NOVEMBER 1, 2014 MirTHErARoMENr IAN -Spe ctator Volume LXXXV, NO. 16, Issue 4359 $ 2.00 NEWS IN BRIEF The First English Language Armenian Weekly in the United States Since 1932 Etyen Mahçupyan Appointed Turkish Fourteenth Anniversary of TCA Sponsor PM’s Senior Advisor ANKARA (Armenpress) — Prime Minister Ahmet A Teacher Program Is Celebrated Davutoglu appointed Turkish-Armenian journalist Etyen Mahçupyan to the post of his Senior Advisor, according to the Turkish Haberler news website. Davutoglu and Mahçupyan have known each By Aghvan Asoyan other for a long time. Davutoglu told the press that he made the decision on Mahçupyan’s appointment based on his “intellectual identity.” YEREVAN (Azg) — This year marks the 14th anniversary of the Mahçupyan said that he will support the Turkish founding of the Sponsor a Teacher Program of the Tekeyan Cultural prime minister by working in the areas of “democ - Association (TCA) in Armenia and Karabagh. racy,” “government and public relations” and During the last 14 years, the project has raised more than $604,000 and “minorities.” Mahçupyan is the first non-Muslim reached out to 5,104 teachers and school workers in Armenia and Karabagh. among the advisors of the Turkish president and Throughout this period, Maro Bedrosian, treasurer of the TCA Board of prime minister. Directors of USA and Canada, has headed the project. Letters of thanks to Mahçupyan graduated from the Faculty of sponsors and donors have been mailed providing the names of the teachers Chemistry at Bogaziçi University of Turkey in 1972 they have sponsored, visits to and the Faculty of Political Science at Ankara schools have been documented University. Born in 1950 in Istanbul, he was the edi - and photographed, and articles tor-in-chief of Agos newspaper from 2007 to 2010. have been written in various He contributed to the Turkish national daily Taraf , newspapers, including Azg in and now writes for the pro-government Aksam after Yerevan; Abaka in Montreal, leaving Zaman . Canada; the Armenian Observer and Nor Or in California; and the Armenian Mirror-Spectator Centennial Committee in Boston, covering the delega - Hopes to Build Museum tions’ visits to the schools. Once a year, the names of all donors Teachers in front of Vahan Tekeyan monument at the In California are published in the above Garpi school. First row, from left, are Gayane Muradian, Gayane Muradian presents a check to GLENDALE — Representatives of the Armenian chess teacher Armen Grigorian. newspapers. principal Arsen Ohanian and Kevork Marashlian. see TEACHERS, page 8 Genocide Centennial Committee – Western USA (AGCC – WUSA) met on September 29, with Glendale Mayor Zareh Sinanyan and City Manager Scott Ochoa to initiate the process of locating the Armenian American Museum of California here. Parties to Karabagh Conflict Agree to Continue ‘High-Level Negotiations’ “The 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide presents an opportunity to transform the PARIS (ArmeniaNow) — The talks on the resenting the Organization for Security and to strengthen confidence” in order to experience of the survivors of the Armenian Nagorno-Karabagh conflict settlement here Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk achieve progress in the peace talks. Genocide and generations of Armenian Americans concluded late on Monday with a tripartite Group, which is co-chaired by the United “The absence of an alternative to a peace - into a vehicle for preserving liberty and equality in meeting of French President Francois States, Russia and France. ful settlement of the conflict was empha - a democratic society,” stated AGCC-WUSA Co- Hollande and his Armenian and Azerbaijani Summarizing the results of the talks, a sized. Agreement was reached between the Chair Garo Ghazarian. counterparts, Serge Sargisian and Ilham statement issued by the Armenian presi - parties to continue negotiations at the high The representatives of the following organiza - Aliyev, at the Elysee Palace. dent’s press office said that the participants level,” it added. tions and institutions serve on the Armenian Before that Sargisian and Aliyev held of the meeting “placed importance on the The Sargisian-Aliyev meeting in Paris Genocide Centennial Committee – Western USA: one-on-one talks followed by negotiations in continuation of dialogue within the frame - was the third such meeting of the two lead - Armenia Fund – Western Region USA; Armenian the presence of international mediators rep - work of the OSCE Minsk Group and efforts ers in less than three months. Assembly of America; Armenian Bar Association; In August, in the wake of a major outbreak Armenian Catholic Church; Armenian Council of of violence in the Karabagh conflict zone and America; Armenian Democratic Liberal Party; at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the