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1022
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Basileios
II annexed Armenian territories in the Byzantine Empire
and 40.000 Armenians were deported to Anatolia.
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1046
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The Armenian sovereigns
were killed by Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX.
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1054
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Seljukian
Sultan Tugrul Bey gave the Armenians autonomy.
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1098
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The
Armenians collaborated with the Crusaders.
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1461
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Sultan Mehmed the
Conqueror invited Armenian Bishop Hovakim to Istanbul
and he was honoured by the title of “Patriarch”. Later
some privileges were given to the Armenians.
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1790
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The First official
Armenian school was opened by two Armenians Amira
Miricanyan and Shnork Migirdic, in Istanbul, at Kumkapi.
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1823
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The Bezciyan School
was founded by an Armenian called Artin Bezciyan in
Istanbul, Kumkapi.
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1824
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Patriarch Karabet
has taken Armenian Grammar School Kumpkapi under his
protection.
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1853
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(October, 22) Armenian
Commission of Education was founded.
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1876
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The
Ottoman Assembly accepted the first Armenian deputies.
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1877
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(December, 7) Armenian
National Council decided on forcing their people to
join the Army and fight.
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1878
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(April, 13) The Armenian
Patriarch of Istanbul, Nerses has sent a note to British
Secretary of Foreign Affairs saying that they would
not live together with the Turks any longer.
(July,
13) The Treaty of Berlin was signed. Article 61 about
the Ottoman Armenians was added to the treaty.
(August,
3) The British Secretary of Foreign Affairs Lord Salisbury
sent an instruction to the British Ambassador Layard
and informed him that the Ottoman Government should
begin making reforms in the Eastern Anatolia.
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1890
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(June, 20) Revolt of
Erzurum
(July)
Kumkapi Demonstration
First Sason Revolt
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1892
- 1893
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Merzifon,
Kayseri and Yozgat Revolts
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1895
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(September, 30) Sublime
Porte (Government’s Gate) Event in Istanbul.
(November)
The Armenian attempt for a revolt in Maras.
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1896
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(October, 30) Armenian
Uprising in Istanbul
(June, 1) First Van
Revolt
(August,
26) Raid of the Ottoman Bank
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1902
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Armenian philologist
H. Acaryan published a book called “The Effects of
Turkish Language on Armenian Language and The Turkish
Words in Armenian”.
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1904
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1905
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(July, 1921) The Assassination
attempt against Sultan Abdulhamid II in Yildiz Mosque.
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1908
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Armenian newspaper
“Jamanak” was statrted to be published.
Second
National Council has opened and some of the Armenian
Committee members were elected deputies.
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1909
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(April,
14) Armenian Revolt in Adana.
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1915
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(April, 15) Second
Van Revolt
(April, 24) Armenian
Committees working against the Ottoman Government
were closed. The 2345 members of those committees
were arrested.
(May,
3) Armenian Massacres in Van.
(May,
27) The Law of Relocation was passed.
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1918
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(February, 1) Armenian
secret society member Arshak committed massacres in
Bayburt.
(April,
25) Armenian militants killed 750 Muslims in Subatan
village of Kars City.
(May,
1) An Armenian militant named Arshak killed 60 Muslims
including children in Kars City.
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1919
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(November, 20) Two
Armenian high category bureaucrats of the Ottoman
government, Bogos Nubar Pasha and Sherif Pasha signed
Armenian-Kurd independence document.
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1920
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(January, 12) An Armenian
mounted unit has tortured Muslims in the Arapdar village
of Antep City.
(December,
2) Treaty of Gumru was signed.
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1921
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(March, 15) An Armenian
terrorist assassinated Talat Pasha in Berlin.
(March,
16) The Moscow Treaty was signed.
(March,
18) Misak Torlakyan killed the Minister of Internal
Affairs of Azerbaijan, Cevanshir Han, in Istanbul.
(October,
13) Kars Agreement was signed.
(December,
6) Armenians killed Sait Halim Pasha in Rome.
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1922
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(July, 22) Cemal Pasha
was killed by Armenians, in Tbilisi.
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1923
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Armenian Munib Boya
entered the Turkish National Assembly as a deputy.
(June,
24) The Lausanne Treaty was signed.
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1934
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Franz
Werfel published his novel “Forty Days in Musa Mountain”
in USA.
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1935
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(December, 15) In
Pangalti church an Armenian Group burned Werfel’s
novel “Forty Days in Musa Mountain” declaring that
book “utters maliciously false statements about the
Turkish Nation”.
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1936
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After the publication
of Franz Werfel’s “Forty Days in Musa Mountain” in
France, it caused a lot of reactions in the Turkish
press.
