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LOS ANGELES TIMES' MANAGING EDITOR'S MISCONDUCT INFURIATES
THE COMMUNITY
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2007-05-03 20:50:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Last week's column on the actions of Douglas Frantz,

LOS ANGELES TIMES MUST DISMISS MANAGING EDITOR DOUGLAS
FRANTZ
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2007-05-01 20:30:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier When a company discriminates against an employee on the basis

N.Y. TIMES DEALS A KNOCK OUT PUNCH TO TURKISH DENIALISM
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2007-04-21 21:50:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The Turkish Ambassador to the United Nations must have

VIGILANCE PAYS OFF: NEW YORK TIMES CORRECTS "MASSACRE" TO
"GENOCIDE"
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2007-04-14 15:13:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The New York Times published a news article

TURKEY UNDERMINES ITS OWN PROPAGANDA BY DESECRATING
ARMENIAN CHURCH
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2007-04-06 23:55:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The Turkish government finally carried out last week its much

TURKEY INTERFERES IN LAWSUIT AGAINST GERMAN BANKS ON
GENOCIDE ASSETS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2007-03-30 14:05:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Defying all acceptable legal norms, Turkey's ambassador

NO SELF-RESPECTING ARMENIAN SHOULD ACCEPT TURKEY'S
INVITATION TO AKHTAMAR
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2007-03-23 16:22:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The Turkish government has launched a worldwide campaign to exploit, for propaganda purposes, the renovation of the 10th century Holy Cross

TURKEY'S POST-ASSASSINATION CON GAMES
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2007-03-15 20:10:00

By David B. Boyajian Make no mistake: Turkey and its friends are turning the assassination of journalist and human rights activist

CONVICTED TURKISH DENIALIST BECOMES UNWITTING PUBLICIST FOR
GENOCIDE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2007-03-15 18:24:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier A Swiss Court last week found Dogu Perincek, the leader of the radical leftist Turkish Workers' Party, guilty of denying the

AMB. EVANS SPEAKS FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT HIS GENOCIDE
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2007-03-12 22:07:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The USC Institute of Armenian Studies honored former U.S. ambassador

AMB. EVANS PREDICTED HIS DISMISSAL, NEWLY-DISCOVERED VIDEO
REVEALS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2007-02-23 16:45:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier During his tour of the United States in

U.S. OFFICIALS MORE WORRIED ABOUT TURKISH FEELINGS THAN
GENOCIDE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2007-02-16 15:29:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Armenian Americans are more insulted by the offensive attitude

TRUTH PREVAILS OVER MILLIONS SPENT BY TURKS TO LIE ABOUT
THE GENOCIDE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2007-02-08 20:20:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier It took a little more than a year

WHY DOES THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION KEEP NOMINATING HOAGLAND?
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2007-01-18 20:07:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier At the beginning of last week, Pres. Bush caught

TALKING TURKEY IN LONDON
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-12-28 18:10:00

By Ara Iskanderian Chairman of the Armenian Students Association CRAG committee member An increasing number of Turkish

AHMET ERTEGUN KNEW WHAT'S GOOD FOR TURKEY: GENOCIDE
RECOGNITION
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-12-21 18:33:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Ahmet Ertegun, the Founder and CEO of Atlantic Records passed away on Dec. 14,

U.S. STUDY OF ARMENIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY (THIRD & FINAL
PART)
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-12-14 20:55:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier We present this week the third and final segment of the internal study prepared by the U.S. Embassy in

U.S. EMBASSY RELEASES STUDY ON ARMENIAN-AMERICANS (PART II)
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-12-07 16:15:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Last week, we published excerpts from a "sensitive" internal study on the Armenian-American community,

US GOVERNMENT'S "SENSITIVE" STUDY OF ARMENIAN-AMERICANS
MADE PUBLIC
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-12-01 15:10:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The U.S. government recently made public a fascinating internal study on the Armenian-American community.

