Harut Sassounian

Harut Sassounian is the publisher of The California Courier, a weekly newspaper based in Glendale, Calif. He is the president of the Armenia Artsakh Fund, a non-profit organization that has donated to Armenia and Artsakh one billion dollars of humanitarian aid, mostly medicines, since 1989 (including its predecessor, the United Armenian Fund). He has been decorated by the presidents of Armenia and Artsakh and the heads of the Armenian Apostolic and Catholic churches. He is also the recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
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Sassounian: Senate Should Scrutinize Bryza Before Confirming Him Ambassador

After a lengthy delay, Azerbaijan consented last week to the appointment of Matthew Bryza as U.S. ambassador to Baku, an…

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Sassounian: Turkish President of European Council Should Be Barred from Armenia

Mevlut Cavusoglu, the Turkish president of PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe), offended his hosts last week by…

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Sassounian: Turkish Scholar Taner Akcam Advocates Change in Policy of Genocide Denial

Dr. Taner Akcam, one of the first Turkish scholars acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, delivered two important lectures in Southern California…

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Sassounian: Is Turkey’s Consul Unhappy That not All Armenians Were Slaughtered Like Sheep?

Hakan Tekin, the young and inexperienced Turkish consul general in Los Angeles, is trying hard to earn brownie points with…

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Sassounian: Frozen Protocols and Warmed Over Obama Statement

Two developments on Armenian-Turkish issues spilled a lot of ink last week. Neither one was significant, but assumed significance because…

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Sassounian: Israeli Scholar Assails Denial of Armenian Genocide

An important international symposium on “Armenia-Turkey: How to Normalize Relations” was held in Paris on April 14. It was organized…

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Sassounian: Roadmap to Nowhere or New Delay Tactic: Genocide Recognition in 2015?

Faced with deadlock in ratifying the Armenia-Turkey protocols, the major powers are desperately looking for a face-saving way out of…

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Sassounian: Planting a Tree… On First-Ever Visit to Artsakh

It may surprise some to learn that I had not been to Artsakh (Karabagh) until last week. Of course, I…

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Sassounian: Desperate Turkish Tactics to Woo Diaspora on Eve of April 24

The Turkish government has been receiving a succession of bad news in recent weeks. Its persistent policy of denying the…

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Sassounian: Did Turkey’s Ambassador Really Lobby for Passage of the Resolution?

Thousands of articles are posted on the internet every day. But, very few make us fall off our chairs! Last…

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