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.
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…

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Opinion

Finding my Voice

I was asked to write because my voice is clear. I was told it resonates with the way many people…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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,…

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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…

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