Orhan Pamuk Welcomed with Placard "There Was No Armenian Genocide"December 22, 2006 - 17:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A conference titled "Orhan Pamuk and Literature" was held Sabanci University, Istanbul, December 21. It had been the first meeting of Orhan Pamuk with Turkish readers since he received the Nobel Prize, Milliyet reports.During the conference two students raised a placard which said "There was no Armenian Genocide". While Pamuk was calmly looking at them the audience gave a sharp reaction and the students had to live the conference. To remind, in an interview with a Swiss newspaper Pamuk said that 30 thousand Kurds and 1 million Armenians were slaughtered in Turkey during World War I. Later, when receiving the Peace Award in Frankfurt he said, "I repeat, 30 thousand Kurds and 1 million Armenians were slaughtered in our state. I am consistent in my utterances." Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | About 173 million drams and more than 30 beneficiary funds. "The Power of One Dram" is 4 years old In June 2020, the exclusive joint corporate social responsibility initiative of Idram and IDBank "The Power of One Dram" was launched. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. Armenia: Protesters march to parliament, some spend the night on street The protesters did not disperse despite heavy rain that began at around 2 a.m. local time. |