaum etwas darüber geschrieben wurde, hat Reece Jones, Professor an der Universität Hawaii-Manoa und Buchautor, einen Kommentar zum Jahrestag veröffentlicht.
Op-Ed: The Israel Wall
  Tenth Anniversary of „Berlin Wall“ in West Bank
On June 16, 2002 the decision to build a wall in the West Bank was approved by Israel and work began shortly thereafter. Although the mainstream international press seems to have taken little notice, Reece Jones, an Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaii-Manoa and book author, has published an OpEd on the anniversary. Op-Ed: The Israel Wall
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Tag: The Israeli Wall, West Bank, Reece Jones

Die Ausstellung „Die Nakba: Flucht und Vertreibung der Palästinenser 1948“ im Allerweltshaus in Köln ist von einem neugegründeten Arbeitskreis Israel-Palästina scharf kritisiert worden.
  The travelling exhibit, “Nakba: Flight and Expulsion of Palestinians 1948,” currently on display at the Allerweltshaus in Cologne, has been the target of criticism launched by a newly found entity, called the Israel-Palestine Working Group, which claimed the exhibit was one-sided and bordered on anti-Semitism.Read further...

Tag: Salah Abdel Shafi

Neue Unterlagen aus dem AA Veröffentlicht: „Die deutsche Orient-Politik un der Erste Weltkrieg“
The website www.armenocide.net has published a new series of documents from the German Foreign Ministry archives related to the genocide against the Armenians. The documents are in German, but a Foreword and Introduction are also in English. See: http://www.armenocide.net

Tag: German Foreign Ministry, Armenocide.net

The well-known and respected Turkish publisher, Ragip Zarakolu, has received an award in recognition of his commitment to freedom of the press. Zarakolu was recently freed from detention after an international campaign called for his release. His publishing company Belge has issued studies by Armenian, Kurdish, and Greek authors, often on taboo subjects, like the 1915 genocide against the Armenians. See. http://www.mirrorspectator.com/2012/05/17/turkish-publisher-ragip-zarakolu-honored-by-pen/#more-6844

Tag: Ragip Zarakolu

What do we really know about the Syrian crisis? Given the press distortions and partisan accounts from both sides, it is not an easy question to answer. In the words of a professional risk analyst speaking at a recent seminar in Germany, it is comparable to what we can know about a hippopotamus in water: after all, what we see are only its ears and eyes. Indeed, fourteen months after the outbreak of demonstrations in Syria, anyone who claims to know how the crisis will evolve and where it will ultimately lead is either endowed with super-human capabilities or is submerged deep into the water, with goggles, an oxygen mask, and measuring instruments capable of measuring the beast’s heartbeat and other vital signs.
The seminar, entitled, “Syria in Civil War: the Multiethnic State Put to the Test” (“Syrien im Bürgerkrieg: der Vielvölkerstaat in der Zerreißprobe”), was organized by the German-Arab Society together with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation on May 17-18, in the Theodor-Heuss Akademie in Gummersbach, Germany. Read further...

Tag: Deutsch-Arabischen Gesellschaft, Fadwa Suleiman, Barbara Brustlein, Missio, Samir Matar, Ralf Erbel, Sadiqu Al-Mousllie, Erik Mohns, Ulrich Kienzle, Susanne Osthoff, Heinrich Matthée, Gerhard Fulda

The Eisenach Theater, founded in 1879, represents a cultural asset for the entire Thuringia region, with its vast repertoire of music, theater, and puppet theater. Now, in the context of dwindling resources for cultural budgets, the theatre is threatened with closure. Intellectuals, artists, citizens, and friends of the German cultural tradition have joined forces to protest the threatened closure. The petition they are circulating has already won massive support, and needs more.
http://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/rettung-fuer-das-theater-der-bach-luther-und-telemannstadt-eisenach-bitte-helft

Tag: Eisenach, Theater

The upcoming visit of Gemrany’s new President Gauck to Israel has raised hopes among pro-peace activists that he, a respected activist in the successful 1989 ‘peaceful revolution“ of East Germans, will use the opportunity to speak out in defense of basic human rights. Evelyn Hecht Galinski, daughter of the late head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, has issued an open letter to Gauck, calling on him to do just this.
http://www.tv-orange.de/2012/05/offener-brief-von-frau-evelyn-hecht-galinski-an-den-bundespraesidenten-der-bundesrepublik-deutschland/

