PAKRAT ESTUKYAN

During the presidency of Kocharyan and later Serzh Sargsyan, corruption, which has been traditional since the Soviet era, also took a major step forward. Althought, during the Armenia-Armenian diaspora conferences, Armenians from the diaspora were urged to invest in the country, those who heeded the call were however forced to give significant shares to those close to the ruling circles.

Richard Hovhannisian, who is a prominent figure in Armenian historiography, came to Istanbul for attending “The Social Cultural and Economic History of Van and the Region 1850-1930” conference organized by Hrant Dink Foundation. We talked to him about his recently-published book and his studies on the genocide.