Turkey

BELMONT, Mass. — Garo Paylan, one of three ethnic Armenians in the Turkish Parliament, will engage in a discussion of recent developments in Turkey and the Armenian community on Tuesday,[...]

ISTANBUL (Daily Sabah) — The Supreme Court of Switzerland has overruled its judgment of Dogu Perinçek, a prominent Turkish politician and leader of the Vatan Party, over his conviction for[...]

BERLIN (Reuters) — Germany’s foreign minister and the government’s top spokesman on Friday said a June parliamentary vote declaring the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces a genocide was[...]

By David L. Phillips The Obama administration has assiduously avoided US military engagement in Syria. President Barack Obama is wary of the pottery barn rule: “You break it, you own[...]

By Ayla Jean Yackley and Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkish authorities detained journalists, a politician and a pollster on Wednesday and issued arrest warrants for another 105 people over suspected links to[...]

By Gulsen Solaker ANKARA (Combined Sources) — Turkish permission for German lawmakers to visit the Incirlik air base will depend on the German government distancing itself from a resolution branding a[...]

By Edmund Blair and Asli Kandemir ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkey’s army chief signaled no let up in a Syria offensive Washington has criticized for targeting US-backed Kurdish fighters as well as jihadists, and said[...]

Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator BERLIN — Rumors, reports and allegations pertaining to covert support for terrorists by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government have circulated since the first armed[...]

BERLIN — Special Correspondent for the Mirror-Spectator Muriel Mirak-Weissbach recently interviewed prize-winning author Dogan Akhanli on the recent coup attempt in Turkey and its devastating purge in the country. Akhanli[...]

ISTANBUL (Agos) — A decree having force of law was passed as part of state of emergency and 3 universities and 140 schools, 150 associations, 15 foundations and 4 medical[...]

By Florence Avakian NEW YORK — An awe-inspiring but gravely worrying lecture on the preservation of historic Armenian churches in danger of collapse, was presented by leading Armenian art historian[...]