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Here is another shot at the translation. Mind you, the original has not been written by a professor of Turkish either, and what they expect from you is not clear or specific. However, as you have rightly identified, it sounds like a sincere attempt to do something good. Ontario G1 Practice Test | G1...

There is also a flourishing Franciscan mission. Striped cloths and pekmez, a sweet paste made from grapes, are the principal manufactures; and tobacco and cereals the principal cultures. The town is unusually well and solidly built, good stone being obtained near at hand.

Today Fresno's Armenian population is estimated at about 6,000 and about 10,000 for all of Fresno County (US Census 2000). A constant reminder of the Armenian people's contributions and presence in Fresno is the life-sized monument of David of Sassoon. This beautiful piece of public art was donated ...

Ankara is one of the world's oldest capital cities, having been a major urban center, though not a capital, for far longer than cities like London, Paris or Madrid; even Istanbul. When present Istanbul, then the Roman provincial town of Byzantium, was being groomed as a new capital for the Roman Emp...

Tigranes, who was residing at Tigranocerta in the summer of 69, was not only astonished by the speed of Lucullus' rapid advance into Armenia but by the fact that he had even launched such an operation in the first place. Unable to reconcile with this reality for a certain period of time, he belatedl...

Many Armenians fleeing the homeland settled on the eastern coast of the US, but eventually moved to Fresno for the myriad of opportunities, as well as the Mediterranean like weather which resembled what many were used to back home.Audio Mastering Services |Music Mastering Services

It is important to note that Armenian surnames, although traditionally ending in -ian, -yan etc. are not all like this. Similarly to many foreign surnames, mistakes in translation have been made over the years and names such as Agon, Bastirma, Kraovov etc. It is best to ask the person of interest to...

The minority Armenian population in Turkiye (at the time known as the Ottoman Empire) was pushing for equal rights and coming under attack. The Ottoman Empire, already crumbling, started what would become the first genocide of the 20th century killing 1.5 million Armenians. Haroutun was one of the s...

The early history of Dikranagerd or Tigranakert will be presented by senior scholars Robert Hewsen of Rowan University, a specialist in historical geography; Levon Avdoyan of the Library of Congress, who will try to answer the questions of exactly when, where, and why was the fabled city that bears ...

In Phrygian tradition, King Midas was venerated as the founder of Ancyra, but Pausanias mentions that the city was actually far older, in line with the present-day knowledge that we have on its history.[1] There is the possibility that at the time Midas came the city was eseentially unpopulated. In ...

Aintab was the home to many Armenians. Following the Armenian Genocide, the area that the memorial now lies on was an empty stretch of land. Between 1984 and March 2001, the area was the location of the 1921 Self Defense Battle of Aintab Memorial. The Fountain -Memorial is now located adjacent to th...

Fresno's first Armenian roots can be traced back to 1881 when the Seropian brothers (Hagop, aka Jacob, Garabed, and Simon, half brothers Kevork, aka George, and Hovahaness, aka John) arrived from Massachusetts (Bulbulian 17). The Seropian's were also the first Armenians to start a business in Fresno...

Beginning in 2006, the city of Fresno set out on a large-scale construction project that would include altering the landscape of what has come to be known as Old Armenian Town.