When I first started this blog I promised myself to never write about politics; not because it’s unimportant or outside of my personal interest, but because there are few domains that are capable of dividing a nation as much as politics. But desperate times require desperate measures so I too will weigh in on...
2,000-year-old tombstone of an Armenian king recovered in Turkey
Turkish anti-smuggling police in northwestern Balıkesir province has recovered another ancient artifact. This time a tombstone belonging to an Armenian king from the kingdom of Commagene. The DailySabbah reports: Anti-smuggling police seized a 2,000-year-old tombstone belonging to an ancient Armenian king in Turkey’s northwestern Balıkesir province on Tuesday. Acting upon a tipoff, security forces...
1500 year old Armenian Karas was confiscated during military operations in Eastern Turkey
Turkish media is recently reporting on how the Turkish military has stumbled upon a 1.500 year-old Karas during anti-Kurdish operations in historic Western Armenia. The discovery was reportedly made at a house of a Kurdish PKK member. The military operations are therefore labeled “anti-terror operations” in Turkish media. Daily Sabah reports: Gendarmerie forces carrying out...
Armenian song goes viral in Turkey
An Armenian song goes viral in Turkey and Azeris are outraged. The pop song from rapper Super Sako featuring Hayko titled Mi Gna, went viral all over Turkey in the recent months. American musician John Denver once famously said the following: “Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere...
Never Again: A brief chronology of the Armenian Genocide
In honor of the 102th Armenian Genocide commemoration I present this short video of the chronology of the Armenian Genocide. As we remember the past let us make sure that this will Never Again happen. In 1915, the Turkish government launched a plan to massacre and expel Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire. While much of...
Iron age Armenian antiques found by Hungarian police in a truck
Hungarian police released footage of ancient artifacts smuggled last year by a Turkish truck driver under way to Lithuania. The trove included ancient Sumerian, Persian, Assyrian and most of all Armenian antiquities of the Urartian era (Kingdom of Van). The artifacts dated to as early as 900 BC., included a helmet, small bells and horse tack, were...
Turkey, the Legacy of Silence – Support This Project!
Turkey, the Legacy of Silence is a beautifully filmed documentary about hidden Armenians of Turkey. This documentary gives us a glimpse into the lives of these people and their internal struggle with identity. See above the new trailer for this awesome documentary. While the documentary was completed and shown in various countries (Turkey, France, Belgium, Armenia) during...
Could this mysterious deity be the Armenian God Vahagn?
A mysterious sculpture of an unknown deity was discovered in southeast Turkey, last year. The sculpture shows an enigmatic bearded deity rising from out the stalk of a plant. Scholars seem to be baffled about the identity of the deity and Live Science reported that “More than a dozen experts contacted by Live Science had no idea who the...
Documentary on Turkey’s hidden Armenians – Teaser
Documentary on Turkey’s hidden Armenians “Turkey, the Legacy of Silence”, to be released on the web on April 2015 (centennial of the Armenian Genocide).
