The Adana Massacres of 1909:
Legacy and Perspectives
Featuring:
Aram Arkun
Dr. Bedross Der Matossian
Dr. Dikran Kaligian
Dr. Lou Ann Matossian
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The Adana Massacres of April 1909 took the lives of more than 20,000 Armenians in the province of Adana and elsewhere in Armenian-inhabited areas of the Ottoman Empire. In addition to the appalling loss of life and property, the massacres were a bitter blow to the Armenians who had expressed such optimism at the Young Turk Revolution of 1908. Many see in these massacres an indication of what was to come in the genocide of 1915.
We mark the centenary of these events with a mini-symposium that presents four researchers examining various aspects of the massacres from different perspectives in an effort to better understand what happened and what was the impact.
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May 7, 2009
NAASR Headquarters
395 Concord Avenue
Belmont, MA
Presented by:
The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)