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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 The revolutionary movement which has been initiated in the Arab world has no tendency
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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,
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
(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