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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TOPIC BECOMES MORE POPULAR AMONG TURKISH AUTHORS
mediamax
March 1 2011
Armenia
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Specialist in Turkic philology Ruben Melkonyan
stated today that after 2003, more and more Turkish authors have been
touching upon the Armenian Genocide in their books.
Mediamax reports that the specialist said this at the presentation
of his "Armenian Genocide Topic in Modern Turkish Literature"
book. According to Melkonyan, this is the first research of this type.
"Having analyzed over 200 books of Turkish authors, I singled out 20,
which directly or indirectly touch upon the topic of the Armenian
Genocide. The policy of denial and forgetting the Armenian Genocide
strongly influenced Turkish literature of the XX century, in which
this topic was practically not touched upon" the expert noted.
Ruben Melkonyan informed that for the first time the Armenian Genocide
is mentioned in a book, dated to 1956, in which the term "Armenian
pogroms" is used.
"In the XXI century, the situation in Turkey has somewhat changed,
and this fact found its reflection also in literature, where the topic
of the Genocide started to be used, mainly, in a form of memoirs of
people, who lived through that tragedy and were forcedly Islamized",
the specialist of Turkic philology stated.
>From 20 books, in which the topic of the Genocide is touched upon,
only 5 were written in last century, all the remaining 15 are dated
to the XXI century.
The main value of those books, according to Melkonyan, is that they had
a factual basis, they make a bigger impression on the Turkish society,
than historical works, and can be used as propaganda against the policy
of forgetting and denying the Genocide, adopted by official Ankara,
since they are written by Turks themselves.
Ruben Melkonyan reminded that the most famous author, who touches upon
the topic of the Armenian Genocide, is Elif Å~^afak, whose books are
very popular in Turkey and are translated into more than 40 languages.
Mediamax notes that after the publication of "Istanbul Foundling",
where the Armenian Genocide is mentioned, Elif Å~^afak was to be
imprisoned for 3 years for "offending the Turkish nation", however
later the accusations were lifted "for insufficiency of evidence".
From: A. Papazian
mediamax
March 1 2011
Armenia
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Specialist in Turkic philology Ruben Melkonyan
stated today that after 2003, more and more Turkish authors have been
touching upon the Armenian Genocide in their books.
Mediamax reports that the specialist said this at the presentation
of his "Armenian Genocide Topic in Modern Turkish Literature"
book. According to Melkonyan, this is the first research of this type.
"Having analyzed over 200 books of Turkish authors, I singled out 20,
which directly or indirectly touch upon the topic of the Armenian
Genocide. The policy of denial and forgetting the Armenian Genocide
strongly influenced Turkish literature of the XX century, in which
this topic was practically not touched upon" the expert noted.
Ruben Melkonyan informed that for the first time the Armenian Genocide
is mentioned in a book, dated to 1956, in which the term "Armenian
pogroms" is used.
"In the XXI century, the situation in Turkey has somewhat changed,
and this fact found its reflection also in literature, where the topic
of the Genocide started to be used, mainly, in a form of memoirs of
people, who lived through that tragedy and were forcedly Islamized",
the specialist of Turkic philology stated.
>From 20 books, in which the topic of the Genocide is touched upon,
only 5 were written in last century, all the remaining 15 are dated
to the XXI century.
The main value of those books, according to Melkonyan, is that they had
a factual basis, they make a bigger impression on the Turkish society,
than historical works, and can be used as propaganda against the policy
of forgetting and denying the Genocide, adopted by official Ankara,
since they are written by Turks themselves.
Ruben Melkonyan reminded that the most famous author, who touches upon
the topic of the Armenian Genocide, is Elif Å~^afak, whose books are
very popular in Turkey and are translated into more than 40 languages.
Mediamax notes that after the publication of "Istanbul Foundling",
where the Armenian Genocide is mentioned, Elif Å~^afak was to be
imprisoned for 3 years for "offending the Turkish nation", however
later the accusations were lifted "for insufficiency of evidence".
From: A. Papazian