Sivan Perwer about the Armenian genocide

Sivan Perwer speaks about the Armenian Genocide.


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Sivan is a Kurdish poet, writer, musical teacher, singer, and the leading Kurdish artist. He is considered by many Kurds as the greatest Kurdish musician of all time. He holds several honorary doctorates in music.

Not another Hrant!

The Turkish nationalist party leader, Dog together with twelve other people, including a retired Turkish general has been arrested over an plan to kill Orhan Pamuk and Kurdish figures like Osman Baydemir, Leyla Zana and Ahmet Turk.

Orhan has recieved numerous death threats since he said the following sentences:

"Thirty thousand Kurds, and a million Armenians were killed in these lands and nobody dares to talk about it."

"What happened to the Ottoman Armenians in 1915 was a major thing that was hidden from the Turkish nation; it was a taboo. But we have to be able to talk about the past."
During an award ceremony in Germany: "I repeat, I said loud and clear that one million Armenians and 30,000 Kurds were killed in Turkey."

Orhan supported the Kurdish political rigths in 1995, he wa in a group of authors tried for writing essays that criticized Turkey's treatment of the Kurds.

[Facebook group] - Kurds Recognize the Armenian Genocide

The creator is a Kurd settled in the US. The description of the group is:

Kurds Recognize the Armenian Genocide! The Kurds view the the Genocide of the Armenians as a black chapter in history and recognize the genocide as a shameful event. the Kurds stand with the Armenians and condemn Turkey for continuously denying the genocide and condemn the KUrdish tribes that worked with the Ottoman empiure during those times. Kurdish President and parliaments in kurdistan and in exile and many other Kurds have recognized the genocide and some Kurdish leaders have even written about it in their books.

Turkey should learn from Australia

photo: Lisa Olsson

This was the Australian newpaper Indigenous Times the day after that the PM of Australia Kevin Rudd held a speech in the parliament where he appologized to the Aboriginal people, the 13th February will always be remembered amoung the Aboriginal people as the "Sorry day".
The apology was a step in the rigth direction even if the threatment against the Aboriginal people was not labeled as a genocide.

The Armenians is next in line, waiting for a apology and recognition that a genocide occured and that over 1.5 million people was killed in this genocide. Turkey can not open a new era until the "G" word is solved.

Will Sabah ever publish a similar "We say sorry" frontpage to the Armenians as the Indigenous Times did?

Kurdish protester: Not another Armenian Genocide

Turkey is not far from committing Kurdish genocide

From KurdishAspect.com

Turkey’s double standard is very obvious when the Turkish President sending friendly messages to Europe and presenting the democratic side of secular Turkey while restating on fighting the PKK. Turkey has to apologize for the Armenian genocide instead of committing another massacre in Iraqi Kurdistan.

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A boycott was carried out by the Turkish streets in response to the implementation of the human right laws by European countries. In 2000 the Turkish consumer association boycotted Belgian made products, asking Belgian to undermine its civil society and extradite someone to be executed in Turkey. In 2006 various Turkish supermarkets also boycotted French products, because the French parliament passed the Armenian genocide bill.

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Armenian Kurdish song

Armenian artist making fun of the Turkish warfare

Kurdish musician in Armenia recieves a plaque of honor

Egite Jmo (born 1932 in Armenia) His family had fled Van, northern Kurdistan in 1918.
He began playing flute at the age of 9 and Egite worked for more than 30 years for the Kurdish radio of Yerivan - Denge Erivan. His dream is to provide courses of flute for Kurdish children of Amed (Diyarbekir), in northern Kurdistan.

At the beginning of November 2007, the Kurdish association of Armenia, "Tev Çandê ", has granted in Erivan, the capital of Armenia, a plaque of honor to the famous Kurdish flute player, Egite Jmo.

How the Armenian Genocide resolution affected south Kurdistan

In October last year, the Turks wanted to prevent the Armenian Genocide recognition by United States. The bill was voted Yes and this angered the Turks.
In this video, we see a Turkish diplomat saying "We can play hardball to".
The recognition bill motivated the Turkish state to invade south Kurdistan, the conflict is still going on in south Kurdistan.

The creative Armenian/Kurdish girl from Denmark

Angel, as she calls herself grew up in west Denmark with her danish mom. She have Armenian/Kurdish roots from her dad.

Angel found happiness in music and drum beats but nowadays creates Triphop - Hiphop - Turntablism etc. Angel loves any kind of music still today, her biggest passion is music in every shape and sound and beat.

JointGoneMissing Crew music here (MySpace.com)

US election - for Armenian or Kurdish interests ?

The US election could be confusing when the competition is so intensive between the candidates. In one of the corners, the christian Hillary Clinton has interests for the Kurds and on the other side we have the muslim Barack Obama with his interests for the middle eastern christians.

Hillary Clinton said:

"We also have to look to see how the Kurds are being treated, because the Kurds have behaved very well in this," she said. "They took their opportunity for freedom from (former Iraqi leader) Saddam Hussein's tyrannical rule, and they've been building their society in the north of Iraq.

