  British Museum renames room Ancient Turkey into Anatolia & Urartu August 19, 2015 - 22:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - British Museum’s room 54, previously titled Ancient Turkey, was renamed into Anatolia and Urartu, the author of the initiative Zepyur Batikian said in her Facebook post. “I’m proud of my achievement. Of course, I’d like for the room to be renamed into Armenia or Armenian Upland; still, this is the first step towards restoration of justice,” she noted. She thanked the late ex-envoy to UK Karine Kazinian as well as the Minister of Culture, Armenian and British historians, and all those who helped collect 12000 signatures urging to rename the room. In January 2013, the Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe (FAAE) issued a letter to the British Museum, protesting against the use of Ancient Turkey name for the museum’s room 54 and suggesting renaming the room into Urartu, Ancient Armenia. Related links:   Top stories The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