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1937
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Cevat Rıfat Atilhan,
"Musa Dağı" adında kitap yazarak, Franz
Werfel'in eserinin gerçekleri yansıtmadığını bildirdi.
Werfel'in, "Musa
Dağ'da Kırk Gün" adlı eserinin filme alınmasının
engellenmesi, ABD Dışişleri Bakanlığı nezdinde gündeme
geldi.
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1943
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Armenian Berc Türker
Keresteci entered the Turkish National Assembly as
a deputy from Afyonkarahisar.
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1957
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Migirdich Shellefyan
was elected as a deputy from Istanbul in the 27 October
elections.
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1964
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(December 24) The
Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kypriano applied
to UN Council of Security to get the approval of
“the Armenian Issue” against Turkey.
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1965
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(April 24) Armenians
had organised a demonstration against Turkey, in San
Paulo, Brazil.
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1969
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(April 24) Armenians
made a demonstration in front of the Turkish Embassy
in London.
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1973
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(January 27) An Armenian
terrorist, Migirdic Yanikyan killed Mehmet Baydar,
Turkish Consul General for Los Angeles and his assistant
Bahadir Demir.
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1975
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(January 20) ASALA
was founded.
(October
22) The Turkish Ambassador in Vienne Danis Tunaligil
was killed by Armenian terrorists.
(October
24) The Turkish Ambassador in Paris Ismail Erez and
a police officer Talip Yener were killed by Armenian
terrorists.
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1976
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(February 16) The First
Secretary of Turkish Embassy in Beirut Oktay Cerit
was killed by the Armenian terrorists.
(May
28) Turkish diplomatic bureau in Zurich was bombed.
An Armenian called Noubar Soufoyan was arrested and
condemned to 15 years in prison.
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1977
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(May 29) Istanbul Yesilkoy
Airport and Sirkeci Station were bombed. Four people
died and 31 people were injured. The attacks were
undertaken by the “Extreme Armenian Movement Groups”.
(June
9) The Turkish Ambassador in Vatican Taha Carim was
killed by the Armenians.
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1978
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(January 3) The Turkish
Embassy in Brussels was bombed. The attack was undertaken
by “Armenian New Resistance Organisation”.
(June
2) In Madrid, the Turkish Ambassador Zeki Kunaralp’s
wife Necla Kunaralp and the ex Ambassador Besir Balcioglu
were killed by the Armenians.
(July
8) In Paris, the Turkish Diplomatic Bureau and the
Tourism Bureau were bombed. The attacks were undertaken
by the “Armenian Genocide Justice Committee”
(August
6) Turkish General Consulate for Geneva was bombed.
The attacks were undertaken by the “The Armenian New
Resistance Organisation”.
(December
17) The Geneva Bureau of Turkish Airlines was bombed
by ASALA.
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1979
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(April 15) The Greek
government approved “The Monument of Armenian Revenge”
to be erected in Nea Simirna Square in Athens.
(August
22) Assistant Consul Niyazi Adali in Geneva was assassinated
by ASALA, in attack three other people were killed.
(August
27) Turkish Airlines Bureau in Frankfurt was bombed
by ASALA.
(October
4) Turkish Airlines Bureau in Copenhagen was bombed
by ASALA.
(October
12) The son of Ozdemir Benler, the Turkish Ambassador
in Amsterdam, Ahmet Benler was killed in La Hague.
(December
22) The Tourism Counsellor of Paris Embassy Yilmaz
Copan was killed by Armenians.
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1980
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(January 10) ASALA
bombed Turkish Airlines’ Bureau in Tehran.
(February
6) Ambassador Dogan Turkmen was injured in an armed
attack in Bern.
(March
10) Armenian terrorists bombed the Turkish Airlines
Bureau in Rome. Two Italians died; 14 Italians injured.
(April
8) During meeting in Sayda, ASALA declared the Kurds
as their blood brothers by claiming there were resemblances
between the two communities.
(April
17) The Turkish Ambassador in Vatican Vecdi Turel
was attacked by the Armenians, and his police officer
Tahsin Guvenc was injured.
(April
19) ASALA attacked the Turkish Consulate in Marseille.
(June
31) The Turkish Administrative Attaché Galip Ozmen
and his daughter Neslihan Ozmen were killed by the
Armenian terrorists.
(August
5) The Turkish Consulate in Lyon was stormed by the
Armenian terrorists and Kadir Atilgan, Ramazan Sefer,
Kavas Bozdag and Huseyin Toprak were killed.
(September
26) Turkish Press Attaché in Paris Selcuk Bakkalbasi
was attacked by the Armenians and he was badly injured.
(November
10) ASALA attacked to Turkish Consulate in Strasbourg.
(December
17) Turkish Ambassador in Sidney, Sarik Arkyan and
his police officer Engin Saver were killed.
