The News In Istambul

Armenian News Network / Groong
October 16, 2004

⚠ This is an archival article originally published on October 16, 2004. Information may be outdated.

Watching the news in Istanbul I understand nothing; But the weather forecast is easier.

Temperatures and winds in different towns, Names from all the centuries, From all the human layers, Of which the Turks are top.

Mostly, if I know them, It is in their old forms: Sinope and Trebizond and Ephesus, Kars and Van and Erzerum. Greece on the west, Armenia on the east.

And Constantimople straddling the two continents.

But it is Istanbul now.

Prof. Michael E. Stone

Author bio at time of publication

Michael Stone is Professor of Armenian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published poetry in Ararat, Avocet, Byline Magazine, Hazmat Review, King Log, Mandrake Poetry Review, Ruah, White Heron, ARC, and Voices Anthology. He also translates medieval Armenian poetry into English and has published translations in Ararat, Sion and St. Nersess Theological Review. He is at present finalizing an English translation of the medieval biblical epic Adamgirk' by Arak'el of Siwnik'. In addition to poetry he has published numerous scholarly books and articles on Armenian studies.