They arrived [in Meskeneh] by the thousands, but the majority left their bones there.
—Auguste Bernau, German employee
of the American Vacuum Oil Company[1]
ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)—The Turkish translation of Aram Andonian’s monumental book Ayn Sev Orerun (In Those Black Days) was published in Istanbul this month by Pencere Publishing. Stephen Onanian translated the book; Atilla Tuygan copyedited it. Dr. Khatchig Mouradian wrote the introduction, the English version of which
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Very sad reading
Thank you Mr. Mouradian for that well documented article. My father from Gesaria on his way to Deir el-Zor stayed in Meskeneh, where his youngest brother Aramig died. They buried him there. Now that part of Meskeneh is submerged under the dammed waters of the Euphrates. I recently published my father’s memoir in “Leaving Kayseri, A Journey of One Hundred Years”.
The translation of this book “Ayn Sev Orerun” into Turkish is hugely important, up there with, “My Grandmother” by Fethiye Cetin. What’s needed now is for the school curriculum in Turkey to change. One hundred years of brainwashing the young is way too long. An example: My friend, Dikran’s girl cousin is sitting in a classroom in Turkey, circa 1950s. The teacher is telling the students about the horrible Armenians and how they murdered innocent Turkish people in 1915. All students in unison turn and stare at his cousin. Example 2: Thirty years ago I taught history classes about the Genocide at Sunshine Continuation High School in San Francisco. One of my students quite passionately exclaimed: “Why didn’t we know about the Armenians before this?” I couldn’t answer him. Turkish students will also be dumbfounded when they are taught the truth about the Genocide. They’ll get over their initial shock and hopefully want to learn more.
A great article!
Sincerely,
Ellen Sarkisian Chesnut
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A memory from Ankara. When i was a student in a high school in Ankara, 1983. Our history teacher said that, ‘i dont want to teach theese lies, they killed the Armenians, ok lets see the what is next chapter’ and we turned the leaves of the history books , next chapter…
When i think this memory now, it is amazing but it happened i was there.