Akçam is the only scholar of Turkish descent who chairs an Armenian studies department and one of only a handful of Armenian Genocide scholars researching in the Turkish archives. He has mined the archives extensively, with his latest book significantly contributing to the field. …
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The Assyrian American Civic club of Turlock (California/USA) in collaboration with Seyfo Center USA held on Saturday December 7th 2012 a seminar on the Assyrian and Armenian Genocide of 1914-1915 with guest speaker Mr. Ara Sarafian, Director of Gomidas Institute of London, England. …
Seyfo Centre is hosting a lecture trip by Armenian historian Ara Sarafian, who has already given two fascinating talks in Los Angeles and San Diego. He spoke to a capacity audience of Assyrians, Armenians and their friends. He was introduced by Noray Betbaba, of the Seyfo Centre USA who noted that Sarafian and the Gomidas Institute have been a longstanding friend of Assyrians and have always spoken up for the recognition of the Seyfo. …
A remarkable thing about the bodies that we saw was that nearly all of them were naked. I have been informed that the people were forced to take off their clothes before they were killed, as the Mohammedans consider the clothes taken from a dead body to be defiled. …