Turkey

YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — The Armenian Apostolic Church on Saturday expressed outrage about a Muslim religious service held in an Armenian holy site in eastern Turkey, calling it a serious blow[...]

VAN (RFE/RL) — In a dramatic about-face, the Mother See of the Armenian Apostolic Church has decided to boycott the upcoming liturgy at the Surp Khatch Church on Akhtamar, now[...]

By Edmond Y. Azadian As Armenia struggles to improve its sluggish economy, threats of war loom at its borders once[...]

ISTANBUL (Hurriyet) — More than two years after Agos editor Hrant Dink was shot dead, a reporter stands trial for writing about the circumstances surrounding the murder. For his alleged[...]

Sargisian Stresses Importance of Genocide Recognition, Rejects ‘Language of Preconditions’ for Establishing Relations WASHINGTON (RFE/RL) — US President Barack Obama said this week Armenia and Turkey should “make every effort”[...]

By Edmond Y. Azadian All signs indicate that the forthcoming Nuclear Security Summit, to be held in Washington DC on April 12-13, will also serve as a forum for a[...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — President Serge Sargisian has reportedly rejected as “unacceptable” the idea of a joint Turkish-Armenian study of the World War I-era mass killings and deportations of Armenians in[...]

ISTANBUL (Reuters) — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has assured Turkey the White House opposes a congressional resolution labeling the World War I massacres of Armenians in Turkey as[...]

By Edmond Y. Azadian Pontius Pilates have survived Jesus’ era and they are around still today to pass judgments on political and historical problems. They all gang up on Armenians[...]

ISTANBUL (Agence France Presse) — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday he had no immediate plans to expel illegal Armenian workers after his threat to do so sparked[...]

By Edmond Y. Azadian When House Resolution 252 was adopted by the US Foreign Affairs Committee, and the Swedish Parliament passed the Genocide Resolution, Turkish leaders realized the domino effect[...]