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The political implication of the Turkish-Georgian "Cultural" dialogue
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-06-23 15:41:36

Introduction Recently the issue of poor condition of the cultural monuments on the territory of Turkey and Georgia and the necessity of their restoration has stirred up. There is a

Armenian-Azeri dispute shifts to European Court
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-06-22 11:41:54

The European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, has become a new front in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, with each side filing hundreds of individual cases claiming abuse

The Turkish government should respect the right of worship for all Christian minorities and return to them their expropriated churches and other religious properties
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-06-21 16:14:39

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The Armenian-American community took a major step last week to reverse the consequences of the Armenian Genocide and end the Turkish government’s long-standing

Developments in Syria are in the context of the revolutionary wave in the Arab world
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-06-16 13:42:52

The Arab revolutions and developments conditioned by them sidelined a number of factors which have played an important role in the Middle East politics. However, the wave of revolutions

On Human Rights, The State Department Report, And Our Future
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-06-14 18:52:26

Ramgavar Mamoul June 14, 2011 By: ARA PAPIAN The US State Department’s report on human rights in Armenia was published recently, 63 pages in all. As an aside, the section on Turkey

Harut Sassounian: Why Pass an Armenian Genocide Resolution for the Third Time?
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-06-14 08:52:31

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier A new Armenian Genocide resolution is being introduced in the House of Representatives this week. The first question is why Congress is

Andrew Sheng: Asian connections
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-06-13 11:15:03

THINK ASIAN By ANDREW SHENG As he traces the Armenian exploits in Asia, Andrew Sheng feels welcoming talents from small countries and giving them space to weave their webs can impact

Why the Iranian President didn’t come?
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-06-10 12:25:20

On June 6, the unique and strange thing happened. The Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s beforehand announced three day lasting visit to Armenia was postponed at the last moment without

On the issues of the Catholics Armenian community in Ankara
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-06-09 14:38:06

For decades the developments which has taken place in the life of the Armenians in Turkey has also impacted the Catholic Armenian community in Turkey. After the establishment of

Harut Sassounian: "It is time to ralize the Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial in Washington"
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-06-07 17:14:11

"There is a Time to Sue and a Time to Settle," I urged the Armenian-American community to come together and launch the long-awaited Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial in

Harut Sassounian: A Glimmer of Hope, Amid the Discord On the Armenian Genocide Museum
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-06-07 10:30:22

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier In a recent column titled, "There is a Time to Sue and a Time to Settle," I urged the Armenian-American community

THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND CYPRUS (1915-1930)
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-06-03 11:17:50

Setting up a new life on a quiet island across Cilicia Alexander-Michael Hadjilyra Gibrahyer e-magazine Between 1915-1923, the Ottomans and the Young Turks systematically and ruthlessly annihilated over 1.500.000 Armenians, who

Israel may recognise Ottoman Armenian genocide
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  • 2011-06-02 11:23:15

Vita Bekker The National Jun 2, 2011 TEL AVIV // A plan by Israel's parliamentary speaker to move the country closer to recognising the 1915 killing of Armenians by Ottoman

Harut Sassounian: California to Extend until 2016 Deadline to Sue Insurance Companies
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-05-31 10:00:09

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Eleven years ago, the California Legislature extended until the end of 2010, the deadline for filing lawsuits against insurance companies

Arthur Hagopian: Holy Land Churches Protest Against New Israeli Tax Move
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-05-28 12:21:51

By Arthur Hagopian Armenian Mirror-Spectator The heads of Christian churches in Jerusalem have expressed grave concern over renewed moves by the Israeli authorities to tax church buildings and properties. While previous such

Appo Jabarian: An Arab Spring for Kurds and Other Minorities in Turkey
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-05-28 12:17:31

By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine May 27, 2011 Before focusing on the Kurdish Crisis in what is now called Turkey, it is necessary to point out that besides

Diana Galstyan, Varujean Geghamyan:ANALYTICAL CENTERS IN AZERBAIJAN
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-05-27 15:50:26

In developed countries the so-called Think Tanks (TT) play important role in making decisions on state and social levels. National security is more than ever conditioned by the ability

Students without borders
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-05-25 18:29:36

Text and pictures by Aghavni Harutyunyan Some of them go abroad to live independently or to improve their knowledge, others to establish contacts and to gain new friends. Most

