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Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Enthroned JANUARY 18, 2020 Mirror-SpeTHE ARMENIAN ctator Volume LXXXX, NO. 26, Issue 4619 $ 2.00 NEWS The First English Language Armenian Weekly in the United States Since 1932 INBRIEF Armenian Leaders Armenian, Rwandan Pay Tribute to Baku Presidents Meet YEREVAN (Armenpress) — President of Armenia Pogrom Victims Armen Sarkissian met this week with President of Rwanda Paul Kagame on the sidelines of the Abu YEREVAN (Combined Sources) — Dhabi Sustainability Week Forum in the United Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Arab Emirates (UAE), the Presidential Office said. National Assembly Speaker Ararat The two presidents agreed that Armenia and Mirzoyan, Secretary of the Security Rwanda have many commonalities, similar history Council Armen Grigoryan, Catholicos of All and problems, both survived genocide, both are Armenians Karekin II, as well as members small, but strong, have many advantages which of parliament visited the Tsitsernakaberd they can turn into success. The sides agreed that Memorial Complex in Yerevan on Monday, the two countries need to reveal each other, get January 13, to pay homage to the victims of acquainted with the opportunities of one another, the Baku pogrom on the 30th anniversary and it is necessary to work actively on this path. of the atrocity. The presidents talked about the necessity of clos- A mass pogrom of Armenian population er cooperation of successful, small countries. They was committed in Baku from 13 to 19 attached importance to the full utilization of the existing potential in the bilateral relations. January 1990 as a culmination of the geno- Bishop Sahak Mashalyan, center cide of the Armenians in Azerbaijan unfold- President Sarkissian said the field of e-governance, ed between 1988 and 1990. which is quite developed in Rwanda, can be a Armenian Patriarch of promising direction for a mutual partnership. The Armenian President invited his Rwandan partners to visit Armenia this year to attend sever- Constantinople Enthroned al international conferences, such as the Armenian Summit of Minds, the 6th STARMUS international ISTANBUL — On January 11, Bishop Sahak Mashalian (Masalyan), Armenian festival. Patriarch of Constantinople, was enthroned in a ceremony held at Istanbul’s Sourp Asdvadzadzin (Holy Virgin) Armenian Cathedral. Mashalian was elected as the 85th Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople on Mansurian’s Requiem December 11, 2019. To Have Czech Premier The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, established in 1461, is one of the four hierarchical sees of the Armenian Holy Apostolic Church. The other BRNO, Czech Republic (Panorama.am) — Armenian com- three are the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin, the spiritual center of all poser Tigran Mansurian’s Requiem will be per- Armenians and the residence of Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All formed in Brno Philharmonic of the Czech Relatives and survivors of the Baku pogroms Armenians; the Armenian Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia; and the Republic on January 23-24 for the first time, hold a sign protesting Azeri denial of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem. the philarmonic website reported. events. The congregation included Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual The first part of the concert, titled “Bach and leader of Orthodox Christians, representatives of other Christian denominations Mansurian,” features Cantata No. 32 Liebster Jesu, in Turkey and foreign diplomatic missions in Istanbul. After the Sumgait pogroms (26-29 mein Verlangen (Dearest Jesus, my desire) and February 1988), persecutions, beatings, Cantata No. 68 Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt (God particularly cruel killings, public mockeries, so loved the world) by German composer Johann pogroms of separate flats, seizure of prop- atrocities and killings committed with the authorities of Azerbaijan and the Sebastian Bach, with the Requiem set to be per- erty, forcible expulsions and illegal dis- exceptional cruelty, including gang rapes, USSR, as well as the internal troops and formed in the second part of the event. missals of Armenians started in Baku. Only burnings of people alive, throwing people the large Baku garrison of the Soviet Army. Mansurian wrote his forceful 2011 Requiem at some 35 or 40 thousand Armenians of the out of balconies of higher floors, dismem- Those who managed to avoid death were the request of the conductor Alexander Liebreich community of 250 thousand remained in berments and beheadings. forced into deportation. The Soviet troops and dedicated it to the memory of the Armenian Baku by January 1990. They mainly includ- The exact number of the victims of the were deployed to set order in Baku only on Genocide victims. ed disabled people, old and sick people and Baku pogrom still remains unknown. January 20, 1990. Co-commissioned by the Munich Chamber the relatives looking after them. According to different sources, between Pashinyan