Commentary
Significance of Hidden Armenians for Armenia and Project Rebirth Objectives
Hidden Armenians are the present generation descendants of Armenian orphans left behind in Turkey after the 1915 Armenian Genocide. These orphans, the living victims of the Genocide, were forcibly assimilated, Islamized, Turkified and Kurdified in state orphanages, military schools, Turkish and Kurdish homes. In recent years, it has become apparent that they did not forget their Armenian roots and secretly passed them on to the next generations. In the early 2010s, almost 100 years after the Gen
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Also see Raffi Bedrosyan(with introductions by Fethiye Çetin and Taner Akçam) “Trauma and Resilience: Armenians in Turkey – Hidden, Not Hidden and No Longer Hidden” (Gomidas Institute, 2019). http://gomidas.org/books/show/134
This is a fascinating topic. The significance you outlined are all important. I was particularly intrigued by #5 given its short term critical nature. When we think of our connection to western Armenia today, the emerging Armenians and the restoration of our religious and cultural vestiges are fundamental. Thank you for the article.
Thank you, it’s a heartfelt article. Yes, I agree those Armenians need support help in many ways. To preserve & reconstruct the ancient buildings, learning of our culture, history etc… Encouragement and help from the outside organizations in the diaspora and from Armenia to elevate would be a good thing. Armenians need each other & need to work together.