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BOOK ABOUT ARMENIANS IN TURKEY PUBLISHED IN ANKARA
PanARMENIAN.Net
10.10.2009 13:37 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A new book released Friday by the Turkish Economic
and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) focuses on the Armenians of
Turkey and explains various issues, from their historical roots in
Anatolia to the meaning of being an Armenian in Turkey today.
The 600-page "Armenians in Turkey - Congregation, Individual, Citizen"
also explores the depths of Armenians' relations with the state.
TESEV's democratization program director, editor-in-chief of Akos
newspaper Etyen Mahcupyan, said the state policy has long been to
ignore the Armenian community in Turkey and that therefore there
is a need to educate the people who do not really know much about
this community.
The book's four authors, Gunay Goksu Ozdogan, Fusun Ustel, Karin
Karakasli and Ferhat Kentel, said they wanted to go beyond prejudices
against Armenians or overprotecting Armenians. They said that they
aimed at prompting a "rediscovery" process in the Turkish public in
order to better know those who shared mutual values for centuries in
the same land.
Ustel said that in 2000, when they started the book project,
there had been more reactions in the community against Armenians
but that society has been opened up since then with the help of the
democratization process together with Turkey's accession negotiations
with the European Union.
One perspective that the authors adopted to dissect the Armenian
community in Turkey was to look at how Armenians position themselves
in society as members of a congregation or religious community. The
authors also studied how prejudices against Armenians are fed. In
addition to historical background about Armenians in Anatolia,
the authors also focused on their social lives, including their
associations, marriages, publications and involvement in sports and
the arts.
The researchers conducted in-depth interviews with 40 well-known
members of the Armenian community in Turkey. They also had 12 focus
groups, comprising six to . To understand the religious rituals of
the Armenians, the researchers observed the community in Antakya's
Vakifli village, Today's Zaman reported.
PanARMENIAN.Net
10.10.2009 13:37 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A new book released Friday by the Turkish Economic
and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) focuses on the Armenians of
Turkey and explains various issues, from their historical roots in
Anatolia to the meaning of being an Armenian in Turkey today.
The 600-page "Armenians in Turkey - Congregation, Individual, Citizen"
also explores the depths of Armenians' relations with the state.
TESEV's democratization program director, editor-in-chief of Akos
newspaper Etyen Mahcupyan, said the state policy has long been to
ignore the Armenian community in Turkey and that therefore there
is a need to educate the people who do not really know much about
this community.
The book's four authors, Gunay Goksu Ozdogan, Fusun Ustel, Karin
Karakasli and Ferhat Kentel, said they wanted to go beyond prejudices
against Armenians or overprotecting Armenians. They said that they
aimed at prompting a "rediscovery" process in the Turkish public in
order to better know those who shared mutual values for centuries in
the same land.
Ustel said that in 2000, when they started the book project,
there had been more reactions in the community against Armenians
but that society has been opened up since then with the help of the
democratization process together with Turkey's accession negotiations
with the European Union.
One perspective that the authors adopted to dissect the Armenian
community in Turkey was to look at how Armenians position themselves
in society as members of a congregation or religious community. The
authors also studied how prejudices against Armenians are fed. In
addition to historical background about Armenians in Anatolia,
the authors also focused on their social lives, including their
associations, marriages, publications and involvement in sports and
the arts.
The researchers conducted in-depth interviews with 40 well-known
members of the Armenian community in Turkey. They also had 12 focus
groups, comprising six to . To understand the religious rituals of
the Armenians, the researchers observed the community in Antakya's
Vakifli village, Today's Zaman reported.