LEBANON: THE REVIVAL OF A VITAL ARMENIAN COMMUNITY
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-11-22 16:15:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier When I left Lebanon in 1969 as a high school student, I could not

TURKS AND AZERIS ARE IN FRENZY FOLLOWING DEMOCRAT'S VICTORY
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-11-15 19:45:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The takeover by the Democratic Party of not just the House of Representatives, but

TURKS ARE TROUBLED BY PROBABLE NEXT SPEAKER'S PLEDGE ON
GENOCIDE BILL
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-11-01 16:40:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Just when Turkish officials are grappling with the devastating blow of the French Parliament's

WE HOPE PELOSI WILL REPLACE SPEAKER HASTERT FFTER NOV. 7
ELECTIONS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-10-24 20:05:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The Congressional elections on November 7 could be a turning point for all Americans,

ARMENIANS WORLDWIDE PROUDLY PROCLAIM: "VIVE LA FRANCE!"
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-10-20 19:50:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The bill adopted by the French Parliament last week with a vote of 106

HAVE TURKISH AGENTS PENETRATED HIGHEST ECHELONS OF US
GOVERNMENT?
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-10-04 18:50:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The Vanity Fair magazine published last year an investigative article alleging that the American Turkish Council (ATC) and

IN NEXT ELECTIONS, ARMENIAN CAUCUS CAN BECOME MAJORITY IN
CONGRESS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-10-04 18:45:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier In the past eleven years, 163 members of the House

MRS. EVANS SPEAKS OUT FOR THE FIRST tIME!
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-09-12 16:15:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Over the weekend, a newspaper in Armenia ' '168 Hours'

PANEL APPROVES NEW AMBASSADOR, VOTE IN FULL SENATE IS
UNCERTAIN
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-09-12 16:15:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier After two postponements in the past four months, the Senate Foreign

HOAGLAND MUST NOT BE CONFIRMED UNTIL US POLICY CHANGE ON
GENOCIDE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-09-06 14:45:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee is scheduled to vote on Sept. 7 on

LEBANESE, ARABS, OTHERS WARN AGAINST TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION
IN lEBANON
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-09-05 14:00:00

REJECTION: Pan-Turanism at the Expense of Islam, Christianity By Appo Jabarian Managing Editor/Executive Publisher USA Armenian Life Magazine

EXPLOITING ISRAEL'S ATTACK ON LEBANON TURKS UNLEASH
ANTI-SEMITIC STATEMENTS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-08-29 15:17:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Israel's month-long attack on Lebanon has justifiably angered most people around the globe.

TURKS FALSELY CLAIM ARMENIANS WOULD WELCOME TURKISH TROOPS
IN LEBANON
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-08-22 19:07:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkish officials fabricated a news story last week in order to create the false impression

IT'S NOT THE POWER OF THE LOBBY, BUT RIGHTEOUSNESS OF ITS
CAUSE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-08-10 14:45:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier In recent years, as Armenian Americans have been getting better organized in carrying out their

TURKISH TROOPS SHOULDN'T TAKE PART IN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN
LEBANON
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-08-03 16:10:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier In the past three weeks, hundreds of innocent men, women and children have been

U.S. STATE DEPT. SHALL BE FREED FROM DENIALIST TURKEY'S
YOKE!
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-06-29 18:07:00

June 30, 2006 By Appo K. Jabarian Executive Publisher & Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine

AFTER FREEING PBS FROM YOKE OF DENIALISTS, ACTIVISTS ARE
READY, EAGER TO DRIVE TURKISH DENIALISTS TO NEW WATERLOO DEFEATS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-06-28 20:22:00

By Appo Jabarian Managing Editor/Executive Publisher USA Armenian Life Magazine Hye Kiank Armenian Weekly

STATE DEPT. SHOULD PAY A PRICE FOR DISMISSING AMB. EVANS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-06-27 14:20:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier For several months now, State Department officials have been hiding behind such nonsensical statements as

THE "KAISER" AND GERMANY 2006 ARE MAKING FRIENDS!
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-06-21 15:40:00

June 16-23, 2006 By Appo K. Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine

VP LEAVES PBS AFTER PROVIDING AIRTIME TO GENOCIDE DENIERS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-06-20 14:07:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The New York Times reported on June 14 that Jacoba Atlas, the

