Raffi Bedrosyan

Raffi Bedrosyan is a civil engineer, writer and a concert pianist, living in Toronto. Proceeds from his concerts and CDs have been donated to the construction of school, highways, and water and gas distribution projects in Armenia and Karabakh—projects in which he has also participated as a voluntary engineer. Bedrosyan was involved in organizing the Surp Giragos Diyarbakir/Dikranagerd Church reconstruction project. His many articles in English, Armenian and Turkish media deal with Turkish-Armenian issues, Islamized hidden Armenians and history of thousands of churches left behind in Turkey. He gave the first piano concert in the Surp Giragos Church since 1915, and again during the 2015 Genocide Centenary Commemoration. He is the founder of Project Rebirth, which helps Islamized Armenians return to their original Armenian roots, language and culture. He is the author of the book "Trauma and Resilience: Armenians in Turkey - hidden, not hidden, no longer hidden."
Commentary

Significance of Hidden Armenians for Armenia and Project Rebirth Objectives

Hidden Armenians are the present generation descendants of Armenian orphans left behind in Turkey after the 1915 Armenian Genocide. These…

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Reviews

Book Review: ‘Trauma and Resilience’

Trauma and Resilience: Armenians in Turkey  By Raffi Bedrosyan Published by Gomidas Institute, London, England, 2019 Available on Amazon.com, by…

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Commentary

Hostages as State Policy

In August 2018, US President Trump angrily announced that sanctions will be implemented against Turkey, and personally against the Turkish…

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Headlines

Armenian Turks and Other Tragic Stories of Roots

Special to the Armenian Weekly  Last month, the Turkish government released a website where Turkish citizens can look up their…

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Headlines

Op-Ed: The Failed Istanbul Armenian Patriarchate

Special to the Armenian Weekly  The neverending manipulations and power games at the Istanbul Patriarchate took a turn for the…

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Op-Eds

‘Gna Merir, Yekur Sirem’: Artsakh War Veteran, Outspoken Activist Sarkis Hatspanian Dies at 55

Artsakh War veteran, political commentator, and political activist Sarkis Hatspanian passed away on Jan. 20 in Lyon, France. He was…

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Op-Eds

Returning to the Roots: Stories of Hidden Armenians

Special to the Armenian Weekly Over the years, I have met many hidden Armenians from different regions of Turkey. Each…

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Special Reports

Genocide Denied, Armenians Denied: Rejecting the Very Existence of Armenians in Turkey

Special to the Armenian Weekly Last week, while criticizing Israel and the United States on President Trump’s recent recognition of Jerusalem…

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The Untold Stories of Turkey: An Armenian Island on the Bosphorus

  What makes Istanbul beautiful is the Bosphorus, dividing the city between Europe and Asia. And what makes the Bosphorus…

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When Even the Dead Cannot Rest in Peace: Turkey’s Intolerance toward the ‘Other’

  Special to the Armenian Weekly   Just when one thinks the level of hatred and intolerance in Turkey toward…

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