Tag: Evelyn Hecht Galinski, Joachim Gauck

In the continuing tensions between Israel and the Palestinian population in the Occupied Territories, one aspect that is often overlooked relates to the fate of the Christians in the region. As a result of the occupation policy of Israel, the Christian population—which has inhabited the region since the time of Christ—has been dwindling, driven out by the forces of political repression and economic depression. The American television channel CBS presented a feature on this crisis as part of its ‘’60 Minutes“ program. The report includes statements by the Israeli Ambassador in the U.S. A Palestinian professor of sociology at the University of Bethlehem, Bernhard Sabella, provided a follow-up commentary on the program.
Christians of the Holy Land:
See http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7406228n

Commentary of CBS Report by Professor of Sociology at Bethlehem University, Prof. Bernhard Sabella
http://www.palestine-studies.org/#PTV

Tag: CBS "60 minutes", Prof. Bernhard Sabella

On May 15, Palestinians throughout the world commemorated the 64th anniversary of the ‘‘Nakba“ – the ‘‘Catastrophe“—of the expulsion and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people from their homelands in the process leading up to the declaration of the state of Israel in 1948. Among the many articles and background reports issued, a statement by Prof. Walid Khalidi is of special importance. Prof. Khalidi, a renowned Palestinian historian, was the first to publish documents on ‘‘Plan Dalet,“ the strategic plan of the Zionists under Ben Gurion to rid Palestine of its inhabitants and occupy their land as part of the new state of Israel. Palestine Studies has published a special issue on the event, including the statement by Prof. Khalidi. See http://www.palestine-studies.org/#nakba

Tag: Prof. Walid Khalidi, Nakba

Outrageous but true: a would-be human rights organization has protested the masterpiece of Dante Alighieri, accusing the poet of anti-Semitism, homophobia, and racism. Read further...

Tag: Dante Alighieri, Gherush92

The stenographic report of the proceedings of the trial held in Berlin on June 2-3, 1921 against Salomon Teilirian is available in German at
https://sites.google.com/site/nichtichbindermoerder/literatur-tip-1/pressespiegel1921.
 Teilirian was the Armenian student who shot Young Turk leader Talaat Pasha whom he held responsible for the genocide against the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. The same location on the Internet gives the link to the volume Pressespiegel: “Der Mord an Talaat Pascha 1921,” a collection of press reports on the event, as compiled and published by Heinz Böke. See also
http://www.voelkermord-armenien.de.
Im Internet: Stenographischer Bericht über die Verhandlung gegen den des Mordes Talaat Pascha angeklagten armenischen Studenten Salomon Teilirian vor dem Schwurgericht des Landgerichts III zu Berlin, Aktenzeichen: CJ. 22/21, am 2. und 3. Juni 1921:
https://sites.google.com/site/nichtichbindermoerder/literatur-tip-1/pressespiegel1921Read further...

Tag: Salomon Teilirian, Talaat Pasha, Heinz Böke

US Military Experts Tell Obama: No War With Iran
On March 5, a full-page ad appeared in the Washington Post, entitled: “Mr. President: Say No to War of Choice with Iran.” The appearance of the ad, signed by a number of respected retired military officers and containing several quotes by former and current officials warning against war, coincided with the visit to Washington by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The group promoting the ad is the NIAC (National Iranian American Council), which has been lobbying relentlessly against war and for a diplomatic solution.
http://www.niacouncil.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=7991&security=1&news_iv_ctrl=1261
Ranghohe US Militärexperten Sagen Nein zum Krieg gegen Iran
http://alles-schallundrauch.blogspot.com/2012/03/ranghohe-us-militars-schalten-inserat.html#ixzz1oKMSdSDbRead further...

Tag: Washington Post, US Military officers, National Iranian American Council

On March 2, 2012, a new monograph on the background to the Turkey-Armenia protocols of 2009 was released at Columbia University. The report, written by David L. Phillips, is entitled “Diplomatic History: The Turkey-Armenia Protocols,” and provides new information on the rapprochement process. It can be accessed and downloaded at
http://hrcolumbia.org/peacebuilding/dh.Read further...

