Azerbaijan’s military spending has not translated into an advantage for Baku, according to former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, who in US diplomatic cable obtained by Wikileaks, said that the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Army has an advantage over Azeri forces in the event of war.

The Kars Municipality has decided to demolish the hotly debated “Monument to Humanity” sculpture in the city dedicated to advancing “Turkish-Armenian Friendship,” reported the Anatolian news agency on Tuesday.

The U.S. Treasury has accused Turkish companies Macpar Makina (Macpar) and Step A.Ş. of cooperating with a multi-million dollar procurement network for Iran’s missile industries, it announced Tuesday on its website.

An ancient church mentioned in the Bible has been discovered in western Turkey, according to the head of the excavation.

Yerkir Media examines the dire state of Armenian monuments in Turkish occupied Northern Cyprus and efforts to preserve the decaying Christian heritage of the Armenian community of the island.

Turkish President Abdullah Gül has instructed the State Audit Board (DDK) to investigate the killing of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, Turkish broadcaster NTV reported Friday.

A giant 100-foot-long stone statue, located in Kars, Turkey, about 30 miles from the Armenian border, rubbed Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan the wrong way earlier this month, and is now caught in the midst of a multilayered controversy—and faces demolition.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe was set to Thursday to debate a report on violence against Christians in the Middle East, which includes paragraphs critical of Turkey because of the killing of Christians in Trabzon and Malatya in recent years.

Assmeblymembers Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) and Assemblymember Katcho Achadjian, (R-San Luis Obispo), along with State Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) introduced AJR 2 designating April 24, 2011 as California Day of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide. For the past several years, the state Legislature has memorialized the events of the early 20th century with a resolution marking April 24th as the symbolic beginning of the Armenian Genocide

Turkish President Abdullah Gül has revealed plans to take action in the controversial Hrant Dink murder case upon his return to Turkey, telling reporters in Strasbourg that he plans on ordering further investigations into the stalled case.

The jailed leader of the Kurdistan Worker’s Party, Abdullah Öcalan, said the state wanted his party to kill former prime minister Tansu Çiller but he refused, according to a recently published book by journalist Cengiz Kapmaz titled, “Öcalan’ın İmralı’daki Günleri,” Today’s Zaman reported Wednesday

Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Tuesday denied the Armenian Genocide and called for the establishment of a historical commission to examine its veracity in response to questions after his speech to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

Turkey violated free speech after it jailed a pro-Kurdish activist for speaking to the media at a protest supporting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday.

America’s most generous political donors have been identified as a Turkish-American family from New England that gave $424,050 in contributions in 2008, the Nashua Telegraph reported.