Harut Sassounian

[Editor’s Note: Mr. Sassounian is publisher of the California Courier, 55-year-old English language weekly for the Armenian community.] The wily Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu used every diplomatic trick to take maximum advantage of his presence in Yerevan during the Black Sea Economic Cooperation conference last week. Mr. Davutoglu and his diplomatic team had initially launched a disinformation campaign by...

As the Centennial approaches, Turkish officials and their cohorts are searching for more subtle approaches to deny the Armenian Genocide. Realizing that their past practice of outright denial is no longer credible, they have initiated a more sophisticated campaign that intends to raise subtle questions about the Armenian Genocide, sowing seeds of doubt among uninformed masses.