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Wendy Elliott

Wendy Elliott

Wendy Elliott has an MEd and a special interest in history. She is the author of “Grit and Grace in a World Gone Mad: Humanitarianism in Talas, Turkey 1908-1923” and the young adult novel, "The Dark Triumph of Daniel Sarkisyan." Visit https://wendyelliott.ca for more information about her books or to follow her blog.

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  1. Thank you for bringing up and enlightening the life of a hero who was struck by hate. I always wander what would have happened if the circumstances were different and he was able to live a normal life and the Armenian Genocide had not happened. But since it happened our duty and the world’s duty is never to forget it and work for justice until the perpetrator’s descendants recognize the evil of the Armenian genocide and come to recognize it. Only then the likes of of Dr. Aram ek will Rest In Peace. I lost my grandfather in a similar circumstance and my father was born an orphan yet I do not harbour hate but seek justice.

    • Personally I can only begin to imagine the tragedy of losing an ancestor to such brutality, and finding a way to let go of hate. It can’t be easy. I commend you and others who have managed to do it, yet still seek justice for them. As part of that process, it’s important to tell their stories.

    • You’re welcome. In researching my book, I’ve discovered so many remarkable stories that I can’t include in it, but want to share. I’ll do my best to write more of them.

  2. “I wonder what would happen to this world
    If godless Turks succeed in converting everyone 
    Into following their faith using their scimitars!”

    Turks know that they themselves came from remote, 
    Arid lands and the mountains of Altai,
    Destroying ancient civilizations
    Scimitaring innocents, walking on their blood, 
    Crushing their skulls and calling themselves 
    Religions, praying five times daily
    from dawn till dusk!
     
    April 24, 2015

    As many devoted Arab poets wrote painful verses
    after suffering from barbaric-Turks … (see p.108)

    “The sons of Turks, you are never Muslims…”

    From my new Poetry collection,
    “BRING OUT our Genocided Skulls &Artful Hands” (April 2018)

  3. This sort of Dr. Aramel Sivaslian is both inspiring and heart breaking. He was a hero…true to his faith, his people, and to the truth. May he rest in peace.

    My surviving family also went to Akron, Ohio, to be near the missionary Schauffler School. I wonder how many other Armenian survivors went there.

  4. Dr. Sivaslian was my great grandfather. Your article has filled in much missing information. I had been able to pinpoint the date of his murder to August 10 but couldn’t learn much else. Thank you for this beautiful tribute to his life.

  5. His wife’s name was Maritza Abajian. I’m the granddaughter of his son Yetvart (Edward) Arakel Sivaslian, whose only child, Marta-Maritza (Martha-Marie) was my mother.

    • I didn’t even know there was an astronomer with my last name. My father immagrated to America from Turkey and his grandfather was from Kayseri, but they lived in Sivas at one point when escaping the genocide.

    • Susan, I serve as the Head of School at Tarsus American College in Tarsus, Turkey and I have been organizing our historical book archive and found one book that is from Anatolia College. The book was given as a prize to your grandfather Edward as a prize in Mathematics in 1904 by Johannes Manissadjian who was a Professor at the College and well known for the Natural Sciences collection he developed and which we currently have a part of at our school in Tarsus. I would be happy to send you photos of the book and inscription. Edwards father Arakel was quite famous and received the first PhD in Astronomy from Carleton College in Minnesota.

  6. My sister just forwarded your article to me…thank you Wendy…Dr. Sivaslian was my great grandfather.

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