https://ann.org/tags/black-sea/Recent content in Black Sea on Armenian News Network - GroongHugo -- 0.128.0en-usFri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000https://ann.org/ro/ro-20090306.htmlFri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000https://ann.org/ro/ro-20090306.htmlYEREVAN, ARMENIA That an Armenian repatriate, American-born into a legacy of remembrance inherited from a line of survivors of genocide nearly a century ago, feels compelled to entitle his thoughts with a focus on Turkey– and not Armenia– reveals a larger problem, a gaping wound, and an imperative for closure long overdue on both sides of history’s tragic divide. The new Armenia, independent of its longstanding statelessness since 1991, is my everyday life, as are the yearnings of my fellow citizens for their daily dignity, true democracy, the rule of law, and an empowering end to sham elections and the corruption, arrogance and unaccountability of power.