Armenians in Turkey
Armenians leaving church in Constantinople stoned, threatened with death
Armenians who were leaving the Narlı Kapı Church in Constantinople on Sunday were stoned by a group of children who chanted “Death to you,” the artigerçek news website reported on Monday.
Turkish-Armenian Cyprus war veteran laid to rest in Istanbul
Murat Mihran İşler, a Turkish-Armenian veteran of the Turkish army's move on Cyprus in 1974, was laid to rest in Istanbul on Aug. 22.
Armenian church in Istanbul hit by storm awaits permission to get repaired
Kuzguncuk was a multicultural neighborhood in Istanbul's Üsküdar up until the 1960s. The alleys are still full of old Rum houses and are home to two big Armenian churches, a GreekOrthodox church and several Jewish synagogues spread around the quarter. But the Surp Krikor Lusavoriç Armenian Church, on the main street by the Bosphorus, is having a hard time these days.
Turkish-Armenian writer who escaped from prison says he applied for political asylum in Greece
Turkish-Armenian linguist and writer Sevan Nişanyan, who escaped from prison two weeks ago after having been jailed in 2014 on charges of illegal construction, has announced that he had applied for political asylum in Greece and got his residence card there.
"We have applied for political asylum in Greece and got my residence card," Nişanyan said in a post on his Facebook on July 26.
Acting Armenian Patriarch Aram Ateşyan resigns, paving way for elections
Aram Ateşyan, the acting patriarch of the Armenian Patriarchate of Turkey, resigned on May 24, paving the way for patriarchal elections, Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos has reported.
The Ottoman lieutenant
Over the weekend my wife and I went to see the film "The Ottoman Lieutenant," directed by Joseph Ruben. It narrates the story of the love between an Ottoman officer and an American nurse in Van, the city that became a milestone with an Armenian insurgency in 1915.
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Armenian orphanage Kamp Armen to be rebuilt as social, cultural facility
An Armenian orphanage in Istanbul's Tuzla district, which was demolished on April 8 to prepare for the construction of a new building, will be rebuilt as a social and cultural facility.
“Superman” promotes awareness on Armenian Genocide (video)
Former Superman Dean Cain is taking on a much more serious subject than most men in tights these days. The actor has produced a new film, “Architects of Denial,” which delves into the Armenian genocide and the denial by the Turkish government and other authoritative bodies that atrocities ever took place.
102 years later, the World still fails to come to grips with the legacy of the Armenian Genocide
On this date in 1915, hundreds of Armenian intellectuals – Christians, for the most part – were forcibly deported from the Turkish capital of Constantinople. The number soon escalated into the thousands, and most were eventually murdered.
Erdoğan commemorates victims of 1915 Armenian killings
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent a message to a religious ceremony held in the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul on April 24 to commemorate the victims of the 1915 killings of Armenians under Ottoman rule, addressing Patriarch Aram Ateşyan, general vicar of the Armenian patriarch of Turkey, and citizens of Armenian origin.