By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, August 20–The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu said that he personally regretted the reaction of the Turkish government, which was sent to the European Court of Human Rights in response to a claim of the successors of Hrant Dink. “When I heard the defensive speech of the government [...]
By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, August 17–More than three years have passed since the murder of Hrant Dink — the editor of a daily newspaper Agos, published in Istanbul and widely read in the Armenian diaspora. However, the general manager of the newspaper, Gevorg Tyusyuzyan, thinks that the trial is being unduly delayed. “The 13 trials [...]
Recent news about Armenian tourists being beaten and murdered in Turkey has fostered dialogue on whether Armenians should vacation in Turkey. Regardless of the moral dimension of this argument, it is a disservice to Armenian citizens to not educate and make them aware of the risks they face while traveling to Turkey. This article contains [...]
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Armenian Weekly), June 4–While attention in Turkey is directed towards Israel and the Flotilla attack, Hakan Karadag, one of the lawyers of Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink’s murder case, was found hanged in his apartment in Cihangir, Istanbul, on June 4. His body was taken for autopsy. Police has not released a report [...]
BY LUCINE KASBARIAN On May 12, at the Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA) in Watertown, Massachusetts, editors Emil Sanamyan of the Armenian Reporter and Khatchig Mouradian of the Armenian Weekly spoke about their recent trip to Turkey sponsored by TEPAV – a Turkish think tank that has recently been promoting Turkish-Armenian relations. TEPAV [...]
BY KHATCHIG MOURADIAN ANKARA, Turkey (Armenian Weekly)—On April 24, as genocide commemoration events were being held one after the other in different locations in Istanbul, a groundbreaking two-day conference on the Armenian Genocide began at the Princess Hotel in Ankara. The conference, organized by the Ankara Freedom of Thought Initiative, was held under tight security [...]
ISTANBUL (Hürriyet Daily News), April 12–Thorny relations between Turkey and Armenia and the events of 1915 were the subject of a tense live TV debate last week between two controversial figures. “I attended the program not because I am Armenian, but because I am a citizen of Turkey,” said Turkish-Armenian academic Sevan Nişanyan, who appeared [...]
