Armenian writer Mıgırdiç Margosyan passes away in Istanbul April 4, 2022 - 15:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian author Mıgırdiç Margosyan passed away on Saturday (April 2) at the age of 84 on İstanbul's Büyükada island, Biyanet reports. The mayor of the Princes' Islands, Erdem Gül, announced the author's passing on Twitter. "An Armenian of Diyarbakır... One who describes the wealth of these lands in the most beautiful language of our literature... The author of the great book, 'Tell Me Magros, Where Are You From?' A person of Büyükada... We have lost Mıgırdiç Margosyan. We are so sorry." Margosyan, one of the founders of Aras Publishing House, wrote column articles for Agos, a weekly newspaper in Turkish and Armenian. He was a columnist for daily Evrensel before his death. The publishing house also released a statement, describing Margosyan as "our elder, our founder and our master." He was the "last chain of the literary tradition," it said. Margosyan will be laid to rest on Thursday (April 7) at the Şişli Armenian Cemetery following a funeral ceremony at the Kumkapı Patriarchate Church at 2 a.m.   Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
