Adana, massacres of 20,000 Armenians 1909
A book providing a fresh insight into the history of the Armenian Genocide has been published in Turkey to introduce witness testimonies depicting the massacres of 20,000 Armenians.
Entitled “1909 Adana Pogroms: Three Reports”, the book comprises three major documents which gained importance after wide-ranging debates in Ottoman Empire and worldwide. It sheds light on the pogroms that started from Adana and later expanded to Kilis and Zeytun. Ari Shekerian has translated the book from the Ottoman language. It also contains photos taken in more than 40 regions.
The author of the preface is Turkish historian Tener Akcam. The reports by Karapet Chalian, Artin Aslanian and Hakob Papikian were published 106 years after the mass killings.
The authors’ biographies add interest to the historic records.
Papikyan, who was in a fact-finding mission dispatched to Adana after the pogroms, passed away in rather suspicious circumstances a day before the report was made public.
Chalian, who was considered a founder of Ittihat ve Teraki (secret society established as the Committee of Ottoman Union), was killed in 1920. Aslanian rejected to give any testimony and later fled to Egypt, where he wrote the report.
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