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| Siamanto |
| Posted on: September 17, 2010, 4:11 am |
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| Atom Yarjanian, better known by his pen name Siamanto (1878 - 1915), was an influential Armenian writer, poet and national figure from the late 19th century and early 20th century. He was killed by the Turkish authorities during the Armenian Genocide. |
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| Nurhay Nakis |
| Posted on: August 27, 2010, 7:23 am |
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| Nurhay Nakis was born on 1955 in Sivas, Turkey, of Armenian parents, is the president of Deportivo Armenio Futbol Club of Buenos Aires. From his childhood he has been a soccer fan, in 1971 when an Argentine team came to Turkey to play Beşiktaş J.K., Nakis went to Argentina to become one of the finest people in Argentine soccer, he was nicknamed 'El Armenio'. |
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| Arat Dink |
| Posted on: August 27, 2010, 7:21 am |
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| Arat Dink (born 1979 in İstanbul-Turkey) is a Turkish journalist of Armenian origin and the executive editor of Agos, a bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly newspaper published in Istanbul. |
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| Daron Acemoğlu |
| Posted on: August 27, 2010, 7:10 am |
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| Kamer Daron Acemoğlu Turkish pronunciation: or Acemoglu (born September 3, 1967 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish economist of Armenian descent. |
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| Hrant Dink |
| Posted on: August 27, 2010, 6:51 am |
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| Hrant Dink (September 15, 1954 – January 19, 2007) was a Turkish-Armenian editor, journalist and columHrant Dink (September 15, 1954 – January 19, 2007) was a Turkish-Armenian editor, journalist and columnist. |
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| Berç Türker Keresteciyan |
| Posted on: August 27, 2010, 6:43 am |
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| Berç Keresteciyan (aka Berç Türker Keresteciyan or Berç Keresteciyan Türker) (1870 – 1949) was a Turkish bank executive and politician of Armenian descent. |
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| Yaşar Kurt |
| Posted on: August 27, 2010, 6:18 am |
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| Yaşar Kurt (b. 1968 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish rock artist of Armenian origin. |
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| Hayko Cepkin |
| Posted on: August 27, 2010, 6:05 am |
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| Hayko Cepkin is a Turkish musician who is mostly known for the unique music he constructs that ranges from alternative rock to melodic tunes. |
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| Armenian Gampr dog |
| Posted on: August 21, 2010, 7:29 am |
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| Armenian Gampr is a dog breed that originated at Armenian Highlands, including the territories of modern Eastern Anatolia of Turkey and the Republic of Armenia, and bred by local people by primitive selection. |
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| Mesrob II Mutafyan of Constantinople |
| Posted on: August 21, 2010, 6:54 am |
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| Archbishop Mesrob II Mutafyan, also known as Mesrop Mutafyan is the 84th Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople under the authority of the Catholicos of Armenia and of all Armenians. |
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| Armenians in Turkey |
| Posted on: August 2, 2010, 4:52 am |
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| Armenians in Turkey have an estimated population of 40,000 to 70,000 (the Hamshenis are not included). Most are concentrated around Istanbul. |
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| Turkish–Armenian War |
| Posted on: June 21, 2010, 8:12 am |
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| The Turkish–Armenian War was a conflict fought between the Democratic Republic of Armenia (DRA) and Turkish Revolutionaries of the Turkish National Movement which lasted from 24 September to 2 December, 1920 and largely took place in present-day northeastern Turkey and northwestern Armenia. |
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| Khor Virap |
| Posted on: June 12, 2010, 6:44 am |
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| The Khor Virap monastery is a 7th century Armenian monastery in the Ararat plain in Armenia, very close to the border with Turkey and the closest point in Armenia to Mount Ararat, the national symbol of Armenia. |
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| Ararat Province |
| Posted on: June 11, 2010, 8:15 am |
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| Ararat is a province (marz) of Armenia with capital in Artashat. Named after Mount Ararat, the province borders Turkey to the west and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic to the south. |
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| Gregory of Narek |
| Posted on: May 29, 2010, 7:06 am |
