A Memo from Director Of Assyrian Genocide Research Center Mr. Sabri Atman

A Memo from Director Of Assyrian Genocide Research Center Mr. Sabri Atman

Memo from Director Of Assyrian Genocide Research Center Mr. Sabri Atman Dear Fellow Assyrians and Friends,   I hope you are all well and enjoying a wonderful and relaxing spring.   At Seyfo Center we were able to achieve this year many of our objectives; including but not limited to our efforts to educate Assyrians and non-Assyrians about our Genocide. On April 20th, we were officially invited by the city of Glendale, which is located in Southern California to give

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Assyrians, Armenians, Greeks Commemorate Genocide in Los Angeles

Los Angeles (AINA) — “We have made a clean sweep of the Armenians and Assyrians of Azerbaijan” — Those were the words of Djevdet Bey, the governor of Van Province in Ottoman Turkey, who on April 24, 1915 lead 20,000 Turkish soldiers and 10,000 Kurdish irregulars in the opening act of the genocide of Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks. Between 1915 and 1918 750,000 Assyrians (75%), 1000,000 Greeks and 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman Turks and Kurds in a

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Assyrian, Armenian, Greek Genocide Commemoration Held in Glendale, California

(AINA) — The city of Glendale, a suburb of Los Angeles, California, hosted commemoration events on the Turkish genocide of Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks in World War One. Glendale is home to a large Armenian population as well as a population of Assyrians. The events included lectures, poetry readings, performances and a candlelight vigil and were attended by a large audience of Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks and other interested persons. Speakers included Rebert Avetisyan, the Permanent Representative of the Nagorno Karabakh

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