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WikiLeaks Reveals Turkey’s Efforts to Derail Genocide Bill, Force Pro-Azeri...
WASHINGTON—The public disclosure on Sunday by WikiLeaks of tens of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables included many of special interest to Armenian Americans, most notably a “smoking gun” revelation...
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The public disclosure on Sunday by WikiLeaks of tens of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables included many of special interest to Armenian Americans, most notably a “smoking gun” revelation that Turkey...
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WikiLeaks: Turkish Foreign Minister to Discuss Leaked Documents with Clinton
WASHINGTON (AFP)—Turkey’s foreign minister began talks Monday with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, saying they would discuss thousands of leaked U.S. diplomatic cables, many of which...
View ArticleWikiLeaks: Turkey Reacts to WikiLeaks Revelations
ANKARA (Combined Sources)–Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Tuesday commented on the release by WikiLeaks of dozens of classified U.S. diplomatic cables that raise a series of concerns by US diplomats...
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WikiLeaks: US Ambassador Deconstructs Erdogan in Leaked Cable
BY NANORE BARSOUMIAN ANKARA (A.W.)–A report sent to the State Department by U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Eric Edelman, and carrying the subject line “turkish p.m. Erdogan goes to washington: how strong a...
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WikiLeaks Releases to Complicate Israeli Ambassador’s Job in Turkey
ANKARA (Hurriyet)–Classified documents released Sunday by WikiLeaks will likely make the final months of Gabby Levy’s term as Israel’s ambassador to Ankara even more challenging amid...
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WikiLeaks: Turkey Downplays WikiLeaks Revelations of US Distrust
ANKARA (Combined Sources)–Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Tuesday commented on the release by WikiLeaks of dozens of classified U.S. diplomatic cables that raise a series of concerns by US diplomats...
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WikiLeaks Reveals US Views of Turkish Government
ANKARA (Hurriyet)–Official U.S. documents leaked Sunday and Monday not only have the potential of damaging ties between Turkey and the United States, but they offer a telling insight into Washington’s...
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WikiLeaks: US Ambassador Connects EU Membership with Facing Past, Mocks...
ANKARA, Turkey (A.W.)—In a report about Erdogan and the AK Party after two years in power, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Eric Edelman notes that the study of history in the country is subject to “to rigid...
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WikiLeaks: Turkish Foreign Minister Described as ‘Dangerous’ in Leaked Cable
WASHINGTON (AP)–Turkey’s foreign minister has brushed aside a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable that described him as “exceptionally dangerous.” Ahmet Davutoglu told reporters in Washington on Tuesday that...
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WikiLeaks: Turkey’s Prime Minister ‘Hates Israel,’ Reveal Leaked Cables
ANKARA — Turkey’s Prime Minister “simply hates Israel” on religious grounds, US cables released by WikiLeaks say, reflecting growing US misgivings over Ankara’s foreign policy. The scathing assessment...
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WikiLeaks: Armenian Leaders ‘Felt Offended By Tbilisi’ During 2008 War,...
YEREVAN (RFE/RL)—Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and other Georgian leaders deeply offended official Yerevan by repeatedly ignoring phone calls from their Armenian counterparts during Georgia’s...
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WikiLeaks: US Views Erdogan as ‘Power Hungry Islamist’
In Tuesday’s online edition of the German Der Spiegel–one of five international media outlets that published the WikiLeaks cables–a piece entitled “America’s Dark View of Turkish Premier Erdogan,”...
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WikiLeaks: Erdogan Threatens to Sue US Diplomats for Slander
ANKARA (Combined Sources)–In a harshly worded response to diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Wednesday that he would file legal action against U.S....
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WikiLeaks: Turkey-Azeri Relations Not So ‘Brotherly’
ISTANBUL (Hurriyet)–Critical remarks about Turkey by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev are likely to make relations between the two neighboring countries a lot less cozy. Diplomatic cables released by...
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Wikileaks: Denial and Double Standards
BY ARAM SUREN HAMPARIAN Former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, James Jeffrey, in a January 2010 cable, offered his suggestions as to how the United States should respond to Ankara’s movement away from its...
