An exercise in disinformation: linking Kurds to NKR
Armenian Reporter [Paramus, NJ] 02 Aug 2008: A4-A5.
Yelena Osipova & Emil Sanamyan
WASHINGTON - Turkish and Azerbaijani officials have frequently sought to link Armenians to the Kurdish resistance in Turkey, typically referred to as the Kurdistan Workers' Party (pkk). But they have provided little to no evidence to substantiate such linkages. These allegations made a comeback between last October and earlier this year at a fairly high level and with all the hallmarks of an organized disinformation campaign. This analysis seeks to deconstruct the chronology of this effort aimed against Armenia.
"Pursuit of 'terrorists' or the presence of terrorists in a given territory has been used as pretext by states around the world for military operations," Hratch Tchilingirian of the University of Cambridge told the Armenian Reporter via e-mail.
Armenian Reporter International [Paramus] 25 Feb 2006: 21.
An invited audience of more than 80 people, including MPs, diplomats, academic researchers, and government and NGO representatives, attended the publication launch of "The limits of leadership: elites and societies in the Nagorny Karabakh peace process" at the Houses of Parliament in London, which was sponsored and chaired by Angus Robertson MP, Scottish Minister for Defense & Foreign Affairs. The speakers were Dr. Laurence Broers, issue editor of Accord 17; Mr. Famil Ismailov, senior producer, BBC World Service; Dr.HratchTchilingirian, Accord issue 17 author and associate director of the Eurasia Research Programme, University of Cambridge.
A Tortured Priest Rests in Peace; In Memory of Fr. Manuel Yergatian
Armenian Reporter International [Paramus] 21 Feb 2004: 22.
Hratch Tchilingirian
The Very Rev. Fr. Manuel Yergatian, the pastor of the Armenian Church in the Netherlands, passed away on February 11, 2004 at the young age of 50. He was a member of the St. James Brotherhood of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem. In 1980, the life of this energetic priest, who was full and contagious enthusiasm, changed irretrievably. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time. A citizen of Turkey, he was arrested in October 1980 at Istanbul airport while en route to Jerusalem. He was only 33 years old at the time. Fr. Manuel was charged with anti-Turkish activities in the years when various acts of political violence against Turks by Armenians were taking place.
Armenian Reporter International [Paramus] 04 July 1997: 16.
A literary dialogue with poet Anoush Nakashian of Jerusalem was held here last week. The event was organized by Tekeyan Cultural Association to present the newly published Rainy Love, Nakashian's third volume of collected poems. Throughout the "Dialogue," 36-year-old Nakashian's personal reflections and literary interpretations were enriched with her captivating poetry recitations. Hratch Tchilingirian, a scholar and analyst of contemporary Armenian affairs, was the host of the evening. He was introduced by Alex Kalayjian.
Armenian Reporter International [Paramus] 06 June 1998: 12.
Entrepreneurs Report on Socio-Economic Conditions in Armenia at NAASR
Economic conditions in Armenia since the fall of the Soviet Union and Armenia's prospects for future economic development were discussed at length during a recent gathering of entrepreneurs from Armenia. The May 7 event, "Armenia In Transition: Socio-economic Conditions and Business Opportunities," was co-sponsored by the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research and the Cambridge-Yerevan Sister Cities Association (CYSCA) and took place at NAASR's Center and Headquarters here.
Hratch Tchilingirian opened the program with an overview of conditions in Armenia since it gained independence. He pointed out what a pleasure it is to be hearing "some of the success stories" of the Armenian economy, as represented by the seven panel members, instead of the all too common litany of conflicts, disasters, and shortages. He then briefly outlined some of the obstacles which have interfered with the growth of the Armenian economy.
One of the longest serving Orthodox Christian leaders in the Middle East, Patriarch Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch and All the East passed away at the age of 92 on 5 December 2012 in Beirut. His death comes at a time when Christians in the Middle East from Iraq to Egypt and Syria are facing formidable security, political and socio-economic challenges.
... 19thcentury in general and the Hunchakian Party in particular were social democracy and the "liberation of the Armenian people" living under suppression and injustice. While many of the fundamental principles ...
... political parties in the late 19thcentury in general and the Hunchakian Party in particular were social democracy and the "liberation of the Armenian people" living under suppression and injustice. While ...
World Council of Churches Armenia Round Table Foundation & United Nations Population Fund Armenia
International Conference on Diakonia Education
Paper: "The Parish as Agency of Diakonia: Faith and Service in Praxis"
The main question that this paper dealt with is the following: How could the church make the concept and practice of diakonia that comes from apostolic times relevant to faith communities living in the 21st century? The example of an Armenian parish in the Diaspora was presented as a case study to illustrate the building blocks of diaskonia in the formation of church communities.
This short documentary is the story of how in 1923 Armenians in London with the help of philanthropist Calouste Gulbenkian built a place of worship and communal gathering as one of the first steps towards re-building their lives after the virtual annihilation of the Armenian people in the Ottoman Empire, the first genocide of the 20th century. The Armenian Church in the UK, St. Sarkis Church Trust and St. Sarkis Church Parish celebrated the 90th Anniversary of the first Armenian Church in London with a series of educational, cultural and social events between September 2012 and January 2013. Hratch Tchilingirian is Hon. President of St. Sarkis Church Trust and headed the 90th Anniversary celebrations.
A joint study by Armenian and Azeri sociologists shows that the people in both countries would support more concerted efforts by their governments to normalize relations and move toward settlement of territorial disputes. The study was designed to determine the possibilities for reconciliation among the people of the two countries.
Window View of the Armenian Church, Volume IV, Number 3, 1994
The Witness of the Armenian Church in the Diaspora
A Conversation with ARCHBISHOP ARAM KESHISHIAN, Moderator of World Council of Churches and Prelate of the Armenian Church in Lebanon
By Hratch Tchilingirian
Archbishop Aram Keshishian, as Moderator of the Central and Executive Committees of the World Council of Churches, has the highest position within the structure of WCC. The General Assembly of WCC convenes every seven or eight years. The Assembly elects the Central Committee, comprised of 168 members, a Moderator and two Vice-Moderators. The Moderator, the two Vice-Moderators and the General Secretary are the four officers of WCC. Archbishop Keshishian is the author of several books, among them Witness of the Armenian Church in a Diaspora Situation; Concilliar Fellowship; Orthodox Perspective on Mission.
... the region. Barkhudariants lived in the 19thcentury and was originally from Karabakh. He writes about his extensive travels in the regions of historical Aghvank and Artsakh, providing detailed description ...
Mikhail Gorbachev, Memoirs. New York and London: Doubleday, 1996.
THE KARABAKH EXPLOSION [pp. 333-340]
In February 1988 the population of the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous oblast (which was 85-per-cent Armenian) of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic demanded that it be made a part of the Armenian Soviet Social Republic. A resolution was passed by the oblast Soviet and immediately supported by thousands of people at demonstrations and meetings in Armenia. These demonstrations were carried out in an organized way, without excesses. The marches carried large posters supporting perestroika and glasnost. Law-enforcement agencies only maintained order, without taking stronger measures—anyway, there was little they could have done against this sea of people.
Department of Social Sciences of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Paper
"Restructuring and Transformation of Internal Political Struggles in the South Caucasus," presented at Conference on "Conflict as an Instrument in Internal Political Struggles: Secession Crises in the Post-Soviet Area,"
Supported by Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences, German Turkish Masters Program in Social Sciences, DAAD and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.