Turkey

By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Usually the Mirror reports on Armenian efforts to rally American political and economic support for Armenia. This time, I thought it would[...]

By Robert Kazandjian On April 24, 2015 Armenians worldwide commemorated the centenary of the Armenian Genocide. In 1915, Ottoman authorities arrested approximately 250 prominent Armenian community figures and intellectuals in[...]

PARIS (PanARMENIAN.Net) — The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)  cultural agency on Friday, July 15 added a ruined Armenian city inside Turkey’s border to its World Heritage list,[...]

ISTANBUL (Guardian) — As the dust settled on an attempted coup in Turkey, a crackdown has ensued. Thousands of judges and soldiers have been detained and Turkish officials have vowed to[...]

Special to the Mirror-Spectator Much has been made of the official Turkish reaction to statements made by Pope Francis during his visit to Armenia June 24-26. That hysterical response was[...]

WASHINGTON (Cincinnati Enquirer) — Former Republican Congresswoman Jean Schmidt faces a $2,500 fine for not reporting legal assistance provided by a pro-Turkish group. The Turkish Coalition of America Inc., which aided[...]

ISTANBUL (Nor Marmara and Jamanak) — The decision of the German parliament to accept the events of 1915 as genocide created anger in Turkey toward Armenians as well as Germans.[...]

By Ayla Jean Yackley ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Supporters of a pro-Kurdish newspaper on Tuesday, June 21, protested against the arrest of three prominent activists facing terrorism charges in Turkey and said the government was[...]

NEW YORK (Dogan News Agency) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cut short a trip on June 9 to the United States, where he had gone to attend the funeral ceremony of boxing[...]

ISTANBUL (Armenpress) — The leaders of the ruling Turkish Justice and Development Party (AKP), headed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, have started to take provocative measures as a response to[...]

After the German Bundestag on June 2 passed a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide, the acting head of the Armenian Church in Istanbul, Archbishop Aram Atesyan, posted the following letter[...]