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DERSIM-ARMENIANS LEARNING NATIVE TONGUE
13:30 * 25.02.15
The Armenian residents of Turkey's Dersim region have started learning
Armenian as part of a recently announced cooperation initiative with
the Alevis.
The Istanbul-based Armenian publication Hye Tert reports that the
two communities have already launched an association to realize
joint projects.
"An important concern for the Dersim-Armenians is that they have
forgotten their language. To bridge that gap, our first task was to
organize courses. Tigran Lokmagyozyan, an Istanbul-Armenian currently
residing in Armenia, has now come to Dersim for that reason. We
have 15 students for the starting period," Serkan Meriatash, the
association's founder, told the publication.
He unveiled plans for conducting different events in April, ahead of
the Armenian Genocide centenary. Meriatash said that a delegation of
Dersim village mayors is now considering a possible visit to Armenia
from April 16 to 20 for organizing a public screening of movies.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/02/25/dersim-armenians/1600559
13:30 * 25.02.15
The Armenian residents of Turkey's Dersim region have started learning
Armenian as part of a recently announced cooperation initiative with
the Alevis.
The Istanbul-based Armenian publication Hye Tert reports that the
two communities have already launched an association to realize
joint projects.
"An important concern for the Dersim-Armenians is that they have
forgotten their language. To bridge that gap, our first task was to
organize courses. Tigran Lokmagyozyan, an Istanbul-Armenian currently
residing in Armenia, has now come to Dersim for that reason. We
have 15 students for the starting period," Serkan Meriatash, the
association's founder, told the publication.
He unveiled plans for conducting different events in April, ahead of
the Armenian Genocide centenary. Meriatash said that a delegation of
Dersim village mayors is now considering a possible visit to Armenia
from April 16 to 20 for organizing a public screening of movies.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/02/25/dersim-armenians/1600559