turkey-us relations

Scare Tactics in Turkish-American Geopolitical Game: Conjuring up Armenian Ghosts


One story that has received little attention is that of an Armenian genocide survivor and killer of two Turkish Diplomats in the US in 1973. Gurgen Yanikiyan, age 77 lured two diplomats into a hotel room in the US State of California and shot them dead (and to be sure)—he finished them off with head shots for good measure.