INTEGRITY AND DETERMINATION - ALL ABOUT THE NATION
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-06-15 18:30:00

by Raffi K. Hovannisian The Moscow Times, June 14, 2006, Issue 3431 With the purpose of keeping people informed, newspapers can and

KREKORIAN WINS ELECTION DESPITE VICIOUS ANTI-ARMENIAN HATE
MAIL
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-06-13 14:15:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier In an unsuccessful attempt to undermine the election of an Armenian American candidate in

WHAT'S NEXT, ANKARA?
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-06-06 18:30:00

by Appo K. Jabarian Managing Editor/Executive Publisher USA Armenian Life Magazine Hye Kiank Armenian Weekly

INTERVIEW ON UPN (KCOP-TV) ON THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-06-06 14:25:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier FOX-TV (KTTV, Channel 11) and UPN (KCOP-TV, Channel 13) in Los Angeles, in their

SENATE SHOULD HOLD UP CONFIRMATION OF AMB. EVANS'
REPLACEMENT
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-05-30 15:10:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier After avoiding public comment for almost three months, the White House officially

ANKARA'S HOPELESS DOLLAR TRANSFUSIONS NO MATCH TO THE
ARMENIANS' SHIELD OF TRUTH
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-05-25 15:50:00

Armenian Americans, Friends Put Their Money Where Their Mouth Is By Appo K. Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA

TURKEY FAILS TO DEFEAT FRENCH BILL DESPITE THREATS AND
BLACKMAIL
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-05-23 14:00:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier At the request of the French government, the Speaker of the French

ANDREW GOLDBERG: UNHAPPY WITH NEWLY-FOUND FAME AND FORTUNE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-05-22 16:35:00

"Poor" Goldberg's Career Ship Runs Into the Iceberg of Deeply Insulted Armenians By Appo K. Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor

TIME 100: THE PEOPLE WHO SHAPE OUR WORLD
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-05-10 16:42:00

SAYING THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MADE TURKISH WRITER ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL May 9, 2006 By Appo K.

TURKEY: THE LAST VESTIGE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-05-10 14:20:00

"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win" USA Armenian Life Magazine, April 24, 2006

PRES. KOCHARIAN SAYS TODAY'S TURKEY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
GENOCIDE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-05-10 14:10:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier In the vain hope of splitting the Diaspora from Armenia, Turkish officials

OUTSIDE VIEW: ARMENIA SEEKING A NEW PLACE IN THE WORLD

  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-05-02 14:45:00

By Raffi K. Hovannisian UPI Outside View Commentator Published April 28, 2006 Armenia, the great regional power

TURKISH CONSUL EXPOSES TRUE COLORS BY INSULTING ARMENIANS
ON APRIL 24
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-05-02 14:33:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier As a growing number of parliaments, international organizations, members of the media,

OPEN LETTER TO DR. PROF. CENGIZ UTAS, PRESIDENT OF ERCYES
UNIVERSITY, KAYSERI, TURKEY
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-04-26 14:50:00

With great interest I read the news about the organization of a conference hosted by your university on: "The Art of Living Together in the Ottoman Society, The Case of Turkish

FOX-TV AIRS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE PROGRAM
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-04-26 14:47:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier In recent days, thousands of articles were published on the Armenian Genocide

"STATE" FIASCOS COMPOUND TURKEY'S FALTERING IMAGE PROBLEMS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-04-24 15:48:00

By Appo K. Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine According to an April 10 article

EXPERT SAYS SLAUGHTER FITS BILL, DESPITE TURKS' DENIAL
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-04-21 17:33:00

By Kevin Rothstein Boston Herald, Wednesday, April 19, 2006 The Turkish government's fierce PR campaign to cast doubt on the Armenian

ARMENIANS GET ALLIES IN GENOCIDE TEACHINGS
GROUP STANDS UP 'AGAINST DENIAL'
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-04-21 17:30:00

By Yvonne Abraham, Boston Globe Staff April 20, 2006 Leading politicians and groups from a range of communities are joining with Armenians

"WE WILL REMEMBER NOT THE WORDS OF OUR ENEMIES, BUT THE
SILENCE OF OUR FRIENDS"
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-04-18 14:10:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier As Armenians are commemorating the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide this week,