Tag: Columbia University, David L. Phillips, “Diplomatic History: The Turkey-Armenia Protocols,”

Turkish Intellectual Urges Armenians
To Visit Anatolia
Ahmet Altan, a leading Turkish journalist, spoke to Armenians in Watertown, Massachusetts about the ongoing discussion process inside Turkey about the genocide of 1915. he urged Armenians to visit Turkey to engage in direct personal contact with citizens there.
http://www.mirrorspectator.com/2012/02/02/altan-captivates-large-audience-with-message-of-hope-at-alma

Tag: Ahmet Altan, Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA), Mirror-Spectator, Friends of Hrant Dink, Taraf

 Es hat Veranstaltungen in Berlin, Köln und vielen anderen deutschen Städten anläßlich des 5. Todestags von Hrant Dink gegeben, unter anderen eine Reihe vom KutlturForum TürkeiDeustchland organisiert. Das KulturForum, das den interkulturellen Dialog fördert, hat die türkische Schriftstellerin und Anwältin Fetiye Çetin am 20. Januar in Köln zu einem Vortrag eingeladen. Frau Çetin hat danach Berlin besucht und auch dort über den Prozeß gegen Dinks Mörder berichtet. Zehntausende haben gegen das Urteil protestiert. http://diepresse.com/home/politik/aussenpolitik/725256/Mordfall-Hrant-Dink_Zehntausende-protestierten-gegen-Urteil
Am 23 Januar war ich in Köln eingeladen, mein Buch Jenseits der Feuerwand vorzustellen. Dr. Alper Öktem hat die Arbeit der Hrant-Dink-Stiftung in Istanbul vorgestellt.

 Kulturforum Türkei-Deutschland Commemorates Hrant Dink
Commemorations were held in Berlin, Cologne and many other German cities in late January on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the murder of Hrant Dink. The KulturForum TürkeiDeutschland, an organization which promotes understanding and reconciliation among Germans, Turks and Armenians, invited Turkish author and lawyer Fetiye Çetin on January 20 to speak in Cologne on the just-concluded trial against persons accused of involvement in Dink’s murder. Ms. Çetin travelled on to Berlin, where she addressed a large audience on the same topic. On January 23, I was invited by the same cultural dialogue group to present my book, Through the Wall of Fire at the Alte Feuerwache in Cologne. Dr. Alper Öktem presented the work of the Hrant Dink Foundation in Istanbul.

Tag: Hrant Dink, KutlturForum TürkeiDeustchland

 Vortrag im Lepsiushaus: “Meine armenische Großmutter: die Türkei und ihre Identität”
Am 10. Februar hat das Lepsiushaus in Potsdam (http://lespiushaus.wordpress.com) mich eingeladen, einen Vortrag über meine Familiengeschichte und die „Großmutter-Debatte“ in der heutigen Türkei zu halten.
Am 13 Februar hat das DeutschlandradioKultur ein Interview mit mir über das gleiche Thema gesendet:
http://www.dradio.de/dkultur/sendungen/thema/1676486/

  Presentation at Lepsius House
„My Armenian Grandmother: Turkey and Its Identity“
On February 10, I was invited to present a talk at the Lepsius House on her family history and the “grandmother debate” in today’s Turkey. The Lepsius House is a documentation center and meeting place for Germans, Turks and Armenians, located in the villa where Dr. Johannes Lepsius lived and worked (http://lepsiushaus.wordpress.com). On February 13, the cultural program on German national radio, DeustchlandradioKultur, broadcast an interview with me on the same theme: http://www.dradio.de/dkultur/sendungen/thema/16764867
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Tag: Lepsiushaus Vortrag, Dr. Rolf Hosfeld, Roy Knocke, „Großmutter-Debatte“

 König-David-Stadt: Archäologische Grabungen jüdischer Siedler mit dem Ziel, Palästinenser aus Ost-Jerusalem zu vertreiben
Besetztes Ost-Jerusalem, Stadtteil Silwan. Wenn der palästinensische Muslim Abu Jamil nachts um zwei Uhr sein Ohr auf den Fußboden legt, dann hört er sie: jüdische Siedler, die Israels Antikenbehörde helfen wollen, einen Tunnel vom angeblichen Palast König Davids bis zum Tempelberg zu graben.
http://www.barth-engelbart.de/?p=1160

