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Raffi Bedrosyan
Raffi Bedrosyan is a civil engineer, writer and a concert pianist, living in Toronto. Proceeds from his concerts and CDs have been donated to the construction of school, highways, and water and gas distribution projects in Armenia and Karabakh—projects in which he has also participated as a voluntary engineer. Bedrosyan was involved in organizing the Surp Giragos Diyarbakir/Dikranagerd Church reconstruction project. His many articles in English, Armenian and Turkish media deal with Turkish-Armenian issues, Islamized hidden Armenians and history of thousands of churches left behind in Turkey. He gave the first piano concert in the Surp Giragos Church since 1915, and again during the 2015 Genocide Centenary Commemoration. He is the founder of Project Rebirth, which helps Islamized Armenians return to their original Armenian roots, language and culture. He is the author of the book "Trauma and Resilience: Armenians in Turkey - hidden, not hidden, no longer hidden."
Latest posts by Raffi Bedrosyan (see all)
- Reactions to Biden in Turkey - May 4, 2021
- What can the Diaspora do now? - January 6, 2021
- Armenians and the Turkish coup d’etat of September 12, 1980 - September 16, 2020
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It is true that Europe suddenly developed a backbone and told Turkey to buzz off.
But I think a lot of it was just European electoral politics.
Sadly, I doubt it will last.
Europe’s backbone will probably melt away, especially with “leaders” like Angela Merkel, who should be put into a Turkish retirement home somewhere.
What do we expect from Recep Tayyip Erdogan,gangster politician whose uses his position in duplicitous, treacherous, deceitful, untrustworthy manner. Some ally! Obama’s buddy. If not Head of State he would be a small time crook in some Turkish backwater prison. It really amazes me how the Turkish people support this clown and where corruption is a way of life for this culture. Turkey needs Europe more than Europe needs Turkey. The Turks in Germany are regarded as one step up abovethe Gypsy population. Any more Turkish out house comments?????
Turkey Guilty of Genocide: Denying the Undeniable is a Crime. The US and EU have forgotten what Turkey stands for: 1.Turkey was the godfather of ISIS., 2.Turkey trained ISIS and provided them with weapons and communications data., 3.Turkish intelligence agents provided ISIS with information about Syrian government military plans and capabilities., 4.Turkey provided recruitment office and safe passage of overseas ISIS fighters to Syria., 5.Turkey provided R & R to wounded or tired ISIS fighters, 6.Turkey helped finance ISIS by purchasing the fuel ISIS stole from Iraq., 7. Turkish citizens bought and transported priceless archaeological artifacts ISIS had pillaged from Iraqi and Syrian museums and archaeological sites. Betrayed its former allies and now this is the way how it shows Gratitude. WAKE UP US, WAKE UP EU, Anybody home?
Apparently, the USA & EU aren’t interested in doing their homework to serve justice with this matter. They pretend that nobody’s home. They seem to have vested interests, or geopolitical strategies that are divorced from ethical considerations of human rights, and historical facts.
Armenians have two dangerous enemies, Erdoghan and Aliyev. Both consider Armenians a thorn on their side. In fact, ‘Demo’ Aliyev has already declared ‘the only good Armenian is a dead Armenian’, The tension on the Artsakh border is very serious. Will Armenia be able to hold back and all out attack from Azerbaijan? With Israel gleefully selling them modern weapons, who will come to our aid?
If Armenia is strong economically with the help of the Diaspora Armenia does not need aid from anybody. Armenia needs trade not aid and Armenians should not always talk about or beg for aid from anybody. We do not have petrol but we have abundance of alternative energy. Armenia is also rich with minerals and all it needs is capital to get things moving. The Diaspora must stop from asking the question “is it safe to invest in the country.” It’s richness in human recourse cannot be compared with any other nation and those who left can be brought back when the economy improves. At present priority must be given to improving the country’s economy. The import of $300 million can frm a neighbouring country can be stopped and be replaced by exports when the need of the locals is fulfilled. It can then be in a position to buy its own weaponry from any country and be able to protect itself and not depend on borrowing. It is time for the Diaspora to get together and solve this problem for its brothers and sisters who are still living bad socio economic conditions and always under threat of war. What the Diasporans lost in the global financial crisis in 2008 was more than enough to resolve the country’s problem and set it on the right cource. We also do not need to be compared with any nation we are an ancient nation that has survived catastrophic times till modern day nourished by the art of survival.
Armenians should stop protesting infront of foreign embassies shouting and screaming becuase this type of action does not bring back the 90 or so soldiers who gave their young life for the country. The only method is to help their country stand up on its own feet then and only then their action will be fruitful.
Erdogan is ignorant of Turkish in calling the Dutch “Nazis.” He should know that Hitler took his cue from the Turks, as they killed millions of Armenians in genocide. Hitler said, “who will remember the Armenians?” And the Turks methodically got rid of the Greeks, through forced labor, illegally grabbing their property, and making them pay 200% taxes in 24 hours on their property, not to mention the “Krystallnacht” they staged in 1955 against the Greeks. Ataturk said “Turkey is for the Turks.” Erdogan is the heir to the lies and murders of his forefather, Ataturk.