Turkey

By Philippe Raffi Kalfayan Observers were surprised when President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan questioned the fair application of the Lausanne Treaty recently. In a visit to Athens in December, he asked[...]

By Raffi Bedrosyan The never-ending manipulations and power games at the Istanbul Patriarchate took a turn for the worse this week. In 2008, the Istanbul Patriarch Archbishop Mesrob Mutafyan was[...]

By Edmond Y. Azadian The US has been warning its Turkish ally to stop the carnage in Afrin, Syria, where Kurds are battling the invaders. The European Union has passed[...]

ISTANBUL (Public Radio of Armenia) — An Armenian family that had fled the Armenian Genocide 100 years ago and found security and stability in Afrin, Syria, were among the victims[...]

  By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator COLOGNE, Germany — On the 11th anniversary of the murder of Hrant Dink in front of his Agos office in Istanbul, Turks[...]

ISTANBUL (Public Radio of Armenia) — Saida Ohanyan, President of the International Association of Hamshanuhi of the Armenian women of Hamshen, announced that they nominated the HDP Armenian deputy Garo[...]

By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff WATERTOWN, Mass. – On Sunday, January 21, St. James Armenian Church’s Armene and Veronica Tarvezian Hall was packed, with standing room only, for a program[...]

By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator BERLIN — January 1 is always a good time for pledging better behavior. It is a time for political leaders to reflect on[...]

By Raffi Bedrosyan Over the years, I have met many hidden Armenians from different regions of Turkey. Each one has a unique story which can become an article or even[...]

There was a time when the nine-year-old crisis at the Armenian Patriarchate in Istanbul was close to a resolution. But new developments have given a different spin to the problem,[...]