Back Western Armenia Government in Exile English جمهوری ارمنستان غربی Persian Արևմտյան Հայաստանի վտարանդի կառավարություն Armenian Արեւմտեան Հայաստանի Վտարանդի Կառավարութիւն HYW Governo da Armênia Ocidental no Exílio Portuguese Правительство Западной Армении в изгнании Russian
The Republic of Western Armenia, is a so-called state claiming sovereignty over parts of the Armenian highlands including sections of Western Armenia as well as Artsakh, and Nakhichevan.[1][2] Also, the self-declared country says it has its own presidency, government, parliament, constitution, national anthem and coat of arms.[3]
Republic of Western Armenia Արևմտյան Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Arevmtyan Hayastani Hanrapetut’yun | |
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| Anthem: Zartnir Lao[4] Զարթի՛ր, լաօ "Awake my son" | |
| Capital | Karin[5][6] (Erzurum) |
| Government | |
• President | Lydia Margossian[7] |
• Prime Minister | Seda Melikyan[8] |
• President of the National Assembly | Nelly Harutyunyan[9] |
| Legislature | National Assembly |
| Establishment | |
• Kingdom of Urartu | 860 BC–590 BC |
• Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity) | 321 BC–428 AD |
• Kingdom of Armenia (medieval) | 880s–1045 |
• Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia | 1080–1375 |
• Six Armenian vilayets | 1878 |
• Armenian Genocide | 1915–1917 |
• Occupation of Western Armenia | 1915–1918 |
• First Republic of Armenia | 1918 |
• Treaty of Sèvres | 1920 |
• Turkish–Armenian war | 1920 |
• Beginning of the establishment process | 2011 |
Website https://gov-wa.nt.am?lang=en | |
The individuals of the Republic of Western Armenia claim to be the legal successor of the Armenian state recognised by international law in 1920, and therefore internationally recognised.[10]
- ↑ "Batı Ermenistan'a Hoş Geldiniz". Western Armenia TV. (in Turkish). "Artsakh ve Nahiçevan’ın Batı Ermenistan Cumhuriyeti’nin bir parçası olduğunu biliyor musunuz?"
- ↑ "Batı Ermenistan'a Hoş Geldiniz". Western Armenia TV. (in Turkish). "Artsakh ve Nahiçevan’ın Batı Ermenistan Cumhuriyeti’nin bir parçası olduğunu biliyor musunuz?"
- ↑ "Batı Ermenistan'a Hoş Geldiniz". Western Armenia TV. (in Turkish). "Bugün Batı Ermenistan’ın devletin tüm kurumsal yapılarına sahip olduğunu biliyor muydunuz: Cumhurbaşkanlığı, hükümet, parlamento, anayasa, milli marşı ve arması?"
- ↑ "Return to the anthem of Western Armenia “Zartnir Lao”". "Western Armenia TV. "In May 2011, President Armenag Aprahamian sent a letter to the team manager Hakan Yavuz, thanking him for using the anthem of Western Armenia “Zarnir Lao” as the anthem of his team."
- ↑ "Deputies of Western Armenia - led by President A. Aprahamian visited Karin - Western Armenia TV". Western Armenia TV. "Karin is of key importance because it is the capital of Western Armenia."
- ↑ "Provinces and regions of Western Armenia - Western Armenia TV". Western Armenia TV. "The capital of Western Armenia, Karin, with an area of 25066 square kilometers, is the largest city in the region. Karin is the largest city in occupied Western Armenia."
- ↑ "The President of the Republic of Western Armenia Lydia Margossian presented the one-year activity plan". Western Armenia TV.
- ↑ "The New Year’s speech of the Prime Minister of Western Armenia, Seda Melikyan"
- ↑ "Batı Ermenistan Ulusal Meclisi 26. oturumu gerçekleşti". Western Armenia TV.
- ↑ "Welcome to Western Armenia". Western Armenia TV. "Therefore, today there are two internationally recognized Armenian states: (...) The Republic of Western Armenia, the legal successor of the Armenian state recognized by international law in 1920."