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Nanore Barsoumian

Nanore Barsoumian

Nanore Barsoumian was the editor of the Armenian Weekly from 2014 to 2016. She served as assistant editor of the Armenian Weekly from 2010 to 2014. Her writings focus on human rights, politics, poverty, and environmental and gender issues. She has reported from Armenia, Nagorno-Karabagh, Javakhk and Turkey. She earned her B.A. degree in Political Science and English and her M.A. in Conflict Resolution from the University of Massachusetts (Boston).
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  1. “Calling for the protection of religious sites and artifacts from and in Turkish-occupied areas of northern Cyprus as well as for general respect for religious freedom,”

    Who can disagree with this?  Not many.

    But then:

    “Urges the Government of Turkey to—”…”in this resolution with the Government of Turkey, OSCE, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief”…”violations of religious freedom in the areas of northern Cyprus under control of the Turkish military”…

    What does Turkey have anything to do with what goes on in TRNC, which has its own administration and elected officials etc..?  TRNC is not under control of Turkish military, more than Germany is under the control of American military.  There was not a single mention of Greece which is as much of a party to Cyprus affairs as Turkey.  Not a single mention of what Greek Cypriots have done to historical sites and cemeteries on their side, and in fact, they do not even exist in this report… 

    Yea, I would say this is not their best work, it seems to have been penned by Greeks solely.

  2. ‘Robert’, check this newsflash
    Gen. Sabri Yirmibeşoğlu, who led the Special War Department in 1971 and also worked to mobilize civilian resistance during Turkey’s military intervention on Cyprus in 1974, said: “In Special War, certain acts of sabotage are staged and blamed on the enemy to increase public resistance. We did this on Cyprus; we even burnt down a mosque.” 
    http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-222544-retired-general-confesses-to-burning-mosque-to-fire-up-public.html

    Sorry,buddy!!!
    Your friend,
    John

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