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[bell-the-cat]

In April I was talking to a guy who was involved in the census for Van, and he was saying that the official population was around 300,000 but the real population was closer to a million. I think he was exagerating a bit for effect - but even if it were only 600,000 that is still a huge difference.

Van: average family size 7.5

[Joseph]

Turkish politicians cannot say that they will make the country more Islamic. Some of them may have desires to make it so, but if they say it in public they will be off to prison!
Turn east just means pan-Turanic.

What I meant to say is exactly waht you wrote above. Their attitude is the following: "if we don't get in the EU, the Turkish people may turn more islamic and we would be in danger of becoming like Iran and our secular republic will be destroyed" yada yada. The turn towards the east (closer relations to Russia and the Turkic Republics) is one I also read ad nauseum.

[Evropeos]

Ethnic Armenian sir Ara Darzi appointed Minister of Healthcare of Great Britain





05.07.2007 15:11 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Prime Minister of Great Britain has appointed practicing surgeon Ara Darzi (Terzian) as Minister of Healthcare. Ara Darzi was born in Iraq in a family with Armenian descent, which escaped the Genocide of 1915. But the greater part of his life he has spent in Ireland, independent French journalist Jean Eckian told the PanARMENIAN.Net. His father, the son of a Genocide survivor Vartkes Darzi settled in Dublin, in a city which did not even have an Armenian community. He has raised his son as an Armenian.

Ara Darzi himself remains greatly interested in Armenian issues. In a recent interview, Dr. Darzi said he must add his knowledge about Armenia. “I would love to visit and do something constructive in Armenia. I have not had the chance until now, but I hope to get more involved in the coming years. I want to go to my roots. I have served in many countries around the world. Why not also Armenia? I would like to volunteer and even take some essential equipment to Armenia to train other doctors there. All I need is the right opportunity,” he said.

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[Steph]

Ethnic Armenian sir Ara Darzi appointed Minister of Healthcare of Great Britain





05.07.2007 15:11 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Prime Minister of Great Britain has appointed practicing surgeon Ara Darzi (Terzian) as Minister of Healthcare.

“I would love to visit and do something constructive in Armenia. I have not had the chance until now, b All I need is the right opportunity,” he said.

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How about those legal minimum 20 days holidays (4 weeks) per year plus 8 national days?