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    PRESS RELEASE
    National Association for Armenian
    Studies and Research (NAASR)
    395 Concord Avenue
    Belmont, MA 02478
    Tel.: 617-489-1610
    E-mail: [email protected]


    LAURE MARCHAND AND GUILLAUME PERRIER, NOTED FRENCH JOURNALISTS, TO
    SPEAK AT NAASR


    Acclaimed journalists Laure Marchand and Guillaume Perrier
    will present a talk in conjunction with their newly published book
    Turkey and the Armenian Ghost: On the Trail of the Genocide, on
    Thursday, March 19, 2015, at 7:30 p.m., at the National Association
    for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) Center, 395 Concord Ave.,
    Belmont, MA 02478.
    The first genocide of the twentieth century remains unrecognized and
    unpunished. Turkey continues to deny the slaughter of over a million
    Ottoman Armenians in 1915 and the following years. What sets the
    Armenian Genocide apart from other mass atrocities is that the country
    responsible has never officially acknowledged its actions, and no
    individual has ever been brought to justice.
    In Turkey and the Armenian Ghost (McGill-Queen's University Press,
    2015), with a foreword by Taner Akçam, a translation of the
    award-winning La Turquie et le fantôme arménien, Laure Marchand (Le
    Figaro and Le Nouvel Observateur) and Guillaume Perrier (Le Monde and
    Le Point) visit historic sites and interview politicians, elderly
    survivors, descendants, authors, and activists in a quest for the
    hidden truth. Taking the reader into remote mountain regions, tiny
    hamlets, and the homes of traumatized victims of a deadly persecution
    that continues to this day, they reveal little-known aspects of the
    history and culture of a people who have been rendered invisible in
    their ancient homeland.
    Seeking to illuminate complex issues of blame and responsibility,
    guilt and innocence, the authors discuss the roles played in this
    drama by the "righteous Turks," the Kurds, the converts, the rebels,
    and the "leftovers of the sword." They also describe the struggle to
    have the genocide officially recognized in Turkey, France, and the
    United States. Arguing that this giant cover-up has had consequences
    for Turks as well as for Armenians, the authors point to a society
    sickened by a century of denial.
    For more information about this event please contact NAASR at
    617-489-1610 or [email protected].

    Belmont, MA
    March 2, 2015

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