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YEREVAN LAUNCHED AN EXHIBITION IN MEMORY OF ADANA MASSACRES
PanArmenian
April 21 2009
Armenia
RA National Archive hosted an exhibition in memory of Adana massacres.
The exhibition featured over 100 documents and photos, testifying to
tragic events in Cilicia in the beginning of 20th century.
According to Amatuni Virabyan, RA National Archive Director, such
events have gained special importance now that intensive negotiations
over Armenian- Turkish border opening are in process. "We have to be
very careful, and every step we take towards normalization of ties with
Turkey should be well considered and carefully weighed," he stated.
In his turn, Yerevan's Armenian Genocide Museum Director, Hayk Demoyan
stressed that Armenian population in Cilicia witnessed 3 massacres: in
1909, during Genocide of 1915 and in 1918 when massacres were initiated
by Turkish leaders who became the founders of present-day Turkey.
Dwelling on assertions about restricted number of Genocide documents
in Armenian archives, preventing the Armenian part from countering
Turkish negation policy, Hayk Demoyan stated, "Today's exhibition
proved the opposite."
PanArmenian
April 21 2009
Armenia
RA National Archive hosted an exhibition in memory of Adana massacres.
The exhibition featured over 100 documents and photos, testifying to
tragic events in Cilicia in the beginning of 20th century.
According to Amatuni Virabyan, RA National Archive Director, such
events have gained special importance now that intensive negotiations
over Armenian- Turkish border opening are in process. "We have to be
very careful, and every step we take towards normalization of ties with
Turkey should be well considered and carefully weighed," he stated.
In his turn, Yerevan's Armenian Genocide Museum Director, Hayk Demoyan
stressed that Armenian population in Cilicia witnessed 3 massacres: in
1909, during Genocide of 1915 and in 1918 when massacres were initiated
by Turkish leaders who became the founders of present-day Turkey.
Dwelling on assertions about restricted number of Genocide documents
in Armenian archives, preventing the Armenian part from countering
Turkish negation policy, Hayk Demoyan stated, "Today's exhibition
proved the opposite."