It Is No Secret That Our Surnames Are Our Weak Points: Karen Hovhannisyan

Military expert Karen Hovhannisyan wrote on his Facebook page: "I do not understand, is this the National Assembly of Armenia or Facebook in the Armenian domain? When discussing surnames, remember that the Turks have long tried to assimilate us by changing our surnames. When you talk about surnames, ask yourself what Bat'o, Ghalum, Aslan, Tzirun, Aghajan, Konjor mean... It is no secret that our surnames are our weak points, artificially attached to us, which have foreign roots, names given by foreigners to our ancestors based on their professions or other titles... Enough already, ultimately write and adopt laws; your job is to talk about problems from the front of the podium, not to make comments on a status level..."