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THE ECONOMIST REVERBERATED TO ARMENIANS IN TURKEY AND ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
http://armenpress.am/eng/print/731041/the-economist-reverberated-to-armenians-in-turkey-and-armenian-genocide.html
22:05, 29 August, 2013
YEREVAN, AUGUST 29, ARMENPRESS: British "The Economist" publication
reverberated to the destiny of Armenians in Turkey.
"Armenpress" reports that the author of the article mentions that
an Armenian museum, the first of its kind in Anatolia, will be part
of the newly restored Surp Giragos church complex. Its aim is to
chronicle Armenian life in Diyarbakir before Armenian genocide.
The author mentions that Turkey denies that mass killings took place,
insisting that the Armenians had perished from hunger and disease
during their forced march to the deserts of Syria." Local school
textbooks perpetuate this myth. In 1915 Ottoman troops and their
Kurdish accomplices began slaughtering over 1m Armenians and other
Christians across the country during what many historians say was
the first genocide of the 20th century," writes the "The Economist".
It is also mentioned that around 2 million Armenians are believed to
have lived in Turkey before the genocide. Major part of Diyarbakir's
population has been Armenians. "Turks destroyed belfry of the church
in 1916 because it dwarfed surrounding minarets,"mentioned one of
Kurdish historians.
According to "The Economist" after reopening the church is drawing
hundreds of people every day, Turkish Armenians and Islamized
http://armenpress.am/eng/print/731041/the-economist-reverberated-to-armenians-in-turkey-and-armenian-genocide.html
22:05, 29 August, 2013
YEREVAN, AUGUST 29, ARMENPRESS: British "The Economist" publication
reverberated to the destiny of Armenians in Turkey.
"Armenpress" reports that the author of the article mentions that
an Armenian museum, the first of its kind in Anatolia, will be part
of the newly restored Surp Giragos church complex. Its aim is to
chronicle Armenian life in Diyarbakir before Armenian genocide.
The author mentions that Turkey denies that mass killings took place,
insisting that the Armenians had perished from hunger and disease
during their forced march to the deserts of Syria." Local school
textbooks perpetuate this myth. In 1915 Ottoman troops and their
Kurdish accomplices began slaughtering over 1m Armenians and other
Christians across the country during what many historians say was
the first genocide of the 20th century," writes the "The Economist".
It is also mentioned that around 2 million Armenians are believed to
have lived in Turkey before the genocide. Major part of Diyarbakir's
population has been Armenians. "Turks destroyed belfry of the church
in 1916 because it dwarfed surrounding minarets,"mentioned one of
Kurdish historians.
According to "The Economist" after reopening the church is drawing
hundreds of people every day, Turkish Armenians and Islamized