Hrant Dink

The Trump administration would like to quickly reject Congress' latest unanimous decision. Last week, the entire Senate voted to recognize the 1915 Armenian genocide, furthering a near-unanimous vote of approval by the House in October. But after Turkish Pre…

"The position of the administration has not changed. Our views are reflected in the President’s definitive statement on this issue from last April," State Department spokesperson, Morgan Ortagus, said on Tuesday. While Trump did not explicitly refer to the 1…

ANKARA-Anadolu Agency Turkey on Dec. 17 commemorated two of its diplomats who were assassinated by an Armenian terrorist group in 1980 in Australia. "We remember with respect our martyrs ark Aryak, Consul General, and Engin Sever, Security Attaché, assassin…

Sputnik News 11:58 16.12.2019 Washington previously imposed sanctions against the Turkish government back in October, over the purchase of Russian S-400 air defence systems and Ankara's operation in northern Syria against the US-backed Kurdish militants, bu…

The Turkish leader announced on Sunday that Incirlik Air Base - a vital hub for US and NATO forces stationed in the Middle East - could close its doors if US lawmakers press ahead with sanctioning Turkey for its acquisition of the Russian-made S-400 air defen…

Over a century ago, the systematic mass extermination and expulsion of 1.5 million ethnic Armenians from the Ottoman Empire took place between 1914 and 1923 (some accounts state 1915-1922). For decades, Turkish and Israeli lobbies in Washington have successfu…

Anti-impeachment protestors interrupt Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Burbank, at an event celebrating Congress recently passing resolutions to recognize the Armenian Genocide on Dec. 15 in Glendale, Calif. GLENDALE, Calif. A town hall recognizing strides toward getting…

Apparently there are limits to even the Republican Senate's tolerance of Donald Trump's kowtowing to murderous dictators. Vladimir Putin, fine. Kim Jong-un. Fine. Recep Tayyip Erdogan? Too much. On Thursday, the Senate unanimously passed a resolution affirmi…

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (R) speaks during a session during the 19th Doha Forum on December 14, 2019 in Doha, Qatar. PHOTO: Anadolu Agency DOHA: Turkey will respond to any sanctions imposed by the United States, the Turkish foreign minister…

WASHINGTONCongress formally acknowledged for the first time that Turkeys 1915 slaughter of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians, many of them Christians, constituted genocide. The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the nonbinding resolution on Thursday shortly afte…