Spurk

Initially led by an independent line away from traditional Armenian political party lines, it was a prominent Armenian language publication with literary, historical, social and artistic coverage.

[3] Upon the death of Kevork Ajemian, it was revealed that he was one of the founding members of ASALA alongside Hagop Hagopian (real name Harutiun Tagushian).

In 1990, Ajemian transferred the licence of the periodical Spurk to the left-wing Armenian Popular Movement (seen as the political mouthpiece of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) in Lebanon).

The latter changed the general focus of the paper and a large amount of the materials were devoted to political issues, the Armenian Cause and liberation ideology.

The new owners also changed the format of the publication from tabloid newspaper into small size magazine and started to publish it monthly or with lesser frequency, The political orientation of the magazine was a big departure from the traditional literary / artistic tradition of the original publication for 1958 until 1990 under Simonian and Ajemian and the new Spurk is considered a new publication independent from the historical Armenian periodical.