Friday, 14 January 2011

Turkey – Armenia Manual

Եվրասիա Համագործակցության Հիմնադրամը, Միացյալ Նահանգների Միջազգային Զարգացման Գործակալության (USAID) աջակցությամբ հրատարակել է եռալեզու (հայերեն, թուրքերեն, անգլերեն) "Թուրքիա-Հայաստան ձեռնարկ"-ը, որը իրենից ներկայացնում է տեղեկություններ և տվյալներ այն մարդկանց և հաստատությունների վերաբերյալ, որոնք աշխատում են Թուրքիա-Հայաստան հարաբերությունների շուրջ:
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Monday, 22 November 2010

Armenian Journalists Temporarily Detained in Kars

In the city of Kars, Turkey, at 1 pm on Nov. 19, the staff of GALA TV were detained by local national security service officers.
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Friday, 5 November 2010

YouTube was banned in Turkey for this video

Turkey has reimposed a ban on YouTube after the site refused to remove footage linked to a political sex scandal that erupted earlier this year. The footage in question shows Turkey’s main former opposition leader, Deniz Baykal, meeting a female staffer in a hotel room for a romantic tryst. Baykal resigned in May after the video surfaced.

Watch part of the footage here.

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Thursday, 16 September 2010

Winners of international "Hrant Dink" award announced

Anniversary of Hrant Dink's murder in Istanbul, 19Jan2008 (c) Artur Papyan
On September 15 in Istanbul at the concert hall "Cemal Rasit Rey" the award ceremony of nominees of Hrant Dink International Award 2010 was held. The Award winners are: "Conscientious Objection Movement" Turkish anti-militarist organization and Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon, the first national judge exercising the universal jurisdiction.
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Monday, 13 September 2010

Armenian Journalists face Deportation threat from Turkey

Turkey's border security guards threatened to deport journalists from Armenia who had arrived in Istanbul's Ataturk airport for a Sept. 13–15 seminar on the role of media in improving cooperation and security in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and in the region.

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