Tag: Jerusalem, Archäologische Grabungen

The exhibit on the “Nakba – Flight and Expulsion of the Palestinians 1948“ – “Die Nakba: Flucht und Vertreibung der Palästinenser 1948” will be in Mainz, from Nov. 9 – 25, at the Evangelische Studierendengemeinde, Am Ginsenheimer Spieß 1, 55122 Mainz. It will also be featured as part of a Palestinian cultural festival in Zürich, Switzerland, from Nov. 15 – December 12, at the Rote Fabrik, http://www.rotefabrik.ch/de/konzept

          

Tag: Nakba, Mainz, Zürich

At the Shakespeare festival in Essen, Germany, youth from theatre schools in Shanghai, Sibiu (Rumania), Ramallah, New York, and Essen joined from October 29 to November 8, to perform Shakespeare’s Midsummernight’s Dream (Sommernachtstraum). The individual groups performed the piece in their own languages separately, then presented a multi-lingual international production together at the Folkwang University of the Arts (Folkwang Universität der Künste).

• http://essen.de/de/meldungern/pressemeldung_597237.html
• http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/essen/kultur/zwischen-theater-und-politik-id6047348.html
• http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/kulturheute/1599824

Tag: Shakespeare, Folkwang Universität der Künste

An important international conference took place at the Potsdam University on November 5 on the controversial subject of the Armenian genocide.Read further...

Tag: Ragib Zarakolu, Potsdam University, Fetye Cetin, Elke Hartmann

Ragip Zarakolu, a well-known publisher and defender of freedom of speech was arrested on October 28 in Istanbul along with 43 other people on charges of membership in the Union of Kurdish Communities (KCK). Professor Büsra Ersanli, from the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul’s Marmara university, was also arrested. Zarakolu, director of the Publishing House Belge, received the 2008 International Publishers Association Freedom to Publish Prize. He is a founding members of the Turkish Human Rights Organization. He was scheduled to speak at a conference in Potsdam, Germany on November 5, on the theme, “The Internal Discussion in Turkey on 1915/1916,” i.e. the genocide against the Armenians. The arrests come on the heels of a historic decision handed down by the European Court of Human Rights on October 25, ruling that the Turkish government prosecution of historian Taner Akcam for his views on the Armenian genocide violated his freedom of expression.
Intellectuals and human rights activists immediately launched a campaign to free Mr. Zarakolu and Prof. Ersanli, among others arrests for political reasons.

• http://www.info-turk.be
• http://bianet.org/english/freedom-of-expression/133789-44-people-arrested---among-them-ersanli-and-zarakolu
• http://www.internationalpen.org.uk/go/news/turkey-writer-and-academic-ragip-zarakolu-arrested-alongside-professor-b-sra-ersanli

Tag: Ragip Zarakolu, KCK, Büsra Ersanli, Turkish Human Rights Organization

The first German edition of my book appeared just in time for the Frankfurt Book Fair. Published by Verlag Hans Schiler in Berlin (http://www.schiler.de) under the title, Jenseits der Feuerwand: Armenien – Irak – Palästina: Vom Zorn zur Versöhnung, ISBN 978-3-89930-368-1, it can be ordered by email from info@schiler.de. or click here…

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Tag: Hans Schiler Verlag

The European Court of Human Rights handed down a groundbreaking ruling on October 25, declaring that Article 301 of the Turkish penal code, which considers “insulting Turkishness” to be a crime, constitutes a violation of freedom of expression. The case examined was that of Turkish historian Prof. Taner Akcam, who had been the subject of an investigation and harassment in Turkey, due to his scholarly research into the 1915 genocide against the Armenians.
http://www.huliq.com/10061/taner-akcam-turkish-journalist-vindicated-armenian-genocide-caseRead further...

Tag: Turkey, Taner Akcam, European Court of Human Rights

The exhibit on "The Nakba – Flight and Expulsion of the Palestinians 1948” can be seen in Wiesbaden at the CVJM-Haus, Oranienstr. 15, from Oct. 24 to Nov. 4. Open Monday-Friday, 12:00 – 16:00.

