ISTANBUL ARMENIAN HISTORIAN GIVES LECTURE IN USA ON SUBJECT "HUMAN RIGHTS AND WORLD PEACE"

Noyan Tapan
July 13, 2009

WASHINGTON, JULY 13, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Between June 28
to July 7 famous Istanbul Armenian linguist and historian Barsegh
Tooghladjian took part in the scientific and art conference in
Washington held by American Biographical Academy and Biographical
Center, Cambridge, England and gave a lecture on the theme "Human
Rights and World Peace".

According to the Marmara daily, Tooghladjian is often invited to these
conferences and often gives lectures. In 2000 he gave a lecture on the
theme "The Turkish-American Relations in the History" and presented
George Washington’s oil painted portrait painted by talented painter
Erol Sarafian.

Tooghladjian took that portrait to the White House himself and gave
it to USA President Bill Clinton.

This time he took USA Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s oil
painted portrait, which is also painted by Erol Sarafian, and gave
it personally to the Secretary of State.

In Washington Tooghladjian visited Armenian Ambassador to the US
Tatul Margarian and Turkish Ambassador to the US Nabi Shensoy.