By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, September 15 — The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) announced its verdict on the Hrant Dink murder case, finding Turkey guilty for violating five points of the Human Rights Convention. According to Public Television of Armenia, the European Court of Human Rights decided that Turkey had violated the right to [...]
By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, September 6 — Turkish Armenian young basketball players created a united Armenian-Turkish team in the framework of the US World Learning organization’s exchange program, funded by the US State Department. Anna Tadevosian, the representative of the Armenian party, told the journalists about this. The project is being held in Turkey, USA [...]
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, August 31 — Former Eskisehir Police Chief Hanefi Avci’s claims on the fact that the assassination of Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was not the work of a criminal network have been met with strong reactions from lawyers representing the slain journalist’s family. Lawyers Fethiye Cetin and Arzu Becerik said it [...]
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, July 19 — The long-awaited first concert of Armenia-Turkey Youth Philharmonic Orchestra was finally held on July 16 in Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall, Istanbul. Sixty-five Armenian and Turkish musicians between the ages of 18-23 took part in it. The idea of this concert belongs to Nvard Andreasyan, an Istanbul-based Armenian [...]
BY GEORGE AGHJAYAN The nature of the pursuit for justice for the genocide committed against the Armenian people has changed at an ever-increasing pace. As we look back over the years since the horrific crime was committed, there have been many successes and some failures, but the altered environment is unmistakable. As we approach the [...]
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 [...]
