Turkey Bans Armenian Students from Visiting Artsakh
Asbarez ISTANBUL—Armenian students from all over the world will participate in the 6th Pan-Armenian Games to be held in Yerevan next year. Students from Armenian [more >>>]
Turkey – Minority Rights
Will CHP face its dark past?
By MUSTAFA AKYOL Al Monitor On Nov 12, Sezgin Tanrikulu, deputy chairman of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), unwittingly initiated a controversy in [more >>>]
CHP Unable to Apologize For Dersim Massacre After 76 Years
İstanbul – BIA News Desk (Bianet) The apology made by Republican People’s Party Vice Chairman Sezgin Tanrıkulu on Dersim Massacre stirred controversy in his party. [more >>>]
Turkey accused of turning blind eye to destruction of Christian sites
BY STEPHEN STARR The Irish Times Ancient relics of Christian past are slowly being lost to history The light of day was quickly fading as [more >>>]
Is ‘Armenian’ an insult? Turkey’s prime minister seems to think so.
By ADAM TAYLOR* The Washington Post In a television interview Tuesday, Turkish Prime Minister and presidential hopeful Recep Tayyip Erdogan complained that people had questioned [more >>>]
Armenian journalist Cevat Sinet’s family is not allowed to leave Turkey
Armenpress Journalist Cevat Sinet (of Armenian origin) had been constantly persecuted for his political views and articles, and for that reason had requested political asylum, [more >>>]
Turkey: rapporteur calls for greater social and political stability, welcomes Constitutional Court decision on Youtube ban lift
According to Josette Durrieu (France, SOC), rapporteur for post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey, with three months to go before the presidential elections, the situation in Turkey [more >>>]
Why Arabs are confused on Turkey’s ethnic minorities
By SINEM CENGIZ alarabiya.net At a time when Ankara and the Gulf countries are at odds due to Egypt, a significant workshop on “The Future [more >>>]