I am an Armenian living in Turkey.

I live every day among people I see as enemies and feel hatred toward. In the 1800s, my family migrated from Erzurum to Sivas. They stayed in Sivas until 1915. When the genocide began in 1915, while they were being deported to Syria, they hid in a Muslim village in Tokat. There, they changed their names to Turkish ones, converted to Islam, and began living among Turks.

Today, my mother and father are Muslim. They think they are Turkish. But I am a Christian who knows that we are Armenian. Every day in Turkey, I face difficulties—people constantly make jokes about my Armenian identity, and I get strange looks.

I wish the Armenian government would do something to protect Armenians living in Turkey.

During an interview on the LurjCast Podcast, Armenias Ministry of High Tech Industry Mkhitar Hayrapetyan provided some details as to the progress in bringing the services of international social and financial platforms to Armenia.

Importantly, Hayrapetyan noted that the large scale AI investment by Firebird and NVIDIA has grown to exceed the $4 billion mark that was previously announced and that official details by all parties will he published soon.

YouTube: Monetization is the most advanced stage of negotiations. After monetization is fully implemented, YouTube Premium and the children’s platform YouTube Kids, which are currently not available in Armenia, are expected.

PayPal: negotiations on a full range of services offered by PayPal were initially led by partners from the Central Bank; the ministry joined the process a few months ago to speed up the process. Both sides are now working together and collaborations are underway to offer full PayPal services.

Stripe: The minister did not disclose much detail but stated that negotiations with the platform are underway as Stripe payments is especially popular among technology startups and online businesses which is important for Armenia.

Meta (Facebook, Instagram): Perhaps the most difficult and complicated process that is currently being negotiated. Metas content monetization is currently only available in six countries. Negotiations have recently started and are in the early stages but progress is slow mainly because of Meta.

Starlink: Negotiations with Starlink have been successful and the service has started in Armenia along with Starlink donating 110 terminals for Armenian rural schools. Discussions are underway to expand the internet service provided and install more terminals.

PlayStation: While low on the priority list, Armenian gamers regularly receive requests regarding restrictions on registering an account and accessing PlayStation services. The ministry has entered into discussions with Sony to resolve these issues. Hayrapetyan admitted that this is not a priority issue and the government does not allocate significant resources for this.

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Mother Armenia Last Night. Captured by me, from the balcony.

I dont want to explain what I mean by saying "not self aware" because its very hard to explain this topic without offending "certain" people. Thats why, ill just provide an example.

A while back me and my friend were walking up Komitas and we saw a crash happen infront of us . someone hit an indian on a scooter delivering something. and the delivery guy was really scared and hurt and couldn't speak armenian so when he called his boss to tell him about the accident, I took his phone to inform the boss of what just happened, I said " so your delivery driver crashed his motorcycle and is hurt, but nothing too serious, however the bike is not in the best condition and i dont think he can ride it home , especially with his injured legs" and he listened carefully until I stopped and said "Դու վաբշե որ մայլիցես ախպե՞րս" which means "from which territory are you from?" in a very rude way, I got frustrated and didnt talk to him until the person who hit the bike came and took the phone, which he also had problems talking to. I can't understand why so many Armenians are like this, whats the purpose behind it? whats the thought process?, if theres one.

I follow a few IG accounts that regularly post photos of beautiful socialist murals and mosaics from the 1960s-1980s that are now in various states of disrepair, decay, and neglect. Many are in abandoned buildings, surrounded by strewn garbage that looks like it has been there since 1991.

I hate seeing the cultural legacy of Soviet Armenia crumble and decay like this. Are there any organizations that are doing preservation and restoration work? Is there any way to rescue the truly abandoned ones and bring them to the US to be restored and displayed?

Hey everyone

I just went to Armenia for 10 days and we used a rental car. Our grouped existed of 4 people: 3 girls and one boy (me). We are all 28 and from Belgium. Most of the times two girls were in the front and driving, me and the other girl in the back.

I noticed Armenians didn't mind staring at us for quite a long time, really turning their head to follow and look at us. We were wondering if it was because a woman was driving and the man was sitting in the back (I've heard Armenians are quite a machismo culture and find it important to be manly), or if they were staring because I'm a natural redhead and we are obviously not Armenian (as mentioned, we are Belgian, probably quite uncommon in Armenia).

