ANKARA—The Armenian Weekly Editor Khatchig Mouradian delivered a talk on Saturday in Ankara, in Turkish, on justice for the Armenian Genocide during a panel discussion held in memory of Hrant Dink.
Below is the English version of the talk.
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How did Turkish come to me?
I did not learn it to add one more foreign language to my CV.
Turkish came to me the day I was born–I...
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Dear Compatriots,
I cordially congratulate you on the occasion of Army Day.
The nonexistence of the armed forces had never had such tragic and grim repercussions for any nation as it had for us. Probably that’s the reason that from day one of its creation our Army has been enjoying a special attitude of our people; from day of its creation, it’s been a national army.
It...
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