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Movie Review: The Cut
Special for the Armenian Weekly A 100-year-old cut. Fatih Akın’s film “Kesik (The Cut)” about the Armenian Genocide made its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival last month. Critics cut and tore...
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US Strongly Condemns Destruction of Der Zor Church by ISIS
YEREVAN (A.W.)—The U.S. Embassy in Armenia issued a statement condemning the destruction of the Armenian Genocide Memorial Church in Der Zor, avoiding the term “genocide” that appears in the name of...
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Fatih Altayli: Male Chauvinist, Owner of Usurped Armenian Property
By Ayse Gunaysu and Nadya Uygun Special for the Armenian Weekly On Oct. 2, 2012, members of the Revolutionary Socialist Labor Party (DSIP) gathered in front of the Haberturk offices, a mainstream print...
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‘To Hell with Your Ratification’: Sarkisian Threatens to Withdraw Protocols
NEW YORK (A.W.)—President Serge Sarkisian delivered a strongly worded statement at the 69th session of the UN General Assembly, threatening to recall the protocols from Parliament. “…Those Protocols...
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Clark, Worcester State to Host ‘Manufacturing Denial’ Conference
WORCESTER, Mass.—From Oct. 24-25, a conference on “Manufacturing Denial and the Assault on Scholarship and Truth” will take place at Worcester State University and Clark University in Worcester. The...
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Domestic Violence in Armenia: An Ugly Crime Still Denied
Special for the Armenian Weekly Zaruhi Petrosyan was a young mother of a two-year-old infant girl when her life came to an end after an alleged fall down a flight of stairs. At the time, her husband...
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The Writing on our Foreheads
The destruction of the Armenian Genocide Memorial Church in Der Zor Special for the Armenian Weekly By Rupen Janbazian “If the road to Auschwitz was a ‘twisted path’, the path to Der Zor was positively...
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Ankara Poster Competition to Portray Armenians as Genocidal, Traitors
Winner to Be Announced on Dink Assassination Anniversary ANKARA, Turkey (A.W.)—Ankara’s public Gazi University, in collaboration with the Embassy of Azerbaijan, has announced the launch of a poster...
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Turkey’s Kristallnacht
Special for the Armenian Weekly Sept. 6, 1955 started just like any other day for the Greeks, Armenians, and Jews of Istanbul—or Constantinople. ”I resided in Cengelkoy with my wife and two...
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Scholars, Activists Condemn Turkish Textbooks Vilifying Armenians
ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)—Turkish scholars, artists, and writers harshly condemned primary and middle school textbooks that are replete with anti-Armenian rhetoric in Turkey, and demanded that the books...
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ARF-ER to Organize Multiple Trips to Western Armenia
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Eastern Region, through its “Armenian Genocide Justice” Centennial Committee, recently announced plans to organize a series of trips to Western Armenia led...
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ARS ‘Susan Terzian’ Hosts Screenings of Maronian Films
Through the efforts of Armenian Relief Society (ARS) “Susan Terzian” Chapter chairwoman Sonia Gulbenk, a series of events were held in Connecticut to screen Bared Maronian’s documentary film “Orphans...
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The Northernmost Armenians of the World
Special for the Armenian Weekly Svalbard, an isolated Norwegian island, lies in the Arctic Ocean between 74 and 81 degrees north latitude. During the summer the sun does not set for 99 days, and...
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Armenians and Progressive Politics Conference at MIT a Success
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—A distinguished line-up of speakers from Armenia, Turkey, Europe, and the United States examined Turkey, the media, Turkish-Armenian relations, and genocide reparations at the...
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Getting Into the Act: Diasporan Engagement in Armenia
Special for the Armenian Weekly “For young people, donating money is ineffective,” said Lia Soorenian, 22, a recent graduate I met volunteering in Armenia. “I don’t believe in armchair donations.” Bard...
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An Open Letter to UEFA President Michel Platini
Special for the Armenian Weekly Dear Mr. Michel Platini, president of the Union of European Football Associations, It is with great surprise and disappointment that on Sept. 19, 2014, I heard the news...
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The World Never Really Faced Kobani
Special for the Armenian Weekly Some stories are here to stay, and I suspect the story of the 3,000 fighters defending Kobani will be retold for generations to come. Shamefully, the world’s...
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ANCA Urges Obama to Challenge Turkey’s Support for ISIS
Hachikian: “Mr. President, we need not lie for Turkey; nor are we obliged to passively accept its transparently false denials.” WASHINGTON—The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) joined...
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Soccer: Injury-Stricken Armenia Welcomes Serbia to Yerevan
Special for the Armenian Weekly Following an away loss to Denmark in Copenhagen in the opening round of the Euro 2016 qualifying matches held last month, Armenia now prepares to welcome Serbia to the...
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Baku to Yerevan: My Voyage Home, Despite the Pain
Special for the Armenian Weekly When my son was born in 2007, I named him Armen simply because I could. When I was born in 1978, as Armenians in Baku, Azerbaijan, my parents were too scared to name me...
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