Tag: Nakba

Prof. Taner Akcam, the leading Turkish scholar of the Armenian genocide, made headlines when he revealed that he had received information from reliable sources in Istanbul, according to which the Turkish government was mounting an effort to counter Armenian claims of genocide in 1915, by fabricating historical studies that not only deny the genocide, but go so far as to assert that those historians who have documented the genocide, have simply invented the entire story. Prof. Akcam received the information from a private source who had access to Turkish Foreign Ministry circles. The latter reported that an American professor had proposed to ministry officials that they launch a campaign promoting and financing "scholarly research" by American researchers, to counter the widely accepted claim that it was genocide. The proposal was accepted and since then (2005) some American scholars have received payment to conduct such research.
http://asbarez.com/96992/prof-akcam-reveals-turkish-plan-to-pay-scholars-to-deny-the-armenian-genocide/

Tag: Turkey, Taner Akcam

A documentary prepared by the Vatican will present the 1915 genocide against the Armenians as a historical fact. Among the records made available are documents showing that Pope Benedict XV back in 1915 issued a letter to the Sultan Mehmet V, urging him to stop the killings.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/74320/

12.07.2011 – As the September date for the U.N. General Assembly meeting approaches, during which the issue of Palestinian statehood should be on the agenda, a group of Israeli right-wingers have launched a vile campaign to deny that Palestinians were expelled from their lands in 1948. As reported in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on June 18, the campaign to rewrite history not only denies the “Nakba” (expulsion and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in 1948), but claims that the entire affair was a mere invention.Read further...

Tag: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Haaretz, Al Nakba, Tirzu

On June 18, the Surp Giragos Church in Diyarbakır hosted a service attended by the local mayor, diaspora Armenians, professors, historians, and clergy. The church, one of the largest in the Middle East, was restored through the efforts of Armenians from Istanbul and the diaspora, as well as the Diyabakır Sur Municipality and the Turkish Culture Ministry. A larger service is scheduled for October.

• http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/72851
• http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=a-small-church-service-in-diyarbakir-signals-bigger-reconciliation-2011-06-19
  

Tag: Diyarbakır, Surp Giragos Church

The case of Dogan Akhanlı, a German citizen and human rights activist of Turkish descent, came up again in a hearing at the Istanbul 11th High Criminal Court on June 15. Akhanli was framed up on charges of armed robbery, jailed for four months, and released late last year. The Prosecutor Celal Kara called for a life sentence arguing that the armed robbery (for which there was no proof of Akhanlı’s participation) constituted an “attempt to overthrow the constitutional order of the Turkish republic by forces.”
http://www.bianet.org/english/freedom-of-expression/130817-writer-akhanli-faces-life-sentence-despite-lack-of-evidence

Tag: Dogan Akhanlı, Celal Kara

An exhibit at the Paris UNESCO House, from June 15-24, featuring Armenian Khachkars (cross stones), provoked a scandal after UNESCO representatives removed references to place names, including a large map. Since many of the Khachkars presented in photographs at the exhibit are located outside Armenia, in present-day Azarbaijan and Turkey, they bear testimony to the presence of Armenian life and civilization in these geographical areas which were once part of historic Armenia. No explanations were given for the removal of the place names and map.
The exhibit is an event organized at a high level, sponsored by the Republic of Armenia’s Ministry of Culture, and attended by diplomats, historians, and art experts.

• http://www.epress.am/en/2011/06/17/scandal-surrounding-armenian-khachkar-exhibit-in-paris-unesco-house.html
• http://www.panorama.am/en/culture/2011/06/unesco-khachkar
• http://www.diasporamag.com/magazine/grosplan/chemin-de-croix-a-lunesco--lart-deskhatchkars.html
  

An open letter of protest to UNESCO was sent by the Collectif VAN (Vigilance Armenienne contre le Negationnisme) whose representatives were present at the inauguration of the exhibit.
http://www.collectifvan.org/article.php?r=0&id=55039

