“VEM”, YEAR 2 (8), ISSUE 1 (29), JANUARY-MARCH 2010

EDITORIAL
TIT FOR TAT IS FAIR PLAY

CORNERSTONES
Armen Ts. Marukyan
THE QUESTION OF THE TURKEY’S INTERNATIONAL-LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY
(Conclusion and proposals)

HISTORY
Albert A. Stepanyan
THE PROBLEM OF CIVILIZATION HOMEOSTASIS IN GREAT ARMENIA
Part 2. The Extra-Social Civilization Homeostasis of Great Armenia: Tigran II. 

LITERARY CRITICISM
Seyran Z.Grigoryan
THE MEMORY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN VAHAGN DAVTYAN’S POETRY

HISTORICAL DEMOGRAPHY
Lusineh S. Sahakyan
THE POLICY OF TURKIFICATION OF THE ARMENIAN TOPONYMS IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
The decree issued by Enver Pasha, the Minister of War, January 5, 1916 

Rubina Peroomian, Ph.D., California, Los Angeles
THE ETHNIC IDENTITIES OF MINORITIES IN TURKEY. A CHALLENGE AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT’S POLICY OF TURKIFICATION

CULTURE
Alvard S.Ghazinyan, Lilit E.Mkrtumyan
A HEROIC ATTEMPT TO SAVE THE WESTERN ARMENIAN SPIRITUAL TREASURES
On the expedition of Ervand Lalayan (September, 1915-March, 1916)

Arthur A.Hovhannisyan
THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN KHOREN TER-HARUTYAN’S ART

SCIENTIFIC
Seda Gasparyan
THE WORD ԵՂԵՌՆ (YEGHERN) AND THE SEMANTIC FIELD OF ITS EQUIVALENCE IN ENGLISH
Recommended for publication by the Department of Contemporary Armenian, Institute of Language, Armenian National Academy of Sciences

Vladimir D. Vardanyan
THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE:
On the Applicability of the Fundamental Tenets of the “Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide“ adopted by UN on December 9, 1948

REVIEWS
Levon E. Latchikyan – HISTORICAL MEMOIRS OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Margaret Ajemian Ahnert, The Knock at the Door: A Journey Through the Darkness of the Armenian Genocide, Beaufort Books, New York, 2007.

ARCHIVES
Avag A. Harutyunyan
THE FILES OF THE GREAT TRIAL OF ARF (DASHNAKTSUTYUN)
The lawsuit of Garegin Khajak

Amatuni S. Virabyan Gohar G. Avakyan
UNPUBLISHED PAGES OF “VSHTAPATUM”

Ruben O.Sahakyan
THE QUESTION OF REBUILDING WESTERN ARMENIA
Hamo Ohanjanyan’s report of December 10, 1916 on the state of the Armenians of Vaspurakan

APPENDIX
Anahit Kh. Astoyan
ARMENIANS IN THE ECONOMY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Economic reasons as influencial factors in the Armenian Genocide