''Zartonk'' () is a daily newspaper and the official organ of the

Armenian Democratic Liberal Party The Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (), the Ramgavar Party, (known before 1921 as the Armenakan party) (), also known by its Armenian initials () or its English initials ADL (meaning Armenian Democratic Liberal) is an Armenian political party ...

(ADL) in

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

, (also known as Ramgavar Party). The paper was founded by Mihran Damadian and Parounag Tovmassian in

Beirut Beirut ( ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the List of largest cities in the Levant region by populatio ...

on 26 September 1937, and is based in the Tekeyan Centre in Jemayze, Beirut. Both were high-ranking officials in ADL. The Armenian writer

Vahan Tekeyan Vahan Tekeyan (; January 21, 1878 – April 4, 1945) was an Armenian poet and public activist. In his lifetime he was the most famous poet of the Armenian diaspora, and he remains a significant symbol of Armenian identity and cultural heritage. ...

remains one of the most prominent figures that contributed to the paper and its first editor-in-chief. After Tekeyan moving to Cairo, Kersam Aharonian took the editing becoming the paper's longest standing editor and writer for 33 consecutive years. Vartkes Kardashian was the paper's administrator for more than a decade.Պատառիկներ «Զարթօնք»ի Գրական Մտքի Քննական Դեգերումներից
In the 2000s, the newspaper became the ownership of "Societé Shirak" (with Hagop Kasardjian as general manager and Dr. Antranig Dakessian as administrative manager) with partner-shareholders the Tekeyan Cultural Association and the

's Lebanese Regional Administration. ''Zartonk'' is now published as a paper and in an online format.

Supplements

In April 1957 an Arabic-language weekly supplement to ''Zartonk'' was launched, ''al-Yaqza'' (in

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

اليقظة).Messerlian, Zaven. ''Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934-2009''. Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2014. p. 139 It continued until 1958. Zartonk also published ''Zartonk Spor'' between 1955 and 1957 and after an interruption, also in 1959. ''Zartonk'' presently publishes a children / youth supplement titled ''Arevig'' (in

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...

Արեւիկ) and regularly runs sections for women, literature, youth and sports.

Editors

*1937–1948:

(Armenian poet) *1948–1981: Kersam Aharonian *1981–1990: Hagop Avedikian *1990–2008: Barouyr Aghbashian *2015–present: Sevag Hagopian Other editors included Levon Tutunjian, Yervant Keshishian, Hovhannes Boghosian, Hagop Tavitian, Mikael Natanian, Krikor Bekeredjian, Hampartsoum Koumrouyan, Baidzig Kalaydjian etc.

References

External links

Official Website
{{Authority control 1937 establishments in Lebanon Armenian Democratic Liberal Party Armenian-language newspapers published in Lebanon Newspapers published in Beirut Newspapers established in 1937 Daily newspapers published in Lebanon