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Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte

Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte

Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte is an Armenian-American writer, lecturer, activist and politician. She is a refugee from Baku, Azerbaijan and authored "Nowhere, a Story of Exile"—a book based on the diaries she kept as a child escaping ethnic cleansing. Anna lectures extensively about the plight of Armenians in Azerbaijan in the context of human rights and international law, as well as the Nagorno-Karabagh Republic's (Artsakh/NKR) right to self-determination. In 2015, she was elected member of the Westbrook, Maine City Council.
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  1. Anna — What a beautiful article. You honor your parents, and those who helped you. I’m sure their lives were changed as much as yours. Thank you for sharing this story here!

  2. Very Moving story and somewhat similar to what my parents did in the prime of their lives for the sake of their children. Our family, however, did not have to live through the indignities of life in Baku and the suffering of refugees. We came as regular emigrant from Beirut but with not much assets.

  3. Of all the great articles I’ve read on The Armenian Weekly, this is one of the best.This article is a reminder to all U.S. born Armenians how lucky we are to be born here. It reminds my of my mother’s long journey from Turkey, to Greece, then to Cuba, and finally to America.Good luck to you and your entire family. Sincerely, Phillip Mooradian. Detroit, Michigan.

  5. Thank you for such a wonderful article! In these days when so many Americans seem to fear immigrants and refugees, this is a story that needs to be heard.

  6. Thank you so much for writing of your experience. We here in Canada have invited many Syrian refugees to our country, many of whom are Armenian, and many who are not. The experience of culture shock and also of the misfortune of not being recognized for their value to our society will hopefully also be diminished with time. I am ashamed at how little North Americans understand of the world and the circumstances that others face. We too hear of resentment that ‘refugees get it better than our citizens’ with no understanding of the tragedy and shock that people undergo when the earth under their feet, their careers, their homes, their families’ safety, is wrenched from under them. I hope we never have to experience things first hand to have empathy. What you have gone through has been heroic, really, and I hope your family enjoys much joy and rest for all their endeavours.

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