Turkey

ISTANBUL (Armenpress) — The Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul will apply to the Turkish authorities with a request to obtain permission to hold elections of a new Patriarch. The decision was made[...]

By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator FRANKFURT, Germany — For an author, a visit to the annual Frankfurt Book Fair can be a humbling experience. When you enter the[...]

ISTANBUL (Armenpress) — The German Foreign Ministry has issued a statement on the cancellation of Dresden Symphony Orchestra’s concert dedicated to the Armenian Genocide at the German Consulate General in[...]

ISTANBUL (Armenpress) — Garo Paylan, a member of parliament in Turkey of Armenian extraction has filed a formal complaint for anti-Armenian chants and slogans in the presence of Turkish President Recep[...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress) — Deputy Speaker of Parliament Eduard Sharmazanov responded to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s announcement earlier this week that Turkey might play a positive role in the Nagorno[...]

ISTANBUL (Public Radio of Armenia) — The Dresden Symphony Orchestra will present a program titled “Aghet,” dedicated to the Armenian Genocide, at the German Consulate General in Istanbul on November 13,[...]

By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff BELMONT, Mass. — Member of Parliament in Turkey Garo Paylan received a hero’s welcome for a standing-room-only talk at the First Armenian Church on[...]

ISTANBUL (Armenpress) — An intergovernmental agreement on the Turkish Stream pipeline has been signed in Istanbul on October 11, in the presence of both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish[...]

ISTANBUL (Aravot) — On September 23, the Cezayir complex in Istanbul hosted the ceremony awarding Istanbul-based Armenian intellectual, philologist, writer and publicist Sevan Nisanyan’s family the William Saroyan Medal of[...]

By Robert Jones https://philosproject.org In Turkey, a NATO member and a candidate for the European Union, citizens are systematically persecuted or even murdered for having been born non-Turkish or non-Muslim.[...]

ISTANBUL — The spiritual leader of the Catholic Armenians in Turkey for 78 years, Archbishop Hovhannes Tcholakian has died, Agos reported. Archbishop Hovhannes Tcholakian, 97, had served in his post for 78[...]