Middle East Study Association (MESA), Annual Conference, Montreal
Speaker
Special Session: On Hrant Dink and Armenian-Turkish Relations
18 November 2007, Montreal, Canada
Chairs: Andras J. Riedlmayer, Harvard U and Richard G. Hovannisian, UCLA
Speakers:
Hratch Tchilingirian, Cambridge U - Hrant Dink before Hrant Dink: Armenians in Turkey Fatma Miige Gocek, U of Michigan - Hrant Dink and Turkish-Armenian Dialogue Levon Zekiyan, Universita Ca'Foscari, Venice - Hrant Dink's Innovative Approach to Armenian-Turkish Relations. Its Context, Challenge, and Prospects Etyen Mahcupyan, Journalist/Writer, Turkey - Agos and the Hrant Dink Foundation: Looking at the Future
Hratch Tchilingirian's Professional Activities from 1984 to 1994 as reported in
Abaka, Montreal AIM, Los Angeles Ararat, Lebanon Armenian Church, New York Armenian Life Weekly, Los Angeles Armenian Reporter, New York Mirror-Spectator, Boston Observer, Los Angeles Asbarez, Los Angeles California Courier, Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Etchmiadzin Monthly, Armenia Hrairk, Vienna Loosavohch, Yerevan Mother Church, Los Angeles Nor Gyank, Los Angeles Outreach, Canada St Nersess News, New York Together, UCLA Feminist Newsmagazine, Los Angeles
Hratch Tchilingirian's Professional Activities from 1984 to 1994 as reported in
Abaka, Montreal AIM, Los Angeles Ararat, Lebanon Armenian Church, New York Armenian Life Weekly, Los Angeles Armenian Reporter, New York Mirror-Spectator, Boston Observer, Los Angeles Asbarez, Los Angeles California Courier, Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Etchmiadzin Monthly, Armenia Hrairk, Vienna Loosavohch, Yerevan Mother Church, Los Angeles Nor Gyank, Los Angeles Outreach, Canada St Nersess News, New York Together, UCLA Feminist Newsmagazine, Los Angeles
Turkey and Armenia signed two protocols on 10th October 2009 in Zurich which was the culmination of months of talks. Under the agreement, Turkey and Armenia will establish diplomatic relations and re-open their border. The protocols, which need to be approved by the Parliament of each country, also calls for a panel to investigate the "historical dimension" of the two countries relations - an unmentioned reference to the issue of the genocide of Armenians during World War I.