Kings of Spades (Part 1): Fantasies of Sovereignty in a Pathology Plot
The Armenian Weekly Magazine
April 2012
A woman raped, disenchanted, and sickened by the burden of proof. Dogmatic, hypocritical, cowardly students. The first represents the Armenian Diaspora, and the second, politicized Kurds, in two telling fantasies that have adorned the pages of Taraf, the sometime-contrarian Turkish newspaper, which recently boasted the Wikileaks first-publication rights in Turkey, and [...]
Gunaysu: The Reign of Lies in Turkey
Organized denial means the reign of lies. The denialist, in order to sustain denial, has to resolutely and incessantly lie. Otherwise it can’t go on. The truth, even bits of information that might hold the slightest potential of undermining the lie, is the biggest and most merciless enemy of denial. So the denialist, having created [...]
Taboos, Tattoos, and Trauma: Making ‘Grandma’s Tattoos’
The Armenian Weekly Magazine
April 2012
I have a tree, my own tree in Stockholm. A dead oak tree. Majestic from a distance. Yet it holds as its secret the big hole inside its trunk. You will not see it unless you climb down and examine it closely. This magnificent oak has still kept its form. The [...]
Republicans Win Majority in National Assembly, Controversy Anticipated
YEREVAN (A.W.)—In what will either be viewed as a memorable political triumph or the start of an endless campaign of protests, the Republican Party of Armenia claimed victory in the Armenian National Assembly elections on May 6.
Scenes from the elections (Photo by Aaron Spagnolo, The Armenian Weekly)
Although international news reports had predicted a win for [...]
Theriault: Post-Denial Denial
The Armenian Weekly Magazine
April 2012
In 2012, we might wonder what the point of engaging denial yet again could be. The best thinking on the Armenian Genocide has moved far beyond it, to the question of reparations; the genocide’s gendered dimensions, including the sexual violence and slavery of Armenian women and girls; attention to the micro [...]
Ungor: Turkey Has Acknowledged the Armenian Genocide
The Armenian Weekly Magazine
April 2012
“Turkey denies the Armenian Genocide” goes a jingle. Yes, the Turkish state’s official policy towards the Armenian Genocide was and is indeed characterized by the “three M’s”: misrepresentation, mystification, and manipulation. But when one gauges what place the genocide occupies in the social memory of Turkish society, even after nearly a [...]
Meneshian: Shepherds of the Nation
The Kalfayan Sisterhood (from the article, with photos, titled ‘The Armenian Church's Women Deacons’ by Prof. Ervine)
I remember the first time I entered the Armenian All Saints Apostolic Church in Chicago. My parents, brother, and I had recently immigrated to the United States of America. As DPs (Displaced Persons) from Europe, we came on a [...]
Revisiting the Turkification of Confiscated Armenian Assets
If one person murders another, then takes over that murdered person’s property and possessions, he would be living off the proceeds of his crime. Once authorities discover his crime, he would be found guilty—by any court, anywhere—and then sentenced, punished, and forced to return the unlawfully obtained property and possessions. But if a people murders [...]
Religious Minorities in Turkey: ‘An Endangered Species’?
U.S. Religious Freedom Report Serves Tough Warning
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in its 2012 annual report recommended designating Turkey as a “country of particular concern (CPC)” for its “systematic and egregious limitations on the freedom of religion.” Turkey was on the commission’s “Watch List” from 2009-11.
The commission found that restrictions on [...]
Crying Wolf: A Misguided Canine Extermination Campaign or Sheep Protection?
In the Caucasus, villagers and wolves are currently locked in a deadly zero-sum game. With the recent cold snap in Armenia, some wolves began targeting livestock. Reports indicate that the damage was sometimes considerable, with over a dozen sheep from a single herd killed in some of these attacks. The government on Feb. 9 announced [...]
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