Today, the Bulgarian Parliament rejected 4 projects presented by the opposition for recognizing the armenian genocide. The projects are refering to the armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, between 1915-1922.

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I am very happy to see countries that are minding their own business Yasasin Turkler!
"Peace at home, peace in the world"
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

The same issue arose in 2006 and was blocked. Do you know why? Bulgarian parliament was blocked by a Turkish party which serves on their coalition government. The parliamentarians, however, said that “passage of the Armenian Genocide resolution will lead to tensions in the Bulgaria-Turkey relations and cause a split in the coalition government formed by three parties, including the party of Turkish minority.”


There is no need to Speak about Armenians in Bulgaria

A CONFERENCE ON

‘TURKISH – ARMENIAN RELATIONS AND TERRORISM II’

An evening conference on Monday, 28th January 2008, entitled

‘Turkish – Armenian Relations and Terrorism’,

to be held in the Oliver Thompson Theatre ,

from 6.30 till 8.30 pm.

Oliver Thompson Lecture Theatre,
City University,
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB


GUEST SPEAKERS

Prof. Dr.Kemal Çiçek

Relocation of the Ottoman Armenians in 1915:
A Reassessment in the Light of New Documents


Prof. Dr. Salahi R. Sonyel

Disinformation – Negative Factor in Turco – Armenian Relations

Chair

Prof. Belma Baskett

The Way Forward


Please register at turkishfederationuk@yahoo.co.uk

There will be refreshments available.

Organised by

THE FEDERATION OF TURKISH ASSOCIATIONS UK

www.turkishfederationuk.com


CONFERENCE GUEST SPEAKERS


Chair : Prof. Belma Ötüs Baskett : Born in Istanbul and educated at Robert College, Istanbul; Faculty of Languages, Ankara University; University of California, Berkeley, has degrees in B.S., Honors Diploma, MA, PhD. Lecturer for 23 years at Middle East Technical University, Ankara; Michigan University(12 years), Visiting Prof. at University of Pittsburgh, Kansai Gakuin University and Kobe College, Japan; Bilkent University, Ankara; University of Surrey at Roehampton for 2 years. Editor of Ufuk magazine and Turkish Area Studies Review, has more than 60 articles published in Turkey , USA , UK , Austria and Spain . President of International Society for Contemporary Literature and Theatre.


Professor Dr. Salahi R. Sonyel was born in Cyprus 1932. He studied at the Queen's University , Northern Ireland , where he received the B.A. and M.A. degrees in Political Science and Economics, and also the Diploma in Education. He was a research fellow at Birkbeck College ( University of London ), where he received a Ph.D degree in Diplomatic History, and the Associateship of the Institute of Education. He is a member of the Turkish Historical Society, Ankara , and head of the Honours Committee of the Cyprus Turkish Association. He was recently given an award in recognition of his work on Mustafa Kemal Ataturk by the Ataturk Research Centre that was presented by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayip Erdogan. Dr. Sonyel has been carrying out research on Turco-Armenian relations for many years and is the author of many monographs and books on the subject. His recent publications include "The Ottoman Armenians - Victims of Major Power Policy", "Armenian Terrorism - a Menace to the International Community", "Turkey's War of Liberation and the Armenians", and "Minorities and the Destruction of the Ottoman Empire".


Prof. Dr. Kemal Çiçek: Born in 1965, Turkey, Prof. Dr. Kemal Çiçek, received his BS degree in History from Gazi University in 1985. From 1985 to 1986 he studied at the Faculty of Language, History and Geography. After six months at Ankara University he passed scholarship exams for the Masters-Doctorate program to study English in Middle East Technical University . Prof. Cicek then travelled to Britain in August 1986 for 5 months to continue his studies at the Cambridge Centre for Languages in Sawston – Cambridge . In January 1987 he joined a research program in Byzantine, Ottoman & Modern Greek Studies at the University of Birmingham . Having gained his M. Phil he continued his studies at the University of Birmingham for a Doctorate with Prof. Dr. M.O.H. Ursinus and Prof. Dr. Jorgen Nielsen. During the three years he was at Birmingham University he was the founding chairman of the Turkish Student Union. From 1993 onwards, he has been lecturing at the Karadeniz Technical University ’s Faculty of Science and Arts, Department of History. Since 2003 he has been working on the Armenian Question at the Turkish Historical Society. Prof. Cicek has recently published two books and dozens of articles on the Armenian issue. His latest book is "the Forced Migration of the Armenians in 1915-1917, Ankara , 2005".