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Raffi Bedrosyan

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."
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  1. The siezed Armenian properties is one of the long list of typical dirty Anti-genocide and perhaps Anti-Armenian activities so many Turkish politicians have undertaken starting from early 20th century up until even today.

    So, what cathegory can the Turkish call for dialogue belong to?
    Is that the clean and honest intentions to see the truth or???

    This is why Armenians must continue to rise against the injustice of denial of an injust history of genocide. We can’t efford to sleep until it is resolved, because if they hide, deny, seize, lie, and continue helping our enemy which herrass up then they have something to hid and actively seek to keep us silent and other naive about Armenia and our history.

    The funny thing is that part of what makes Cherity a basic neccessity is the fact that Turkish and Azeri blockade of Armenia has put pressure on Armenia’s economy. What is better opportunity for the masters who have learned to seek it to gain advantage in huting the movement.

  2. Firstly to dear ED.
    You left one word out up in your post that of ¨recognition¨¨i.e. anti geniocde(Recognition).
    A-The great Turkish ¨Dialogue¨ is nothing more than a show and also to Trap dome of our Paremid compatrios.
    B-Blockade of Armenia buy turoc -azeris(a joint strategy) has not affected Armenia ,the way thought by them it would.
    If it is for supply of Energy-read Gasoline,oil-We get it from IRAN.If it is for the famous Caspian sea Fish adn Caviar,we get that via Georgia etc.,
    Therefore we are not affectec by that Blockade ,except quite the contrary…
    Their and our racketeers, do CROSS BORDER BIZ importing cheap Turkish food and clothing , stoves etc.,nothing of importance….This goes on in mnay countries.
    Main issue here ,above wass the seizures of the Armenian PROPERTIES AS ABOVE DESCRIBED BY RAFF. This issue was reopned so to speak, when the U.S. State department brought it up in order TO HAVE PUT A BIT OF PRESSURE ON STOUT ALLY GREAT TURKY…
    IN OTHER WORDS A SHOW….
    Just go to another section of this Forum where the VAKIFLY ISSUE IS of Moussa Dagh only Armenian village left there…as show CASE ALSO.BUT EVEN THIS ONME LIKE A BONE STUCK IN THEIR THROAT!!!!!
    tO HELL WITH THAT KIND OF PEOPLE!!!!
    eVEN OF A FEW CHURCHES LIKE aKHTAMAR, sT.gIRAGOS ARE THERE FOR US TO SEE,IT IS AGAIN THEIR POLITIFCCAL ACT TO SHOW TO wEST THAT THEY ARE NOT THE SAME BLOOD THIRSTY TURKS HAVE EMANCIPATED AND ARE ALLOWING ONCE A YEAR MASS OR TWICE…TO BE HELD THERE—–my foot!!!!
    Indeed those who still believe that turco azeris will change —Please!!! do so

    • You said it well Gaytzag, very poetic.

      I guess for Turkish identity many things can be said and not much good to mention. And hopefully in the haystack of todays overcrouded political issues our issues which are increasingly becoming visible to the world will reach its pick effort by major players.
      You and many others maynot agree with me, but I am just waiting to see Greece and some of the Bulkan nations start doing what we started. Turkey might have the might of a regional power, but they are also surrounded by those nations which they are accountable towards for horrible acts of violance going back only few generations ago.
      The beginning of 21st century was bad for Turks because eastern Anatolia’s mass graves were were unlished by the Swidish scientists who expressed their suspicion towards them. This has opened a big chapter of Turkish panic to do everything they can to be seen nice.

      You are absolutely right about Akhtamar because, where are the rest of the many churches that covered much of Anatolia? And the abandoment of Ani which is just recently being reconstructed, and not even completely.

      Turkey has played the game of Cat and mouse and tried to seem like fried to Armenians. Deep in their minds they are programmed to see us as theirs and even think of us and Christian Turks, which are decietful measures they take to hold us in their territoy.

      Armenia has charted its path and chose it’s friends in the last 20 years or so of independance. The path doesn’t include Turkey and Turks know it.

      What I meant in my firts comment was that, clearly our longest borders are with the Turkey and Azerbaijan. This mybe be good not to have open borders with the two, and it is better to not again have repeated contact in large scale with the Turks anyway. But, once part of Armenia and Greece, Anatolia used to be the doorway to Europe. Even due we find ways to survive in this situation, how we get there is tougher and riskier and certainly gives us the single rodes to ship goods and imports and exports in and out of Armenia via Georgia and Iran.

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