Writer Shahan Natalie’s (Hagop Der Hagopian) book titled “Turkism from Angora to Baku and Turkish Orientation” was published in Moscow. Though the book was written over 80 years ago, the issues raised by the author are still topical.

According to the annotations to the publication "Armenian book", independent Armenia is bordered by a state that secretly and openly nourished the dream of the global empire, a dream that changes its denominator from religious to secular Pan-Turkism (and vice versa) regardless of the political situation. Today we witness yet another shift of the denominator in the form of deviation from Kemalist secularism to attempts to become a leader of the Pan-Islamic movement. However, the essence remains unchanged – an empire from Bosnia to the Middle Asia.

As for Armenia, the policy of isolationism cannot prove effective in a landlocked country. Armenia is in need of a dialogue with its neighbors. But what’s the border between cooperation and surrender, smart maneuver and betrayal?

Shahan Natalie (1884–1983) was a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation's Bureau and the principal organizer of Operation Nemesis wherein the Turkish masterminds of the Armenian Genocide were assassinated. He later became a writer on Armenian national philosophy, and notable for his essay, The Turks and Us.

Shahan Natalie’s avengers also executed several Armenian spies and traitors, who, by denouncing their kinsmen to Turkish authorities, were responsible for their deaths.

After the Sovietization of Armenia, many of the Armenian Republic’s expatriate revolutionary activists were ready to collaborate with Azeri and Turk Armenophobe activists in order to regain governmental control. This policy was contrary to Shahan Natalie’s conviction that “Over and above the Turk, the Armenian has no enemy. Armenian revenge is just and godly.” There were deep dissensions on both sides, but not yet to the point of schism.