Harut Sassounian: Council of Europe not Deceived By Erdogan’s Double-Talk
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-05-24 10:53:02

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made an embarrassing appearance before the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) last month. Erdogan

Appo Jabarian: Pres. Sarkisian Shies Away from Demanding Comprehensive Justice for Turkish-Perpetrated Genocide
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  • 2011-05-21 11:06:22

By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine A few days ago, President of Armenia Serzh Sarkisian stated that Armenia and Turkey will reconcile only when Ankara recognizes the Armenian

Sergey Grinyaev, Gagik Harutyunyan: The African content in the mirror of the Great Game
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  • 2011-05-18 15:19:05

The beginning of 2010 was marked by an onset of a series of powerful transformational processes on the African continent. The majority of the “civilized world” re-discovered Africa after

Harut Sassounian: There is a Time to Sue And a Time to Settle


  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-05-17 11:01:55

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier It is unfortunate that the noble and sacred concept of establishing an Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial (AGM&M) in Washington D.C., had to end

Gagik Harutyunyan:Armenian-Russian cooperation (which has stirred up after the meeting of the presidents S. Sargsyan and D. Medvedev in August 2010) has several strategic planes
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-05-16 18:45:58

Based on the report presented at the round table on “The Prospects of the Russian-Armenian Relation” held on March 25, 2011 in Tsakhkadzor Armenian-Russian cooperation (which has stirred up after

Ara Papian: Woodrow Wilson’s Arbitral Award Is A Valid And Legally Obligatory Document
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-05-14 11:47:25

By Ara Papian The Armenian Genocide during the World War I and after went down the history as a crystal-clear example of unpunished crime that reinvented itself in Nazi extermination

Raging War With Kurds, Escalating Water Conflict With Arabs Drain Turkey’s Resources
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-05-14 11:20:58

By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine In 1922, Ottoman Turkey’s successor Young Turk regime underwent a face-lift through the creation of the modern republic of Turkey in an

IRAN, SHIITE FACTOR AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ARAB WORLD
Sevak Sarukhanyan
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-05-12 15:23:45

IRAN, SHIITE FACTOR AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ARAB WORLD Sevak Sarukhanyan The revolutionary movement which has been initiated in the Arab world has no tendency

Georgia: Agree on “rules of the game” beforehand
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-05-11 18:48:51

by David Petrosian political analyst of "Noyan Tapan" U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Tina Kaidanow has visited the South Caucasus and had a number

Harut Sassounian:Neither Nicolas Sarkozy nor Barack Obama kept their promises to their respective Armenian constituents
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-05-11 11:25:38

Armenians in France and the United States have a common challenge in 2012: To do everything in their power to block reelection of their deceptive presidents. Neither

Turkey’s “Zero Problems With Neighbors”: An Utter Failure
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-05-11 10:30:57

By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine According to an early 2011 opinion poll in Turkey, a sizable segment of the Turks views the United States and Israel as

Samvel Martirosyan:The Armenian social networks has recently had greater impact on the formation of the information fields on the Internet and not only
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-05-10 15:52:18

The Armenian social networks has recently had greater impact on the formation of the information fields on the Internet and not only. Alongside with the growth of the number

TALES OF THE ARMENIAN PATRIARCHS OF JERUSALEM
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-05-08 16:33:40

From Arthur Hagopian It is a crying shame that a truly comprehensive and scholarly gratifying history of the annals of the Armenians of Jerusalem has yet to be penned. Armenians

Garen Yegparian: What Happened This Year?
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-05-08 14:21:16

BY GAREN YEGPARIAN I was puzzled and disappointed by the overall lower turnouts for our April 24th period events this year, especially compared to last year. This was across the

Shoushi Victory
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-05-08 14:14:40

BY ARA KHACHATOURIAN Standing on a vast field surrounded—enveloped—by the majestic and lush mountains of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic—Artsakh—I look down a steep and rugged gorge and can’t help by wonder

Turkey renovates Armenian monuments as gesture
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-05-06 14:51:27

Turkey has launched a project to conserve an ancient Armenian cathedral and church in what is seen as a gesture of reconciliation toward its neighbor. Turkey and Armenia have been

Dialogue: guarantors and mediators
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-05-05 18:02:23

by David Petrosyan A rally of the united opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC)with the participation of many thousands – the first one authorized by city authorities in more than

