“Arméniens & Turcs” de 1918 à 2018 : seconde édition Juin 2019

The Second Revised English Edition of 450 page book by reporter and expert Tatul Hakobyan Armenians and Turks; from War to Cold War to Diplomacy was published in Yerevan in June, 2019. This work, which covers Armenian-Turkish relations since 1918 to 2018, is the result of ten years of extensive research, analysis and travel by the author.

The Second Revised English Edition of Armenians and Turks is dedicated to Vagharshag Shahinian, a true Armenian patriot and a courageous leader of men.

Born in 1889 in the Western Armenian city of Van, Vagharshag Shahinian left for the United States in 1910. He returned to Armenia to rescue is family from the atrocities being committed by the Ottoman government against its Armenian minority. In May of 1918, at the Battle of Sardarapat, he and his brave compatriots successfully defended the remaining Armenian lands that had previously been under the control of the fallen Russian Empire and into which his family and thousands of the remaining survivors of the genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire had fled.  Had the Ottomans succeeded at Sardarapat, the last physical existence of Armenians in a land of their own land likely would have been lost forever.  After the Ottomans were repulsed at the Battle of Sardarapat and the First Republic of Armenia was formed, he organized and commanded a detachment of 1100 militiamen to defend the homeland. After fighting ended, he returned with his family to the United States.  Foll….

source : Massis media