Tag: UNESCO,, Armenian Khachkars, cross stones

The rector of the Stuttgart University cancelled a room for a meeting on May 28 during which a lecture and discussion of the 1915 Armenian genocide were to be presented. In motivating his decision, the rector told organizers that there had been protests by Turks “in Berlin” and that he thought one should maintain “neutrality” on the subject. The Central Council of Armenians in Germany, among others, condemned the move.
http://www.zentralrat.org/de/node/869

Tag: Stuttgart University, Turks In Berlin, Central Council of Armenians in Germany

The “US to Gaza” flotilla is scheduled to arrive in Gaza in late June, on the anniversary of the Mavi Marmora campaign. Since Turkey has supported the humanitarian aid initiative, Israel will raise the issue of the 1915 Armenian genocide in parliament. According to Yossi Sarid, this is due to Israeli anger at Turkey’s support.
http://ustogaza.org
http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/middle-east/israel-may-recognise-ottoman-armenian-genocide

Tag: Gaza, Mavi Marmora, Yossi Sarid, Armenian genocide

Due to pressure from Israel, mediated by Canada, G8 ministers deleted a reference to the 1967 borders in their final declaration after meeting in France on May 26-27. Instead they criticized Palestinian plans to promote statehood at the UNGA in September.
http://www.imemc.org/article/61340
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Tag: G8, UN General Assembly, 1967 borders

Ein Rundschreiben an israelischen Diplomaten stellt einen Plan dar, wie sie Lobbyarbeit gegen den Palästinenserstaat machen sollen.
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,767837,00.html
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Tag: Der Spiegel

According to secret cables published by Haaretz, the Israeli government is mobilizing its diplomats to block the initiative for declaration of a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/haaretz-exclusive-secret-cables-show-israel-s-battle-plan-over-palestinian-un-bid-1.366852
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Tag: Haaretz, UN General Assembly

Thre Russian, Azerbaijani, and Armenian presidents met in Sochi and declared their intention to seek a peaceful solution to the conflict.
1) http://www.mirrorspectator.com/?p=4742
2) http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=azerbaijan-armenia-back-peaceful-resolution-karabagh-2011-03-06

Tag: Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia

From March 7-20, activists will organize events protesting Israel’s apartheid policies.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/164115.html

Tag: Apartheid

In the wake of the Arab revolution sweeping north Africa, and the Guf region, Israeli authorities are finally addressing the question: could it happen here? And, if so, what should Israel do?
http://news.antiwar.com/2011/03/080israeli-military-not-able-to-crush-west-bank-uprising/

Tag: West Bank, Israel

Demonstrators in Istanbul demand freedom of expression for the press.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=hundreds-of-turkish-journalists-protest-crackdown-2011-03-13

Tag: Freedom Of Expression, Freedom Of The Press

The youth orchestra made up of Israeli, Palestinian, and other Arab musicians received the Dresden Peace Prize.
http://www.danielbarenboim.com/index.php?id=14&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=485&tx_ttnews[backPid]=10&cHash=5692f1755f

Tag: Barenboim, West-Eastern Divan orchestra

For the first time, the Turkish government has named an Armenian scholar to a government position, in the Secretariat for European Union Affairs. http://www.eurasianet.org/node/62998

Tag: Armenia/Turkey

In the upcoming June elections in Turkey, seven Armenians have announced they will run for office. http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/world/news/60960/

The Turkish government has announced it will take part in events observing the Armenian genocide, traditonally organized on April 24, the anniversary of the mass arrests of Armenian intellectuals and leaders in 1915.
1) http://www.huliq.com/8738/turkey-may-send-minister-armenian-genocide-observance
2) http://www.panarmenian.net/

Tag: Armenian genocide

Bei dem Neujahrsempfang der Deutsch-Arabischen Gesellschaft in Berlin am 26.2, hat Peter Scholl-Latour die Revolutionen in der arabischen Welt kommentiert. Vorstandsmitglied und ehemaliger Diplomat Dr. Gerhard Fulda, der zur Zeit in Kairo war, hat seine Erlebnisse mit Begeisterung geschildert. Ein Bericht von Dr. Fulda ist in der NZZ erschienen. http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/startseite/fatale_vorliebe_fuer_militaerregime_1.9528992.html

