Never for a moment, since its inception, has the so-called “Modern, Democratic, Secular” Turkey been any one of those terms. Never for a moment since its inception has Turkey veered towards tempering its Islamic fervor to become a secular state. Never since Mustafa Kemal Ataturk massacred tens of thousands of civilians to establish modern-day Turkey [...]

A vicious virus, covertly infesting the Armenian nation, has created a full-blown entity that could be defined as the “Grey Genocide.”
Unlike the “Red Genocide” where blood is spilled, and the “White Genocide” where the individual is alienated from his ethnicity, the Grey Genocide assumes the characteristics of schizophrenia. This term is used in two ways: [...]

In the dark of the night they gathered, masked like common thieves and bank robbers. A bunch of crooks, corrupt and dishonest politicians, using their illegitimate authority gained by rigged election, sold the Armenian nation down the pike. They signed the ill-fated protocols of surrender with Turkey, paving the way for concessions to Azerbaijan over [...]

So this is Turkey, inside out, with the inside being its underbelly: exposed, soft, and vulnerable. Despite its genuine structural weaknesses, institutional Turkey continues to colonize the non-Turkic inhabitants of Turkey—the Kurds and other minorities, who suffer ethnic, cultural, and educational oppression.
For nearly a century we have been in a wake, mourning our 1.5 million [...]

Some dream of it, many don’t. When contemplated, many say it is impossible. When brought to focus, they give you a hundred reasons as to why it is a losing proposition. The faint hearted freeze at the thought. The ones who have guts to face the issue don’t have the leadership. Yet, the leadership of [...]

The Armenian Weekly
January 2010 Magazine
The inheritance of my generation of Armenians is the legacy of our parents and grandparents who survived the genocide, especially the atrocities committed by the Kurds. Even after almost a century, talking to the post-genocide Armenians about the Kurds generates anger, hatred, belittlement, and at best indifference. However, today’s realities mandate [...]

Without batting a lash and without being ashamed, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan answered thusly to Charlie Rose, in visibly defiant facial and body language: “Tamamiyle yalandir!”
Charlie had asked him about the Armenian Genocide on his show, which was televised a week or so ago. “Tamamiyle yalandir!” The translator relayed verbatim: “It is completely [...]

Finally it snowed! And finally, I used freshly split logs to start a long-awaited fire with dried kindling in the fireplace. It was the seventh of the month, and it had not yet snowed until now. That was a change from yesteryears, when Thanksgiving came in the middle of snowstorms stranding air and land travelers. [...]

It might be offensive to some, but for others it a source of psychological satisfaction. Esheg oghlu esheg (donkey son of a donkey): These words are meant to be used as such to insult, belittle, degrade an opponent or the opposition.
Esheg oghlu esheg has an equivalent in Armenian: Shoun shan vorti. (Its English translation, unlike [...]

Yes, it was a meeting, but not a “historic meeting” as posted by the Friends of Hrant Dink, the organizers of an academic event entitled “Closing the Divide.”
The event was designed to build cultural bridges between the Armenian Diaspora on one side and the Turkish people on the other, to traverse a colossal gorge, not [...]