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Hayk Demoyan: Ten Suggestions and More Commissions for Turkey to Face its Own History
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2012-01-22 22:24:17

Hayk Demoyan, Director of Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute (AGMI) Museum G-Brief The landmark decision made by the Lower House of the French Parliament on penalization of the Armenian Genocide denial provoked an

Critics Decry Georgian Electoral Reform
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  • 2012-01-20 21:20:26

Law seems designed to prevent powerful oligarch funding opposition. By Sopho Bukia, Maia Tsiklauri - Caucasus CRS Issue 625, 16 Jan 12 Georgia has approved a new electoral law

A Time to Act: What will become of Varak Monastery after the recent earthquake in Van?
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  • 2012-01-20 20:49:48

by Ara Sarafian (Gomidas Institute, London) Varak Monastery, near Van, was one of the great monastic centres of the Armenian church. Its main structure was built at the end of

Harut Sassounian: As France Tightens the Noose, Turkey Reacts with Outrageous Words and Deeds
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  • 2012-01-17 09:56:02

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkish leaders routinely proclaim that they are not afraid of facing their country’s past. Yet, the minute someone reminds them of

NASA astronaut, and student of Chamlian share dreams of space
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  • 2012-01-14 09:46:50

By Tiffany Kelly January 13 Last year, 9-year-old Shant Armenian wrote a letter to Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) asking the congressman to invite an astronaut to his school. Schiff often

Harut Sassounian: Azerbaijan and Obama Suffer Setbacks As Amb. Bryza’s Service is Cut Short
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  • 2012-01-12 12:28:09

As a result of successive political blunders by the Obama administration, Matthew Bryza was forced to abandon his ambassadorial post in Azerbaijan last week. Pres. Obama ignored repeated

ABC News Removes Karabakh from its Travel Feature
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  • 2012-01-11 10:04:56

By Ara Khachatourian ABCNews.com removed a segment of a feature that recommended traveling to Nagorno-Karabakh as one the “Great Offbeat Places to Go in 2012.” In a travel segment posted on

Newspapers Fade Away in Georgian Capital
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  • 2012-01-10 13:22:37

As old kiosks are swept away, newspaper vendors say they can't afford upmarket premises now on offer. By Shorena Latatia - Caucasus CRS Issue 624, 6 Jan 12 Media

Harut Sassounian: Azerbaijan and Obama Suffer Setbacks As Amb. Bryza’s Service is Cut Short
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  • 2012-01-10 09:43:03

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier As a result of successive political blunders by the Obama administration, Matthew Bryza was forced to abandon his ambassadorial post in

Current condition of the Armenian Evangelical community in Russia
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  • 2012-01-09 16:04:53

Vahram Hovyan Expert at the Center for the Armenian Studies, “Noravank” Foundation The Evangelical Armenians take special place among the Armenians living in Russia. While speaking about the current condition

Harut Sassounian: Turkey Besieged by Armenian Successes Long Before the Genocide Centennial
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  • 2012-01-09 10:35:25

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkish leaders made a serious tactical error in 2011. They were so preoccupied with countering the upcoming tsunami of the centennial of the

Turkey Besieged by Armenian Successes Long Before the Genocide Centennial
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  • 2012-01-04 10:45:47

Turkish leaders made a serious tactical error in 2011. They were so preoccupied with countering the upcoming tsunami of the centennial of the Armenian Genocide in 2015, that

The German pilgrim’s “Planet Armenia” travels about Germany and spreads Armenia’s aroma
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  • 2011-12-26 11:18:26

On November 26, 2011 at the Armenian Cultural Union in Hamburg took place the eighth presentation of the book “Planet Armenia: Pilgrimage to an Unknown Land” by Dr. Jochen

Ara Papian. On the Criminalisation of the Denial of Genocides
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  • 2011-12-25 10:02:53

There was a saying in my youth, “to swallow a Danish pill”, which implied to willfully accede to a position beneficial to another. Honestly speaking, I still don’t

Manana Kochladze: Greening the European Investment Bank
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  • 2011-12-23 21:05:35

- Manana Kochladze Manana Kochladze is a campaigner at CEE Bankwatch Network, an NGO that monitors international financial institutions active in Central and Eastern Europe. She is the winner

Yuliya Tymoshenko: A Prisoner’s Christmas
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  • 2011-12-23 21:02:48

- Yuliya Tymoshenko Yuliya Tymoshenko, twice Prime Minister of Ukraine, is the leader of Ukraine’s political opposition. LUKYANIVSKA PRISON, KYIV – It has been said that there are no