two Armenian Evangelical Union of North America; leaders met in Sochi, Russia, at a meeting Armenian General Benevolent Union – Western hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin. District; Armenian National Committee of America A month later, Sargisian and Aliyev met on – Western Region; Armenian Relief Society – the margins of a NATO summit in Wales, UK, Western USA; Armenian Rights Council; Armenian and that meeting was organized by U.S. Revolutionary Federation; Armenian Youth Secretary of State John Kerry. Federation; Ignatius Foundation; Organization of Istanbul Armenians; Social Democratic Hunchakian Party; Unified Young Armenians; USC 20 Billion Drams Institute of Armenian Studies; Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America; Western Allocated for Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Armenian Genocide Centenary Events INSI DE YEREVAN (Armenpress) — From left, Presidents Ilham Aliyev, François Hollande and Serge Sargisian in Paris Armenia’s Deputy Finance Minister Pavel Safaryan said at the discussion of the draft state budget 2015 that 20 Making a billion drams ($4.8 million) will be allo - Facing History in Transition as Armenian cated for the conduction of events for the Armenian Genocide centenary. Play for It Genocide Centennial Approaches He noted that a special commission on centenary events has been set up, Page 10 end of the 1970s. It is at present in a period which is chaired by the president of By Aram Arkun of transition. Its founding executive director, Armenia. All the proposed projects Mirror-Spectator Staff Margot Strom, is retiring from the leadership that the commission has received from position, while still remaining involved with the government, non-governmental INDEX the organization. Roger Brooks, dean of the organizations, and the diaspora — actu - Arts and Living . 10 BROOKLINE, Mass. — Facing History and faculty and chief academic officer of ally from all possible sources, are Armenia . 2 Ourselves is a unique international organiza - Connecticut College, and holder of the Elie under discussion. After summing up Community News. 4 tion which has done yeoman’s work in pro - Wiesel Professorship in the Department of the projects, we will make financial Editorial . 14 moting understanding of genocide, including Religious Studies, will begin in December as assessments and be able to take finan - International . 3 the Armenian and Jewish cases, as well as president and chief executive officer. cial measures, Safaryan said. human rights, by training educators since the see HISTORY, page 9 2 S ATURDAY , N OVEMBER 1, 2014 T HE A RMENIAN M IRROR -S PECTATOR ARMENIA News From Armenia Ester Ajemian Scholars Named in Armenia YEREVAN — The Ester Ajemian 2014-2015 scholarship program con - Special Medal Granted to cluded and the five students were cho - sen to receive scholarships were named. Turkish Genocide Lusine Hakobyan (Aragatsotn region, town of Ashtarak ) has a Researcher Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and has written many articles for online YEREVAN (Armenpress) — The Western Armenian news websites. Currently she is a cor - National Congress awarded Turkish historian, pub- respondent for http://haylur.am/ . lic figure Ismail Beshikchi with Gevorg Surenyants In 2014-15 she is a master’s student Medal for his two works on the studies of the at Yerevan State University (YSU), fac - Armenian Genocide. ulty of Journalism. The Gevorg Surenyants Medal was founded in Ani Eloyan (Yerevan) has a bache - 2014 October 12 for the Turkish intellectuals, who lor’s degree in linguistics and have been against the crime of denying the Communication. In 2012 she has Armenian Genocide through their activity and entered and graduated from the “TV works and have put forward significant evidence to Ideal” School of anchors and journal - prove the reality of the Armenian Genocide. ists. She has conducted interviews, written articles and prepared reports. From left, Ani Eloyan, Qnarik Baghdasarian, Lusine Hakobyan, Heriknaz Russia to Continue This year she is a master’s student at Baghdasaryan and Qishmish Ghazaryan Developing Military YSU, Faculty of Journalism. Qnarik Baghdasaryan (Ararat Bases in Armenia region, village of Kanachut) graduat - ed from Yerevan state institute of the - YEREVAN (Armenpress) — Russia will actively keep atre and cinema in 2011 with the spe - developing its military bases abroad, Russian cialization of Directing. Right after Defense Minister General Sergey Shoigu said on graduation she started working at the October 28. “We keep developing our bases abroad Hakob Paronyan Yerevan Theater of in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Armenia. We are Musical Comedy. In 2014 she entered developing them rather actively,” he said at a meet- YSU, Faculty of Journalism.