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1981
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(January 13) Armenian
terrorists had put a bomb into the car of Ahmet Erbeyli
Counselor of Finance in Paris Embassy. He survived
by chance.
(March
4) The Administrative counsellor of Turkish Embassy
in Paris, Resat Morali and imam Tecelli Ari were killed
by the Armenians.
(April
3) The Armenians shot Cavit Demir the administrative
counsellor of the Turkish Embassy in Copenhagen; he
was luckily survived with injuries.
(June
9) The Secretary of the Turkish Embassy in Geneva
Mehmet S. Yerguz was killed by ASALA.
(September
24) The Armenian terrorists stormed the General Consulate
in Geneva; and killed police officer Cemal Ozen.
(October
3) The Second Secretary of Turkish Embassy in Rome
was attacked by Armenian terrorists; he was badly
injured.
(November
27) “Armenian Students Union in Europe” and “Kurdish
Students Association in Europe” made a joint declaration
in London.
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1982
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(January 28) The Turkish
General Consulate in Los Angeles, Kemal Arikan was
killed by two Armenians Harry Sasunyan and Kirkor
Saliba.
(April
8) Commerce Counselor in Ottawa Embassy Kemalttin
Kani Gungor was injured by an armed attack.
(May
5) The Turkish honorary Consul for USA Boston Region
Okan Gunduz was killed by Armenians.
(June
7) Erkut Akbay the administrative attaché in Lisbon
Embassy was killed. On the same day, Atilla Altikat
the military attaché in Ottawa, Bora Süelkan the administrative
attaché to Bulgaria and chargé d'affaires of Lisbon
Embassy Yurtsev Mihcioglu and his wife Cahide Mihcioglu
were attacked. Turkish Ambassador in Canada Coskun
Kirca was attacked as well.
(August
7) Ankara Esenboga Airport was bombed by three Armenian
terrorists. Three police officers and nine civil people
died. Seventy-eight people were injured. A terrorist
called Levon Ekmekciyan was arrested.
(August
10) An Armenian named Artin Penik burned himself to
protest Esenboga Airport Incident.
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1983
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(January 29) Levon
Ekmekciyan was found guilty of 1982 Esenboga Airport
incident and he was executed in Ankara.
Harut
Levonyan and Rafi Elbekyan attacked to the Turkish
Ambassador in Yugoslavia and a man from Belgrade who
was passing by was killed.
(June
15) Some terrorists of ASALA organisation attacked
Turkish Airlines office in Paris Orly Airport. The
attack resulted in the death of four Frenchmen, two
Turks, an American and a Swedish person. In the incident
sixty people were injured.
(June
27) Five Armenian terrorists who raided the Turkish
Embassy in Lisbon were died.
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1985
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(March 12) Turkish
Embassy in Ottawa was raided by three Armenian terrorists.
One of the Canadian civil guards was shot dead. Ambassador
Coskun Kirca survived with injuries.
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1991
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(January 21) Armenians
attacked to Hacilar City. Three Soviet soldiers and
two Azeris were killed. The terrorists killed an Azeri
journalist Savatin Askerova.
(April
13) In Karabagh, Armenians and Azeris fought. The
Armenians bombarded Azeri villages.
(April
23) The Armenians bombarded Azeri villages in Susa
region. Three Azeris were killed, three houses were
destroyed, and three houses were demolished.
(April
26) Four Azeri civil guardians were killed. The attack
was undertaken by “Karabakh Warriors”.
(September
23) Armenia declared its independence.
(December
26) Soviet Union was dissolved. Armenia gained its
legal independence.
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1996
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Levon Petrosyan was
elected as the President of Armenia for the second
time.
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1997
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(March 20) One of the
leaders of Tashnaksutium Rober Kocaryan became the
prime minister of Armenia.
(December
20) The Armenians celebrated the 160th
year of Surp Agapyan Hospital together with New Year’s
fest.
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1998
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The President of Turkey
Suleyman Demirel received Ara Kocunyan the editor
of “Jamanak” newspaper in the of 90th anniversary
of the newspaper, in his resident.
(February)
The President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyon resigned.
Thus Robert Kocaryan has found a way for presidency.
Petrosyan was protested by the extreme nationalists
with his peaceful approaches in Karabagh.
(February)
Elcibey the leader of Azerbeyjan People’s Front evaluated
the resignation of Petrosyan, and he said Kocaryan
revolted against Azerbeyjan with the Russian assistance
in Karabagh.
(March
30) Kocaryan was elected the President of Armenia.
(July)
Abdullah Ocalan the leader of the PKK terrorist organization
demanded a special village from Armenia for the use
of his organization.
(October
14) Mesrob Mutafyan, became the 84th Patriarch
of the Turkish Armenians.
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