Turkey

By Shoghik Galstian YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — Turkish and Armenian officials met last month to explore the possibility of restoring a rail link between their countries as part of attempts to[...]

ALEPPO (Combined Sources) — The Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which on November 27 launched a a lightning offensive alongside allied groups, in less than two weeks reached[...]

WATERTOWN — Project Save Photograph Archive presented as part of its “Conversations on Photography” series an illustrated talk on October 24 by Erhan at its new Watertown headquarters, which was[...]

ISTANBUL — On the occasion of the 155th anniversary of the birth of Gomidas (Komitas) Vartabed, on Saturday, October 26, a concert was organized in Beyoglu Holy Trinity Armenian Church,[...]

ISTANBUL (Stockholm Center for Freedom) — The government of Turkey on Monday, November 4, sacked three mayors in the Kurdish-majority southeast on alleged terrorism charges, despite Ankara’s efforts to seek[...]

YEREVAN (News.am) — Gnel Sanosyan the Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia, told reporters at the National Assembly Monday, November 4, that he met with his Turkish counterpart,[...]

ARLINGTON, Mass. — The Society of Istanbul Armenians on Friday, October 4, organized a concert featuring the award-winning acapella trio Zulal, in support of Istanbul’s Armenian-language schools. The program took[...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday, October 22, that Turkey had violated the right to a fair trial of 10 judges and prosecutors. The court found[...]

ISTANBUL (Stockholm Center for Freedom) — A journalist in western Turkey was detained and subsequently fired from her job after she expressed condolences for Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen during a live[...]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (MIT News) — MIT economists Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson PhD ‘89, whose work has illuminated the relationship between political systems and economic growth, were named winners of[...]