Author: Tamamian Anna

DISCOUNT DEEP PURPLE’S ROCK PERFORMANCE TICKETS OFFERED

Aysor
March 1 2010
Armenia

Organizer of Deep Purple’s rock performance in Armenia, Vibrographus
company, has announced would give discount for tickets in occasion
of the Women’s Day, marked on March 1.

"Now all Deep Purple’s fans can buy 18-60,000 drams tickets for
15-55,000," told Aysor’s correspondent a spokeswoman for Vibrographus
company, Sona Tadevosian.

Deep Purple will rock Yerevan on March 25 2010 at the Concert and
Sport Hall aft. Karen Demirchian with their first show in Armenia.

Tickets for the show have been available since December 2009.

According to Sona Tadevosian, 3 000, 5 000, and 10 000 drams tickets
are sold out to the date.

AZERBAIJAN THREATENS A GREAT WAR OVER NAGORNO-KARABAKH

Hamsayeh.net
http://www.hamsayeh .net/hamsayehnet_iran-international%20news968.htm
March 1 2010
Iran

Baku Wants Armenia to Withdraw its Forces From the Area.

March 01, 2010 (Hamsayeh.Net) – Azerbaijani officials have once again
threatened to launch a military offensive to liberate the breakaway
region of Nagorno-Karabagh located between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan yesterday warned that the threat of a great war was looming
if Armenian forces do not withdraw from the region.

The enclave located inside Azerbaijan has mostly Armenians living in
the area. In 1991 ethnic Armenians with support from Yerevan clashed
with Azerbaijan in a war that took the lives of an estimated 30,000
people before a ceasefire in 1994. Both Azerbaijan and Armenia claim
the region as part of their own territory.

Yesterday, an Azeri Defense Ministry statement read, ‘Diplomats could
not achieve concrete results for 15 years, and Azerbaijan cannot wait
another 15 years. Now it is up to the military, and this danger is
gradually approaching. If the Armenian occupier does not liberate our
lands, the start of a great war in the South Caucasus is inevitable.’

Azerbaijan a country that possesses large hydrocarbon reserves from
Caspian basin plans to join the proposed Nabucco gas pipeline, but
tensions with Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh have caused delays in
the project. Azerbaijan’s strategic ally Turkey also wants Yerevan
to pull its forces from the region before opening the border with
Armenia. The presence of US and NATO forces in the neighbouring
Georgia also adds fuel to the fire.

DATE: March 1, 2010

PRESS RELEASE
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Announcing Accredited Genocide & Human Rights University Program

Toronto, Canada – The International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights
Studies is pleased to announce the 9th year of the Genocide and Human Rights
University Program (‘GHRUP’). The Program is offered in collaboration with
the University of Toronto, which allows registered students to earn
graduate-level credits.

The GHRUP is not only rewarding for the expert instructors, but the program
is often described by students as a life-changing experience. One graduate
described it perhaps best, `The GHRUP offers a brilliant opportunity for
everyone who is interested in deepening their understanding of the
phenomenon of genocide and ways we can work for its prevention. It’s high
academic standard, friendly and encouraging atmosphere provide a great
setting to tackle and process one of the most destructive sides of human
existence.’

Incorporating genocide theory, history, sociology, political science and
international law, and through a comparative analysis of several case
studies (such as the Armenian Genocide, the Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda,
Darfur) and a number of special themes, the GHRUP explores such issues as:
– The Foundations of Human Rights
– International Politics and Genocide
– International Law and Genocide
– The Preconditions of Genocide
– Patterns of Genocide
– Conflict Resolution & Reconciliation
– Genocide Denial
– Genocide Prevention

Major Brent Beardsley, an officer with the UN Peace Keeping forces and an
eye-witness to the Rwandan Genocide, also an instructor at the GHRUP,
expressed the course’s ability to `look at the bigger crime of genocide but
always focus on, at the very heart of it, the horrendous human tragedy, and
the responsibility we have to maintain their memory and to pass that memory
on to others.’