Thousands Gather in Times Square to Commemorate 96th Anniversary of Armenian Genocide
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-05-03 12:39:41

By Taleen Babayan On Sunday afternoon, May 1, as thousands of people gathered at the crossroads of America to honor the martyrs of the Armenian Genocide, the message to the

Harut Sassounian: FOX-TV Airs Two Interviews On the Armenian Genocide


  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-05-03 12:08:39

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier FOX-TV (Los Angeles) invited this writer for a live in-studio interview on the Armenian Genocide for two consecutive days. The first, lasting 5 minutes,

Artashes Ter-Harutyunyan:Crisis in Libya and regional diplomacy of Turkey
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-04-28 16:06:29

On April 8 the prime-minister of Turkey Recep Tayip Erdogan stated that his country is elaborating the programme on cessation of the hostilities in Libya which includes armistice, withdrawal

Artashes Ter-Harutyunyan:Crisis in Libya and regional diplomacy of Turkey
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-04-28 16:06:29

On April 8 the prime-minister of Turkey Recep Tayip Erdogan stated that his country is elaborating the programme on cessation of the hostilities in Libya which includes armistice, withdrawal

Appo Jabarian: American-American Votes May Cost Pres. Obama his Second Term
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-04-28 10:00:22

By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine Six-year-old June Petra Musurlian reported via Youtube from the Turkish Consulate on April 24, on Pres. Obama’s betrayal of his Armenian-American supporters.

Harut Sassounian: Mr. President, Armenian-Americans Reject Your Offensive Word Games on Genocide
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-04-26 13:09:28

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Despite Armenian-Americans’ persistent admonishment of Pres. Obama to refrain from substituting "Meds Yeghern" (Great Calamity) for the Armenian Genocide in

Harut Sassounian: Serj Tankian to Join L.A. Armenians To Protest Against Obama on April 21
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-04-20 02:58:16

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Armenian-Americans are offended that Pres. Obama is going to launch his reelection campaign in Los Angeles this week, on the eve of April

Appo Jabarian: 24 Reasons Why You Should Attend April 21 Protest In Los Angeles Against Pres. Obama
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-04-20 02:29:14

By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine This Thursday’s April 21 protest rally is the opening salvo by disenchanted non-partisan and independent Armenian American voters’ campaign to help national

Or, An Attempt At Resurrecting Stalinism In A Single Region Alone
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-04-19 11:16:59

The Co-Chairs Are Simply The Mediators Ramgavar Mamoul April 18, 2011 One of the most important fundaments of maintaining order is functioning within one’s own mandate, within one’s own area of authority. This

Ruben Melkonyan: On Turkish Policy of Neo-Ottomanism and Developments in the Arab World
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-04-18 17:30:11

Ruben Melkonyan Expert of the Center of the Armenian Studies at “Noravank” Foundation Back in 2001 the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Ahmed Davutoglu while analyzing regional

REMEMBERING THE LOST MILLION
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-04-17 10:25:38

From Arthur Hagopian JERUSALEM, April 17 - It is in the news again, Deir Zor, the felicitous little village in Syria which bore witness, a century ago, to the

Appo Jabarian: ARMENIAN AMERICANS READY TO EXPOSE PRES. OBAMA’S DISHONESTY
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-04-15 08:58:20

By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine As if failure to keep his presidential campaign promises to the Armenian American voters wasn’t enough, several months after becoming President of

Tamara Vardanyan: ARMENIANS OF TBILISI: NEW REALITIES
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-04-14 13:41:10

The efforts of the current Georgian authorities directed to the nation building, gradually form new realities at once on three levels; firstly on regional level, secondly, for Georgia itself

Tamara Vardanyan: ARMENIANS OF TBILISI: NEW REALITIES
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-04-14 13:33:12

The efforts of the current Georgian authorities directed to the nation building, gradually form new realities at once on three levels; firstly on regional level, secondly, for Georgia itself

On Ethics and Opportunism in Science
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-04-13 17:07:42

(Concerning Hayk Demoyan’s “Karabakh and Turkey’s Genocidal Attempts”) On March 10 of the current year an article by Hayk Demoyan, Kandidat (Ph.D.) of Historical Sciences and Director of the Armenian