Garen YegparianFebruary 22, 2019Last Updated: February 25, 2019
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Kurdish-Americans and supporters in New York protest Turkish and ISIS attacks
NEW YORK, November 29 - Kurdish-American organizations and supporters rallied in Union Square to protest the killing of Tahir Elçi, a prominent human rights attorney and chairman of the Diyarbakır Bar Association, in Turkey's Sur district on Saturday, as well as ongoing attacks on Kurdish communities in Iraq and Syria by ISIS militants. (Photo by Joe Catron)
Tahir Elçi, 2015 (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Tahir Elçi was killed by a single bullet to the back of his head on November 28, 2015. He was the president of the Diyarbekir Bar Association and a staunch supporter of Armenian concerns. He was a Kurd.
Garen Yegparian is a fat, bald guy who has too much to say and do for his own good. So, you know he loves mouthing off weekly about anything he damn well pleases to write about that he can remotely tie in to things Armenian. He's got a checkered past: principal of an Armenian school, project manager on a housing development, ANC-WR Executive Director, AYF Field worker (again on the left coast), Operations Director for a telecom startup, and a City of LA employee most recently (in three different departments so far). Plus, he's got delusions of breaking into electoral politics, meanwhile participating in other aspects of it and making sure to stay in trouble. His is a weekly column that appears originally in Asbarez, but has been republished to the Armenian Weekly for many years.