(Garo Paylan, Selina Dogan, Markar Esayan) By Nick Rejebian (@nrejebbs), Assembly Public Affairs Intern AAANews Blog With 86% of Turkey at the ballot box on Sunday, three Christian Armenian candidates, Garo Paylan, Selina Dogan, and Markar Esayan, were elected to the Turkish Parliament. Garo Paylan, a founding member of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was elected in the Istanbul 3rd Region. Born in Malatya in 1972 and raised in Istanbul, Paylan began working humbly as a

Azerbaijan held a Presidential “Election” in October. Guess who won? #mememonday #Azerbaijan #democracy #meme #Elections #FAIL #axerbaijan #dictator #Armenian

Armenian Americans Remember 9/11/2001 #UnitedWeStand #WeWillNeverForget #democracy #TheseColorsDontRun #Freedom #September11 #Armenian

Armenian Caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Michael Grimm (R-NY) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) Congratulate Nagorno-Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan on his country’s 22nd Anniversary of Independence. #Karabakh #Azerbaijan #Congress #Independence #democracy #Artsakh #FrankPallone #NagornoKarabakh #Freedom #Armenian #MichaelGrimm #Armenia

By AAA Intern Robert Avakian During the week of June 24th, the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) held two hearings that highlighted situations requiring the attention of the Armenian-American community – the war in Syria and the protests in Turkey. HFAC Chairman Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) oversaw the hearing, entitled “Religious Minorities in Syria: Caught in the Middle.” Chairman Smith and other sitting members hammered the State Department official witness on the inactivi