THOSE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES ...
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-04-11 14:47:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The anticipated self-promotional puff-piece by Gunduz Aktan, a former Turkish Ambassador and

FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER'S FATHER'S DAMAGING STATEMENTS ON
ARMENIA PLAYS INTO TURKISH HANDS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-04-07 14:50:00

By Appo Jabarian Managing Editor/Executive Publisher USA Armenian Life Magazine Hye Kiank Armenian Weekly

ARMENIANS ARE ARMENIANS IN HEAVEN OR IN HELL...
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-04-04 18:02:00

by Gevork Kherlopian Gabriel came to the Lord and said, "I have to talk to you. We have some Armenians up here in the heaven who

MEDIA CRITICISM PUSHES STATE DEPT. TO RESPOND TO ARMENIAN
CONCERNS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-04-04 13:27:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier As April 24 is drawing near, what Turks apprehensively call "the approaching Armenian Tsunami" is

VP OF PBS SHOULD BE DISMISSED FOR INSULTING ARMENIANS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-02-28 15:00:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Up until now, I had refrained from blaming any one individual at PBS for the

WORLD MEDIA REPORTS OUTRAGE OF 10,000 VIEWERS AGAINST PBS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-02-21 14:00:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The controversy over the planned airing by PBS of an offensive panel

PBS ACKNOWLEDGES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN RESPONSE TO PETITION
AND E-MAILS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-02-14 15:42:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Several positive developments have taken place since my last week's column calling

BOYCOTT PBS STATIONS THAT AIR "BALANCING" PANEL ON GENOCIDE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-02-07 14:42:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier PBS is planning to air immediately after the April 17 broadcast of Andrew Goldberg's "The

REFERENCE TO GENOCIDE DELETED FROM AXA INSURANCE SETTLEMENT
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-01-31 15:30:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The French Insurance Company AXA agreed last October to pay $17.5 million

TURKS PLANNING TO HONOR TALAAT ARE TURKEY'S WORST ENEMIES
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-01-24 15:20:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier For 90 years, Turks and Armenians have been at loggerheads over the

PROF. GOCEK THREATENS TO SUE TURKS WHO SENT HER HATE MAIL
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2006-01-10 16:20:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkish American Prof. Fatma Muge Gocek received abusive and possibly libelous e-mails

ONE MAN'S VIEWS AND ... NEW YEAR'S WISHES FOR 2006
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-12-27 14:45:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Armenia: Peace, prosperity and repatriation Armenian bureaucracy:

ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER REACTS POORLY TO IRAN'S DENIAL OF
HOLOCAUST
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-12-21 13:58:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian gave an evasive answer last week, when questioned about Iranian president

NO ONE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SURPRISED BY THE LATEST
QUESTIONABLE ELECTION
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-12-13 14:40:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Armenia held a referendum on proposed constitutional changes on November 27. Opposition leaders and foreign

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-12-06 15:55:00

LONDON, DECEMBER 6, NOYAN TAPAN. How does a country recover from natural disaster? Seventeen years ago, Armenia suffered an earthquake similar in scale to that which struck

MAJOR NEWSPAPERS IN US AND CANADA ACKNOWLEDGE THE ARMENIAN
GENOCIDE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-11-29 13:15:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier In a couple of recent articles, the Los Angeles Times referred to the Armenian Genocide

NEW REVELATIONS CONTRADICT TIME'S CLAIMS ON TURKISH DVD
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-11-22 14:17:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The editors of TIME recently apologized for placing a Turkish denialist DVD in the June

NY TIMES MAP DEPICTS KARABAGH AS PART OF ARMENIA
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-11-15 13:42:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The New York Times published a lengthy article on November 7 regarding the fraudulent parliamentary

TURKISH SCHOLARS ARE ACCUSED OF BEING PAID OFF BY ARMENIANS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-11-15 13:40:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkish establishment's displeasure with the three independent Turkish scholars who spoke at UCLA on November

TURKISH SCHOLARS EXPECT TURKEY TO ACKNOWLEDGE GENOCIDE BY
2015
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-11-08 13:15:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier While a few Turkish scholars on rare occasions have individually participated in Armenian conferences, never

