Azad-Hye Seroun Wang is the great granddaughter of Parounag Gurdjian from Bolis (Constantinople / Istanbul). In 1965 she visited with her mothe...

Same old Turkish trick: Make promises, get praised, but deliver nothing
By Harut Sassounian Turkish leaders came up with a new ploy last week to impress world public opinion with fake magnanimity toward the country?s long-...

Istanbul Armenians: The Diaspora's 'Outsiders'?
By Vahe Sarukhanyan Arus Yumul, an Armenian sociologist who lectures at the Bilgi University in Istanbul, says that if the dominance of Muslims over n...

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The story of Sevan Nisanyan, a Turkish Armenian who started an interesting ecotourism program in a village in Turkey, but local authorities fought aga...

Tribute to Hrant Dink and others who have been killed for being Armenian
By Armine Pilosyan It all started in January 19, 2007. That day three shots were heard in front of Agos editorial office in Istanbul, Turkey. Se...

Sectarian fears in Turkey after murderer's admission
? By Thomas Seibert ISTANBUL // The admission by a member of the Armenian Christian minority in Turkey that he killed his sister and her Muslim husban...

Hamshen online resource
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A family tree uprooted by a 60-year-old secret
By Dan Bilefsky ISTANBUL ? Fethiye Cetin recalled the day her identity shattered. She was a young law student when her beloved maternal grandmother, S...

Armenians in Turkey today: An overview
By Ari Esayan ?Currently, estimates place the number of Armenians in Turkey between 55,000 and 75,000. While most of them belong to the Armenian Apost...