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Published on February 22, 2007
IN NEAR FUTURE A DISCUSSION TO TAKE PLACE IN TURKISH PARLIAMENT ON ARTICLE 301
In near future, the controversial Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code will be discussed in the parliament of the country, Turkish PM Rejep Tayyep Erdogan stated, PanARMENIAN.Net reported.
“I shall listen opinions of my colleagues, but I have my own viewpoint concerning this problem. Summing up we will put this issue under the discussion of parliament. It will be done in a very near future, Erdogan stated, Turkish Media reports.
The 301st article supposes criminal punishment for “insulting Turkishness”. Armenian-Turkish ‘Agos’ bilingual weekly editor-in-chief slain Hrant Dink and Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk were prosecuted under this article.
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Headlines for February 22, 2007WISHES OF SIDES SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BEFORE DEPLOYING PEACEKEEPERS IN KARABAKH
The wishes of the sides should be taken into account before deploying peacekeeping forces at the territories under Karabakh’s control, said Jonathan Henick, the PR Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan, ...ARMENIAN HISTORIAN ACCEPTED SUGGESTION OF TURKISH COUNTERPART ON JOINT WORK
For the first ever an Armenian historian has accepted Turkey's thesis of collaborative study, PanARMENIAN.Net reported. As reported by Sabah newspaper, Ara Sarafyan, one of the most important historians ...EU ENVOY FOR SOUTH CAUCASUS TO VISIT NAGORNO KARABAKH
EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus will pay a visit to Nagorno Karabakh, PanARMENIAN.Net reported. According to Peter Semneby, the trip to Karabakh aims at establishment of trust between ...OPENING OF SAINT CROSS CHURCH IN AKHTAMAR TO TAKE PLACE ON APRIL 14
Reconstruction of Saint Cross on Akhtamar island is of political and economic importance, Samvel Karapetian, historian and chairman of Era NGO said in Yerevan, PanARMENIAN.Net reported. The opening ceremony ...PACE CALLS FOR LIFTING SANCTIONS ON TURKISH CYPRUS
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) President René van der Linden said that economic isolations imposed on Turkish Cyprus must be lifted and that European Union should keep its promises ...TURKEY HOPES TO BEGIN EU TALKS IN JULY 2007
"We hope to begin the European Union accession talks at least in four chapters if unexpected events do not occur in the first half of the year," said Ali Babacan, Turkey's chief negotiator for European ...UNITED STATES WARNS ABOUT POSSIBLE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN
The George Bush Administration declares that Iran does not implement conditions put forward by UN Security Council members, and warns about possible new sanctions against Tehran, PanARMENIAN.Net reported. ...KARABAKH PEOPLE CANNOT RETURN TO A COUNTRY WHERE IT WAS BEING EXPOSED TO SYSTEMATIC GENOCIDE
The international community must recognize the right of Nagorno Karabakh people to self-determination, ARF Dashnaktsutyun representative and Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations ...ADOPTION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION BY U.S. CONGRESS TO BECOME A HISTORIC EVENT
Adoption of the Armenian Genocide resolution by the 106th U.S. Congress if approved, will become a historic event, ARF Dashnaktsutyun representative Armen Roustamyan responded to the PanARMENIAN.Net ...IN NEAR FUTURE A DISCUSSION TO TAKE PLACE IN TURKISH PARLIAMENT ON ARTICLE 301
In near future, the controversial Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code will be discussed in the parliament of the country, Turkish PM Rejep Tayyep Erdogan stated, PanARMENIAN.Net reported. “I shall ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1837 Creation of the Armenian Supreme Ecclesiastic Council in Echmiadsin - the Synod attached to the Catholicos of All-Armenians.
- 1909 Birth of Taras Toosoozyan in Yekaterinodar (now Krasnodar). He was a Major-General of the Soviet Army. He was the Military Commissar of the Armenian SSR from 1950 to 1969.
- 1931 The Central Affairs Committee decides to establish a Radio-Broadcasting Committee.
- 1932 Birth of architect Arthur Tarkhanyan in Leninakan (Gyoomree). He designed and implemented the "Tsitsernakabert" Genocide Memorial Complex, the "Airarat" (formerly "Rossiya") movie theater, the Palace of Youth, "Zvartnotss" Airport, and many other buildings.
- 1938 Birth of Artavazd Peleshyan in Leninakan (Gyoomree). He became a famous artist, State Prize Laureate, and a master of the documentary film genre .
- 1939 The Armenian Supreme Soviet awards the right to the Opera and Ballet Theater of Yerevan, to be called the Alexander Spendarian Opera and Ballet Theatre.
- 1960 The Armenian Theater Association in Beirut decides to be known as the Vahram Papazyan Association.
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