TURKS THREATEN TURKISH PROFESSORS FOR SPEAKING AT UCLA
CONFERENCE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-11-01 13:55:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier For the first time, a conference related to the Armenian Genocide and held outside Turkey

SEN. OBAMA VS. SPEAKER HASTERT: INTEGRITY VS. IMMORALITY
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-10-26 13:10:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier There have been so many developments on Turkish-Armenian issues in recent days that the avalanche

TIME PRINTS FULL-PAGE lETTER TO RECTIFY TURKISH DVD FLAP
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-10-18 14:00:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier TIME magazine came a step closer this week to properly address a major dispute with

ARMENIANS SHOULD SQUEEZE CONCESSIONS OUT OF TURKEY DURING
EU NEGOTIATIONS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-10-11 14:25:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkey finally embarked on a journey that it had been anxiously awaiting for more than

FRENCH INSURANCE CO. AGREES TO PAY $17 MILLION TO GENOCIDE
HEIRS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-10-04 14:35:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The French Insurance Company Axa agreed to pay $17 million to descendants of life insurance

TURKISH SOCIETY SPLIT ON GENOCIDE, THE EU, AND MANY OTHER
ISSUES
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-09-27 16:42:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier For 90 years, Turkish officials have denied the reality of the Armenian Genocide. During the

TRUTH DEFEATS TURKEY, STATE DEPT., TURKISH & JEWISH
LOBBYING GROUPS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-09-20 14:00:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The truth easily triumphed over some of the world's most powerful political forces in a

L.A. TIMES RETRACTS ITS REFERENCE TO "ALLEGED SLAYING OF
ARMENIANS"
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-09-13 14:10:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The Los Angeles Times published a lengthy article on Sept. 1 on the indictment by

THREATENED BY lEGAL ACTION, TIME APOLOGIZES FOR OFFENDING
ARMENIANS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-09-07 14:50:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Six weeks ago, the Switzerland-Armenia Association (SAA) sent a letter of protest to TIME magazine

SPEAKER HASTERT SHOULD COME CLEAN BY DISCLOSING ALL
CONTRIBUTIONS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-08-30 14:30:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Several important developments have taken place since Vanity Fair magazine reported that a Turkish diplomat

TURKS SCARE THEMSELVES BY CLAIMING ARMENIANS SPEND MILLIONS
ON LOBBYING
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-08-25 15:15:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Hundreds of Turkish "scholars" are hired by various centers, institutes and foundations in Turkey to

TURKS TRY TO INTIMIDATE THIS WRITER BY THREATENING HIM WITH
LAWSUIT
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-08-24 18:25:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier While Turkish leaders are desperately trying to convince the world that their country is civilized

TURKISH OFFICIAL TALKS OF BRIBING HOUSE SPEAKER TO KILL
GENOCIDE BILL
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-08-10 19:00:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Vanity Fair is reporting in its September 2005 issue that a Turkish diplomat spoke about

TIME'S CHIEF EDITOR CLAIMS MAGAZINE WAS DUPED BY TURKS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-08-03 18:55:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The June 6, 2005 issue of the European edition of TIME magazine included a DVD

ARMENIANS SHOULD TEACH TIME MAGAZINE A LESSON
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-06-28 14:00:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Armenians in the United States and Europe should launch a coordinated campaign to ensure that

GERMAN PARLIAMENT DEALS FATAL BLOW TO TURKISH DENIAL OF
GENOCIDE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-06-21 14:35:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Last week, there were three important countries that had not yet recognized the Armenian Genocide:

RESCINDING OF "DISSENT" AWARD TRIGGERS INTERNATIONAL UPROAR
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-06-14 13:30:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Last week, in this column, I disclosed the news that the American Foreign Service

FOREIGN SERVICE AGENCY WRONGLY WITHDRAWS AWARD FROM AMB.
EVANS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-06-07 14:35:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The American Foreign Service Association took the very unusual step this week of rescinding

TURKS CAUSE WORLDWIDE OUTCRY BY CANCELING GENOCIDE
CONFERENCE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-06-01 14:35:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier For several months now, I have been writing about the Turkish officials' unintended efforts in

