InternationalEditorial
A note from the Publisher
We have decided, effective immediately, to make the Armenian Reporter a Web-only publication and cease publishing our print editions.
Ankara drops the ball
What the Turkish prime minister did in Washington last week was nothing short of withdrawing from the agreement his government negotiated with Armenia over the last year and a half and signed amid great fanfare on October 10 in Zurich. It is time to take the long view and consider alternative paths forward.
Saying thank you for aid to Armenia
Published: Saturday December 12, 2009
Over the course of the appropriations process, we have urged readers to contact members of Congress to seek their continued support for Armenian-American priorities. Many readers did just that. It is now important to call our elected officials and thank them for following through to this point.
Toward the Obama-Erdogan meeting in Washington
Published: Friday December 04, 2009
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected on December 7 in Washington, where he is to meet President Barack Obama. The two leaders are likely to tout progress in the relationship between Turkey and the United States. But Mr. Obama will have to impress on Mr. Erdogan the need for real steps forward.
Ask Congress to help maintain the peace
Published: Friday November 27, 2009
All of us with a commitment to peace must act to prevent war. At the very least, we cannot allow our government in the United States to underwrite the war Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev proposes to start.
Commentary
Opinion: Armenians need unity on Turkey policy
I cautiously submit that it is high time, against all apparent odds, for Armenians to agree among themselves what it is that they really -- not ideally -- want, make a reasonable deal with Turkey, and concentrate on helping the Republic of Armenia survive and prosper, former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Evans argues in a letter to the Armenian Reporter.
A nursing home adopts Armenia
This is about a group of residents inside a nursing home who knew little or nothing about Armenia until they were exposed to it one fine afternoon.
Arminé of Artsakh and the spirit of the season
Published: Friday December 18, 2009 in Living in Armenia
She has large, dark eyes that take up half her face, an infectious smile that rarely fades, and an inexplicable charisma that draws people to her. Her name is Arminé and her provenance is Artsakh. In Maria Titizian's "Living in Armenia" column, Arminé helps put the New Year in perspective.
Erdogan’s centennial dream
Published: Thursday December 17, 2009
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who visited Washington last week, was not modest in stating his objectives for 2023, the centennial of the Kemalist Republic: to be one of the top 10 economies in the world, and to be a major agenda-setter in global affairs. Elena Osipova comments.
A bishops' pilgrimage to Western Armenia
Published: Saturday December 12, 2009
In August 2007 Bishop Sebouh Chouljian, primate of the Gougarats Diocese in Armenia, with Bishop Mikael Ajapahian, primate of the Shirak Diocese in Armenia, traveled to eastern Turkey – or Western Armenia – for the first time. The pilgrim bishops toured ancient cities and villages of the lost Yergir. Two years later, the bishops, having in mind what they saw and heard during their first pilgrimage, departed once again for Western Armenia, this time to include Cilician Armenia. Everywhere they went they met with Armenians who had miraculously survived and stayed behind.
Letters
Christ and his bride
Rev. Dr. Nerses (Vrej) Nersessian responds to an exchange of letters and comments about the exclusion of women from the priesthood in the Armenian Church.
Women are not excluded from “most important functions” of church
Published: Thursday August 27, 2009
Yeretsgin Paula Devejian defends the Armenian Church against charges that it excludes women from its most important functions.
The exclusion of women from the priesthood
Published: Thursday August 20, 2009
Simon Y. Balian expresses amazement that Armenian women continue to support an institution that excludes them from its most important functions.
Plaudits for Ara Sarafian
Published: Saturday July 25, 2009
Kay Mouradian responds to the story, "In Ankara ‘Blue Book' launch, Genocide denial is challenged" (July 4) with praise for historian Ara Sarafian.