Finally, we will have to protect our interests. We'll have an embassy there. And if the Iraqi government does get its act together, we may have a continuingtraining mission." she added.

Obama at the same time pledges to recognize Armenian genocide if he is elected president.

"As president, I will recognize the Armenian genocide," Obama said in a statement posted on his Web site last weekend after a meeting with leaders of the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). Obama has also pledged to put an end to "Turkish and Azerbaijani blockades" of Armenia as president.

"As a U.S. senator, I have stood with the Armenian American community in calling for Turkey's acknowledgement of the Armenian genocide." he said.

But meanwhile, Barak is also obviously opposing a Kurdish state and drawing parallel between the Kurds and Talibans.

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Other candidates about the Armenian genocide:

• Rudy Giuliani issued genocide proclamations when he was mayor of New York in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
• Senator John McCain has consistently opposed genocide resolutions
• Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney are not known as pro-Armenian politicians.

Kurdish studies department in Armenia

The Armenian Academy of Sciences

In 1969 The Armenian Academy of Sciences founded a Kurdish
Studies Department in 1969 to document and research all aspects
of Kurdish culture but also to study Kurdish-Armenian relations.

Ties between people are tightened by culture

read the full article here and interview with Artsvi Bakhchinyan is a Yerevan, philologist, film researcher, Dr. of Armenian language and literature.

"I have been in Istanbul for two times, but did not feel I was in Turkey. In Diyarbakir I had that feeling that I am in Turkish land, although I met only Kurdish and Zaza people there, says Armenian intellectual Artsvi Bakhchinyan after visiting Turkey."

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"This was your first visit to Diyarbakir, what was your impression as a foreigner and as an Armenian?

I have been in Istanbul for two times, but did not feel I was in Turkey. In Diyarbakir I had that feeling that I am in Turkish land, although I met only Kurdish and Zaza people there. Their interest and attitude toward the Armenian guest was very warm. For me it was thrilling to see the remnants of the Armenian church. It is a unique architectural monument that can be one of the beautiful sights Diyarbakir. Unfortunately the roof doe snot exist anymore but I have heard it is going to be recovered. The Armenian monuments in Eastern and Southern Turkey have important significance for the world cultural heritage so they need a special treatment from the government.

Which films were shown in Diyarbakir? Can you tell us about the feedbacks?

Only the "Return of the Poet" was screened in Diyarbakir. Before that there was an interactive discussion not only about the cinema but also about Armenian-Kurdish relations generally. I had a project to organize an Armenian-Kurdish film festival in Diyarbakir and not only there. The very first film about the Kurds is made in Armenia in 1926, by the founder of

Armenian cinema Hamo Beknazaryan. By the way, this film, "Zare," is the second feature film production of Soviet Armenia. There are also some other films, both features and documentaries, that have been made about the Kurds in Armenia. I mean particularly Hineer Salem's films, "Vodka Lemon" of which was rather successful in international festival and was screened in Istanbul as well.

You gave some lectures in Istanbul too, on which subjects did you talk? How was the reaction in the conferences and screenings held in Istanbul?

I gave talks about the past and present of the Armenian cinema. Although the Istanbul audience had no problem with English and I also could give my talk in English, I preferred to talk Armenian and my colleague and friend Sevan Ataoğlu translated it into Turkish. I am sure that the neighbour peoples do not need intermediary languages; it is always preferable to speak in our native languages.

As I said already, because the audience of Diyarbekir was consisted of Kurds, their questions were mainly about their own connections with Armenia. Few people came to the meeting at Bilge University, but in Bosporus University the audience was very active and professional. I am especially impressed by the enthusiasm of the director of Mithat Alam Film Centre, Yamac Okur. We both are full of decisiveness to continue our cooperation. He gave me DVD-s of recent Turkish short films, which I would like to suggest including in the program of Golden Apricot 2007. The cultural cooperation is the best way for dialogues between nation, especially between Armenians and Turks, which are, as we always know, are

more than complicated. "

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Artsvi Bakhchinyan, born 1971, Yerevan, philologist, film researcher, Dr. of Armenian language and literature. Contributed to periodicals of Armenia and abroad with articles on film, culture and various fields of Armenian studies. He is the vice president of Armenian branch of FIPRESCI (International Union of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists). Co-editor of "Armenian Cinema 1924-1999: a complete filmography" catalogue (Yerevan, 2001). Author of books: "Armenians by Origin" (a biographical dictionary of Armenian Diaspora: Yerevan, 1993), "Figures of Armenian Origin" (Yerevan, 2002), "Napoleon Bonaparte and the Armenians" (Yerevan, 2003), "Armenia-Scandinavia: Historical and Cultural Relations" (Yerevan, 2003), "Armenians in World Cinema" (Yerevan, 2004), "Armenia-Sweden" (in English, 2006).

Kurdistan and Hayastan Celebrating 1 year!

This is from me to you, great people that have been following this blog.

Ezidi Kurd from Russia as they say singing in Armenian