Transformation                                                                   A Film About Armenian Culture   Helen Dobrensky and Arman Tadevosyan, a native of GYUMRI, Armenia are pleased to invite you to see a short documentary online at : http://www.onlinefilm.org/-/film/28682     ONLINEF...

On a quiet pedestrian street in KARS, is the run-down delapitaded house where Yeghishe Charents, (1897 - 1937) one of the greatest Armenian poets was born and lived.Both his primary and secondary schooling took place in KARS  His patriotic pleas to unite Armenians against  Stalinism ended him in prison, where he died at the age of 40.   His poetry reflects his love and revolt for ARMENIA, in the throes of  a turbulent period under Russian occupation. Yeghishe Charents...

TÜRKIYE : A 2-WORLD BALANCE ACT It is hard not to notice a certain dichotomy in Turkish society which has exacerbated with the recent elections held in that country. Although democracy has definitely expanded throughout the land, the cherished secularism of Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK, founder of the modern nation, is now being challenged by the ruling AKP party.This Justice and Development Party (AKP), after its July 2007 reelection, has gained a larger share of the popular vote, meaning that now a...

Here are some ambiance parting views of the magnificent scenery near the Festival of Kars headquarters moving on towards Lake Cildir. Courtesy of  Mustafa Küpeli (Istanbul).....

 'Saklı Yüzler' (Hidden Faces) by female Turkısh Dırector, Handan İpekçi, presented at the Kars Festıval on Wheels  ıs a fılm about Turkısh famıly honor killings, a serıous ıssue, dealt wıth ın a dramatıc way. For what has now become a faırly unıversal theme, wherever Turkısh communıtıes are settled, statıstıcs report over 700 such  offences are commıtted yearly ın Turkey alone. The plot concerns a young woman, iıvıng ın another country, who ıs hounded and 'pun�...

              To acquaınt ınternatıonal and Turkısh festıval attendees wıth the ancıent cıvılızatıon ruıns at ANI. near  Armenıa, the Festıval on Wheels toured two hours out of KARS to the former capıtal of Armenıa.Ani is the ruins of the capital of medieval Armenia. near the Arpaçay River (a branch of Aras River). Arpaçay river constitutes the border between Armenia and Turkey. It takes its name from ancient Urartian fertility goddess Anahid. The city collapsed d...

  Symbolising the predominently agricultural character of the region of KARS bordering Armenia where every family living in a house, raises geese, the GOLDEN Goose is also the major award of the 13th European Films Festival on Wheels. On its second day, participants travelled to the ancient city of ANI through rollıng hılls and valleys to ire the ruins of the city in Turkey's easternmost province. .In a country where the Mınıster of Culture equally holds both porfolios of culture an...