Western Armenia

Continuing the search for authenticity, truth and the origins of the world, I had to stop and study Trebizond. Trebizond…

This is a sequel, long overdue, to my piece Mascots and Flags: Thoughts from a Genocide Amusement Park. That piece…

In Armenia, the Amulsar debate continues, with the Minister of Environment calling for the examination of more data. The buzz…

Nothing was more evident in my mind this past week than this beautiful quotation by Vache Thomassian. I was fortunate…

Eight or nine soldiers, or maybe they were ten, greeted me with cold stares as I got off the Turkish…

For many decades, generations in this country have uttered, “We are Vanetzi” or “Our family is Kharpetzi.” Another popular one…

During my numerous trips to our historic homeland, I have witnessed tragic and quite common sites found in the remnants…

Matthew Karanian was about eight years old when he asked for his first camera—a vintage Brownie from his father. “Back…

ISTANBUL—A prominent Turkish-Armenian activist was taken into custody last week for making controversial anti-Turkish narratives and using the term “genocide”…

One century ago, on April 22, 1919, my grandfather placed a classified advertisement in the Hairenik, the leading Armenian language…