by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published January 29, 2019
Pinar Tremblay, a Turkish reporter for Al-Monitor news website, exposed Pres. Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent announcement to legalize the plantation of cannabis (a form of marijuana). Tremblay wrote in the January 24, 2019 issue...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published January 22, 2019
Turkey and several other repressive governments are increasingly abusing their membership in the Interpol to harass and punish their opponents. Interpol or the International Criminal Police Organization, composed of 194 countries, focuses on fighting...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published October 23, 2018
Not a week passes without the disclosure of another major scandal in Azerbaijan or Turkey. The latest such scandal was exposed by the Stockholm Center for Freedom in an article written by exiled Turkish...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published September 25, 2018
Despite the many violations of Armenian cultural and religious rights in Turkey, there are some Armenians in Istanbul who praise the Turkish regime and particularly its fascist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. These few pro-Erdogan...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published August 14, 2018
For many years, the Turkish government has hired numerous American companies in Washington, D.C., to lobby and carry out public relations on its behalf. Hiring such companies is very expensive and most of the...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published May 15, 2018
On May 16, 2017, during Turkish Pres. Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit with Pres. Donald Trump in the White House, Erdogan’s bodyguards, unprovoked viciously attacked Kurdish and Armenian protesters who had gathered outside the residence...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published March 6, 2018
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become a major danger to his own nation as well as many others. His actions and statements in recent years should seriously worry his neighbors and the entire...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published February 20, 2018
For many decades Turkish officials have outright denied the occurrence of the Armenian Genocide. In recent years, however, some Turks have made the excuse that today’s Turkish Republic is not responsible for the Armenian...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published December 5, 2017
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power 14 years ago as a devout Muslim, announcing that he intended to eliminate corruption from Turkish politics. As he consolidated his authority and moved from Prime...
by Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier · Published July 5, 2016
The 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:...
