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Articles by Harut Sassounian

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Sassounian: Ten Reasons Why Turks Won’t Allow Their Leaders to Ratify the Protocols

February 16, 2010 Harut Sassounian 35

In earlier columns, I pointed out Turkey’s deceptive designs in negotiating and signing the protocols with Armenia on Oct. 10, 2009. In addition to planning to deceive Armenia and international public opinion, Turkish leaders tried […]

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Sassounian: ‘Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive’

February 10, 2010 Harut Sassounian 6

The title of this article, taken from Walter Scott’s epic poem “the Marmion,” aptly describes the web of deceit weaved by Turkey’s leaders in seeking to create the false impression of wanting to normalize relations […]

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Sassounian: Armenia-Diaspora Unity Must be Preserved at All Cost

February 2, 2010 Harut Sassounian 29

In recent months, as heated debates raged on the Armenia-Turkey protocols, Diaspora Armenians reacted with frustration and anger at the damage these agreements would have caused to Armenian national interests. While Armenia’s leaders have the […]

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Sassounian: The Show is Over… The Protocols are Dead!

January 26, 2010 Harut Sassounian 26

The show is finally over! The international community is no longer buying the endless Turkish excuses for refusing to ratify the protocols. Armenian officials, who naively believed that Turkey would open its border and establish […]

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Sassounian: Constitutional Court Limits Protocols’ Damage to Armenian National Interests

January 19, 2010 Harut Sassounian 2

After months of bickering among Armenians the world over about the Armenia-Turkey protocols, the Constitutional Court of Armenia on Jan. 12 pronounced its judgment on whether the obligations stipulated by the protocols comply with the […]

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Sassounian: Armenians, Just as Bulgarians, Should Demand Compensation from Turkey

January 12, 2010 Harut Sassounian 26

Bojidar Dimitrov, Bulgaria’s Minister in charge of the Agency for Bulgarians Abroad, stirred a hornet’s nest at the start of the new year by threatening to block Turkey’s accession to the European Union (EU), unless […]

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Sassounian: Prime Minister’s 1919 Letter Describes Armenia as Destitute, Yet Full of Hope

January 5, 2010 Harut Sassounian 3

Today, at a time of global economic crisis, conflict, and wars, most people are justifiably discouraged and depressed by the deluge of bad news. Armenia and Armenians are no exception. At the outset of the […]

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Sassounian: CBS Exposes Turkey’s Violation of Greek Minority Rights, but Ignores Armenians

December 22, 2009 Harut Sassounian 40

On Dec. 17, CBS Network’s “60 Minutes” program aired a devastating expose of the violations of the rights of the Greek minority in Turkey. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of the Greek Orthodox Church, headquartered in Istanbul, […]

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Sassounian: Denialist Erdogan in the White House: An Unworthy Guest!

December 15, 2009 Harut Sassounian 6

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made insulting statements on the Armenian Genocide during his visit to Washington on Dec. 6-8. Rather than hosting him in the White House, President Obama should have declared him […]

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Sassounian: Obama Should Forfeit His Nobel Prize Until He Tells the Truth on Genocide

December 8, 2009 Harut Sassounian 7

In his Nov. 20 letter to Armenian American organizations, President Obama once again played shameful word games with the term genocide. At this point, one has to be incredibly naive to believe that he is […]

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