WELL-KNOWN DIASPORAN PERIODICALS TO MARK THEIR JUBILEES IN 2007

Noyan Tapan
Jan 11 2007

YEREVAN, JANUARY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. Diasporan press is an important
factor in preservation of the Armenian nation. Azg daily’s
editor-in-chief Hakob Avetikian and ARFD Hay Dat office responsible
person for political affairs Kiro Manoyan said this on January 11
at the Urbat (Friday) club. They presented Istanbul’s Zhamanak and
Beirut’s Azdak periodicals, which this year will observe 99th and
80th anniversaries of their foundation, respectively.

H.Avetikian said that one of two main Armenian-language newspapers
published in Turkey, Zhamanak, belongs to Kochunian family. The
newspaper is published in 3000 copies. In the words of the Azg daily’s
editor, under conditions of ban on national parties’ activity in Turkey
Armenian newspapers play an important part in organization of communal
life. Besides Zhamanak daily, he mentioned Marmara, Istanbul’s Surb
Prkich hospital’s periodical, as well as Akos newspaper published by
Hrant Dink.

In K.Manoyan’s words, Beirut’s Azdak weekly was founded in 1927 by
Hayk Balian, who afterwards passed the newspaper to ARFD. Azdak,
currently party’s official newspaper, is published in 5000 copies. In
K.Manoyan’s words, besides Armenian printed media, Armenian radio
and cable television also function in Lebanon.

He said that in connection with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan’s recent visit to Lebanon, three Armenian newspapers of
Beirut, Ramkavar Zartonk, Dashnaktsutiun’s Azdak and Hnchakian Ararat,
published one united issue, in which they expressed the Armenian
community’s position against the visit.