Yetvart Danzikyan

Yetvart Danzikyan

Ter-Matevosyan: Armenians did not need KGB direction to understand what happened to them in 1915
Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan's statement that Turkish-Armenian-Azerbaijani enmity was shaped by the USSR and KGB has been criticized by some circles while appreciated by others. Vahram Ter-Matevosyan, an expert on Turkey-Soviet relations, author of the book "Soviet Approach to Turkey's Transformation" and faculty member at the American University of Armenia, said, "Armenians who survived the Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire and the massacres inflicted by Kemalist forces did not need the guidance of the KGB, which was established in 1954, to understand what happened to their families, villages, towns, and churches."
13 November 2025
Statement from Daron Acemoğlu to Agos: I am not working with any party in Armenia or Turkey
At the latest meeting organised by the ‘Our Way's’ movement, founded by Russian oligarch Samvel Karapetyan and currently in the process of becoming a political party, a video message sent by Nobel Prize-winning economist Daron Acemoğlu was shared, stating that Acemoğlu would be advising the movement. Acemoğlu told Agos, ‘I sent a message for their conference, but I have no connection with the party.’
16 October 2025
Trump, Pashinyan, Aliyev summit at the White House: What happened, and what didn't?
The transportation route between Turkey and Central Asia will operate uninterruptedly through Armenian territory. For now, Turkey has no objection to this. This could also be considered a positive development for Armenia. At the very least, they have temporarily thwarted a new attack by Azerbaijan under the pretext of the corridor. Given this development, we can expect Ankara to open the border. However, I believe Ankara will wait for the Armenia-Azerbaijan agreement to be signed first. Furthermore, it is clear that opening the border would boost the economies of both Turkey and Armenia.
14 August 2025
The Failure to Commemorate the Genocide
Armenia is clearly only talking about not making this a priority in foreign policy. On the other hand, it should be noted that this stance has created a backlash in Armenia. Pashinyan is also being accused by opposition circles in his own country. When it comes to Turkey, this certainly comes as a relief for the government and those who maintain the 110-year-old official position. So, should "confrontation" efforts be shelved because of this situation? Certainly not. Let's repeat what we've always said. Hundreds of thousands of people in these lands were subjected to indescribable suffering under the pretext of war conditions. Armenians were uprooted from their countries where they had lived for thousands of years through mass killings and forced exile.
26 April 2025
How will Ankara respond to Pashinyan's messages?
Ultimately, Pashinyan wants to advance the normalization process with Turkey and develop regional cooperation. So what position is Ankara taking here? Yes, it had initiated the "normalization" process, but despite the mutual decision to open borders at least to third-country citizens and diplomatic passport holders in the first phase, Turkey is not taking steps. Armenia, on the other hand, has renovated the crossing point and customs buildings on its side of the border, and even organized a visit to the border gate for the visiting journalists from Turkey. Turkey is in a waiting position on this issue. So what is Turkey waiting for?
14 March 2025
Trump’s bizarre statement and ‘deportation’
The government, naturally, opposed Trump’s plan. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, in his statement, said: “The issue of deportation is neither something the region nor we can accept. Even considering it is absurd. Even bringing it up for discussion is wrong.” Yes, even bringing it up for discussion is wrong. However, when I saw the term ‘deportation,’ it made me think. I went back 110 years. Is it possible not to remember 1915 when hearing these words?
11 February 2025
For Hrant Dink: 18th year letter
Hrant ahparig (brother), as is my custom, I sat down at the keyboard to write this year’s letter.
23 January 2025
Açık Radio, RTSC and Constution Court’s landmark decision
This is a process that started with a five-program broadcast suspension and fine imposed by RTSC for some sentences used on the Açık Gazete program on April 24. Technically, the license was decertfied not because of this, but because –according to RTSC– the fine was not paid, but it is worth taking a closer look at the picture and remembering a precedent-setting decision of the Constitutional Court on this very issue.
18 October 2024
Did we face September 6-7?
My mother also witnessed the September 6th-7th (1955) pogrom when she was a teenager. Sometimes she would tell stories about how the mob passing in front of their house in Kumkapı Nişanca and headed for the student dormitory where the local Greek girls were staying at the other end of the street. She would always stop talking there and wouldn’t continue. I wouldn’t ask either.
