Type | Weekly |
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Editor | Barouyr Yeretsian |
Founded | February 20, 1971 |
Political alignment | Communist |
Language | Armenian |
Ceased publication | November 2006 |
Headquarters | Beirut |
Sister newspapers | An-Nidaa |
OCLC number | 61385969 |
Gantch ( Armenian: Կանչ, "Call") was an Armenian language weekly newspaper published in Beirut, Lebanon in 1971–1983 and then again 1996–2006. [1] It was an organ of the Lebanese Communist Party, and functioned as the Armenian-language edition of the main party organ an-Nidaa. [2] [3] [4] Barouyr Yeretsian served as the editor of Gantch. [1]
The newspaper was launched on February 20, 1971. [1] Gantch covered political, social and cultural issues. It also had a sports section. [5]
It provided extensive coverage of the Soviet Union and the Armenian SSR [5] and propagated fraternity of Arab and Armenian peoples, anti-imperialism and anti-Zionism. [5] The newspaper cooperated with TASS and Armenpress. [5]
Publication of the newspaper was interrupted in 1983. In its stead, the Communist Party began publishing Azkayin Mshagouyt («Ազգային Մշակույթ», "National Culture"). Gantch was relaunched in 1996, [1] and was closed down in November 2006, two months after the death of Yeretsian. [1]
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