Turkey – Armenia Manual Information and contacts to persons and institutions working on Turkey-Armenia relations Supported by the Eurasia Partnership Foundation and the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) January 2011 Index About this Manual ............................................................................................................................ 7 Key dates in Armenia-Turkey relations 2008-2010 ......................................................................... 8 Part 1: Basic Facts about Armenia ................................................................................................. 16 Media .............................................................................................................................................. 17 Newspapers: Journalists/Columnists/Editors ............................................................................. 17 Aravot ..................................................................................................................................... 17 AZG (Nation) .......................................................................................................................... 18 Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Times) ................................................................................ 19 Golos Armenii (Voice of Armenia) ........................................................................................ 20 Hayots Ashkharh (Armenian World) ...................................................................................... 21 Television: Commentators/Editors ............................................................................................. 22 H1 Public TV .......................................................................................................................... 22 Shant TV ................................................................................................................................. 24 Yerkir Media TV..................................................................................................................... 25 Armenia TV ............................................................................................................................ 26 Kentron TV ............................................................................................................................. 27 Politics: Institutions and people ..................................................................................................... 28 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia ..................................................................................... 28 Presidential Administration ........................................................................................................ 30 Parliament: Representatives from Political Parties .................................................................... 30 Foreign Affairs Committee ......................................................................................................... 32 Extra-Parliamentary Opposition: Armenian National Congress ................................................ 34 NGOs .............................................................................................................................................. 35 Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) ....................................................................................... 35 Yerevan Press Club (YPC) ......................................................................................................... 41 International Center for Human Development (ICHD) .............................................................. 43 Center for Proposing Non-Traditional Conflict Resolution Methods (CCPNTCRM) ............... 46 Armenian International Policy Research Group (AIPRG) ......................................................... 48 Caucasus Center of Peace-Making Initiatives (CCPMI) ............................................................ 49 Civil Society Institute (CSI) ....................................................................................................... 50 Caucasus Institute (CI) ............................................................................................................... 53 Civilitas Foundation ................................................................................................................... 57 Analytical Center on Globalization and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) ................................ 59 Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) ........................................... 62 The Urban Foundation for Sustainable Development ................................................................ 65 Ararat Center .............................................................................................................................. 68 Asparez Journalists‟ Club, Gyumri ............................................................................................ 69 City Research Center .................................................................................................................. 70 Civic Development and Partnership Foundation ........................................................................ 72 Internews Media Support NGO .................................................................................................. 73 Project Harmony ......................................................................................................................... 74 Armenian Marketing Association ............................................................................................... 76 Academic Institutions and scholars ................................................................................................ 78 Yerevan State University, Faculty of Oriental Studies ............................................................... 78 Yerevan State University, Center for Civilization and Cultural Studies .................................... 79 The Institute of Oriental Studies at the National Academy of Sciences .................................... 81 3 Genocide Museum-Institute ....................................................................................................... 83 Noravank Foundation ................................................................................................................. 85 Business people .............................................................................................................................. 86 Gagik Makaryan ......................................................................................................................... 86 Arsen Ghazaryan ........................................................................................................................ 87 Part 2: Key Facts about Turkey ...................................................................................................... 88 Turkey‟s Media Landscape ............................................................................................................ 89 Newspaper circulation ................................................................................................................ 90 National newspapers sold or distributed for free in December 2010 ......................................... 90 Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTUK) ....................................................................... 91 Turkey‟s Leading Media Holdings ............................................................................................. 91 Albayrak Medya Grubu .......................................................................................................... 91 Ciner Medya Grubu ................................................................................................................ 91 Cukurova Holding ................................................................................................................... 91 Dogan Media Group ............................................................................................................... 91 Dogus Yayin Grubu ................................................................................................................ 92 Feza Gazetecilik Grubu........................................................................................................... 92 Samanyolu Yayin Grubu......................................................................................................... 92 Turkuvaz Medya Grubu .......................................................................................................... 92 News agencies ............................................................................................................................ 93 Anadolu Agency ..................................................................................................................... 93 Dogan News Agency .............................................................................................................. 93 Cihan News Agency ............................................................................................................... 93 Ihlas News Agency ................................................................................................................. 93 Dicle News Agency (DIHA) ................................................................................................... 93 Non-Turkish language newspapers and minority press