6 September 2024
"Azerbaijan test" for Islamists and nationalists
It is really interesting that while Islamist, centre-leftist and Kurdish politicians condemn Israel for this operation that amounts to genocide, some nationalist accounts, even on social media, have a different tone when it comes to Azerbaijan. To be honest, i think pessimistically. Because there is hostility towards both Arabs and Armenians.
3 June 2024
Armenia is on the critical verge
Paşinyan’s making this remarkable statement is not an unexpected circumstance. It is already stated that Azerbaijan is in a novel preparation period to assault for a while. We can also monitor this through Turkish press.
22 March 2024
“Whatever cannot be done in constitutional amendment is done”
We talked to Assoc. Prof. Murat Sevinç, a faculty member of Ankara University School of Social Sciences, about the content of the proposed constitutional amendments and their outcomes.
12 January 2017
“Van was the epicenter of the earthquake of genocide”
“The Social, Cultural and Economic History of Van and the Region” conference organized by Hrant Dink Foundation was held in Anarad Hığutyun building on November 11 and 12. We talked to Dr. Yektan Türkyılmaz, who was the keynote speaker of the conference, about Van's importance in Armenian and Ottoman history.
18 November 2016
“Mosul should have been ours” statement could be explained by expansionism
Mosul and the National Pact(Misak-ı Milli) became a topic of discussion once again. Recently, President Erdoğan said, “Mosul was ours. Read some history. Some people got disturbed because I mentioned the National Pact. Why do you feel disturbed by my history lessons? We are patriotic, that is why.” This statement made the issue a current debate once again. Prof. Dr. Baskın Oran from Ankara University Political Science Department is one of the most knowledgeable scholars concerning Mosul and the National Pact. We spoke to Oran about the course of these two issues throughout the history of republic and their reflections to the present day.
27 October 2016
What does the footage say?
9 September 2016
Kerem Altıparmak: “the risk is about the way the state of emergency is practiced”
Declaration of the state of emergency in Turkey caused debates both in Turkey and other countries. We talked to Assistant Prof. Kerem Altıparmak about the recent developments and ongoing debates.
28 July 2016
Ahmet İnsel: we are in the middle of the chaos caused by coup process
Though we watched live what happened on July 15, we still don't know exactly how the attempted coup unfolded behind the scenes. There are lots of reports and information about this issue, but they are just too new. We talked to Ahmet İnsel about what happened and the possible developments after the attempted coup.
21 July 2016
Yetvart Danzikyan: the coup attempt and its aftermath
Will such an era really start after this kind of a calamity? Let's hope it will. However, there is a good chance that an era, where capital punishment will be back, every opposing protest will be suppressed both by the state and “society” and lynching atmosphere will remain, is coming.
17 July 2016
20 years ago, 20 years after
7 April 2016
Hope and despair in Diyarbakir: they ripped our heart out
Yetvart Danzikyan went to Diyarbakir for “News Watch” and reported from there.
11 February 2016
What does re-election mean?
27 August 2015
Sacrificing the children for the election
20 August 2015
How is it none of our business?
Prime Minister Davutoğlu’s words, “It is nobody’s business what the trucks were carrying” constitute a scandalous disclosure of the current character of the State. Yet it is our business. What the trucks were carrying is the business of each and every citizen living in this country. The present and future outcome of this move by the State concerns first and foremost us, the citizens of this country.
2 June 2015
Yetvart Danzikyan: Davutoğlu’s Diaspora journey
100 years later, we would have loved to think that certain things have changed in these lands; however, we can’t. It is not easy to tolerate seeing what people will do for power, and how the smile on a face can, in a flash, change into an evil grin; but we will.
28 May 2015
Yetvart Danzikyan: Davutoğlu’s “family” dinner
Yetvart Danzikyan on the official dinner Prime Minister Davutoğlu held for religious leaders: “This is, of course, a positive meeting, and the messages that have come out of the dinner are also positive. However, regarding the issue of representation, one must accept that there is something strange about the other side of the dinner table. It is part of the job of the Prime Minister to hold such meetings, but once you describe it as a “family” dinner, we have to ask what kind of family we are talking about here, and about those who have been left out.”
3 January 2015

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