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WikiLeaks: Yovanovitch Says No Fallout From WikiLeaks
US Ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch YEREVAN (RFE/RL)—The publication by WikiLeaks of leaked U.S. diplomatic documents will have no negative impact on America’s “very close” relations with...
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WikiLeaks: Erdogan Calls WikiLeaks Meeting With Davutoglu
ANKARA (Hurriyet)—Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a meeting late Thursday with his foreign minister and chief EU negotiator to discuss the release of thousands of classified US...
View ArticleWikiLeaks: The Impact of WikiLeaks on Armenia, Turkey, and Azerbaijan
ARF Political Director Giro Manoyan speaks to reporters in Yerevan about the political fallout in the South Caucasus of recently leaked secret US diplomatic cables, that among other things, reveal...
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WikiLeaks Details Armenian Weapons Sale
When the trove of State Department cables were released late last month, we reported on a document that alleged Armenia had sold arms to Iran, which were used in Iraq to kill an American soldier and...
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WikiLeaks: Leak Confirms US Pressured Turkey to Cut Business Ties With Iran
ANKARA (Hurriyet Daily News)–David Cohen, the U.S. Treasury assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes, warned Turkish officials and private bank executives about doing business...
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WikiLeaks: Not All Quiet on the Turkey-Azerbaijan Front
The recent leak of State Department cables by WikiLeaks has shed some light on the ongoing insistence that Turkey and Azerbaijan are two countries but one nation. The documents revealed Azerbaijan’s...
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WikiLeaks: MasterCard Endures Turks’ Wrath for Genocide Reference
LOS ANGELES–The US Consulate General in Istanbul was forced to mediate when in 2005 Turkish authorities accused MasterCard of “Insulting Turkishness” after the credit giant published a visitor’s guide...
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WikiLeaks: French Skeptical About OSCE Process, Say WikiLeak Cables
LOS ANGELES–A high-level French foreign ministry official expressed skepticism about the OSCE Minsk Group process for the Karabakh resolution and cited the large Armenian community residing in France...
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WikiLeaks: Azerbaijan: The Minister of Everything Significant and His Son
BY NANORE BARSOUMIAN A U.S. Embassy cable from Baku, leaked by WikiLeaks, gives a report on Azerbaijan’s Heydarov family, “the second most powerful commercial family in Azerbaijan,” noting the lobby...
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WikiLeaks: Phillip Gordon Parrots Turkish, Azeri Position on Karabakh
LOS ANGELES–“Resolving Nagorno-Karabakh is the key to unlocking Turkish-Armenian relations,” said Phillip Gordon during a July 3, 2009 meeting with 27 European Union political directors, as reported...
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Wikileaks before Wikileaks or the Revelations of a British Spy on Ataturk
BY ARA PAPIAN Head of the Modus Vivendi Centre Turkish commentators cannot understand why a photograph of Ataturk was included in a drawer filled with incriminating documents. Some believe that it...
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The Hemshin: A Community of Armenians Who Became Muslims
The Hemshin: History, Society and Identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey Edited by Hovann H. Simonian A Book Review by Aram Arkun Armenians love nothing more than to debate what constitutes an...
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Socialism and the Struggle for Justice in Armenia
An Interview with Socialist International Vice President Maria Titizian ‘‘We must embark upon a powerful campaign for social inclusion to counter the crippling effects of large-scale social exclusion...
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Notes From Another Place: The Year Civil Society Found its Name(s)
BY ALEX SARDAR One of the bittersweet undertakings of each year for me is reading through the last edition of news magazines and carefully studying the obituary section at the end, where the year’s...
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The Art of Calligraphy: Script in its Purest Forms
BY RUBEN MALAYAN Calligraphy (Greek: kalligraphía — neat handwriting, from κάλλος — beauty and γραφή — writing), the art of beautiful and legible handwriting born to encode and decode speech in a...
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Armenians In Jerusalem: Sharing Control Of The Holy Sites
STORY AND PHOTOS BY MATTHEW KARANIAN The Armenians of Jerusalem form one of the oldest Armenian communities outside of Armenia. The Armenian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem may be one of the most...
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Mount Ararat Climb Fulfills Lifelong Dream
BY TOM VARTABEDIAN “All my life, I thought of Mount Ararat as sort of a mother figure with its kind, loving, and gentle presence. As you climb this mountain, it proves to be unkind and more...
