Literary Corner
Devil at Your Door
When the Devil came to fight, You did not listen to our cries, Shrugged shoulders you lived on. And here we are… When our bodies were set ablaze, Mutilated, raped, and torn apart. You turned […]
Articles by Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte
Opinion
Finding my Voice
I was asked to write because my voice is clear. I was told it resonates with the way many people feel, but can’t verbalize. Yet now my clarity can’t be further from reality. For the […]
Culture
‘The Pain is Still Just as Sharp’: Remembering Sumgait 30 Years Later
Special to the Armenian Weekly Feb. 27 marks the 30th anniversary of the Sumgait pogrom—the targeted attacks on the Armenian population of the seaside town in Azerbaijan, during which widespread looting, rape, and murders ravaged […]
Op-Eds
No Ordinary Trip: Artsakh Liberation Memorialized
Special for the Armenian Weekly “It wasn’t an ordinary trip to Armenia,” I told my family with tired certainty, recollecting the whirlwind of places I’ve been and things I have seen. In 2016, I was […]
Op-Eds
Turcotte Responds to Azerbaijani Consul General in The Hill
Armenian-American writer, lecturer, activist, politician, and Armenian Weekly contributor Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte recently penned an op-ed in the Washington D.C.-based political newspaper The Hill, in response to an article entitled “Time for Peace in […]
Op-Eds
This New Year, I Thank You for Saving Us
From Persecution in Baku to Opportunity in the United States Special for the Armenian Weekly “I thank God every day for saving us.” My father speaks these words occasionally whenever we discuss anything remotely related […]
Opinion
Baku to Yerevan: My Voyage Home, Despite the Pain
Special for the Armenian Weekly When my son was born in 2007, I named him Armen simply because I could. When I was born in 1978, as Armenians in Baku, Azerbaijan, my parents were too […]
Opinion
International Justice Day and Artsakh
On July 17, the world celebrates International Justice Day. It is an important day for me as an Armenian, an American, and a world citizen. On this day in 1998, the international community adopted […]
Opinion
Turcotte: On Safarov and Artsakh
As an Armenian refugee from Baku, Azerbaijan, senseless, violent acts committed against innocent Armenian women, men, and children by Azeris no longer shock me. I was forced to grow up with their hatred and violence, […]