Tatul Hakobyan Explained

Tatul Ashiki Hakobyan (Armenian: Թաթուլ Աշիկի Հակոբյան; born December 29, 1969) is an Armenian reporter and an independent political analyst.^{[1] [2]}

Early life and education

Hakobyan was born in the village of Dovegh in northeastern Armenia, near the border with Azerbaijan.^[3] He attended the Yerevan State University and graduated from the Journalism Department in 1995. He is also a graduate of the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs in Tbilisi.

Career

Hakobyan has formerly worked as a correspondent for the newspapers Ankakhutyun (1991–1995), Yerkir (1998–2000), Azg (2000–2006), Aztag (2005-2016), The Armenian Reporter (2008–2009) and as a political observer on regional issues of Radiolur news program of the Public Radio of Armenia (2004–2008). From 2009 until February 2021 he worked as a reporter and analyst at the independent Civilitas Foundation (CivilNet).^{[4] [5]}

Since 2014 Hakobyan has been the director of the Yerevan-based ANI Foundation for Armenian Studies (Հայկական ուսումնասիրությունների ԱՆԻ հիմնադրամ).^[6] He is currently a columnist at Aliq Media.^[7]

Personal life

Hakobyan is married with two sons. He speaks Armenian, Russian, English, and Spanish.

Publications

• Կանաչ ու սև. արցախյան օրագիր [Green and Black: Karabakh Diary] (2008)
• Հայացք Արարատից. հայերը և թուրքերը [View from Ararat: Armenians and Turks] (2012)
• Մահվան հովիտ․ 44-օրյա աղետ [Valley of Death: 44-Day Disaster] (2021)

Notes and References

1. News: Guliyev. Emil. Harutyunyan. Mariam. Russia's Crimea move could reignite Karabakh conflict: analysts. Yahoo! News. 7 May 2014. Tatul Hakobyan, an independent analyst in Yerevan.. 3 October 2015. 4 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151004203050/https://sg.news.yahoo.com/russias-crimea-move-could-reignite-karabakh-conflict-analysts-195212366.html. live.
2. Web site: Displacement and Status in the Nagorno Karabakh Conflict. Chatham House. 2. 21 November 2012. Tatul Hakobyan (Reporter and Analyst, Civilitas Foundation, Armenia). 3 October 2015. 4 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151004042412/https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/files/chathamhouse/public/Research/Russia%20and%20Eurasia/211112summary.pdf. live.
3. News: Sargsyan. Voskan. Թաթուլ Հակոբյան. "Եթե գյուղացին մոլորվում է, ապա կարող է "մոլորվել" նաեւ ադրբեջանցի դիվերսանտը". Aravot. hy. Նոյեմբերյանի սահմանամերձ Դովեղ գյուղից սերված Թաթուլ Հակոբյանը.... 2015-10-03. 2015-10-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20151004160005/http://www.aravot.am/2014/08/11/487675/. live.
4. News: Grigoryan. Marianna. Armenia: Yerevan Growing More Cautious on Reconciliation with Turkey. EurasiaNet. 5 January 2010. Tatul Hakobyan, an analyst at the Civilitas Foundation.... 3 October 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085749/http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav010610.shtml. live.
5. Web site: Hakobyan. Tatul. 19 February 2021. Farewell to CivilNet. 15 May 2021. ANI Armenian Research Center.
6. Web site: ՀԱՅԿԱԿԱՆ ՈՒՍՈՒՄՆԱՍԻՐՈՒԹՅՈՒՆՆԵՐԻ ԱՆԻ ՀԻՄՆԱԴՐԱՄ. Tatul Hakobyan. ANI Armenian Research Center. 3 October 2015. 4 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151004101344/http://www.aniarc.am/. live.
7. Web site: 11 April 2021. Meet Tatul Hakobyan in Texas (Dallas, Austin, Houston) - June 3-15, 2021. 15 May 2021. ANI Armenian Research Center. en-US.