Prof. Herbert Hirsch of Virginia Commonwealth University, one of the editors
of Genocide Studies & Prevention: An International Journal, and a teacher of
prevention at the GHRUP commented, `The Genocide and Human Rights University
Program is … one of the only programs that I have in fact ever heard of
where students are in attendance for two very intense weeks, eight hours a
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interact with them, they get to interact with each other, they learn from
the professors, they learn from each other, and the professors learn from
the students. This is, in fact, a unique educational experience for everyone
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CREDITS

Students currently registered at the University of Toronto and graduate
students from any university in Ontario may receive credit with no
additional cost in tuition. Undergraduate students registered at other
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credit must make special arrangements with their local institution.

Applicants must be current or recent university students with a minimum of
three years of undergraduate experience. Details and registration
information are available on the program’s website,
or by emailing [email protected]. The GHRUP will be held in Toronto,
August 2nd to 13th, 2010. We urge international students to send in their
applications as soon as possible to avoid complications pertaining to visas.

The International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (A
Division of the Zoryan Institute) is dedicated to scholarly research and
dissemination of knowledge regarding the phenomenon of genocide in all of
its aspects, to create an awareness of it as an ongoing scourge, and promote
the necessity of preventing it.

Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Feb 28 2010

A weird and dangerous speech

Sunday, February 28, 2010
HALUK Å?AHÄ°N

When I sat down to write this column, I found myself in a difficult
dilemma. Should I write about what the prime minister wants me to
write or not?

You know what Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ?an wants me to write
about: He wants me to respond to him as a columnist. With weird games
of logic, he attacks columnists and media bosses. His words are along
the lines of `Either you fire those who don’t support me or else don’t
expect anything of me.’

These are such marginal, anti-democratic words that I think he just
says them to change the agenda. When I write about him, I won’t be
able to write about anything else. I won’t write about things that
have gotten out of control. I won’t talk about internal mistakes such
as the Tekel demonstrations, the `democratic initiative,’ the
`Armenian genocide,’ Cyprus, Ergenekon or Balyoz, about the injustice
in Erzincan or about unemployment, economic imbalance or environmental
degradation. So it’ll be best if I just don’t get deceived and write.

But I just got out of my media-ethics class, where I told my students
that journalists are in favor of freedom of expression and should take
sides in this regard. `In comparison to some professions, journalists
can’t perform their duty well without freedom of expression,’ I said.
`And performing well is the most important obligation of their
profession.’

So, despite the trap, I have to say that the prime minister’s words
were wrong and dangerous. And that what he said yesterday is among the
`unforgettables,’ something that will follow him anywhere in the
world…

After these words, is it possible for ErdoÄ?an to be accepted as a
`democrat’ anywhere in the world? They will confront him with these
words. What had happened that he was so careless and unrestrained? If
it was meant to be a trap, couldn’t he have planned it more carefully?

His speech was fine up until that point; when he said Turkey needs to
be a first-class democracy, I had a slight hope. I even thought about
writing about the characteristics of `first class’ democracies,
starting with his words.

Then those unbelievably weird words followed.

The following question got stuck in my mind: Can a country be a
first-class democracy with such words coming out of the mouth of its
prime minister? Who would do that?

* Haluk Å?ahin is a columnist for daily Radikal, in which this piece
appeared Saturday. It was translated into English by the Daily News
staff.

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Aysor, Armenia
Feb 27 2010

The ARF young wing against Azerbaijan’s violence

Today at 11:00 by the initiation of the youth union in front of the
Azerbaijani embassy in Greece hold a demonstration.

`Compatriots,

Since 1988 each year on February 28 the all Armenians remember the
massacres realized against the Armenians by the Azerbaijani in the
Sumgait city. The Sumgait events alarmed about the start of new a wave
of Genocide realizing by the Azerbaijani against the Armenians. The
Armenians living in Kirovabad, Ghazakh, Khnalar, Dashkesan,
Mingechaur, Baku and other regions became the victim of this wave. The
Armenians living in Azerbaijan became refugees losing their own rights
and interests’, – says the release of the ARF young wing in Greece.

news.az, Azerbaijan
Feb 27 2010

Azerbaijani deputies may visit Nagorno-Karabakh
Sat 27 February 2010 | 08:32 GMT Text size:

Zahid Oruj A delegation of Azerbaijani MPs and public figures may
visit Nagorno-Karabakh, following trips in 2009 and 2007.

