TURKISH WRITER CALLS TO COLLECT COMMEMORATIONS OF ARMENIANS WHO SURVIVED GENOCIDE WITH HELP OF TURKS

Ziya Meral, a London based researcher on Middle East minorities and a writer calls to collect the commemorations of Armenians who survived the Genocide with the help of Turks, the Turkish Daily News reports. “I similarly don’t remember when I first came to hear about massacres of Armenians, but I remember how I cried in the memorial in Yerevan for hours for all that has happened. I still shiver with pain each time I see pictures and hear stories of families scattered around the world. However, as I continued to read and reflect on memorial practices and sites, I have come to be increasingly worried that there were hardly any mention of ‘righteous Turks’- Turks who risked their lives to save their Armenian friends or even complete strangers in the literature and commemorations,” he said. “For this reason, I have personally begun a web-based initiative, named Project Common Humanity, or PCH, to gather the untold stories of courage, virtue and sacrifice. My humble and limited attempt is in no way meant to undermine the suffering of the victims or even getting involved in debates on whether or not what happened was genocide.” “So if you know any such story, published or not, please consider sharing it with all of us. Visit PCH’s amateurish blog and send your stories in Turkish or English. And join me to celebrate what unites us in an age that is obsessed with fixing what separates us,” Meral said.

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Ziya Meral, a London based researcher on Middle East minorities and a writer calls to collect the commemorations of Armenians who survived the Genocide with the help of Turks, the Turkish Daily News reports. ...