Today Turkish hackers have defaced a number of German and Dutch state institutions, political parties and commercial organizations websites in response to “aggressive and anti-democratic actions of these states against the Turkish nation.” According to the hackers, the Dutch and German governments must stop interfering in Turkey’s internal affairs and allow the Turkish citizens to […]
“Yours is the moral responsibility to acknowledge the truth and to seek a reconciliation with the Armenian people”, said Rep. Schiff to the Turkish people
The following is a copy of a letter written by Rep. Adam Schiff of California to the Turkish people, dated April 9, 2014: “An open letter to the Turkish people: Today, I write to you on an issue of great importance to both our nations. It is on a subject that many of you, especially […]
Scientists research why senior citizens appear to be more immune to H1N1 flu virus
It’s still all theory, but UC Davis researchers think that the reason senior citizens over age 65 aren’t catching the H1N1 flu at least for now is that specific shared molecular sites called epitopes result in some type of immunity to the novel flu. It seems people over age 65 have been exposed to various […]
Scores survive Turkish airliner crash in Amsterdam
HAARLEMMERLIEDE, Netherlands (AP) — A Turkish Airlines jetliner plummeted out of the mist and plowed into a muddy field Wednesday near Amsterdam’s main airport, but nearly everyone on board — 125 people — survived. The nine dead included both pilots. The Boeing 737-800 was en route from Istanbul to Amsterdam carrying 134 people when it […]
Life as an Armenian in Turkey
The Ottoman Empire was unsuccessful in its attempt to completely annihilate the Armenian people. A vast majority of the population was certainly killed or deported from their long-inhabited areas. However, some Armenians remained in Anatolia and Asia Minor – what became the Turkish Republic. In fact, the Treaty of Lausanne of 1923, by which the […]
Don’t Have to Live like a Refugee: Europe and the Assimilation Problem
For the last year, the news in Europe has turned from tensely watching Greece, Russia, and Ukraine to the shores of the continent, where millions of refugees from Syria’s bloody civil war are crossing over the borders. Some come because they yearn to be free. Some come for economic opportunity. And some are coming to […]
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