The blue and gold ornamentation on a Boston skyscraper echoed Armenian ecclesiastical vestments as Catholicos Karekin II (right) prepared to bless the future park. Lou Ann Matossian
Oct 02, 2010: The groundbreaking and blessing of the future Armenian Heritage Park took place on a cloudy September 9 in the heart of downtown Boston, dedicated by the highest dignitaries of church and state. more...
May 05, 2010: One Armenian scholar called him "a national treasure," others "an indispensable bridge" between genocide researchers, historians, educators, and the public. The name of Richard Diran Kloian, who passed away on May 1, was synonymous with that of the Armenian Genocide Resource Center. more...
On April 24, Turkish citizens held a silent vigil in Istanbul's Taksim Square for the Armenians who perished in 1915. Semra Pelek / Bianet.org
Apr 29, 2010: As Armenians worldwide marked April 24, citizens of Turkey joined in solemn commemorations with candles, carnations and photos of Armenian intellectuals killed in the Genocide amid tight security and protests from ultranationalists, writes Lou Ann Matossian. more...
The logo of the the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP).
Dec 16, 2009: Turkey's Constitutional Court closed the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) and banned 37 of its members from participating in a political party for five years. Lou Ann Matossian has details in her column Dateline: Democracy: News and views from today’s Turkey. more...
Dec 16, 2009: An English translation of the Operation Cage action plan to terrorize non-Muslims in Turkey has been published, Lou Ann Matossian reports. The plan is associated with Ergenekon, an alleged ultranationalist conspiracy to overthrow Turkey's Islamist-leaning government. more...
Dec 16, 2009: Sparking hopes for the Turkish judiciary system, the ?i?li (Istanbul) Second Magistrate Criminal Court has convicted a fourth individual of harassing the Istanbul Armenian weekly Agos, reported the BIA News Center on Dec. 15. Lou Ann Matossian has the details. more...
The cover image for Türkiye’de Ermeniler: Cemaat-Birey-Yurtta? is by noted photographer Ara Güler.
Dec 16, 2009: Undermining stereotypes about Armenians from within Turkish society, a comprehensive new book published in Istanbul seeks to reintroduce the Armenian community to the Turkish-speaking majority. Lou Ann Matossian reports. more...
President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan visits Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Jan. 2008. AP Photo
Dec 16, 2009: “Sometimes some of Erdogan’s remarks drive me crazy,” commented Orhan Kemal Cengiz in Today’s Zaman, Dec. 12, in a reference to Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his failure to see traces of genocide in Darfur. Lou Ann Matossian reports. more...
Judge Harry Pregerson of California's 9th Circuit, who dissented from a ruling striking down a law that allowed the descendants of Armenian Genocide victims to sue in state courts for unpaid insurance benefits.
Aug 21, 2009: On August 20, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a California law that allowed the descendants of Armenian Genocide victims to sue in state courts for unpaid insurance benefits. The federal court ruled that the California law was unconstitutional because it conflicts with what it characterized as U.S. foreign policy not to recognize the Armenian Genocide as such. more...
Founding director Nairy Digris, lower left, leads the Armenian Dance Ensemble of Minnesota in a recent performance.
Aug 20, 2009: Armenian dance in Minnesota goes back more than a century, not quite as long as the Minnesota State Fair, which marks its 150th anniversary August 27 through Labor Day. These two venerable traditions – one modest, the other gargantuan – will meet on Sept. 5, when the Armenian Dance Ensemble takes the stage at one of the largest state fairs in the country, Lou Ann Matossian reports. more...
(L-R:) University of Minnesota distinguished historian Eric Weitz, holder of the Arsham and Charlotte Ohanessian Chair in the College of Liberal Arts; philanthropist Sita Ohanessian; and Ohanessian Lecturer Khachador (Khatchig) Mouradian, editor of the Armenian Weekly. . Lou Ann Matossian
Jun 26, 2009: Drawing on Armenian newspaper archives, Khatchig Mouradian, the editor of the "Armenian Weekly," shows that Armenians have been using the term "genocide" since 1945, when it was coined. Mr. Mouradian spoke at the University of Minnesota on June 17, Lou Ann Matossian reports. more...
Jun 10, 2009: Closing the covers of a textbook case on Armenian Genocide denial, U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf on June 10 dismissed the Assembly of Turkish American Associations' complaint that a Massachusetts education official had unlawfully removed "contra-genocide" references from the state's Armenian Genocide curriculum "for political reasons," Lou Ann Matossian reports. more...
Former Massachusetts House Speaker George Keverian, 2nd from right, with, from left, the Armenian National Committee's Sharistan Melkonian, Lt. Governor Tim Murray, and
Governor Deval Patrick, October 2006. ANC
Mar 11, 2009: Lying in state at his beloved Massachusetts House on March 11, former Speaker George Keverian was remembered as a champion of free speech and government reform, and as a powerful politician who never forgot his Armenian immigrant roots. more...
In forShadows by Jackie Hayes, historic photographs of the Armenian Genocide by eyewitness Armin Wegner are projected over skull-like face masks, illuminated in an eerie green. Melanie Heinrich
Mar 05, 2009: Jackie Hayes’ installation forShadows, which continues through March 21, invites visitors to “walk with the ancestors” into the multicultural space of the Midtown Global Market in Minneapolis, juxtaposing the wisdom of Armenian folklore with the life and work experiences of the vendors and staff, many of whom are recent immigrants. Lou Ann Matossian reports. more...
Google Translate now offers translations to and from Turkish.
Feb 05, 2009: Google's online translation service now offers translations from Turkish to English and from English to Turkish. Lou Ann Matossian has the story. more...
Sükrü Elekdag at the Hudson Institute, April 17, 2007. Armenian Reporter
Jul 19, 2008: While the identity of the Ankara-based officials who allegedly threatened to defund the Washington-based Institute of Turkish Studies in 2006 remains an open question, three past or present Turkish ambassadors controlled the scholarly institute's endowment at that time, Internal Revenue Service records show. Lou Ann Matossian reports. more...
May 31, 2008: In a sharply worded protest to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, the Middle East Studies Association on May 27 condemned the forced resignation of Donald Quataert from the chair of the Institute of Turkish Studies after Prof. Quataert affirmed in a book review that “what happened to the Armenians readily satisfies the U.N. definition of genocide,” Lou Ann Matossian reports. more...
Mar 08, 2008: One autumn day at the University of Minnesota's Minneapolis campus, an Armenian-American visiting lecturer happened to notice "Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies" on a building directory and wanted to know whether its scope included the Armenian Genocide. more...
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