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Type | Weekly newspaper |
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Owner(s) | Hairenik Association |
Founded | May 1, 1899 |
Language | Western Armenian |
City | Watertown, Massachusetts |
Country | United States |
Sister newspapers | Armenian Weekly |
Website |
hairenikweekly |
Hairenik ( Armenian: Հայրենիք meaning "fatherland") is an Armenian language weekly newspaper published by the Hairenik Association in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States. The newspaper belongs to the Armenian political party – Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF). The newspaper reflects the views and opinions of ARF as well as Armenian diaspora organizations – ANCAs ( Armenian National Committee of America). [1]
The newspaper, serving the Armenian American community, was established as a weekly in on May 1, 1899, making it one of the longest-running Armenian publications. [2] It moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 1900, then to Watertown in 1986.[ citation needed]
In June 1913, it started publishing once every two days, and in December 1915, it became a daily newspaper, with continuous publication as such until 1991, when it was reduced to weekly publication due to declining readership.[ citation needed]
It has had the involvement of prominent Armenian national figures as editors such as Arshak Vramian (1900–1907), Siamanto (1909–1911), Simon Vratsian (1911–1914), and Rouben Darbinian (1922–1968).[ citation needed]
Hairenik published early stories by William Saroyan, such as "The Broken Wheel" (1933), written under the pen name "Sirak Goryan".[ citation needed]
Leon Tourian was an Armenian Archbishop who was stabbed to the death by ARF members. [3] [4] [5] [6] Before the assassination the Hairenik newspaper published threatening messages like: [7]
"Archbishop Tourian will be punished sooner or later. The day of reckoning will come." . . . "He is going to be sorry for it, and very sorry." . . . "He will get his share, I am sure." . . . "Until Tourian is punished ruthlessly, the bones of our martyrs will not rest in their places."
It offered $100 reward to someone who will "teach Tourian a lesson". Later on Tourian asked for police protection. [8]
The newspaper has been criticized for having quotes and thoughts which had sympathy to Nazism, Fascism, Antisemitism, Adolf Hitler, and "race worshipping" etc. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
Hairenik Association Inc. has also published :
Through the 1930's their paper Hayrenik, still published in Boston, praised Adolf Hitler and his racial policies; and the party's "Race Worship Society" marched in Boston.
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (November 2023) |
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Type | Weekly newspaper |
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Owner(s) | Hairenik Association |
Founded | May 1, 1899 |
Language | Western Armenian |
City | Watertown, Massachusetts |
Country | United States |
Sister newspapers | Armenian Weekly |
Website |
hairenikweekly |
Hairenik ( Armenian: Հայրենիք meaning "fatherland") is an Armenian language weekly newspaper published by the Hairenik Association in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States. The newspaper belongs to the Armenian political party – Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF). The newspaper reflects the views and opinions of ARF as well as Armenian diaspora organizations – ANCAs ( Armenian National Committee of America). [1]
The newspaper, serving the Armenian American community, was established as a weekly in on May 1, 1899, making it one of the longest-running Armenian publications. [2] It moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 1900, then to Watertown in 1986.[ citation needed]
In June 1913, it started publishing once every two days, and in December 1915, it became a daily newspaper, with continuous publication as such until 1991, when it was reduced to weekly publication due to declining readership.[ citation needed]
It has had the involvement of prominent Armenian national figures as editors such as Arshak Vramian (1900–1907), Siamanto (1909–1911), Simon Vratsian (1911–1914), and Rouben Darbinian (1922–1968).[ citation needed]
Hairenik published early stories by William Saroyan, such as "The Broken Wheel" (1933), written under the pen name "Sirak Goryan".[ citation needed]
Leon Tourian was an Armenian Archbishop who was stabbed to the death by ARF members. [3] [4] [5] [6] Before the assassination the Hairenik newspaper published threatening messages like: [7]
"Archbishop Tourian will be punished sooner or later. The day of reckoning will come." . . . "He is going to be sorry for it, and very sorry." . . . "He will get his share, I am sure." . . . "Until Tourian is punished ruthlessly, the bones of our martyrs will not rest in their places."
It offered $100 reward to someone who will "teach Tourian a lesson". Later on Tourian asked for police protection. [8]
The newspaper has been criticized for having quotes and thoughts which had sympathy to Nazism, Fascism, Antisemitism, Adolf Hitler, and "race worshipping" etc. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
Hairenik Association Inc. has also published :
Through the 1930's their paper Hayrenik, still published in Boston, praised Adolf Hitler and his racial policies; and the party's "Race Worship Society" marched in Boston.