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SYRIAN-ARMENIANS PROFESSING ISLAM ARE TURKEY'S OUTPOST - HISTORIAN
Tert.am
21:48 02.11.11
Armenians in Syria who have adopted Islam are Turkey's outpost there,
an Armenian historian has said.
Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Gevorg Yazichian said
that in Syria there are two communities of Syrian-Armenians who have
adopted Islam and who are never spoken about.
"They are Armenians by their origins whose ancestors were forced to
adopt Islam," said he.
Those Armenians even do not know where Armenia is located and generally
do not accept their Armenian origin.
"These people are in fact Turkey's outpost in Syria to incite unrest
in the future," Yazichian added.
In his words, currently there are from 70,000 to 75,000 Armenians
in Syria among them Armenian-speaking Armenians and Arabic-speaking
Armenians who have a very low level of their national identity and
are on the brink of assimilation.
Further, he said that first time Armenians settled in Syria was during
King Tigran the Great before Christ, but Armenians immigrated to Syria
mostly after the Bagrationi Kingdom in the middle ages and after the
Armenian Genocide in 1915.
Tert.am
21:48 02.11.11
Armenians in Syria who have adopted Islam are Turkey's outpost there,
an Armenian historian has said.
Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Gevorg Yazichian said
that in Syria there are two communities of Syrian-Armenians who have
adopted Islam and who are never spoken about.
"They are Armenians by their origins whose ancestors were forced to
adopt Islam," said he.
Those Armenians even do not know where Armenia is located and generally
do not accept their Armenian origin.
"These people are in fact Turkey's outpost in Syria to incite unrest
in the future," Yazichian added.
In his words, currently there are from 70,000 to 75,000 Armenians
in Syria among them Armenian-speaking Armenians and Arabic-speaking
Armenians who have a very low level of their national identity and
are on the brink of assimilation.
Further, he said that first time Armenians settled in Syria was during
King Tigran the Great before Christ, but Armenians immigrated to Syria
mostly after the Bagrationi Kingdom in the middle ages and after the
Armenian Genocide in 1915.