The chairman of the Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh, Bayram
Safarov, suggested to deputies and public figures that they make a
visit to Nagorno-Karabakh, a member of parliament’s defence and
security commission, Zahid Oruj, told News.Az.

Safarov made the suggestion during an event to mark the 18th
anniversary of the Khojaly tragedy.

"However, the date of the visit and the composition of the delegation
is not known yet. Parliament has not been approached officially. This
was just a proposal from the chairman of the Azerbaijani community of
Nagorno-Karabakh," the MP said.

In his speech Bayram Safarov also noted that he attaches a great
importance to reciprocal diplomatic trips by intellectuals of the two
countries and considers that these visits raise the trust of the
Armenian community in Azerbaijan.

Tamilla Sencaply
News.Az

THE RESULTS OF THE JOURNALISTIC CONTEST SUMMED UP

Aysor
Feb 26 2010
Armenia

Today took place the awarding ceremony of the journalistic contest
titled "Promotion of the rights of the children and young people in
Armenia who have health and mental problems".

Two nominations were mentioned scenario and article elucidating the
problems of mentally disabled people.

The program was financed by the European Union and the co-financing
was by the "France – Armenian development" fund.

>>From the articles presented the winner was Ashkhen Hayrapetyan’s
article titled "The child is the biggest gift of the God". The
scenarios that won belonged to Karine Harutyunyan ("In the world with
the world") and Tsvetana Paskaleva ("Destigmatization of the society
towards the people with mental disabilities")

As a gift the winners received money, and some other journalists got
letters of thanks.

STATE REVENUE COMMITTEE BUILDING EVACUATED; BOMB SCARE CALLED IN

2010/02/25 | 12:22

society

Presently, all employees at the RoA State Revenue Committee building
on Khorenatsi Street have been evacuated due to a bomb scare. Police
and a bomb disposal unit have cordoned off the area and are conducting
a search of the premises.

An employee at the Revenue Committee told "Hetq" that a call had
been received regarding the placement of an unknown package in the
building. Our calls to the Police Press Office for details have been
unsuccessful since Armen Malkhasyan, who heads the office is away
from his desk.

SPOKESMAN FOR AZERBAIJAN’S DEFENSE MINISTRY: "ARMENIA SHELTERS IN SHADOW OF THAT FORCE EVEN TODAY"

APA
Feb 25 2010
Azerbaijan

Baku – APA. "Azerbaijan Defense Minister Safar Abiyev’s statement in
his meeting with the French ambassador caused certain concerns in
Armenia. Some news agencies on order of the military leadership of
Armenia reminded about losses of Azerbaijan in 1992-94 and tried to
swell own "braveries" like they have discovered new America.

Azerbaijan explained causes of this situation for many times and the
international organizations also confirmed that", said Spokesman for
the Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister Lieutenant-Colonel Eldar Sabiroglu,
APA reports.

Sabiroglu said otherwise Armenia could never find courage to make a
step forward in the first Nagorno Karabakh war. "They were supported
by that force not only in Khojaly, but other operations too. Armenia
shelters in shadow of that force even today. If we see world history
we can clear that Armenians were never able to make heroism alone.

They were always crutch of someone and betrayed their well-wishers.

The Armenian news agencies shouldn’t forget all these facts while
making excursion on the past".

Azerbaijan Defense Minister Safar Abiyev said in his meeting with
French ambassador to Azerbaijan Gabriel Keller that diplomats couldn’t
achieve concrete result on Nagorno Karabakh problem in 15 years.

"Azerbaijan can’t wait for 15 years more. Now the matter depends on
the war and this threat is approaching. If Armenian invasion forces
are not withdrawn from Karabakh, large-scale war will be unavoidable
in the South Caucasus", said the minister.

TIMELINE: TURKEY’S ‘DEEP STATE’
By Anita McNaught, Turkey

Al Jazeera
/2010225132347919497.html
Feb 25 2010
Qatar

1952: Nato – primarily the United States – helps set up and fund secret
"counter-communist invasion resistance cells" in Turkey as part of
the Cold War. These cells are believed to lay the foundations of what
later becomes known as the "deep state".