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Ararat Charter School’s Third Graders Visit The Los Angeles Mission
BY MELANIE ROSE TATIOSSIAN Senior, Calabasas High School The Los Angeles Mission provides help, hope, and opportunity to those in need. On December 14 Ararat Charter School’s third graders took a trip...
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Children of Armenia Fund Gala Raises $1.5 Million for Children in Rural Armenia
NEW YORK–Supporters of the Children of Armenia Fund gathered for the organization’s seventh annual gala on December 16, held at the spectacular Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing of The Metropolitan...
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Supporting and Sustaining Armenia’s Artisans
YEREVAN–On December 3, artisans from throughout Armenia showcased and sold their products at a Christmas bazaar organized by Homeland Handicrafts. The bazaar, held at the office of the Armenian...
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Critics Forum: The Year That Was (Not)
BY ARAM KOUYOUMDJIAN Hard to believe, but for the first nine months of the past year, Armenian theater in Southern California practically did not exist. It seemed as if all its key producers – aside...
View ArticleThree Genocides, One Perpetrator
BY HILDA CHOBOYAN The following is a speech given by Mrs Hilda Choboyan, the President of the Armenian National Committee of Europe, during the “Three Genocides One Strategy” conference in Athens...
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Three Apples: An Armenian Christmas Gift to a Traveler
Geghart Church BY PAUL CHADERJIAN PHOTOS BY ROMINA DER BEDROSSIAN You press the record button on your camera, and through the viewfinder you see the relic, an ancient spear bathing in golden light. You...
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ARS Marks Centennial With Pilgrimage to Der Zor, Armenia and Karabakh
Winding down this year’s centenary celebrations, the ARS Central Executive Board concluded the yearlong festivities with a series of functions that began on Oct. 6 in Syria and continued, starting on...
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A Call to the Armenian Relief Society
BY MICHAEL MENSOIAN Zaruhi has been laid to rest, but her death has raised fundamental questions concerning human rights and gender equality of women in Armenia. It is a poor response by those who...
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Prelate’s New Year And Christmas Message
Christmas: A Time For Gratitude And Thanks Once again we find ourselves at the threshold of a new year and preparing to celebrate the Glorious Birth and Theophany of our Lord Jesus Christ. What better...
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Looking Ahead to a New Decade
The new decade, like no other, will bring significant turning points for Armenians, and our ability to confront the challenges has the promise to elevate our potential as a nation. The new decade will...
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Entertainment Spotlight: Hratch Titizian’s Love of Acting
Asbarez has often given broad coverage to the arts and culture, keeping up with up-and-coming talent in our community. Our correspondent Georges Adourian caught up with some of the new rising stars in...
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Authentic Teas Brings Ancient Armenian Tea Culture To Tea Drinkers
One of the many teas being offered by Authentic Teas TORONTO—Starting in February, tea drinkers around the world were able to experience ancient Armenian tea culture as Authentic Teas begins online...
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Alique Topalian: From Cancer Child to Distinguished Graduate
Alique Topalian BY TOM VARTABEDIAN CLEVELAND—Alique Gabrielle Topalian continues to remain the consummate poster child for her generation. As a child of 4, she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia...
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Mikael Mouradian Named New Bishop of the Armenian Catholic Eparchy of US and...
Mikael Mouradian The Armenian Catholic Eparchy of the United States of America and Canada is happy to announce that the Most Reverend Mikael Mouradian has been appointed as the new bishop of the...
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Council of Europe not Deceived By Erdogan’s Double-Talk
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan BY HARUT SASSOUNIAN Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made an embarrassing appearance before the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
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Armenian Cause 2.0: Looking forward to seeing you in DC!
James Sahagian BY JAMES SAHAGIAN About five years ago, I got an e-mail about a conference the Armenian National Committee of America was organizing in Washington DC. It was a 3-day event open to...
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Lockheed Martin Unveils F-16 Planes for Turkish Air Force
F-16 Jet's ANKARA.—Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. and Lockheed Martin unveiled the first of 30 new Turkish-built F-16s in ceremonies Tuesday at TAI’s facility near Ankara. Turkish officials at the...
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