For years, Armenian girls had worked as prostitutes in the United Arab Emirates under Ikush's patronage. The madam had taken all the money the girls earned. Besides that, she and her friend, Yenok Yenokyan [Irina's maiden name is Danielyan. She was married to Yenok and had taken his surname] regularly beat up Hermine Zakaryan and subjected her to sexual exploitation.
After Hetq published an article about two young brothers with serious health problems in its October 15 issue (10,000 Drams and Some Old Clothes from the Social Services Ministry), the family was visited by social workers from the Ghazarian Benevolent Foundation, who expressed the desire to help the children.
Hetq reported recently on the disagreement between programmer Hrayr Avanesyan and the Armenian Electric Networks, in particular the general director of the latter, Yevgeny Gladunchik. Gladunchik refused to recognize the ownership rights of Avanesyan regarding the computer program called Gold. The AEN uses this program to calculate the cost and quantity of the electricity it supplies.
Melik Ayvazyan, the Mayor of the village of Odzun in Lori Marz, states that only 100 of the village’s 1,000 hectares of arable land have undergone a fall planting.
I met Artur a little while ago. He was delivering an order from a shoe factory to my husband’s family. I noticed him, since in Istanbul you usually notice other Armenians. We saw on the doorstep and invited him inside.
"When we finished shooting the film," said Jussi Flemming Biorn, "The director, who had been an atheist all his life, said, 'I now have no choice but to believe in God.'
I found out as soon as I got to Istanbul that the name Seda was quite common in Turkey. I first heard about it at the airport, where the immigration officer smiled wryly and said that my name was purely Turkish.
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