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SPECIAL PROJECT. SURVIVORS OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE. EVIDENCE OF HAYKANUSH HLOYANTS ABOUT MASSACRES IN KHNUS
Aysor.am is launching the third series of project "Armenian Genocide:
Breaking the Silence." Under the headline "Survivors" we will regularly
present the testimonies of survivors of the 1915 Armenian massacres
in the Ottoman Turkey. We present the first eyewitness testimony from
the series.
Haykanush Hloyants who found refuge in the village of Ughuzli recalled:
"On Ascension Day the Government ordered that all the Armenians be
expelled from the town and massacred. A flight began, during which
I lost my children.
Osman chavush caught me. At first he was going to throw me into a
river, but then he thought that he needed me so he spared my life and
took me and my 6-year-old son Hamazasp to Chapaghjur. He kept me in
his family in a village and started to cohabit forcibly with me.
Osman had a legal Turkish wife, and an Armenian wife - like me - whom
they converted into a Turk and called 'Minavar' which means 'heavenly
light'. I was named Nikar. I stayed at that house for three months.
When the Russians were approaching, Osman together with his two wives
and the entire family moved inland, but he left me and my son behind,
thinking that if the Russians won and captured our village, I would
find my compatriots - and when Turks won, I would protect the house
until their return.
With God's help, the Russian won. They assembled us and handed us
over to the fortress staff that sent us to Igdir. The name of the son
I lost was Azat. My husband's name is Arevshat. He was an askyar. I
have no news of him.
(The evidence was recorded by Varos Sargsyan).
The project was prepared with the assistance of the Information and
Analytical Center of the Armenian Government Staff.
20.02.15, 21:39
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Aysor.am is launching the third series of project "Armenian Genocide:
Breaking the Silence." Under the headline "Survivors" we will regularly
present the testimonies of survivors of the 1915 Armenian massacres
in the Ottoman Turkey. We present the first eyewitness testimony from
the series.
Haykanush Hloyants who found refuge in the village of Ughuzli recalled:
"On Ascension Day the Government ordered that all the Armenians be
expelled from the town and massacred. A flight began, during which
I lost my children.
Osman chavush caught me. At first he was going to throw me into a
river, but then he thought that he needed me so he spared my life and
took me and my 6-year-old son Hamazasp to Chapaghjur. He kept me in
his family in a village and started to cohabit forcibly with me.
Osman had a legal Turkish wife, and an Armenian wife - like me - whom
they converted into a Turk and called 'Minavar' which means 'heavenly
light'. I was named Nikar. I stayed at that house for three months.
When the Russians were approaching, Osman together with his two wives
and the entire family moved inland, but he left me and my son behind,
thinking that if the Russians won and captured our village, I would
find my compatriots - and when Turks won, I would protect the house
until their return.
With God's help, the Russian won. They assembled us and handed us
over to the fortress staff that sent us to Igdir. The name of the son
I lost was Azat. My husband's name is Arevshat. He was an askyar. I
have no news of him.
(The evidence was recorded by Varos Sargsyan).
The project was prepared with the assistance of the Information and
Analytical Center of the Armenian Government Staff.
20.02.15, 21:39
Related news
Special Project. Survivors of Armenian Genocide. Misak
Aghbalyan on deportation of Karin population
http://www.aysor.am/en/news/2015/02/11/Special-Project-Survivors-of-Armenian-Genocide-Misak-Aghbalyan-on-deportation-of-Karin-population/905531
http://www.aysor.am/en/news/2015/02/20/Special-Project-Survivors-of-Armenian-Genocide/909745