In March, 2015, an email announcement appeared in my inbox. It said Stanford University’s Global Studies Division was offering a travel grant opportunity for students with an interest in human rights and/or conflict resolution. The grantees would attend a conference in Istanbul, in April...
Demanding apology while keeping silent about own crimes In Episodes 63, 64, and 65, I shared with you a remarkable letter titled Strategically Mum: The Silence of Armenians, written by Iver Torikian, an Armenian truth-seeker, wondering why there was so much misinformation about Armenian...
In Episodes 63 and 64, I shared with you a remarkable letter titled Strategically Mum: The Silence of Armenians, written by Iver Torikian, an honest Armenian truth-seeker, wondering why there was so much misinformation about Armenian-Turkish relations and why Armenian insurgents and...
The Turkish-Armenian conflict is misrepresented by Armenian propaganda, a term for spreading false information to promote or defame a cause. As Dr. Gwynne Dyer put it in 1976, “… The deafening drumbeat of the propaganda, and the sheer lack of sophistication in the argument which comes...
Sociology can be a liberating force, which can help us explore and confront widely accepted fallacies that are morally unacceptable. I will expound on the concepts of propaganda and perception to show you how the Turkish-Armenian conflict is politicized and falsified by Armenian...
