Special to the Armenian Weekly The neverending manipulations and power games at the Istanbul Patriarchate took a turn for the worse this past week. In 2008, the Istanbul Patriarch, Archbishop Mesrob Mutafyan, was diagnosed with […]
On Jan. 20, the Turkish state began conducting air raids in the Afrin Canton in Syria—an enclave near the Turkish border that is home to over a million people. By the next day, the Turkish […]
I’m continually in awe of the variety and depth of Armenian customs. Whether it be playing the delightfully simple yet simultaneously infuriating egg tapping game after Easter Liturgy, or dancing the Kochari under the summer […]
Artsakh War veteran, political commentator, and political activist Sarkis Hatspanian passed away on Jan. 20 in Lyon, France. He was only 55. Born in Adiyaman in southeastern Turkey (former Cilicia), he had left for France […]
Special to the Armenian Weekly Over the years, I have met many hidden Armenians from different regions of Turkey. Each one has a unique story that can become an article or even a book on […]
My decision to make contact with the other side—the Azeri side—came shortly after clashes erupted on the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh) Line of Contact (LoC) in April 2016. I was living and working in Armenia at the […]
Special for the Armenian Weekly We are only months away from the a presidential election (slated for March 2018) and the beginning of a new system of governance for Armenia. How well it will respond […]
I never thought that I would be writing such an article. I am not a politician. However, like any patriotic Armenian, I am very concerned about the situation in Armenia. In my opinion, today […]
“My mom witnessed how her mother suffered from the Armenian Genocide atrocities, screaming, nightmares, and trauma, yet she told us ‘don’t hate the Turks.’” After hearing my words, many women approached me to show their […]
Special to the Armenian Weekly Mother Armenia is arguably the biggest statue in Yerevan and stands watchfully over the Turkish border. This nationalist symbol replaced the statue of the brutal dictator Joseph Stalin on the […]
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