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STORIES OF ARMENIAN SURVIVORS OF 1915 COMPILED IN NEW BOOK
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Dec 19 2014
ISTANBUL
The stories of Armenians who survived the mass killings of the late
Ottoman era have been gathered in a book titled "100 years... Real
Stories."
The 47 stories inside the book - which were collected as part
of the "Turk Who Saved Me" project supported by the U.K. Foreign
and Commonwealth Office and realized by the Armenia-based Armedia
Agency and the European Integration Non-Governmental Organization -
are presented in the words of the survivors with minimal editing,
bilingual Turkish-Armenian newspaper Agos has reported.
The book has been translated into Armenian, English and Turkish,
and will be distributed free of charge as part of the project.
Lilit Gasparyan, who translated the book into Turkish, said they
had selected 47 stories for publication but received many more after
initially calling for contributions.
"We deliver the verified, real stories of the people who survived the
genocide thanks to the efforts of their Turkish neighbors, friends
or ordinary Turks," said Gasparyan.
Journalist Aris Nalcı, who coordinated the project, said similar
projects also needed to be conducted in Turkey.
The year 2015 marks the centenary of the 1915 Ottoman Armenian mass
killings during World War I. While Armenia and some countries legally
refer to the incidents as "genocide," the Turkish state does not
accept the term and says the issue should be reviewed from a wider
perspective.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' police overview, published on its
website, states that Turkey "does not deny the suffering of Armenians,
including the loss of many innocent lives, during the First World War.
However, a greater numbers of Turks died or were killed in the
years leading up to and during the War. Without belittling the
tragic consequences for any group, Turkey objects to the one-sided
presentation of this tragedy as genocide by one group against another."
December/19/2014
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/stories-of-armenian-survivors-of-1915-compiled-in-book-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=75826&NewsCatID=341
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Dec 19 2014
ISTANBUL
The stories of Armenians who survived the mass killings of the late
Ottoman era have been gathered in a book titled "100 years... Real
Stories."
The 47 stories inside the book - which were collected as part
of the "Turk Who Saved Me" project supported by the U.K. Foreign
and Commonwealth Office and realized by the Armenia-based Armedia
Agency and the European Integration Non-Governmental Organization -
are presented in the words of the survivors with minimal editing,
bilingual Turkish-Armenian newspaper Agos has reported.
The book has been translated into Armenian, English and Turkish,
and will be distributed free of charge as part of the project.
Lilit Gasparyan, who translated the book into Turkish, said they
had selected 47 stories for publication but received many more after
initially calling for contributions.
"We deliver the verified, real stories of the people who survived the
genocide thanks to the efforts of their Turkish neighbors, friends
or ordinary Turks," said Gasparyan.
Journalist Aris Nalcı, who coordinated the project, said similar
projects also needed to be conducted in Turkey.
The year 2015 marks the centenary of the 1915 Ottoman Armenian mass
killings during World War I. While Armenia and some countries legally
refer to the incidents as "genocide," the Turkish state does not
accept the term and says the issue should be reviewed from a wider
perspective.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' police overview, published on its
website, states that Turkey "does not deny the suffering of Armenians,
including the loss of many innocent lives, during the First World War.
However, a greater numbers of Turks died or were killed in the
years leading up to and during the War. Without belittling the
tragic consequences for any group, Turkey objects to the one-sided
presentation of this tragedy as genocide by one group against another."
December/19/2014
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/stories-of-armenian-survivors-of-1915-compiled-in-book-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=75826&NewsCatID=341