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    Astvatsaturian Turcotte Discusses Azerbaijani Aggression with Sen. King

    http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/03/01/astvatsaturian-turcotte-discusses-azerbaijani-aggression-with-sen-king/
    March 1, 2013

    PORTLAND, Maine - Baku pogroms survivor Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte
    discussed her family's narrow escape from Azerbaijani aggression and
    the need for expanded U.S. support for the development of the Republic
    of Nagorno Karabagh (NKR) with newly elected U.S. Senator Angus King
    (I-Maine) during a meeting at his Augusta offices, reported the
    Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Eastern Region.



    (L-R) Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte with Sen. Angus King and her
    husband, John Turcotte, at the Senator's district office in Augusta.
    Astvatsaturian Turcotte, an accomplished lawyer and author, shared a
    copy of her recently published family memoire, Nowhere: A Story of
    Exile, with the Senator and his staff. The heart-wrenching story, told
    through her diary entries, documents the harrowing details of
    organized terror against Armenians in Baku, her life as a refugee, and
    her struggle to find herself, all against the backdrop of the collapse
    of the Soviet Union. Surviving the atrocities, Astvatsaturian Turcotte
    immigrated to the U.S. in 1992, and became a U.S. citizen in 1997.

    Last December, at a Capitol Hill event the ANCA helped organize,
    Astvatsaturian Turcotte spoke passionately about the anti-Armenian
    massacres that began in 1988 and the ongoing intolerance faced by the
    few Armenians left in Azerbaijan - powerful reasons to continue the
    fight for justice and self-determination for the people of Artsakh
    (Karabagh). `The reality of today and the last 24 years since 1988 is
    that Armenians there are no safer under Azeri rule than we were in
    Baku,' she explained. `The anti-Armenian rhetoric and propaganda
    plagues its policies. Artsakh Armenians could and should never be
    subjected to the Azeri government.' To watch her complete remarks on
    Capitol Hill, visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhVPeFyS5RQ.

    `We applaud the work of Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte, who embodies the
    grassroots nature of our cause and has taken initiative to work on the
    critical issues of interest to our community,' said Michelle Hagopian,
    the executive director of the ANCA Eastern Region. `We look forward to
    similar discussions with legislators throughout the Eastern U.S. to
    expand U.S. support for economic and democratic development of
    Artsakh.'

    Sen. King was first elected to the U.S. Senate in November 2012. He
    currently serves on the Armed Services, Budget, and Rules and
    Administration Committees, as well as on the Select Committee on
    Intelligence.




    From: A. Papazian
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