TURKEY'S PRIME MINISTER IS TOP PUBLICIST FOR ARMENIAN
GENOCIDE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-05-24 14:12:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Two years ago, when Recep Tayyip Erdogan became the Prime Minister of Turkey, he brought

ARMENIA'S LEADERS SHOULD NOT ALLOW A TURKISH SPIN ON THEIR
MESSAGES
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-05-10 16:30:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Facing a large and powerful historic enemy on their western border, Armenians have to muster

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WORLDWIDE LEARN ABOUT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-05-03 14:10:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Armenians in just about every country organized conferences, marches, photo exhibits, lectures, and church services last

PRES. BUSH'S APRIL 24 STATEMENT... FROM BAD TO WORSE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-04-26 14:15:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier I did not support George Bush's re-election last year knowing full well that the neo-cons

SOME SURPRISES TURKS DID NOT EXPECT IN ANTICIPATING
ARMENIAN TSUNAMI
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-04-19 14:45:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier At the time of writing this column, the Armenian Tsunami, much anticipated by the

TURKISH LEADERS GOING BERSERK WITH ANTI-GENOCIDE OBSESSION
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-04-12 14:30:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkish leaders are literally going out of their minds; desperately searching for any and all

ARTICLES FLOOD THE MEDIA ON THE EVE OF 90TH ANNIVERSARY
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-04-05 14:55:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California There was a time when it was not easy to find a subject to comment on

WALL STREET & US FINALLY REALIZE TURKEY IS NO FRIEND OF
AMERICA
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-02-22 15:35:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The Wall Street Journal unleashed last week a devastating "shock and awe" attack against Turkey.

TURKISH COMMENTATOR ADMITS TURKEY'S DEFEAT ON GENOCIDE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-02-15 14:30:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier At a great personal risk, one of the most prominent Turkish commentators, Mehmet Ali Birand,

TARC MODERATOR'S BOOK REVEALS INITIATIVE'S ANTI-ARMENIAN
INTENT
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-02-08 14:58:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier David Phillips, the moderator of the Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation Commission, is about to publish a book

AMERICAN JEWISH GROUP TO LOBBY FOR TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-02-01 15:15:00

By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier For several years now, the Israeli government and a few American-Jewish groups have supported Turkey

ARMENIA FIRES THE FIRST SHOT ON 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF
GENOCIDE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-01-25 14:05:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The Armenian government fired the first shot this week to begin the yearlong commemorative activities

TURKS ARE INADVERTENTLY HELPING TO PUBLICIZE THE ARMENIAN
CAUSE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-01-18 17:20:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Who would have thought that 90 years after the Armenian Genocide, the Turks would still

ARARAT MAGAZINE TO CELEBRATE WRITINGS OF HAGOP
ASADOURIAN
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-01-14 20:25:00

By Florence Avakian "This book - this bitter cup - is an account of ruined dreams, shattered love, and faded hope ... pages from the collective tragedy

ARMENIAN PATRIARCH OF TURKEY ISSUES BOLD MESSAGE ON
GENOCIDE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2005-01-10 14:45:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Over the years, as various Armenian Church leaders in Turkey, under pressure from Turkish officials,

ON A LIGHTER NOTE...
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-12-28 15:30:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier In keeping with the holiday spirit, let's now stick our nose in some real serious

LOVELESS IN JERUSALEM, YOUNG ARMENIAN FORCED TO LEAVE
ISRAEL
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-12-28 15:20:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier NBC News broadcast on December 22nd a report on the exodus of Christians from the

YES TO CIVILIZED TURKEY; NO TO BARBARIANS AT EUROPE'S GATES
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-12-21 15:00:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Now that the European Union has set October 3, 2005 as the start of membership

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ISSUE RAISED IN PAKISTAN
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-12-14 13:57:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Newspapers and magazines throughout the world have published thousands of articles in recent months regarding Turkey's

U.S. EXERCISES DOUBLE STANDARD ON HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-12-14 13:55:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Next year is the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp. Around

