[citation needed] It has had the involvement of prominent Armenian national figures as editors such as Arshak Vramian (1900–1907), Siamanto (1909–1911), Simon Vratsian (1911–1914), and Rouben Darbinian (1922–1968).

[citation needed] Hairenik published early stories by William Saroyan, such as "The Broken Wheel" (1933), written under the pen name "Sirak Goryan".

[citation needed] Leon Tourian was an Armenian Archbishop who was stabbed to the death by ARF members.

[3][4][5][6] Before the assassination the Hairenik newspaper published threatening messages like:[7] "Archbishop Tourian will be punished sooner or later.

[8] The newspaper has been criticized for having quotes and thoughts which had sympathy to Nazism, Fascism, Antisemitism, Adolf Hitler, and "race worshipping" etc.