Armenian Population in Eastern Anatolia
Between Years 1878-1915
Prof. Dr. Ata ATUN
Near East University
Lefkoşa, T. R. North Cyprus
E-mail: ata.atun@atun.com Tel: +90 533 881 1111
Abstract:
Most of the Armenian allegations on the Armenian relocation in the year 1915 based on the Armenian Patriarch’s reports and the book titled “Ambassador Morgenthau’s Story” written by Mr. Henry Morgenthau Sr..
Mr. Morgenthau was the U.S. Ambassador in Istanbul from 1913 to 1916, his book on which the Armen...
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The Journal of Turkish weekly, Janury 15, 2008
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/51485/cyprus-the-complete-history-from-1960-to-1974-1-8-.html
Tuesday, 15 January 2008
* By Ata ATUN
(Section 1-8)
Cyprus gained her sovereign independence by virtue of a constitution and three treaties — the Treaty of Guarantee, the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Establishment, all of which came into force on the same day — Aug. 16, 1960. They were interrelated so that, for example, the 48 “basic articles” of the Constitution were incorporated into the Treaty of Guarantee while the two Treaties of Guarantee and Alliance were in turn mentioned to “have constitutional ...
