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I got some of my sources from YouTube videos and wikipedia, so there might be some inaccuracies. This is a continuation of this post that I made a month ago.

Until the mid-1940s, dialects of Anatolian Turkish, which diverged from Oghuz Turkic, were spoken throughout most of central Anatolia and other major Anatolian cities. However, due to ethnic and linguistic assimilation policies implemented from the late 1940s to the early 1960s, the region shifted back to its pre-Turkic linguistic distribution. Today, Turkic languages are spoken only in parts of the arid climate zones of Anatolia.

Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient\_Near\_East\_2500BC.svg#mw-jump-to-license

On Tuesday afternoon Yerevan time we'll be hosting High Commissioner of Diaspora Affairs of Armenia Zareh Sinanyan.

The AMA will be posted a few hours before he shows up, in order for you to be able to ask some questions ahead of time. THIS POST IS NOT THE AMA. That is why it is locked, so nobody mistakenly asks their questions here.

Zareh Sinanyan was born in Yerevan, moved to the United States as a child, became mayor of Glendale, California, and then repatriated to Armenia. You can ask him anything, you can learn more about his office and their work in the link below. He will answer some of the questions, and everyone should be polite and respectful. Thanks!

http://diaspora.gov.am/en

Programs listed on the Diaspora website - familiarizing yourself with them will allow you to ask more relevant questions:

• Diaspora Youth Ambassador - Training for Diaspora Armenian Youth Leaders
• Step Toward Home - a two-week initiative designed to preserve and promote Armenian national identity among Diaspora youth
• iGorts - invites Diaspora Armenian professionals to serve in the public sector and in the government of the Republic of Armenia
• NerUzh - Diaspora Tech Startup Program
• Diaspora Connected - connect representatives from Diaspora communities from around the world to our office through online video conferences, aiming to maintain connections, identify and address problems, and deepen cooperation
• Medical Support
• Employment Support Program - for Lebanese Armenians, who have relocated or are willing to move and work in Armenia
• GovTech Launchpad - engage tech solutions related to repatriation and bridging Armenia and Diaspora
• Repatriation and Integration Center - comprehensive resource center to aid potential repatriates with every aspect of moving their lives, families, and business ventures to Armenia, demystifying a process that may otherwise be perceived as complicated, conflicting, and inaccessible
• DiasPro - inviting Armenian individuals from the Diaspora to contribute their professional expertise to support the work of Armenia's state and local self-government bodies
• Institute of Diaspora Commissioners - the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs can appoint Diaspora Affairs Commissioners as advisors in foreign countries on a public basis
• Supplying Diaspora with Educational Literature - annual program to supply educational literature and materials to Diaspora educational centers, cultural hubs, and all institutions teaching Armenian

He everyone, I was just watching a video from Warfronts on the current Ukraine/Russian war and it got me thinking. What are peoples thoughts on Armenia refocusing its efforts on engaging more with Ukraine as a strategic military parnter. I see Armenia purchasing large weapons platforms from the USA and India, but we can all see how effective Ukraine has been holding Russia off for over 4 years manufacturing drone technology for very cheap. From a geography perspective, Armenia is even easier to defend than Ukraine. So why isn't the current government going out of its way to prioritize getting closer with Ukraine to ensure they can defend against an Azeri or Turkish invasion? Are they just being so "pro peace" that they have they decided to shoot their own feet or am I missing something?
source of current war news that's gotten me thinking of this:
Warfronts