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  • Dr. Lusine Sahakyan to present "The results of forceful islamization

    JOINT PRESS RELEASE
    "Ararat Foundation", California
    "Ararat" Center for Strategic Research, Yerevan
    3115 Foothill Blvd., M-173
    La Crescenta, CA 91214
    Tel: 818-581-6144
    e-mail: [email protected]
    e-mail: [email protected]

    April 21, 2007

    "The results of forceful islamization of the Armenians in the Ottoman
    Empire"

    Dear friends:

    You are cordially invited to a lecture and book presentation by Dr.
    Lusine Sahakyan, on Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 5:30 p.m., at Glendale
    Central Library, 222 E. Harvard St., Glendale, California.

    Dr. Lusine Sahakyan is an Assistant Professor and Vice-Chair of
    Turkish Studies as well as Academic Council Secretary of the Faculty
    of Oriental Studies at Yerevan State University (YSU). Dr. Sahakyan
    lectures Contemporary Turkish, the History of Turkish Literature,
    Turkish Historiography and History of Contemporary Turkey. In 2002, she
    defended the Ph.D. dissertation on the toponyms and demography of the
    provinces of Baberd, Sper and Derjan in the Ottoman "Tahrir-Defters"
    of the 16'th century.

    Dr. Sahakyan is the author of a number of scholarly articles which
    sum up the results of historical toponyms and demography of Armenia,
    the distortion of historical facts in Turkish scholarly circles as well
    as the forceful islamization of the population of historical Armenia.

    The event is open to the public. The admission is free.

    The Mission of "Ararat Foundation": The primary objective of "Ararat
    Foundation" would be step by step formation and development of an
    Armenian school of strategic thought ("Ararat" Center for Strategic
    Research). This would be an independent institution dedicated to
    promoting understanding and resolution of Armenia's security problems
    through a program of research, information and outreach.

    To contact "Ararat" Center for Strategic Research, please visit
    http://www.ararat-center.org or e-mail us at [email protected]
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