Armenia lifts Turkish visas for football match

[North Pole]

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The Turkish President, Abdullah Gul, has arrived in neighbouring Armenia - the first Turkish leader ever to set foot in the country.
He is to attend a World Cup qualifying match between the two national teams, which have never played each other.
The visit signals a thaw in relations between the two countries.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7602066.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport

http://www.justin.tv/widgets/jtv_liv...l=ozzymanborn2


Here is a live feed, only bad thing is it's in turkish.

Thank you. I tried so many sites already, and none of them worked........

Armenian TV stations - http://wwitv.com/portal.htm?http://w...nels/b2031.htm

Turkish:

http://www.canlitvseyret.com/?id=8&isim=trt_-_1

http://wwitv.com/portal.htm?http://wwitv.com/television/index.html?http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b2031.htm

[North Pole]

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1 hour ago: Turkish President Abdullah Gul, right, and Armenian President Serge Sarkisian shake hands during their meeting in Yerevan, Armenia, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008. Abdullah Gul arrived in Armenia to watch a Turkey vs. Armenia World Cup qualifier game with President Serge Sarkisian that many hope will help the two countries overcome decades of antagonism rooted in Ottoman-era massacres of Armenians.

3 hours ago: Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian (R) gestures as he meets his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul on September 6, 2008 during a meeting in Yerevan. Sarkisian said today he had been invited by his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul to attend a return football match between the two nations in Turkey next month. Gul travelled today to attend the World Cup qualifiers between Armenia and Turkey, in a landmark visit expected to ease relations between the two foes.

4 hours ago: Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian (R) listens to his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul on September 6, 2008 during a meeting in Yerevan. Sarkisian said today he had been invited by his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul to attend a return football match between the two nations in Turkey next month. Gul will travel today to attend the World Cup qualifiers between Armenia and Turkey, in a landmark visit expected to ease relations between the two foes.

[meline]

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And I hope that it will be the end of the mass hystera (excuse me if I'm being too radical), but like one of the leaders of Dashnaktsutyun said "we are not welcoming a long-lost brother"

[denemekolik]

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90 minutes Türkiye - Ermenistan

http://www.akillivideo.com/videosunu-izle/1629/Turkiye---Ermenistan-Maci-90-Dakika-FULL.html

[North Pole]

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How come the stadium was almost empty?...

FIFA World Cup Qualifier: Turkey 2 — Armenia 0

http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/09/07/turkey-2-armenia-0/

[crusader1492]

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I asked the same question when I watched the game live on the Internet via a Turkish broadcast. I got the answer a day later froma freind who watched on an Armenian broadcast...

The Armenian and Turkish fans were seperated. This picture is of the Turkish section were there were few fans. If you saw a picture of the Armenian fan sections, you would see that all the seats were filled.

[Ari]

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in all international football matches the crowds segregated

idiots!!! why did we even give them so many tickets

cant believe they brang those numbers down



whats the signs say?

[Kavkaz]

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European Journal | Turkey: Rapprochement with Armenia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bYWVyKyQ6w

[Federate]

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Շատ լաւ լուր ընկերներ եւ ընկերուհիներ. շնորհակալութիւն Դաշնակցութեան եւ բոլոր անոնց որոնք դէմ ելան այս հիմարութեան եւ դաւաճանութեան։
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Armenian Soccer Body Changes Logo After Uproar

The Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) said on Wednesday that it has decided to change its new emblem widely criticized for not depicting a biblical mountain in what is now eastern Turkey.

The FFA’s previous logo, which carried a picture of Mount Ararat, was dropped ahead of last month’s match in Yerevan between Armenia’s and Turkey’s national soccer teams that was watched by the presidents of the two neighboring states.

The move prompted strong criticism from domestic political groups, notably the pro-government Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun), that suggested that it was designed to please the Turks. Dashnaktsutyun leaders cast doubt on the credibility of FFA assurances that there were no political motives behind the change of the logo emblazoned on the jerseys of national and youth team players.

Located in northeastern Turkey and visible from Yerevan and much of southern Armenia, Ararat is considered by many Armenians a national symbol. The snow-capped peak, the supposed resting place of Noah’s Ark, is depicted in the center Armenia’s national coat-in-arms.

Ruben Hayrapetian, the FFA chairman who has previously dismissed the Dashnaktsutyun criticism, said on Wednesday that the decision to leave Ararat out of the current logo was a mistake. “I apologize to the entire public for this real mistake,” he told reporters.

“We did not think that there will be such an uproar,” Hayrapetian said, adding that the FFA has already commissioned graphic designers to develop another Armenian football emblem. He said it will definitely carry an outline of Ararat.

“In the meantime, our national football teams will wear jerseys with the emblem of the Republic of Armenia,” the FFA’s executive director, Armen Minasian, told RFE/RL.

Both he and Hayrapetian insisted that the logo change had nothing to do with the Armenia-Turkey World Cup qualifier played in Yerevan on September 6. “We began the process of logo change last year before we knew that are going to play Turkey,” said Minasian. “There was never any deliberate effort to remove Ararat.”

From http://www.armenialiberty.org/armeni...F484145B97.ASP

[Armanen]

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Good news!