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THE DREAM
OF “A GREATER ARMENIA”
The “ Great Armenia “ has
been put forward b the Armenian President Levon Ter — Petrosyan.
The past and the ideas of Ter — Petrosyan, who was born in
Aleppo, is based on the principles of the Armenian Communist
Party, which was the only political party at the time of USSR
/ CCCP period. (1)
Ter — Petrosyan is the chief
organiser who has flamed the Nagorno Karabakh matter and the
demonstrations that were intensified from 1987 onwards in
Armenia. The “ Nagorno Karabakh Committee “ which was founded
by him in February 1988, for the connecting of Nagorno Karabakh
to Armenia after it is separated from Azerbaijan, has changed
its name as “ Armenian National Movement “ in November 1989.
After he won the elections,
and within the process of becoming a party, Ter — Petrosyan,
who collected the majority of the votes, and who was elected
as the President Armenian Supreme Soviet on August 1990, has
declared the independence of Armenia on August 4, 1990. Armenia
has signed the Alma — Ata (Almatý) Declaration on December
21, 1991 and then became a member of AGÝK (AGÝT) and United
Nations.
In the same period, Armenia
has violated the international agreements, its own commitments,
Helsinki and AGÝT principles and actually invaded the Nagorno
Karabakh, which is an autonomous region connected to the Republic
of Azerbaijan. Armenia has applied a clear genocide against
the Azerbaijani people here, apart from invading. (2)
Ter — Petrosyan, in his first
speech in the 1990 elections, has made the call for the recognition
of so-called genocide of 1915 to the international organisations.
(3)
Ter — Petrosyan visited US
President Bill Clinton on August 8, 1994 in The White House.
The members of the Armenian Church, Priest Rafael Andonyan,
Chief Bishop Mesrob Aþçýyan, Chief Bishop Hayag Barsamyan
and Chief Bishop Vahe Hovsepyan were present among those who
participated the meeting along with the Taþnak Party leaders.
Here the weighted subjects that were discussed, were the difficulties
shown to Armenia by Turkey and Azerbaijan, and the recognition
of the so — called Armenian genocide. (4)
The Clinton visit of Ter —
Petrosyan was attracting attention. Because, such kind of
a meeting; was made for the first time within the last 10
years; by an US President. Apart from this, the discussing
of the so — called genocide in between a President of USA
and Armenian leaders has been evaluated as a new situation.
FOOTNOTES
(1)Armenian Communist
Party has changed its name in the year 1993 as Armenian Democratic
Party. Claims related to the making the world to accept the
independency of Nagorno Karabakh and the claims related to
the soils that remain in Turkey; do take place within the
ideological properties of the party.
(2) Katliam / Massacre
(Album), Istanbul 1993; The Tragedy of Nagorno Karabakh, Ankara
1993, p. 13, 15 -* 16, Yanký / Echo, 3. 7. 1995, p. 36.
(3) Yanký / Echo,
3. 7. 1995.
(4) The Armenian Reporter,
13. 8. 1994.
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