Tag: Peter Scholl-Latour , Deutsch-Arabischen Gesellschaft

Der Kölner Oberbürgermeister Jürgen Roters lud unseren Freund Dogan Akhanli gestern zu einem Empfang ins Rathaus. Den Dank des OB an die Vertreter der Solidaritätskampagne, die zur Freilassung Akhanlis beigetragen haben, möchten wir hiermit an alle Unterstützer weitergeben! Das Video dazu unter: www.ksta.de http://bcove.me/fi6sofar
Der Prozess gegen Dogan Akhanli wird am 9. März in Istanbul fortgesetzt. Akhanli wird wegen seines einjährigen Einreiseverbots in die Türkei nicht an seinem Prozess teilnehmen können.
Am 20. April veranstaltet das Literaturhaus Köln in Kooperation mit dem KulturForum eine Lesung & Musik mit Dogan Akhanli.

Ein Schwurgericht in Istanbul bekräftigte Anfang Februar den Freispruch für die Soziologin Pinar Selek und widersprach damit dem Obersten Berufungsgericht in Ankara, das eine Verurteilung der Angeklagten wegen siebenfachen Mordes verlangt hatte. Die Staatsanwaltschaft legte jedoch Einspruch gegen den zum dritten Mal bekräftigten Freispruch für Selek ein. Damit geht der Fall erneut zum Obersten Berufungsgerichtshof in Ankara. Über dreißig Menschen aus Deutschland waren als Prozessbeobachter nach Istanbul gereist, darunter Günter Wallraff, Christa Schuenke (PEN-Deutschland) und Vertreter des KulturForum. Auch Yasar Kemal und Rakel Dink waren vor Ort.

Vier Jahre nach der Ermordung des armenisch-türkischen Journalisten Hrant Dink leiten die türkischen Behörden Ermittlungen gegen mehr als zwei Dutzend hohe Beamte ein, darunter der ehemalige Gouverneur und der Polizeipräsident Istanbuls. Die Entscheidung fiel Anfang Februar vor einem Istanbuler Gericht.

Tag: Dogan Akhanli, Pinar Selek , Hrant Dink

Am 5. Februar hat die Arbeitsgruppe Genozid und Trauma in Frankfurt Muriel Mirak-Weißbach eingeladen, einen Vortrag zu halten über den Völkermord an den Armeniern aus der Sicht der Familiengeschichte. Auszüge aus der Rede, wurden in der Online-Zeitschrift HAY Society abgedruckt.
http://www.hay-society.de/haysociety/essay-a-analyse.html

Tag: HAY Society, Muriel Mirak-Weissbach

Am 24.02.2011 findet eine Parlamentsdebatte über den Report im Plenum des Deustchen Bundestag statt. Es geht um den UNO-Bericht über den Krieg in Gaza Ende 2008/Anfang 2009.
http://dersemit.net/startseite/374-bericht-von-irene-eckert-zum-goldstone-report.html

Tag: Palestine

Ragib Zarakolu, a writer and human rights activist, received the “Hakob Maghapart” medal in Yerevan, for his campaign for recognition of the genocide against the Armenians in 1915.

• http://asbarez.com/93453/turkish-activist-says-genocide-recognition-will-raise-turkeys-dignity/
• http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=turkish-human-rights-defender-receives-medal-in-armenia-2011-02-16

Tag: Ragib Zarakolu, Genocide

In wake of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions, Palestinian and international activists are escalating their efforts to achieve justice. Among the leading initiatives is that of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), and a call by several civil society groups for “people of conscience” to visit Palestine from July 8-19, 2011.

• http://www.bdsmovement.net/?q=node/794
• http://www.palestinejn.org/component/content/article/1-latest-news/121-palestinians-call-on-all-people-of-conscience-come-visit-palestine-this-summer

Tag: Egypt, Tunisia, Palestine

(Die Stuttgarter Erklärung füre die Gründung eines gemeinsames Staates Palästine”) is also gaining wide international support.

• http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27359.htm
• http://kupola.de/petition/main_de.html

Tag: Stuttgarter Erklärung, Palestine

A January book exhibition in Yerevan featured a volume entitled Speaking to One Another, a collection of interviews with Armenians and Turks about the 1915 genocide.
http://www.armenieninfo.net/armenia-southcaucasus/628-turkey-armenia-dialogue.htmlRead further...