issued a statement in which Orchestra and the RIAS Choir Berlin, Mansurian’s The pogroms took an organized, targeted 150 and 400 people were murdered, and he said, “In 1990, as a result of the policy Requiem reconciles the sound and sensibility of his and mass nature since January 13, 1990. A hundreds were left disabled. The pogroms of repression and ethnic cleansing started country’s traditions with those of Western prac- large amount of evidence exists about the went on for a week amid a total inaction of see COMMEMORATION, page 3 tices, the combination of ancient Armenian reli- gious and secular music with the Latin Requiem text “giving rise to something unexpected,” the composer says. This is profoundly moving contemporary compo- Defendant Sentenced to Prison for ‘Conscious and Reckless Killing’ sition, illuminated by the “glow of Armenian modal- ity,” as Paul Griffiths puts it in his booklet essay. ISTANBUL (Bianet) — The defendant in coup attempt. The work is a milestone for Mansurian. The Los the case of Sevag Balikçi, an Armenian cit- A retrial began on February 8 at Kozluk Angeles Times has described his music as that “in izen of Turkey who was shot dead during Penal Court of First Instance. A witness which deep cultural pain is quieted through an eeri- his compulsory military service, has been who was also serving in the military at the ly calm, heart-wrenching beauty.” sentenced to 16 years and 8 months in time, Halil Eksi, first stated that Agaoglu prison this past week. deliberately killed Balikçi but then changed Balikçi was killed in the southeastern his statement. province on April 24, 2011, on the 96th After an application by the Balikçi family, anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. he gave a statement again, saying that he INSIDE When he was killed, he had 20 days to changed his statement under pressure. complete his service in Kozluk district of The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) the Batman province. MP Garo Paylan commented to Bianet on Compulsory military service applies to the court verdict, recalling that Balikçi was Tchouhadjian’s all male citizens of Turkey. killed on the anniversary of the Armenian A military prosecutor’s office wrote an Genocide. indictment in 2011, stating that the “I attach importance to this. At last, we Legacy weapon did not have a malfunction that have seen that a hate crime against would cause it to open fire by itself and Armenians in the country resulted in a Page 13 tests showed that the weapon did not fire court sentencing the defendant,” he said. by itself. However, he said, Turkey needs a “cli- It had requested the defendant, Kıvanç mate,” where such hate crimes would not Agaoglu, to be sentenced from four to nine The late Sevag Balikçi happen and it has not achieved this yet. years in prison for intentional killing. “We must make political openings and cre- INDEX Expert reports also found that Agaoglu was ate a climate where no one is targeted by Arts and Living . 13 at fault. The Balikçi family appealed the case at hate crimes.” Armenia . 2,3 The Diyarbakır 2nd Air Force Command the Court of Cassation, which overturned Paylan also mentioned the killing of Community News. 6 Editorial . 18 Military Court sentenced Agaoglu to 4 the court ruling on procedural grounds. Hrant Dink, the trial of which has been con- International . 4,5 years, 5 months and 10 days in prison for While the trial was continuing, the mili- tinuing for 13 years and said he hopes the conscious and reckless killing on March 26, tary judiciary was abolished upon decision on Balikçi’s killing sets a prece- 2013. Statutory Decree No. 68 after the July 2016 dent for other cases of hate crimes. 2 S ATURDAY, JANUARY 1 8 , 2 0 2 0 T HE A RMENIAN M IRROR -S PECTATOR ARMENIA News From Armenia Government Denies Bullying Ryanair Makes First Landing at Zvartnots Constitutional Court Members YEREVAN (ARKA) — The Irish low-cost airline Ryanair made its first flight from Italian Milan to YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — The Armenian Yerevan Armenia on Tuesday, January 14. Tatevik authorities have strongly denied media Revazyan, the head of Armenia’s Civil Aviation claims that they will use repressive meth- Committee, told reporters that the first flight ods and even blackmail in a bid to force the arrived with a delay because of a strike of Italian chairman and other members of Armenia’s flight controllers. Constitutional Court to resign. She could not say how many passenger the aircraft Citing an unnamed government source, brought to Armenia and citizens of what countries the Hraparak daily said late last week that they were. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has given “We need time to analyze and understand all these the heads of Armenia’s law-enforcement data. In general, I can say that the plane was full and agencies one week to ensure those resig- the passengers were very pleased. We hope that nations. It claimed that at a “secret” meet- there were both tourists and our compatriots,” she ing in Yerevan Pashinyan discussed with said.
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