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Erdogan receives U.S. Vice President in Armenian atmosphere
14:12 29/11/2014 » REGION
Vice President of the United States Joe Biden had visited Turkey by
the end of the previous week. It is known that the results of the
visit are not satisfying for the American side: Ankara had refused to
satisfy the expectations of Washington regarding the `Islamic state'.
However, regardless the results of the visit, the readers, the
Armenian readers in particular, have paid their attention on a very
curious fact, while discussing the photos of Erdogan ` Biden joint
press conference disseminated by the France Press agency.
The Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ?an had received the U.S. Vice
President Joe Biden in the Istanbul based Beylerbeyi Palace. This is
the summer residence of the Ottoman sultans and is located on the
Asian shore of Bosporus. Beylerbeyi Palace was commissioned by Sultan
Abdülaziz and built between 1861 and 1865 by Armenian architect Sarkis
Balyan.
On one of the walls of the hall, where the Turkish President and the
US Vice President held the press conference, a canvas by Armenian sea
painter Hovhannes Ayvazovski was hanging. It is Sarkis Balyan whom
Ayvazovski owes for his meeting with the High Porte.
Ottoman Imperial architect Balyan has performed as a mediator for the
Turkish Sultan Abdul Mecid I to receive Ayvazovski. Abdul Mecid I, who
had already one of the canvases of the famous Armenian painter,
awarded him with a medal. The following sultan Abdülaziz was a more
businesslike person. It was him who ordered to construct the
Beylerbeyi Palace (meaning "Lord of Lords"). Sarkis Balyan presents to
the last sultan, Abdülaziz, another painting by Ayvazovski. The
seascape attracts the sultan so much that the latter orders him to
paint 30 other canvases for him.
The Sultan amply rewards the Armenian painter for his work. Later on
the success of Ayvazovski's paintings makes Abdul Hamid II to express
his gratitude to Ayvazovski by awarding him with a silver medal. Abdul
Hamid awards Hovhannes Ayvazovski with another state medal before the
massacre of Armenians.
The massacre organized and implemented by Abdul Hamid disappoints
Hovhannes Ayvazovski deeply, who throws all the gifts received by the
Turkish sultan into the sea. At the same time he says to the Consul of
Turkey in Theodosia, `Tell your sanguinary master that I have thrown
away all the medals received from him, and if he wants he can throw
all my canvas into the sea.'
The Genocidal Turkey, naturally, has not thrown away the canvas of the
prominent painter. Moreover, till now Ayvazovski's works decorate the
walls of such palaces like Beylerbeyi or Dolmabahçe. The latter, by
the way, is constructed by Garabet Balyan, the father of Sarkis
Balyan.
The photo made by the photographer of the `Associated Press' in
Beylerbeyi Palace unveils one of the paintings by Ayvazovski, just
behind the two officials holding the press conference. The western
bloggers had surely noticed this fact and one of them has noted
acutely, `However hard Turkey tries, it cannot hide away itself from
Armenians¦'
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2014/11/29/ardoghan-ayvazovski/
14:12 29/11/2014 » REGION
Vice President of the United States Joe Biden had visited Turkey by
the end of the previous week. It is known that the results of the
visit are not satisfying for the American side: Ankara had refused to
satisfy the expectations of Washington regarding the `Islamic state'.
However, regardless the results of the visit, the readers, the
Armenian readers in particular, have paid their attention on a very
curious fact, while discussing the photos of Erdogan ` Biden joint
press conference disseminated by the France Press agency.
The Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ?an had received the U.S. Vice
President Joe Biden in the Istanbul based Beylerbeyi Palace. This is
the summer residence of the Ottoman sultans and is located on the
Asian shore of Bosporus. Beylerbeyi Palace was commissioned by Sultan
Abdülaziz and built between 1861 and 1865 by Armenian architect Sarkis
Balyan.
On one of the walls of the hall, where the Turkish President and the
US Vice President held the press conference, a canvas by Armenian sea
painter Hovhannes Ayvazovski was hanging. It is Sarkis Balyan whom
Ayvazovski owes for his meeting with the High Porte.
Ottoman Imperial architect Balyan has performed as a mediator for the
Turkish Sultan Abdul Mecid I to receive Ayvazovski. Abdul Mecid I, who
had already one of the canvases of the famous Armenian painter,
awarded him with a medal. The following sultan Abdülaziz was a more
businesslike person. It was him who ordered to construct the
Beylerbeyi Palace (meaning "Lord of Lords"). Sarkis Balyan presents to
the last sultan, Abdülaziz, another painting by Ayvazovski. The
seascape attracts the sultan so much that the latter orders him to
paint 30 other canvases for him.
The Sultan amply rewards the Armenian painter for his work. Later on
the success of Ayvazovski's paintings makes Abdul Hamid II to express
his gratitude to Ayvazovski by awarding him with a silver medal. Abdul
Hamid awards Hovhannes Ayvazovski with another state medal before the
massacre of Armenians.
The massacre organized and implemented by Abdul Hamid disappoints
Hovhannes Ayvazovski deeply, who throws all the gifts received by the
Turkish sultan into the sea. At the same time he says to the Consul of
Turkey in Theodosia, `Tell your sanguinary master that I have thrown
away all the medals received from him, and if he wants he can throw
all my canvas into the sea.'
The Genocidal Turkey, naturally, has not thrown away the canvas of the
prominent painter. Moreover, till now Ayvazovski's works decorate the
walls of such palaces like Beylerbeyi or Dolmabahçe. The latter, by
the way, is constructed by Garabet Balyan, the father of Sarkis
Balyan.
The photo made by the photographer of the `Associated Press' in
Beylerbeyi Palace unveils one of the paintings by Ayvazovski, just
behind the two officials holding the press conference. The western
bloggers had surely noticed this fact and one of them has noted
acutely, `However hard Turkey tries, it cannot hide away itself from
Armenians¦'
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2014/11/29/ardoghan-ayvazovski/