Harut Sassounian: Congress Urges Turkey to Return Churches: First Successful Attempt at Restitution
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  • 2011-12-20 10:02:35

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkey suffered a major setback last week when the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a landmark resolution calling on the Turkish

Harut Sassounian: Pres. Sargsyan Makes Major Strategic Shift in Armenia's Demands from Turkey
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  • 2011-12-13 10:05:55

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Pres. Serzh Sargsyan delivered a major speech in Marseille, France, last week, during which he introduced a new strategy for the resolution of

Harut Sassounian:US Court to Rule on Turkish Banks’ Motion to Dismiss Armenian Lawsuits
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  • 2011-12-11 01:09:16

Two separate lawsuits were filed last year in US Federal Court in Los Angeles against the Republic of Turkey and two of its major banks demanding compensation for

Tatiana Zhurzhenko: Ukraine on the Edge
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  • 2011-12-09 11:04:56

- Tatiana Zhurzhenko Tatiana Zhurzhenko is a political scientist at the University of Vienna. Her most recent book is Borderlands into Bordered Lands: The Geopolitics of Identity in Post-Soviet

Harut Sassounian: US Court to Rule on Turkish Banks’ Motion to Dismiss Armenian Lawsuits
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  • 2011-12-07 10:23:55

Two separate lawsuits were filed last year in US Federal Court in Los Angeles against the Republic of Turkey and two of its major banks demanding compensation for

Harut Sassounian:US Court to Rule on Turkish Banks’ Motion to Dismiss Armenian Lawsuits
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  • 2011-12-06 11:41:12

Two separate lawsuits were filed last year in US Federal Court in Los Angeles against the Republic of Turkey and two of its major banks demanding compensation

TENSION ROUND IRAN
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  • 2011-12-02 06:49:14

By Artashes Ter-Harutyunyan On November 4, 2011 the president of Israel Shimon Peres made a statement that in the solution of the Iranian issue the Jewish state was tending towards

Mehdi Khalaji: Iran’s Rattling Saber
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  • 2011-11-30 21:44:45

- Mehdi Khalaji Mehdi Khalaji is a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. WASHINGTON, DC – As the West ratchets up its economic pressure on

Harut Sassounian. No one should be Fooled by Erdogan’s Empty Apology for Kurdish Massacres
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  • 2011-11-30 07:18:43

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkish society was thrown into turmoil last week when Prime Minister Erdogan issued an unexpected apology for the hitherto taboo

Harut Sassounian: No one should be Fooled by Erdogan’s Empty Apology for Kurdish Massacres
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  • 2011-11-29 09:47:59

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkish society was thrown into turmoil last week when Prime Minister Erdogan issued an unexpected apology for the hitherto taboo topic of the

QUEEN KERAN GETS BACK HER ROYAL TRAIN
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  • 2011-11-27 10:00:02

From Arthur Hagopian Jerusalem, Nov 27 - Queen Keran has regained her royal train and her glory. The first time I saw her, I could not even bring myself

Michael Boskin: Europe’s Last Best Chance
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  • 2011-11-25 22:09:38

- Michael Boskin Michael Boskin, Professor of Economics at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, was Chairman of President George H. W. Bush’s Council of

Italy’s Last Democratic Despot
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  • 2011-11-24 12:07:34

- Edoardo Campanella Edoardo Campanella is an economic adviser to the Italian Senate, and was formerly an economist at the World Trade Organization. ROME – Italy has always had

RAMBERG: Defense and Democracy in America
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  • 2011-11-22 23:03:50

- Bennett Ramberg Bennett Ramberg served as a foreign policy analyst and consultant to the US Department of State and the US Senate. He is the author of several

Hurriyet: Local businessmen visit Yerevan to develop new trade relations
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  • 2011-11-22 13:34:04

Vercihan Ziflio?lu ISTANBUL A delegation of Turkish businessmen will convene in Armenia today for a series of closed-door discussions regarding trade relations. The conference will last until Nov. 25. Although business between

Harut Sassounian: Turkey Seeks to Monopolize Investments In American Indian Tribal Lands
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  • 2011-11-22 09:58:26

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier In a few weeks, when high-priced Turkish lobbying firms file their mandatory reports with the Justice Department, important revelations will emerge

Ara Papian. On the Legal Implications and Related Matters of the Discussions by the US Senate on the Mandate for Armenia
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  • 2011-11-20 09:21:57

“Why did Wilson, who knew that his Senate would never accept the mandate, say yes, I shall try?” Richard Hovannisian. Yerevan State University. 18 November, 2011 Yes, that