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| Grigor Narekatsi (951–1003) is a canonized saint. He was an Armenian monk, poet, mystical philosopher and theologian, born into a family of writers. |
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| Gugark |
| Posted on: May 17, 2010, 3:52 am |
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| Gugark was the thirteenth province of the Kingdom of Armenia. It now comprises parts of northern Armenia, northeast Turkey, and southwest Georgia. |
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| Tao |
| Posted on: May 17, 2010, 3:50 am |
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| In Armenian history writing, the term Tayk is often used as a pars pro toto for the historic northwest Armenian lands which are now located in north-eastern Turkey. |
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| Ani |
| Posted on: May 14, 2010, 9:07 am |
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| Ani is a ruined and uninhabited medieval city-site situated in the Turkish province of Kars, beside the border with Armenia. It was once the capital of a medieval Armenian kingdom that covered much of present day Armenia and eastern Turkey. |
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| Tigranakert |
| Posted on: May 14, 2010, 9:03 am |
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| Tigranakert was a city possibly located near present-day Silvan, Turkey, east of Diyarbakır. It was founded by the Armenian Emperor Tigranes the Great in the 1st century BC. |
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| Cathedral of Ani |
| Posted on: May 13, 2010, 3:04 am |
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| The Cathedral of Ani is an Armenian church built in 1001 A.D by the architect Trdat in the ruined ancient Armenian capital of Ani, located in what is now the extreme eastern tip of Turkey, on the border with modern Armenia. |
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| Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia |
| Posted on: May 11, 2010, 9:36 am |
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| The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia was a state formed in the Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk invasion of Armenia. It was located in Cilicia, the region north and west of the Gulf of Alexandretta of the Mediterranean Sea, in what is today southern Turkey. |
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| Tags: Turkey, Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Alexandretta, Cilicia, Armenia, Seljuk, Middle Ages, Armenian Kingdom of Antiquity, Cilician Kingdom, Kingdom of Lesser Armenia, Little Armenia, Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia |
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| Mount Ararat |
| Posted on: May 10, 2010, 9:40 am |
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| It has two peaks: Greater Ararat (the tallest peak in Turkey, and the entire Armenian plateau with an elevation of 5,137 m/16,854 ft) and Lesser Ararat (with an elevation of 3,896 m/12,782 ft). |
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| Geography of Armenia |
| Posted on: May 10, 2010, 8:10 am |
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| Armenia is a landlocked country in Europe, between the Black and Caspian Seas, bordered on the north and east by Georgia and Azerbaijan and on the south and west by Iran and Turkey. |
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| Akhurian River |
| Posted on: May 10, 2010, 6:31 am |
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| The Akhurian, Akhuriyan, Akhuryan or Akhouryan is a river in the South Caucasus. It originates in Armenia and flows from Lake Tseli south, along the border with Turkey. |
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| Aras River |
| Posted on: May 10, 2010, 6:19 am |
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| The Aras is a river located in and along the countries of Turkey, Armenia, Iran, and Azerbaijan. Its total length is 1,072 kilometers. Given its length and a basin that covers an area of 102,000 km², it is one of the largest rivers of the Caucasus. |
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| Roger Tatarian |
| Posted on: March 25, 2010, 9:15 am |
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| H. Roger Tatarian (1917–1995) was vice-president and editor-in-chief of United Press International, a worldwide news-reporting service that supplied stories to thousands of newspapers, magazines, and broadcast outlets. |
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| Yousuf Karsh |
| Posted on: March 22, 2010, 5:57 am |
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| Yousuf Karsh, CC, born December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002, was a Canadian photographer of Armenian heritage, and one of the most famous and accomplished portrait photographers of all time. |
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| Ara Güler |
| Posted on: March 20, 2010, 9:20 am |
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| Ara Güler, born August 16, 1928, Istanbul, Turkey, is a Turkish photojournalist of Armenian descent, nicknamed "the Eye of Istanbul" or "the Photographer of Istanbul". |
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