The largest and most influential U.S. Armenian group has launched a grassroots campaign to urge the House of Representatives to pass an “Armenian genocide” resolution before the term of the current Congress expires. Though Armenian groups have lobbied for such a resolution many times before, typically ahead of April 24, the date when some countries [...]
Three descendants of Armenians who lost their property in the collapse of the Ottoman Empire have filed a lawsuit against the Turkish government and two Turkish banks for restitution of more than $63 million for land that includes the strategic İncirlik Air Base used by the US military. The lawsuit filed in US District Court [...]
Armenian architects, who have built many well-known structures in Istanbul, are remembered in an exhibition that opened Wednesday at the Istanbul Modern. The exhibition displays photos of 100 buildings constructed by 40 Armenian architects who lived in Istanbul in the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century An exhibition titled [...]
Young Armenian artist Sibil’s album is on the market. In the album she is accompanied by leading Turkish artists. Sufi music master Mercan Dede performed the most beloved song of the Armenian world, Giligya, with his reed flute and was accompanied by zither virtuoso Göksel Baktagir. Cenk Taşkan (Majak Toşikyan), who has produced legendary Turkish [...]