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Turkish Foreign Ministry has urged the U.S. administration to adopt an objective and constructive approach in evaluating historical realities on the basis of a memory after U.S. President Barack Obama's "Meds Yeghern" remarks on the killings of Armenians in 1915.

The old Gümü?hane neighborhood and its historical artifacts are facing the threat of a landslide caused by the Green Road project in the Black SeaThe historical Süleymaniye neighborhood, also known as old Gümü?hane, in the Black Sea region where Greeks, Armenians and Turks used to live together in the past is being threatened by a landslide which could wipe out its centuries-old artifacts, incl

The land title of the iconic Armenian orphanage Kamp Armen has been given back to an Armenian protestant church foundation, daily Agos has reported.

The process of returning the real estate deed for Kamp Armen, located in the Tuzla district of Istanbul, has been completed, the lawyer of Gedikpa?a Armenian Protestant Church Foundation Sebu Aslangil has announced.

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Istanbul's Armenian community is set to open a new school building in the city's Bak?rköy district for the 2015-2016 academic year, replacing an older building that had served for 171 years. 

"I am very happy to see that the school is almost completed. Moving to a new building after 171 years makes us all happy," Surp Asdvadzadzin Church Foundation head Mesut Özdemir said.

Award-winning Armenian jazz pianist Tigran Hamasyan performed a concert on June 23 outside the Akdamar Church on the historical Akdamar Island in the eastern province of Van.

The concert on Akdamar Island was "vigorous," said Tamar Nalc?, the project coordinator at Anadolu Kültür (Anatolian Culture), a non-profit cultural institution that organized Hamasyan's concerts in Turkey.

Award-winning Armenian jazz pianist Tigran Hamasyan performed a concert on June 21 in the historic ruins of Ani, located on the Turkish-Armenian border. 

An Armenian foundation plans to demolish and rebuild Kamp Armen, an Armenian orphanage in the Tuzla district of Istanbul, after a controversial demolition plan was shelved, as the land owner said he would donate it to the Armenian community.

In a city that has been home to various civilizations since the 9th century B.C., the historic Armenian churches in Turkey's eastern province of Van await visitors and hopefully restoration - in order to stop them from being forgotten.

NIKOLIC NEXT TO PUTIN President attends commemorations in Yerevan

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic was in Yerevan on Friday, attending commemorations on the 100th anniversary of the massacre of Armenians.

He addressed the gathering to say that Serbia, having itself suffered in wars, has a deep understanding of the suffering of Armenians.