ARA SARAFIAN TO GIVE BRYCE'S AND TOYNBEE'S BOOK ABOUT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TO TURK DEPUTIES
Noyan Tapan
June 25, 2009
ISTANBUL, JUNE 25, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The director of
London's Komitas Institute, historian Ara Sarafian will present the
Turkish translation of James Bryce's and Arnold Toynbee's book "The
Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, 1915-1916. Documents
Presented to Viscount Grey of Falloden by Viscount Bryce" to the
Turkish deputies on June 26 in Ankara. Sarafian will give a book to
each deputy.
According to the Marmara daily, there is a common opinion in Turkey
that the book was written by the English government in 1916 to
carry out Armenian propaganda. The Turkish parliament sent a letter
of protest to the parliament of England on the occasion of book's
translation. According to Ara Sarafian, the Turk deputies do not have
enough information about what really had happened.
Noyan Tapan
June 25, 2009
ISTANBUL, JUNE 25, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The director of
London's Komitas Institute, historian Ara Sarafian will present the
Turkish translation of James Bryce's and Arnold Toynbee's book "The
Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, 1915-1916. Documents
Presented to Viscount Grey of Falloden by Viscount Bryce" to the
Turkish deputies on June 26 in Ankara. Sarafian will give a book to
each deputy.
According to the Marmara daily, there is a common opinion in Turkey
that the book was written by the English government in 1916 to
carry out Armenian propaganda. The Turkish parliament sent a letter
of protest to the parliament of England on the occasion of book's
translation. According to Ara Sarafian, the Turk deputies do not have
enough information about what really had happened.