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Turkey’s Erdoğan lambastes Council of State over student oath decision he dislikes

2018-10-24 admin 0

By SCF Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan lambasted the Council of State, which recently issued a decision reinstating the daily recitation of a student oath [more >>>]

Iconic Armenian church survives war but not plunder in Turkey

2017-12-21 admin 0

By MAHMUT BOZARSLAN* Al Monitor DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — In the 1950s, the Turkish state returned the centuries-old Surp Giragos Armenian Church in Diyarbakir to the [more >>>]

In Turkey, Repression of the Kurdish Language Is Back, With No End in Sight

2017-12-21 admin 0

By CONSTANZE LETSCH* The Nation Since 2015, scores of Kurdish media organizations, associations, language schools, and cultural institutions have been shut down. The space in [more >>>]

Hamshen Armenian Activists Nurcan Vayiç Aksu and Cemil Aksu Released from Turkish Prison

2017-12-09 admin 0

ARMENIAN WEEKLY HOPA, Turkey—Political activists Nurcan Vayiç Aksu and Cemil Aksu—both of Armenian origin—were released from a Turkish prison on Friday, after having been incarcerated [more >>>]

Turkey jails activist couple of Armenian origin for social media posts

2017-12-04 admin 0

By UZAY BULUT* Providence Two political activists of Armenian origin have recently been arrested by Turkish police due to social media posts that were critical [more >>>]

A village divided by the Kars Treaty

2017-11-23 admin 0

By NATIA TAVDIRIDZE JAMnews Signed nearly 100 years ago, the Treaty of Kars separated brothers, sisters, parents and children, as they found themselves on different [more >>>]

Restoring Balance in the U.S.-Turkey Relationship on Rule of Law

2017-11-16 admin 0

By NATE SCHENKKAN Freedom House Written Testimony by Nate Schenkkan Project Director, Nations in Transit, Freedom House Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe Prisoners [more >>>]

Turkey’s Mass Persecution of Christians and Kurds

2017-09-04 admin 0

By UZAY BULUT* Gatestone Institute Yazidis, Alevis and women in the region are also being abused by Turkish authorities, and dozens of Kurdish journalists who [more >>>]

Armenian Weekly Exclusive: Secretly Taken Photographs of Surp Giragos Desecration

2017-09-01 admin 0

ARMENIAN WEEKLY Exclusive Photographs: Surp Giragos Has Been Off Limits to the Public Since the Most Recent Clashes between the Turkish Military and Kurdish Fighters [more >>>]

Ancient settlement primed for flooding in Turkey

2017-08-23 admin 0

By DIEGO CUPOLO Deutsche Welle Crews have begun dynamiting Neolithic-era caves near Hasankeyf, Turkey. The early Mesopotamian settlement will soon be submerged by a hydroelectric [more >>>]

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