The Armenian Genocide

"La Nacion" (Buenos Aires)

Translated by Vartan Matiossian 

After overcoming several attempts at blocking, the Senate of the United States recognized unanimously--albeit lately--the atrocious genocide of the Armenian people perpetrated by the Turks between 1915 and 1917. It is about not continuing the denial of a sad historical truth.

Turkey's reaction, as it usually happens in this delicate subject, has been denialist and clearly out of proportions by pointing out that, by this recognition, "an enduring damage has been done" and the future of the relations between both countries has been endangered." Turkey claims that the death of more than a million Armenians in her territory was the product of a series of lamentable violent episodes generated during World War I.

It needs to be remembered that the House of Representatives of the northern country had already recognized the existence of the genocide. After the recent resolution of the Senate, no room seems to  have been left in the United States to deny that massacre. We agree with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who justly characterized the recognition as "victory of justice and truth."

December 17, 2019 (editorial)

Kemal Oksuz’s Controversial Past Raises Eyebrows

Kevin (Kemal) Oksuz, the Turkish-born American citizen wanted by the United States who was arrested in Armenia by Yerevan police, was engaged in anti-Armenian lobbying in the US before coming to Armenia. Moreover, Oksuz’s lobbying was sponsored by Azerbaijani oil dollars.

Armenpress looked into Oksuz’s past, and the story began to appear more intriguing, to say the least.

According to a document of the state registry of Armenia, Oksuz founded The Sena Group, a destination and event management company, in 2017 in Armenia.  The address of the company is listed as 12 A Vagharshyan St, Arabkir district, Yerevan.

Erdoğan Under Fire for "Anti-Armenian Slur"

Turkish Prime Minister — and presidential hopeful — Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sparked an outcry on Wednesday, August 6, 2014 after using what critics said was a racist slur against Armenians in a television interview.

During a live interview on the private NTV channel late Tuesday, Erdoğan  complained that the opposition was carrying out a smear campaign against him by claiming that he was from another ethnic origin.

“They called me a Georgian. Pardon me for saying this, but they said even uglier things: They called me an Armenian!” Erdoğan  said.

“As far as I have learned from my father and grandfather, I am a Turk,” he added.

How Lobbyists Still Fly Through Loopholes

Shane Goldmacher 

 

Dennis Hastert and Dick Gep­hardt couldn't stand each other when they led Congress a decade ago. But now they've moved to K Street, where the flood of money tends to wash over such personal differences. These days, they work hand in hand as two of Turkey's top lobbyists, with their respective firms pocketing most of a $1.4 million annual lobbying contract.