Droshak

It was first published in 1890 by ARF founder Christapor Mikaelian as a monthly, then as a bi-monthly, bi-weekly, and weekly.

[1] Its primary subject was the ideological questions of the party and the Armenian national liberation movement.

[1] During this period, the paper dealt with political and ideological questions regarding the situation in Soviet Armenia (where the ARF was banned) and debates between communism and socialism.

[1] It was reestablished as a weekly in Beirut in 1969 and was moved to Athens in 1986 (where it was published bi-weekly) after the kidnapping of its editor Sarkis Zeitlian.

[1] After officially registering Droshak in Armenia in 1999, the editorial board and publication moved to Yerevan.