Tchahagir

Tchahagir
Ջահակիր
Type Weekly newspaper
Founded 5 May 1948 (1948-05-05)
Language Armenian
Headquarters Heliopolis Cairo, Egypt
Website None
Dzidzernak musical journal

Tchahagir (Ջահակիր in Armenian) is an Armenian-language weekly published in Cairo, Egypt, by the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party.

History

Published since 5 May 1948, as a bi-weekly, four years later it became a monthly, then a journal. Second period of publication started on 7 November 1963 (3000 copies each issue). Tchahagir included 6, then 4 pages. Tchahagir was published by Aida Serovbian and Sargis Balayan, and its literary section was edited by Armen Dadour.[1] Currently the editor is Avetis Movsesian and the director is Mardiros Balayan.

From January 2001 to January 2008 it also issued the "Dzidzernag" musical supplement in Armenian (four issues in a year). The editor was Haig Avakian.

References

  1. (in Armenian) SDHP press (1887-1992), Beirut, by A. Der-Khachadourian, 1992 - pp. 34-35

External links

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