May 27, 1960: First military coup staged against the ruling Democratic
Party.

March 12, 1971: Second military coup.

1973: Bulent Ecevit, the-then prime minister, is the first politician
to admit to the existence of secret paramilitary organistaions in
Turkey that are "within the government".

These become known as the "deep state".

February 1, 1979: Mehmet Ali Agca, who goes on to carry out an
attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II in 1981, kills Abdi
Ipekci, a human rights activist and editor-in-chief of newspaper
Miliyet.

September 12, 1980: Third military coup.

January 24, 1993: Investigative journalist Ugur Mumcu is killed by
a car bomb.

November 1996: A traffic accident near the western town of Susurluk
reveals the existence of a "deep state" link between the state,
the police and the criminal underworld.

Sitting inside the crashed car is the former deputy head of Istanbul
police, a wanted ultra-nationalist hitman carrying false identity
papers issued by state authorities, a former beauty queen and an MP
from the-then ruling party, who was the only survivor.

In the boot of the vehicle, hand guns, ammunition and a silencer are
uncovered. A number of investigations and public inquiries ensue,
but shed little light on the saga.

February 28, 1997: Military issues a memorandum that ousts the
coalition government. The event has been called the fourth military
coup, virtual coup, and postmodern coup.

1997: The name "Ergenekon" is first used in reference to the deep
state.

2001: First official document related to Ergenekon is found.

Tuncay Guney, an eccentric character of dubious credentials, is
brought in on ordinary fraud charges, and tells Istanbul police about
Ergenekon. His questioning forms the basis of the first Ergenekon
indictment.

January 18, 2007: Armenian human rights journalist Hrant Dink is shot
dead in front of the offices of his newspaper Agos.

March 25, 2007: Nokta, a political magazine, publishes the Coup Diaries
chronicling plans to stage a military take over. The magazine is shut
down almost a month later. The diaries form the basis of the second
Ergenekon indictment.

April 18, 2007: Three Christians are killed in an attack at a
publishing house in Malatya. The case is later merged with Ergenekon
on November 21, 2008.

January 21, 2008: Thirty-one people are arrested following the first
Ergenekon indictment including a retired general and columnist.

October 21, 2008: The first Ergenekon trial begins.

March 21, 2008: More generals and columnists are detained.

July 5, 2008: More retired generals are arrested.

July 23, 2008: A new wave of arrests in the Ergenekon investigation
leads to 26 people being detained around the country, including senior
members of the Workers’ Party, and staff members of a nationalist
magazine.

14 August 2008: In another round of arrests, police find large
amounts of explosives and weapons (two Kalashnikovs, 1,000 bullets,
1,000 empty bullets and 280 hand grenades).

23 September 2008: Sixteen more people are detained including a former
police chief, a former mayor and journalists.

January 7, 8 2009: More people are detained, including academics and
generals, and more arms caches are unearthed at various places.

January 22, 2009: Twenty police officers are detained in connection
to Ergenekon.

March 08, 2009: Death wells are discovered in the Cizre district
of Sirnak. On March 14, 22 bones, a human skull and some clothes
fragments are found in the wells.

March 10, 2009: Second Ergenekon indictment is submitted.

June 4, 2009: Army officers are arrested as part of an investigation
into the ammunition found in Poyrazköy. Twenty people, including 16
army officers on active duty, were detained in simultaneous operations
conducted in five Turkish provinces.

July 20, 2009: The Istanbul Criminal Court begins trying 56 suspects
under the second indictment of the Ergenekon probe. The 1,909-page
indictment includes accusations against 56 suspects including retired
generals.

July 20, 2009: Third indictment submitted to the court. The 1,454
page document indicts 52 people – 37 of whom are under arrest. The
suspects were arrested between January 10, 2009 and April 17, 2009.

December 19, 2009: Cage, or Kafes, coup plan is revealed by daily
newspaper Taraf.

January 20, 2010: The Sledgehammer, or Balyoz, coup plan revealed to
the public through Taraf.

February 22, 2010: About 50 retired and current military officials are
detained because of their alleged involvement with the Sledgehammer
plan.