Ankara, Turkey - On April 24-25, a symposium on the Armenian Genocide titled "1915 Within its Pre and Post-historical periods: Denial and Confrontation" will be held in Ankara, organized by the Ankara Freedom to Thought Initiative (AFTI). It will not only address the history, but explore issues such as confiscation of Armenian property and reparations.
Among the confirmed participants are Ragip Zarakolu (publisher), Recep Marasli (author of The Armenian National Democratic Movement and 1915 Genocide), Sait Cetinoglu (activist and writer), Dr. David Gaunt (genocide scholar, author of Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia During World War I), Dr. Henry Theriault (professor of Philosophy, Worcester State University), and Khatchig Mouradian (doctoral student in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University and editor of the Armenian Weekly).
The symposium is dedicated to the memory of Hrant Dink. There will be four sessions: a) The Armenian Genocide from a historical perspective, b) Official ideological denial from the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) to Kemalism, c) Turkification of the Economy and the issue of the confiscated Armenian property, and d) What needs to be done and how?
Source: This story is based on a featured story on Asbarez.com. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
Among the confirmed participants are Ragip Zarakolu (publisher), Recep Marasli (author of The Armenian National Democratic Movement and 1915 Genocide), Sait Cetinoglu (activist and writer), Dr. David Gaunt (genocide scholar, author of Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia During World War I), Dr. Henry Theriault (professor of Philosophy, Worcester State University), and Khatchig Mouradian (doctoral student in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University and editor of the Armenian Weekly).
The symposium is dedicated to the memory of Hrant Dink. There will be four sessions: a) The Armenian Genocide from a historical perspective, b) Official ideological denial from the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) to Kemalism, c) Turkification of the Economy and the issue of the confiscated Armenian property, and d) What needs to be done and how?
Source: This story is based on a featured story on Asbarez.com. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