ANTY-SEMITISM GROWING IN TURKEY AS EU CONSIDERS MEMBERSHIP
TALKS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-12-07 15:00:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkish officials often boast that there has never been any anti-Semitism in their country. Such

TURKISH OFFICIAL ACCUSES U.S. OF COMMITTING GENOCIDE IN
IRAQ
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-11-30 14:20:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkish officials seem to have the nasty habit of accusing everyone else of genocide, except

AZERBAIJAN GIVES NEW REASONS WHY KARABAGH CAN'T BE UNDER
AZERI RULE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-11-23 13:55:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Karabagh Armenians keep telling the world that Azeris abused them so much and for so

ENHANCED ARMENIAN ACTIVISM WILL PAY GOOD DIVIDENDS IN
FUTURE ELECTIONS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-11-09 17:40:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The re-election of Pres. Bush is not expected to result in any substantial changes in

HEINZ FAMILY'S INCREDIBLE LINK TO THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-11-02 19:27:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier At the time of writing this column, it was not known whether Teresa Heinz Kerry

LIVINGSTON: ANOTHER LOBBYIST MILKING TURKEY
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-11-02 17:10:00

Robert Livingston, the former Republican chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee and a paid lobbyist for Turkey since 2000, made some interesting statements last week. He told the Turkish media that

KERRY: GOOD FOR AMERICA, GOOD FOR ARMENIA, AND GOOD FOR THE
WORLD
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-10-26 13:55:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The difference between John Kerry and George W. Bush is so stark that even some

WHEN CLERGY COME UNDER ATTACK, WHY CHURCH AND STATE REMAIN
SILENT?
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-10-19 14:40:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier A 21-year-old yeshiva (Jewish seminary) student spat at the cross being carried by Archbishop Nourhan

TURKEY SHOULDN'T BE ADMITTED TO EU ON THE CENTENNIAL OF THE
GENOCIDE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-10-12 15:00:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkey took a major step forward last week when the European Commission recommended that the

TURKEY BECOMING MORE REPRESSIVE ON THE EVE OF EU ACCESSION
REPORT
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-10-05 14:00:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Several unexpected developments took place in rapid succession last week on the eve of the

US SUFFERS FROM CREDIBILITY GAP IN ACCUSING SUDAN OF
GENOCIDE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-09-28 19:00:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Over the years, various American officials have made so many self-serving and politically expedient statements

TARC MODERATOR IS ABOUT TO LAY A BIG EGG
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-09-28 14:25:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier I disclosed several months ago in this column that

AZERBAIJAN BEHAVES LIKE A BANANA REPUBLIC
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-09-24 19:40:00

By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier NATO officials finally got fed up with all the lies and childish games

NINE ARMENIANS KILLED BY CHECHEN TERRORISTS; NO ONE SEEMS
TO CARE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-09-24 19:35:00

By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier Earlier this month, when Chechen terrorists took over a school in Beslan, North

JEWISH WRITERS BLAST ISRAEL, US AND TURKEY FOR DENYING
GENOCIDE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-09-14 17:20:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The Turkish government spends millions of dollars to deny the Armenian Genocide. Yet, despite such

WIESENTHAL CENTER BLASTS TURKISH ANTI-SEMITIC ARTICLE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-09-07 14:05:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Dr. Shimon Samuels, the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Director for International Liaison, sent a letter to

SARGSIAN/AGASSI MATCH AT US OPEN PROVIDES PUBLICITY FOR
ARMENIANS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-09-07 14:00:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Last week, when I wrote in this column that a handful of outstanding Armenian athletes

KERRY PLEDGES TO FIGHT DENIAL OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-08-31 19:05:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry issued a statement on the Armenian Genocide last week that

ARMENIANS WIN OLYMPIC MEDALS, BUT NOT FOR THEIR OWN COUNTRY
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-08-31 19:00:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Armenians around the world have been anxiously watching the Olympic Games on TV during the

GERMANS APOLOGIZE FOR 100-YEAR OLD GENOCIDE? IS TURKEY
NEXT?
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-08-25 17:35:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Ninety years after the Armenian Genocide, the Turkish government is still trying to cover up

