ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)—Turkish scholars, artists, and writers harshly condemned primary and middle school textbooks that are replete with anti-Armenian rhetoric in Turkey, and demanded that the books be pulled from circulation. In a statement issued […]
By Avik Derentz Translated by Tatul Sonentz You flew away My sweet swallow, Towards distant, dreary, disconsolate skies, Before seeing the golden autumn, You left with the heartless pain Of the nestless swain In your […]
Special for the Armenian Weekly Sept. 6, 1955 started just like any other day for the Greeks, Armenians, and Jews of Istanbul—or Constantinople. ”I resided in Cengelkoy with my wife and two children back […]
By Bob Tutunjian The women’s and men’s pentathlon events ended up being won by large margins by last year’s champions. In both cases, the winners had the top performance in virtually every event. Knar Topouzian […]
YEREVAN—Armenia Tree Project (ATP) recently announced that Lucineh Kassarjian has been appointed director of ATP operations in Armenia. Kassarjian has a degree in linguistics and pedagogy from Yerevan State Linguistics University and studied in the […]
At a time when the ethnic press is teetering on the brink of change, both the Armenian Weekly and Hairenik publications continue to toe the line with a vision to the future. Both papers have […]
By Ken Hachikian The 2014 AYF Olympics Golf Tournament was held this year at Warren Valley Golf Club in Dearborn Heights on the historic East Course, which was designed in 1922 by Donald Ross, one […]
Winner to Be Announced on Dink Assassination Anniversary ANKARA, Turkey (A.W.)—Ankara’s public Gazi University, in collaboration with the Embassy of Azerbaijan, has announced the launch of a poster competition that encourages participants to design artworks […]
The destruction of the Armenian Genocide Memorial Church in Der Zor Special for the Armenian Weekly By Rupen Janbazian “If the road to Auschwitz was a ‘twisted path’, the path to Der Zor was positively […]
BEIJING, China—The Gulbenkian Foundation announced this month that former Armenian Weekly Editor Khatchig Mouradian was awarded a fellowship to study the Armenian presence in China. The aim of the fellowship is to prepare the first […]
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