TURKISH VERSION OF THE COLLECTION OF 1916-1917 EVIDENCES ABOUT ARMENIA

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TURKISH VERSION OF THE COLLECTION OF 1916-1917 EVIDENCES ABOUT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TO BE PRESENTED TO THE WORLD

13:17, 2 July, 2014

YEREVAN, JULY 2, ARMENPRESS. The Turkish translation of the
three-volume collection of archival documents including 1916-1917
evidences about the Armenian Genocide will be introduced to the world.

As reports "Armenpress", the presentation of the Turkish version of
"The Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire:

Testimonies of the survivors" will take place on July 3 at 19:00 in
"Arno Babajanyan" small Philharmonic Concert Hall. The publisher of
the Turkish translation Ragip Zarakolu, translator Tiran Lokmagyozyan,
Director of National Archives of Armenia Amatuni Virabyan, "Van"
NGO Honorable Chairman Ruben Galchyan will present the publication
in 1,500 copies.

As Ruben Galchyan said in an interview with "Armenpress", the Turkish
version of the book was published four days ago, in association with
the human rights defender and publisher Ragip Zarakolu and sponsored
by Gulbenkian Institution in Lisbon, and has not been yet distributed
to the bookstores. "The Russian translation of the book is ready,
but not published. In the near future, we plan to publish the German,
Spanish and French translations.

Funds should be sourced so that we can do it" - he said.

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DAVUTOGLU'S SCALES ARE WRONG, TURKISH PUBLISHER SAYS IN YEREVAN

17:37 02.07.2014

Armenian Genocide, Ragip Zarakolu, Turkey

Alisa Gevorgyan
Public Radio of Armenia

"Genocide means not only the annihilation of the nation, but also its
generations, culture, traditions, cities and villages, and this is
what happened in Turkey," famous Turkish intellectual, publisher Ragip
Zarakolu told reporters in Yerevan today. He has arrived in Armenia
to participate in the presentation of the Turkish edition of the
"Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey: Testimonies of the Survivors."

In 2012 Van publishing house issued the three-volume work titled
"Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey: Testimonies of the Survivors,"
which presents eyewitness accounts of the Genocide, valuable archive
documents, maps and photos. In 2013 the book was published in English,
and now it's available in Turkish, as well.

"I was greatly excited by the content of this book, because it includes
interviews made in 1916, i.e. immediately after the Genocide.

This is a very valuable document against Turkish denialism,"
Zarakolu said.

"This is denialism: once you lie, you have to do that constantly. This
is Turkey's policy, which I have been fighting for years," he said.

Zarakolu and his wife have been persecuted in Turkey because of their
activity. He has published a number of books on the Armenian Genocide,
and this one will come to enrich the list of banned literature in
Turkey. "Thanks God there is Internet, and the book will reach the
reader," the publisher said.

Zarakolu said much has changed in Turkey over the past years. "People
are tired of lies, they want the truth," he said.

Ragip Zarakolu referred to Turkish Prime Minister Regep Tayyip
Erdogan's address to the Armenian people on the eve of April 24 and
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's invitation to the Turkish leader
to visit Yerevan on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. He
also spoke about the recent article by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu, in which the latter notes that 'unjust memory' has been
created around the events of 1915."

"Davutoglu's scales are wrong," the publisher said. "We'll see that
if we look at the period from 1915 to nowadays. Two million Armenians
living in Western Armenia do not live there any more. Had there been
no genocide, there would be 8-10 million Armenians living there."

"Genocide means not only the annihilation of the nation, but also
its generations, culture, traditions, cities and villages, and this
is what happened in Turkey," famous Turkish intellectual, publisher
Ragib Zarakolu said.

http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/07/02/davutoglus-scales-are-wrong-turkish-publisher-says-in-yerevan/