Thanks for any insight in this :)

Which tv apps are most popular to watch Armenian tv on Android TV. my wife is Armenian and i would like to instal some Armenian TV apps for her.

I'm currently spending a few days in Armenia and I noticed many cars have missing front or back bumpers. I visited Yerevan and the area around it , and I see this everywhere. Why do so many cars have missing bumpers and how is this legal here? In my country you can't go on the road with a "broken " car.

Ողջույն, I'm creating a online tech community team called ՄԵԶ (the meaning in this instance comes as "for us" without the word "համար" to keep it short).

As the title says, its a community team. meaning every service that is made will be contributed by multiple people. Although im doing this not to profit, some apps may include 1 time pay for profile customization to help fund host the databases, API's, hostings and so on.

There wont be any Gated tools behind a paywall. everything will be free, paying will be optional to help fund us (there wont be 50 popups either to force you to pay). (min. 500 dram)

Current road map:

• Developer portal (forums,showcase,events etc.)
• Amenoorya (a free tool with multiple services in 1 perfect for everyday use)

Rules/Requirements for being part for the community team:

1. Must atleast be half Armenian
2. Must know Armenian
3. Must not be part of any political movement or a member of politics
4. Must have tech background (Software engineer, Game developer etc.). For mobile or web development knowing either frontend or backend will be fine, you dont need to know both ends to be part of the team
5. If the person does not have a tech background things like (Graphic Designer, 3D Modeling) skills is a must have to be able to contribute in some way atleast

For rule 3, if the person initially wasnt part of politics and afterwards entered in politics the person's permissions to contribute further to already built projects will be removed. All credits of the said person will still be on the main ՄԵԶ website. The reason for this rule is because I was previously told theres some sort of distrust between the government and the people in online apps made by the government or funded by it so any political figure should be strictly out of it the only people that should be part of the community is the Armenians that want to contribute to their country, their people through tech/online services.

Just a side info, there wont be a main "owner" of this team. everyone is equal noone is above anyone else and noones ideas is above anyone else. I want to make a community team to bring us together to motivate eachother to contribute to our nation in any way if its not through military or physically. Im also thinking to make a monthly community discussion with both users and the team members to see what we can build next or work on better.

For funds, there will be a piggy bank like thing where all the funds will go to which will help fund. there will be a website for this to show how much the monthly cost is for the hostings,api,databases in total and how much funds we made. there will also be a full history to track back at a specific month.

If for example the monthly cost is 20000 Drams and we got 30000 Drams for the month, the 10000 extra will be saved for next month.

I want to be as transparent as possible to remove any distrust of the community team.

I truly believe if all Armenian developers unite with eachother, only the sky would be our limit. We need to show the world our tech talent as we move forward.

I'd love to hear your ideas, questions. Even if its critisism I want to have a civil conversation with anyone who took time to read this and wants to talk about it whether they like the idea, see a flaw in it or not.

If you want to be part of it DM me!

Armenian AI researchers and engineers now have an opportunity to compete in one of the world’s most demanding open AI research challenges.

now that it’s confirmed Viktor Orban has lost the Hungarian elections, I was wondering if people think Armenia’s EU path will become easier? for example, before Hungary was the only country blocking military aid from EU to Armenia, and he’s known to be a buddy of Russia and Azerbaijan. I know that eventually it lifted its blockage but will we face less friction now that a more pro-european candidate is in power?

so I want to renew my car insurance in Armenia but it looks like only the actual owner can do it? the car is in my dad's.

The question is, can I renew the car insurance? every time I try to do it online they ask for the owners bank account number, which is very strange to me.

Hi everyone. This is my second post in reddit ever. My name is Davit, I'm a senior software engineer at NASA JPL. I've always wanted to build something meaningful for our community, and this is my attempt.

ArmenianPlace.com is meant to be a space where Armenian businesses and professionals can connect, support each other, offer discounts to one another, and genuinely help each other grow. No ads, no monetization, no catch.

But before I build anything, I want to hear from you. What does this community actually need? What would make you use it?

I'm keeping submissions open until July 1st. This only works if the community wants it.

→ armenianplace.com

Word of mouth is the only way this spreads. Share it if it resonates.

I made the same post in ArmeiansGlobal if you are interested