Tom Vartabedian
One Armenian Name that Backfires
What’s in a name? Plenty!
Especially if it’s Appo or Apo, however you wish to interpret it.
For the life of me, I know three people by that name. There’s an Apo Jeknavorian in my community who works as an EMT, associated with one of our more prominent families in Merrimack Valley. He’s a fireball, especially over a barbeque grill.
Moving closer to Boston, we come across Apo




Asbarez Armenian Editor
Apo Boghikian
It’s Grandfather Apraham, with a capital G, as it stands for Hayr Apraham ( ARF Speaker of the House).
Abdullah Öcalan, also known as Apo (short for Abdullah and “uncle” in Kurdish), is one of the founding members of the PKK.
You’ve written great articles in the past. This article is meaningless. What was the message?