By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comMost Armenians became ecstatic last Friday upon hearing that a military coup was in progress to topple Turkey’s President Erdogan.

By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comCem Ozdemir, co-chair of the Green Party, delivered a passionate speech in the German Parliament (Bundestag) on June 2, 2016, in support of the resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide by Ottoman Turkey, while acknowledging Germany’s complicity in this mass crime.

By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comThe Republican and Democratic Parties will be holding their conventions later this month to select Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton respectively as their presidential nominees.For loyal party members, the choice is very clear: vote for your party’s candidate. Yet, millions of other voters have a more difficult task in making up their minds. Unhappy with both major parties, some are contemplating to vote for an independent ...

By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comArchbishop Aram Ateshyan, General Vicar of the Armenian Patriarch of Turkey, sent a highly controversial letter last week to President Recep Erdogan, criticizing the German Parliament’s decision to recognize the Armenian Genocide.

GLENDALE—The Armenia Artsakh Fund (AAF) sent $5 million of humanitarian assistance to Armenia and Artsakh on board nine air shipments and five sea containers during April and May 2016.

By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comDespite ‘Sultan’ Erdogan’s insults and threats, the German Parliament went boldly forward last week and recognized the Armenian Genocide. In retaliation, Turkey immediately withdrew its ambassador from Berlin.

By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comThe headline of the May 17 opinion column by David Ignatius in The Washington Post -- “When diplomats get punished for doing their jobs” -- triggered unhappy recollections of the forced resignation of John Evans, U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, for daring to speak about the Armenian Genocide, as described in his recently published book, “Truth Held Hostage: America and the Armenian Genocide -- What then? What now?”

By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comA decade ago, two Turkish Islamist leaders -- Recep Erdogan (now President) and prominent Sunni cleric Fethullah Gulen -- were the best of friends. Their common enemy was the Turkish military. But as Erdogan solidified his dictatorial rule by castrating the generals, he turned against his old ally, Gulen, to monopolize his grip on power. Erdogan purged and jailed hundreds of Gulen followers: journalists, judges, police, ...

By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comIn recent days, scathing speeches by Armenian and Kurdish deputies in the Turkish Parliament have been circulating on the internet. Last week, I presented the bold speech by Armenian MP Garo Paylan, delivered in April on the Armenian Genocide. This week, I would like to share with readers another fearless speech by Kurdish MP Gultan Kisanak. Even though this video was recently posted on the internet, her remarks ...

By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comKicking and punching are becoming a daily routine in the Turkish Parliament. Whenever Armenian or Kurdish Members of the Parliament criticize the government, they are viciously attacked by a gang MPs from Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).