HIGH-RANKING AZERI OFFICIAL THREATENS ARMENIA'S EXISTENCE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-08-10 20:10:00

By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier The international community does not seem to comprehend the depth of feelings of distrust between

PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN TALKS TOUGH AT COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MEETING
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-06-29 15:05:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Pres. Kocharian delivered a tough speech at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

ARMENIA BOLDLY THREATENS TO VETO TURKEY'S OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-06-23 14:55:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, California Courier Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian was in Washington last week to meet with various officials, including Secretary

AZERI STUDENT RESPONDS WITH EFFUSIVE APOLOGIES
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-06-15 13:55:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier In contrast to the obscene and threatening e-mail Rauf Zeynalov (an Azeri university student) had

OSKANIAN RESPONDS TO COLUMN ON DAVID PHILLIPS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-06-08 19:10:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier In response to my column criticizing the moderator of TARC, David Phillips, for writing a

AZERI STUDENT AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN BULGARIA
THREATENS ARMENIANS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-06-08 19:05:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Just when Armenians were recovering from the shocking murder of an Armenian officer who was

TURKS ATTEMPT TO USE ARMENIANS IN ANTI-GENOCIDE PROPAGANDA
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-06-02 18:58:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier After publishing viciously anti-Armenian articles for many years, some Turkish newspapers have changed their tactics.

TARC MODERATOR'S ANTI-ARMENIAN ARTICLE IN WALL STREET
JOURNAL
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-05-25 17:35:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier David Phillips, the moderator of the Turkish Armenian Reconciliation Commission (TARC), and a senior fellow

THE LAST VICTIM OF AN ACT OF GENOCIDE IS THE TRUTH.
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-05-24 16:45:00

A CLEAR STATEMENT REGARDING THE FATE OF THE ARMENIANS IN TURKEY WOULD BRING GERMANY TO FACE ITS OWN HISTORY By Mihran Dabag

TURKS COMPLAIN TO THE N. Y. TIMES
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-05-12 14:00:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier As expected, the Turks are lashing out at The New York Times for announcing last

TURKS IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS PERPETRATORS OF THE GENOCIDE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-05-12 13:55:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier While April 1915 spelled a national disaster for the Armenian people, who would have

AMERICAN JEWISH LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR GENOCIDE
RECOGNITION
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-05-04 20:25:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The Armenian-American community has had a long-running dispute with several Jewish-American organizations for their on-going

UK FINALLY RESPONDS TO ARMENIAN COMPLAINTS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-05-04 15:35:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier After ignoring the hundreds of protest letters and e-mails it received from around the world

BRITISH ENVOY LAYS A WREATH AT GENOCIDE MONUMENT
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-04-27 13:27:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Last week, we reported in this column the announcement of the British Ambassador to Armenia,

KERRY SAYS GENOCIDE; BUSH DOESN'T; A CLEAR CHOICA FOR
ARMENIANS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-04-27 13:20:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier For the fourth year in a row, Pres. Bush has broken his promise to

BRITISH AMBASSADOR ESCAPES FROM ARMENIA ON APRIL 24
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-04-20 14:35:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The Armenian Community and Church Council of Great Britain through its Sub-Committee for the Campaign

N.Y. TIMES ACKNOWLEDGES THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-04-20 14:30:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The editors of the New York Times adopted last week a new guideline instructing

TURKISH MINISTER CANCELS MICHIGAN TRIP BECAUSE OF ARMENIAN
GENOCIDE

By Harut Sassounian
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-04-13 13:10:00

Publisher, The California Courier The Turkish Minister of Education Huseyin Celik was planning to visit various universities this week in Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, and New York.

IN APRIL OR ANY OTHER MONTH

By Harut Sassounian
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2004-04-07 14:55:00

Publisher, The California Courier The Turkish Vice Consul in Los Angeles asked me if I would be interested in meeting this week with a visiting high-ranking diplomat,

Harut Sassounian: France Shouldn’t Allow Turkey To Meddle in its Domestic Affairs
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 0000-00-00 00:00:00

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier For nearly a century, Turkey’s leaders have tried to hide the monstrous crime of the Armenian Genocide by covering up what