The most inspiring and modest result of the activities of the Armenian Genocide Centennial events and the Armenian Genocide MuseumInstitute is the daily visit of the Turkish tourists to the museum. Director of Armenian Genocide MuseumInstitute Hayk Demoyan said during his meeting with the journalists that more Turks visited the museum during the last month than during the 15 years of museum’s existence.
“Turks’ visits to the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute have become a regularity. The greatest and the most impressive thing for us is their silence. If earlier they used to come with certain skepticism, made inquiries, cast doubts, today they do not have reasons for questioning,” “Armenpress” reports, Demoyan stated, adding that to some extent they had reached the goal, i.e. affect the Turkish society so that they began meditating and understanding why a new chain of events occurred in terms of international recognition all over the world, but other thing was imposed within their borders.
“Why exhibitions are organized on government level in Paris and over 40 cities of France, why state officials visit Tsitsernakaberd. This complex of “Whys” will lead to an important objective, so that we become able to change approaches among future Turkish generation, so that they understand in the first place that their authorities distort the reality,” noted Demoyan.
“I remember and Demand” experts forum is held in Yerevan where the results of Armenian Genocide Centennial events are being summarized.
Genocide Museum Presents Four New Publications on Armenian Genocide
As part of its ongoing events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute (AGMI) presented four new works, two of them in English, today in Yerevan, reports Public Radio of Armenia.
Following the presentation, AGMI Director Hayg Temoyan awarded medals and diplomas to individuals and groups that contributed to the Museum within the framework of its centennial events.
“The Armenian Genocide in Contemporary American Encyclopedias,” by Dr. Arman Kirakossian, is a summary of interpretations on the topic of the Armenian Genocide in American encyclopedias. Kirakossian said the work is especially important for scholars and can be a useful research tool.
Two volumes titled “Armenian Genocide Encyclopedia” will be published by the end of the year, according to Temoyan.
The AGMI also presented Rubina Peroomian’s “The Armenian Genocide in Literature: The Second Generation Responds,” and “The Number of Western Armenians in 1878-1914,” by Robert Tatosyan.
The fourth book unveiled today was the catalogue of the temporary exhibition on “The Armenian Genocide: The Scandinavian Response,” published under a presidential grant.
