Armin Wegner, a German soldier and medic, was sent to the Ottoman Empire during World War I, while the two countries were allies. Wegner was stationed along the Baghdad Railway in Syria and Mesopotamia, where […]
A coalition of 20 Armenian-American organizations announced the formation of a “Pan Armenian Council of Western USA” on August 15, 2019. The coalition members are: Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America, Western […]
A unique lawsuit, not based on the Armenian Genocide, was filed on May 29, 2019, by two Armenian-Americans against the Turkish government in the United States Federal Court, Central District of California. The lawsuit was […]
On August 8, 2019 the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit made a decision to deny the appeal of two lawsuits brought by several Armenian-Americans demanding compensation from the Republic of Turkey […]
When the Ottoman Empire entered World War I, it sided with Germany against the alliance of France, United Kingdom, Russia, the United States and several others. Out of 2.6 million Ottoman soldiers, 250,000 were captured […]
In addition to US and European Union punitive actions against Turkey for various violations, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions last week against a Turkish company “involved in a global corruption and money-laundering network directed […]
After months of uncertainty and controversy, both the European Union (EU) and the United States decided to punish Turkey in the same week for two different violations. The Associated Press reported on July 16 that […]
The Breitbart website published an article by Frances Martel describing the Turkish lobbying efforts in the Colombian city of Armenia which was founded in 1889 and originally called Villa Holguín. According to Wikipedia, the South […]
Pres. Donald Trump is on the verge of making a serious mistake, jeopardizing the security of the United States and other NATO members if he decides not to sanction Turkey for purchasing Russian S-400 missiles […]
Thirty four years ago the United Nations Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities adopted a report acknowledging the Armenian Genocide as a case of genocide. Until recently, there has been no other […]
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