Hratch Tchilingirian and Stacy Closson, “Geopolitics and Business Development in the Caspian Region”. Conference Report, Geopolitics and Business Development in the Caspian Region, 17-18 September 2005. Cambridge: Eurasia Programme, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, 2005.

A special publication of The Armenian Weekly and The Aztag Daily newspaper, 24 April 2005.

Recognition or Reconciliation?

Turkish-Armenian relations need untangling

Hratch Tchilingirian
University of Cambridge

Ninety years after the most catastrophic episode in Armenian history, the Genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire remains the most problematic and determinant factor in Turkish-Armenian relations. For decades, Armenian expectations and demands for recognition by Turkey have been "reciprocated" by official Turkish denial. In recent years, however, the ideas of "reconciliation" and "dialogue" in Turkish-Armenian relations are gaining currency in Turkey. Nevertheless, the issue is not simple, but multi-faceted and complex.

The Armenian Reporter (New York), February 21, 2004.

A Tortured Priest Rests in Peace. In memory of Fr. Manuel Yergatian

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.

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.

Haratch (Parish) 2 August 2002

From Adana to London: The 90 Year Old Orphan - The Story of Rosa Khdrian

Hratch Tchilingirian

[in Armenian, see PDF version]

Groong 5 April 2002

Armenian monks safe in Bethlehem, for now
"We are waiting for the arrival of our fate," says Fr. Joundourian

By Hratch Tchilingirian, London

IntraPress News, 5 April 2002 – The seven Armenian priests and monks trapped in the Armenian section of the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem are safe, said Fr. Khat Joundourian, 34, deputy abbot of the Armenian monastery in Bethlehem in a telephone interview this morning (Friday, 2:30 AM Bethlehem time) as the military operations in the area continued.

Agos (Istanbul), 1 Mart 2002

Pastanın bölünemeyen dilimi: Kudüs

Hratch Tchilingirian

[in Turkish, see PDF version]

[English Version]

[The Armenian Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem has become one of the most talked about issues in the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli negotiations over the final status of the city that is sacred to Christians, Jews and Muslims. At the Camp David II talks in the US in July [2000], it was proposed that the Old City be divided into two sections: Israeli control over the Jewish and Armenian quarters and Palestinian control over the Christian and Muslim quarters.]

June 2001

The Crisis of Armenian Education in Bulgaria

By Hratch Tchilingirian

The decline of “Armenian education” in Bulgaria and its consequences on preservation of identity is a constant concern of Bulgarian Armenian community leaders. They point out that at least two generations of Armenian Bulgarians have been virtually or completely assimilated due to the closure of Armenian schools during Communism.