  Invented story about love between Ataturk and Armenian woman staged in New York  January 31, 2011 - 13:34 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish media often spread information which is not true to fact, an Armenian expert said. “It’s distressing that Armenia media quote Turkish news reports without filtration and specification,” Ruben Melkonyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, when commenting on “To Love” performance about the love between Ataturk and an Armenian woman staged by the Turkish American Repertory Theater & Entertainment in New York. According to him, this story seems to be pure invention. “Ataturk had a step daughter, Sabiha Gokcen, an Armenian girl who later become the first Turkish female pilot. Ataturk’s first wife Latifa wrote in her memoirs that they had an Armenian servant for some time but there was no love between Ataturk and her,” Melkonyan said.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   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.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.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. |
