Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey are officially non-existent and have historically been hostile. [1] Whilst Turkey recognised Armenia (in the borders of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic) shortly after the latter proclaimed independence in September 1991, it has refused to establish diplomatic relations.
From 2200 BC to 1600 BC, the Trialeti-Vanadzor culture flourished in Armenia, southern Georgia, and northeastern Turkey. [20] [21] It has been speculated that this was an Indo-European culture. [22] [23] [24] Other, possibly related, cultures were spread throughout the Armenia Highlands during this time, namely in the Aragats and Lake Sevan ...
Armenians in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Ermenileri; Armenian: Թուրքահայեր or Թրքահայեր, T’urk’ahayer lit. ' Turkish Armenians '), one of the indigenous peoples of Turkey, have an estimated population of 40,000 [5] to 50,000 [6] today, down from a population of over 2 million Armenians between the years 1914 and 1921.
Turkey and Armenia are at odds primarily over the 1.5 million people Yerevan says were killed in 1915 by the Ottoman Empire, the predecessor to modern Turkey, Armenia says this constitutes genocide.
Armenia, [c] officially the Republic of Armenia, [d] is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. [10] [11] It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south. [12]
Throughout Ottoman history, Turkish and Kurdish tribesmen have settled into Armenian villages and changed the native Armenian names (i.e. the Armenian Norashen was changed to Norşin). This was especially true after the Armenian genocide, when much of eastern Turkey was depopulated of its Armenian population. [20]
Turkey and Armenia on Tuesday resumed talks aimed at normalising ties after a two-year lull and agreed to simplify visa rules for some passport holders, the two countries said. Ankara severed ...
Western Armenia in the first half of the 18th century. Herman Moll's map, 1736 Western Armenia on the Ottoman Empire map. John Pinkerton, 1818. Armenians preserved their culture, history, and language through the course of time, largely thanks to their distinct religious identity among the neighboring Turks and Kurds.