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ARE ARMENIANS THE ONLY VICTIMS OF 1915?
Nayat Karaköse 01.30.2015 17:02
The Armenian Youth Federation is using the hashtag #Turkeyfailed
to create awareness as part of an informative action. The group has
prepared posters about people who migrated to the United States from
Turkey either after or just before 1915, and about their discoveries
or inventions that have affected our daily lives.
Each massacre, Genocide or atrocity devastates the country it takes
place on. From 1915 to the Roboski Massacre, Turkey has suffered
immensely and what we have today is merely a shadow of the past.
Armenians and Syriacs were not the only victims of 1915, the present
and future of this country was a victim, too.
In order to understand the significance of the Genocide, as much as we
seek the path of truth in the tragic stories of victims, we also need
to go after the inspiring stories of survivors, like Asatour Sarafian,
who was born in a cave in Kayseri, but became a great inventor in
the US.
Below are a few other names the Armenian Youth Federation has singled
out for our attention:
Raymond Damadian: Born in New York in 1936, mathematician and doctor
Raymond Vahan Damadian is the son of Vahan Damadian who fled Turkey
in 1915 to the USA. In 1969, he invented the MRI machine.
Luther George Simjian: Born in Antep in 1905, Simjian lost his
family during the atrocities of 1915; hem migrated first to Beirut,
then to Marseille and finally to the USA to seek refuge with his
relatives in Connecticut. He was the inventor of the ATM machine and
the teleprompter.
Arthur Bulbulian: Born in Isparta in 1900, Bulbulian migrated to the
USA in 1920, and invented the A-14 oxygen mask used in World War II
by the US Army and Air Force.
Asatour Sarafian: Sarafyan was born in Kayseri in 1895 in a cave
his parents took shelter to escape the massacres of the Hamidiye
cavalry regiments, and migrated to the USA in 1914. He invented the
automatic transmission for automobiles, a pneumatic inoculation gun,
and a seawater purifier.
Alex Manoogian: Born in Ä°zmir in 1901, Manoogian migrated to the
USA in 1920. An industrial engineer, Manoogian's most significant
invention was the delta faucet, a faucet that allowed one-handed use.
And there are many more inspiring life stories. Karekin II, Catholicos
of All Armenians, had announced that in 2015, the victims of the 1915
Genocide would be proclaimed saints. I would suggest that as much as
those who lost their lives, those who survived against all adversity
could also be proclaimed saints. After all, if we exist today, and if
we have managed to keep our culture and language alive, it is thanks
to their great contribution.
http://www.agos.com.tr/en/article/10417/are-armenians-the-only-victims-of-1915
Nayat Karaköse 01.30.2015 17:02
The Armenian Youth Federation is using the hashtag #Turkeyfailed
to create awareness as part of an informative action. The group has
prepared posters about people who migrated to the United States from
Turkey either after or just before 1915, and about their discoveries
or inventions that have affected our daily lives.
Each massacre, Genocide or atrocity devastates the country it takes
place on. From 1915 to the Roboski Massacre, Turkey has suffered
immensely and what we have today is merely a shadow of the past.
Armenians and Syriacs were not the only victims of 1915, the present
and future of this country was a victim, too.
In order to understand the significance of the Genocide, as much as we
seek the path of truth in the tragic stories of victims, we also need
to go after the inspiring stories of survivors, like Asatour Sarafian,
who was born in a cave in Kayseri, but became a great inventor in
the US.
Below are a few other names the Armenian Youth Federation has singled
out for our attention:
Raymond Damadian: Born in New York in 1936, mathematician and doctor
Raymond Vahan Damadian is the son of Vahan Damadian who fled Turkey
in 1915 to the USA. In 1969, he invented the MRI machine.
Luther George Simjian: Born in Antep in 1905, Simjian lost his
family during the atrocities of 1915; hem migrated first to Beirut,
then to Marseille and finally to the USA to seek refuge with his
relatives in Connecticut. He was the inventor of the ATM machine and
the teleprompter.
Arthur Bulbulian: Born in Isparta in 1900, Bulbulian migrated to the
USA in 1920, and invented the A-14 oxygen mask used in World War II
by the US Army and Air Force.
Asatour Sarafian: Sarafyan was born in Kayseri in 1895 in a cave
his parents took shelter to escape the massacres of the Hamidiye
cavalry regiments, and migrated to the USA in 1914. He invented the
automatic transmission for automobiles, a pneumatic inoculation gun,
and a seawater purifier.
Alex Manoogian: Born in Ä°zmir in 1901, Manoogian migrated to the
USA in 1920. An industrial engineer, Manoogian's most significant
invention was the delta faucet, a faucet that allowed one-handed use.
And there are many more inspiring life stories. Karekin II, Catholicos
of All Armenians, had announced that in 2015, the victims of the 1915
Genocide would be proclaimed saints. I would suggest that as much as
those who lost their lives, those who survived against all adversity
could also be proclaimed saints. After all, if we exist today, and if
we have managed to keep our culture and language alive, it is thanks
to their great contribution.
http://www.agos.com.tr/en/article/10417/are-armenians-the-only-victims-of-1915