NEW YEAR GREETINGS

The Center for Eurasian Studies (AVİM) wishes you a happy new year.

THE BOOK TITLED “THE ARMENIANS OF MUSA DAGH, 1915-1939: A STORY OF INSURGENCY AND FLIGHT” WRITTEN BY KEMAL ÇİÇEK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED

On 22 October 2020, Center for Eurasian Studies (AVİM) had held an online lecture titled “Musa Dagh 1915: A Revolt or A Resistance?”, at which the main speaker was the retired Prof. Dr. Kemal Çiçek, within the scope of the Ömer Engin Lütem Lectures.

WEBINAR TITLED “HOW WAS ANATOLIA'S PHYSICAL CONNECTION AND ACCESS TO AZERBAIJAN AND CENTRAL ASIA BLOCKED IN EURASIA? WHAT HAPPENED IN ZENGEZUR AND NAGORNO KARABAKH?” WAS HELD

The speakers analyzed the Zengezur and Nagorno Karabakh issues and the relationship between these two issues from historical and geopolitical perspectives. One of the main points that the speakers emphasized was the problematic of the connectivity between Anatolia and Central Asia.

AVRASYA DÜNYASI/EURASIAN WORLD JOURNAL - 8TH ISSUE - CALL FOR PAPERS

The 8th issue of Avrasya Dünyası/Eurasian World will be composed of analytical articles on the consequential developments taking place in the Eurasian region. The analyses on the current developments in the Eastern European part of Eurasia will be clustered as a special file.

Deadline for contributions: 26 February 2021.

LECTURE TITLED “THE ARMENIAN AMIRA CLASS IN THE OTTOMAN AND ITS EFFECT ON ARMENIAN SOCIETY (OSMANLI’DA ERMENİ AMİRA SINIFI VE ERMENİ TOPLUMU ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİLERİ) WAS HELD ONLINE

On 10 December 2020, the last lecture of the Ömer Engin Lütem Lectures of 2020 titled “The Armenian Amira Class in the Ottoman and Its Effect on Armenian Society (Osmanlı’da Ermeni Amira Sınıfı ve Ermeni Toplumu Üzerindeki Etkileri)”, at which the main speaker was Research Assistant Birkan Demirbilek, was held online.

THE 42ND ISSUE OF THE REVIEW OF ARMENIAN STUDIES JOURNAL HAS BEEN PUBLISHED

​The newly published 42nd issue of the Review of Armenian Studies journal contains 5 articles.

THE 67TH ISSUE OF THE ERMENI ARAŞTIRMALARI JOURNAL HAS BEEN PUBLISHED

Our last issue in the 2020, 67th issue  which contains 1 editorial, 4 research article and 1 book review has been published. 

THE 21ST ISSUE OF THE ULUSLARARASI SUÇLAR VE TARİH / INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND HISTORY (UST / ICH) JOURNAL HAS BEEN PUBLISHED

The 21st issue of the “Uluslararası Suçlar ve Tarih / International Crimes and History (UST / ICH)” journal has been published. As being one of the few examples of its kind in the periodical scholarly journals spectrum at the international scale, the latest issue of the UST/ICH journal has delved into a variety of topics.

LECTURE TITLED "THE LAST OTTOMAN WARS: THE HUMAN COST, 1877-1923" WAS HELD ONLINE

On 26 November 2020, the lecture titled "The Last Ottoman Wars: The Human Cost, 1877-1923", at which the main speaker was Professor Jeremy Salt (a retired academic who taught courses at  Melbourne, Boğaziçi, and Bilkent Universities),  was held online.

TASC: STOP ARMENIAN TERROR IN OCCUPIED AZERBAIJANI LANDS-TASC SUPPORTS USAN CALL TO ACTION

As you know, following the ceasefire agreement, signed by Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan on November 9, Armenian troops are to withdraw from Kalbajar, Agdam and Lachin districts of Azerbaijan by December 1. The deadline for withdrawal from Kalbajar district initially set for November 15, was later extended for humanitarian reasons to November 25. However, many news agencies reporting from the district have published gruesome details of scorched earth policy along with mining activities, conducted by Armenian troops and paramilitary before the pullout in order to completely delay the beginning of reconstruction and return of Azerbaijani IDPs to their homes after 27 years.

TASC: TIME TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AID TO AZERBAIJAN, SEND YOUR LETTER TO THE LEGISLATORS

This fall Azerbaijan, a long-standing U.S. and NATO ally, liberated much of its territory in Karabakh region that has been under illegal occupation by Armenia, a Russia and Iran ally, since 1994.

EMAIL TITLED ‘PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR MAIL LIST SUBSCRIPTION REQUEST’ SENT BY AVIM

Due to a system error on AVİM’s website, on 20 October 2020, an email titled ‘Please confirm your mail list subscription request’ was erroneously sent multiple times from AVİM’s “info@avim.org.tr” address to the subscribers of AVİM’s daily bulletin. If you are already a subscriber to AVİM’s daily bulletin, you do not need to click the link provided in the email, so please disregard this email. We would like to apologize to our subscribers for this error..

LECTURE TITLED "THE LAST OTTOMAN WARS: THE HUMAN COST, 1877-1923"

We are pleased to invite you to an online lecture by Professor Jeremy Salt, a retired academic who taught courses at University of Melbourne, Bogazici University, and Bilkent University, titled “The Last Ottoman Wars: The Human Cost, 1877-1923” that will be held on 26 November 2020.

15 NOVEMBER TRNC REPUBLIC DAY

As the staff of the Center for Eurasian Studies (AVİM), we celebrate the 37th anniversary of the establishment of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), and respectfully commemorate the leader of the Turkish Cypriot people’s freedom struggle Dr. Fazıl Küçük and the Founder and first President of TRNC Rauf Raif Denktaş, and all Turkish Cypriots who labored and sacrificed for the establishment of TRNC and our heroes who were martyred while striving for this cause.  

NO:406/20, STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN, THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

We, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan I.H.Aliyev, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia N.V. Pashinyan and the President of the Russian Federation V.V Putin, declared the following:

THE TURKISH NATION RESPECTFULLY COMMEMORATES ATATÜRK ON THE 82ND ANNIVERSARY OF HIS PASSING AWAY

The staff of the Center for Eurasian Studies (AVİM), along with the entire Turkish Nation, respectfully bows down before the beloved memory of Ghazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on the 82nd anniversary of his passing away.

LECTURE TITLED “THE PRACTICES REGARDING THE GOVERNANCE OF THE ARMENIAN MINORITY IN THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY (CUMHURİYET DÖNEMİNDE ERMENİ AZINLIĞIN İDARESİNE YÖNELİK UYGULAMALAR)” WAS HELD ONLINE

On 5 November 2020, the lecture titled “The Practices Regarding the Governance of the Armenian Minority in the Republic of Turkey (Cumhuriyet Döneminde Ermeni Azınlığın İdaresine Yönelik Uygulamalar)”, at which the main speaker was Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ramazan Erhan Güllü (faculty member of the Department of History of the Republic of Turkey at Istanbul University) was held online.

29 OCTOBER REPUBLIC DAY

29 October 2020 marks the 97th anniversary of the foundation of the Republic of Turkey proclaimed by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.