Garen YegparianDecember 21, 2017Last Updated: December 21, 2017
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Armenian graffiti ("pari luys" - "good morning"), in Istanbul's Beyoglu district (Photo: Rupen Janbazian/The Armenian Weekly)
It’s almost as if our compatriots in Bolis are working mightily to restore their home city to its status of a century-plus ago when, along with Tiflis (Tbilisi), Georgia, the two cities served as Armenia’s “capitals”—and from the point of activism, education, intellectual ferment, reform, religion, revolution… they really were!
Armenian graffiti (“pari luys”—”good morning”), in Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district (Photo: Rupen Janbazian/The Armenian Weekly)
Garen Yegparian is a fat, bald guy who has too much to say and do for his own good. So, you know he loves mouthing off weekly about anything he damn well pleases to write about that he can remotely tie in to things Armenian. He's got a checkered past: principal of an Armenian school, project manager on a housing development, ANC-WR Executive Director, AYF Field worker (again on the left coast), Operations Director for a telecom startup, and a City of LA employee most recently (in three different departments so far). Plus, he's got delusions of breaking into electoral politics, meanwhile participating in other aspects of it and making sure to stay in trouble. His is a weekly column that appears originally in Asbarez, but has been republished to the Armenian Weekly for many years.
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Hey Garen, how many Turkish districts/sections are allowed in Armenia? Indeed, how many, (if any), are there? How many Turks or Azeris reside in Armenia?
Gotcha,
Remember, Armenians never invaded Central Asia’s territories to wipe Oghuz Turks! Western Turkey is part of Anatolia and will be part of Armenian Highlands for ever!
Hey Gotcha,
How many Armenian districts/sections are there in Baku or Sumgait? The only reason why there are no Turks/Azeris in Armenia is because what was done in Baku and Sumgait.
Hey Garen, how many Turkish districts/sections are allowed in Armenia? Indeed, how many, (if any), are there? How many Turks or Azeris reside in Armenia?
Gotcha,
Remember, Armenians never invaded Central Asia’s territories to wipe Oghuz Turks! Western Turkey is part of Anatolia and will be part of Armenian Highlands for ever!
Hey Gotcha,
How many Armenian districts/sections are there in Baku or Sumgait? The only reason why there are no Turks/Azeris in Armenia is because what was done in Baku and Sumgait.