Armenians

narrative of his Armenian mothers childhood, and her struggles that were revealed to her in the destruction of the Ottoman Empire. The Turks, once allies with the Armenian community, turns away and attempts to direct the Armenians to leave Turkey. Through this expedition, Veron experienced gut-wrenching circumstances that showed courage and sacrifice that she now must live with forever. In the start, Veron is being raised in one of the wealthiest families in all of the Armenian quarters in…

We see Hernaus, an Armenian girl, forced to leave her religion and culture behind, develops a new Turkish identity as Seher. Seher, who is now married to a Turkish man and have Turkish children and grandchildren, still holds on to some of her Armenian culture. In one part, Fethiye, Seher’s granddaughter, remembers how her grandmother used to make sweet braided breads called çörek. Years later, Fethiye realizes the significance of çörek for Armenians as many of her Armenian neighbors, including…

Genocide has been an unfortunate reoccurrence throughout history, with the Holocaust leading the way for all the others. The Holocaust can be traced back to 1933, when Hitler captured the position of chancellor and for 12 years over six million Jewish civilians would perish at the hands of the Nazi Party. It is true that Genocide had occurred earlier to this atrocity in Armenia, killing approximately two million, and it cannot go unsaid that millions more would perish in genocides yet to come…

Furthermore, studies have supported the notion that many LGBT individuals are identified to be living alone, without a partner or without children compared to their heterosexual counterparts (Blank et al., 2009). However, studies also suggest that these individuals who have identified that they live alone, may actually have partners or be in a relationship with someone who lives separately from them (Addis et al., 2009). In a study examining the health of older gay, lesbian and bisexual adults,…

Some even make it their goal to liquidate the entire group. This example is prominent in many genocides, some well-known ones are the Holocaust, Rwanda, and the Armenian genocide. To begin, the Holocaust occurred when Nazi Germany believed that people of the Jewish religion were becoming a threat to the German community and were to blame for all social and economic issues within the country’s borders. The Nazi’s…

popularly regarded as one of the worst crimes of humanity, is a relatively new phenomenon. The term itself had only recently been included in the modern English language since 1944, when it was coined by Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin as a reaction to the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust. As a relatively new concept, genocide is always in an urgent need of understanding from the public, since the masses plays an important role in both the prevention and, unfortunately, the execution of…

as long as they were not rising in power, in which case they would have to be dealt with. Similarly, Shah Abbas of the Safavid took a similar approach to Non-Muslim Minority in the Safavid Iran. Shah Abbas force Armenian to migrate to Isfahan to better trade in the Safavid Empire. Armenians were given special privileges that other dhimmi did not receive, such as tax exceptions and compensation for their forced immigration. I believe that had Non-Muslims were treated quite well as long as the…

The soldier knows that Turkish genocide is bad, and killing the Armenians, and making them suffer is unethical, so he agrees with Kevork and helps the Armenians, but a man has to put food on his table, which explain why he is soldier “fighting” for a bad cause. In this quote the hope is survival, and doing what is just. The soldier and Kevork both have the same hope, they both hope the Armenians survive, and they risk their life to make the hope reality. Hope affecting a person's…

immigrants’ lives after they immigrated, specifically after mid-19th century? Were there any similarities or differences between their experiences. This paper will answer these questions by analyzing primary sources that link to the experience of Arab, Armenian, Jewish, and other immigrants. Indeed, analyzing primary sources is one of the methods that provides a window into the past to determine the significance, reliability, and make a viable interpretation of the historical events. The tired,…

There are so many examples from many countries around the world of genocides. For example, the Armenian Genocide is often considered the prototype for subsequent genocides in the twentieth century. Another widely known genocide is the Holocaust by Nazi Germany during World War II. There are also many examples of genocides in Africa’s history. Even…