Turkey’s Armenians Reconsecrate 16th Century Church Building
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  • 2011-11-18 08:58:10

ISTANBUL, November 11 (CDN) — Just hours before a deadly 7.2 earthquake struck Turkey’s southeast on Oct. 23, well over 3,000 visitors crowded into an ancient Armenian cathedral

Turkey’s Armenians Reconsecrate 16th Century Church Building
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  • 2011-11-18 08:58:10

ISTANBUL, November 11 (CDN) — Just hours before a deadly 7.2 earthquake struck Turkey’s southeast on Oct. 23, well over 3,000 visitors crowded into an ancient Armenian cathedral

ON SOME TENDENCIES OF CONTEMPORARY TURKISH HISTORIOGRAPHY
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  • 2011-11-18 06:04:37

Ruben Melkonyan For many decades Turkey has been struggling against the recognition of the Armenian Genocide not only on political but also on academic levels. It should be mentioned

World’s Best Walnuts – and Much Else in Armenia
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  • 2011-11-17 20:20:56

By Sven Krogius contributors@brooklyneagle.net, published online 11-16-2011 Walnuts! Yes, if you want the freshest, best tasting walnuts the world has to offer go to Yerevan. Not dried out, seen-better-days, dull

Harut Sassounian: Federal Appeals Court Issues Futile Order on Insurance Lawsuit
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  • 2011-11-15 09:42:52

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Before the Genocide, thousands of Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire bought life insurance from American and European companies, so that after their

Harut Sassounian: Genocide Denier Condoleezza Rice Unworthy to Teach at Stanford
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  • 2011-11-09 12:41:18

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier In her newly published 750-page book, "A Memoir of My Years in Washington: No Higher Honor," former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

Harut Sassounian:Azerbaijan Wins Security Council Seat,While Armenians Remain Idle
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  • 2011-11-07 13:32:43

Pres. Aliyev was celebrating last week his country’s historic victory at the United Nations. With an overwhelming number of votes, Azerbaijan was elected for the first time to

Harut Sassounian: Azerbaijan Wins Security Council Seat, While Armenians Remain Idle
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  • 2011-11-01 08:35:50

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Pres. Aliyev was celebrating last week his country’s historic victory at the United Nations. With an overwhelming number of votes, Azerbaijan was elected

Corruption in Armenia: Esti Hametsek…
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  • 2011-10-29 10:03:26

BY OSHIN PEROOMIAN In what I can only characterize as the twisted modern-day version of “Gikor”, our honorable President, Serg Sarkissian, has repeatedly asked the diaspora to come and invest

Turkey plans to take action against Armenian plant
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  • 2011-10-28 08:35:32

Thursday, October 27, 2011 Ali Kayalar ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News Turkey’s Energy Minister Taner Y?ld?z has said he ordered the country’s nuclear authority to measure radioactivity in the

Response to the fact of Azerbaijan’s being elected as non-permanent member of UN Security Council
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  • 2011-10-25 15:17:01

On October 24, during the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Azerbaijan was elected a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for a two-year period –

Harut Sassounian: The Unmasking of Namik Tan, Turkey’s Ambassador to the U. S.
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  • 2011-10-25 10:53:35

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier I received a revealing message last week from Benjamin Yafet, a Turkish Jew who had immigrated to the United States in

Shlomo Avineri: Hard Turkey
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  • 2011-10-21 22:31:47

Shlomo Avineri JERUSALEM – The recent surge in Turkey’s military actions against the Kurds in northern Iraq is an indication that, somewhat surprisingly – but not entirely unpredictably –

Appo Jabarian: Armenian President’s Chief of Staff Muzzles Free Press in America
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  • 2011-10-20 10:37:16

By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine #1276 | October 19, 2011 The Southern California festivities in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Armenia’s independence brought to Los

A.B. Yehoshua: A Thousand to One
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  • 2011-10-19 18:44:03

A.B. Yehoshua HAIFA – The celebrations in Israel over the release of the kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit come after the Israeli government concluded that diplomatic rarity, an agreement with

Harut Sassounian: 96 Years Later, Turkey Still Pays A Price for Genocide Denial
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  • 2011-10-18 10:04:40

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Almost a century after the fact, the Republic of Turkey continues to be disgraced for its persistent denial of the Armenian Genocide. During

Harut Sassounian:Pres. Sarkozy Says ‘Tseghasbanoutyoun’ A Word Obama has yet to Utter
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  • 2011-10-12 11:39:01

Flying to Armenia, French President Nicolas Sarkozy confided to his top aides last week: “I am going to toss a live grenade!” He was revealing his readiness to