Family Histories
My Grandfather’s Story
I recently spoke with a friend of mine. I learned that he is working on ‘triage’ at a Boston hospital in this pandemic. I didn’t know what that meant and looked it up. It read […]
Istanbul
My Turn
Erdogan’s Denial of Coronavirus Crisis Risks the Lives of 80 Million Turks
The world as we knew it changed dramatically in the last few weeks due to the unexpected spread of the deadly coronavirus. Hundreds of millions of people around the world are isolated in their homes, […]
My Turn
Newly-Elected Patriarch of Turkey Lashes Back at his Armenian Critics
After giving a series of interviews to the Turkish press since his election on December 11, 2019, the new Armenian Patriarch of Turkey, Sahak II Mashalyan, responded to his Armenian critics on January 15, 2020, […]
Announcements
Istanbul, Foto Galatasaray: Tell Me Your Story
My name is Anahit Ghazaryan, and I am a researcher from Armenia. I am currently in Istanbul trying to find people who have met Maryam Shahinyan or had their photo taken at her studio—Foto Galatasaray—in […]
Opinion
Sorry State of Istanbul Armenian Patriarchate
The seat of the Istanbul Armenian Patriarchate has been vacant ever since the Patriarch Mesrob Mutafyan fell ill with dementia and continued to live in a vegetative state in 2008. Archbishop Aram Atesyan, who got […]
Briefs
Another Armenian Church Vandalized in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (Panorama.am)— Another Armenian church in Istanbul, Turkey, has been vandalized with anti-Armenian graffiti, the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople said on Facebook. Unknown perpetrators have spray painted hate graffiti in English and Arabic on the […]
Memoir
Ara Jan, Goodbye…
Beirut. October 18, 2018. Thursday. Mgrdich Ara Derderian, known as Ara Güler passed away today at the age of 90. The story of my meeting the giant photographer took place many years ago, in Aleppo […]