"TRUTH ALLEGEDLY NOT RECOGNIZED BY TURKS", BOOK BY HOVHANNES CHILINKARYAN, PRESENTED IN YEREVAN
PanARMENIAN.Net
29.09.2009 21:29 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian National Library has today hosted the
presentation of historian, political scientist Hovhannes Chilinkaryan’s
book titled "Truth Allegedly Not Recognized by Turks".
In his book, the author thoroughly describes Turkish Government’s
attitude to Armenian Genocide and makes arguments as to why Turkey
should recognize the fact of Armenian Genocide in Ottoman empire and
return occupied Armenian lands.
Chilinkaryan himself was not present at the ceremony, but gave 150
copies of his book as a present to National Library, as well as
to schools in Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. The book has been also
published in English, Turkish and French languages.
Hovhannes Chilinkaryan was born in 1924 in Constantinople (Turkey). In
1955, he had to leave the town and move to Nice. Despite living and
working in France, Chilinkaryan wrote articles about Armenian-Turkish
relations which were always published in Armenian Nayiri daily
(Beirut, Lebanon).
The historian was brave enough to draw parallels between Armenian
Genocide and Jewish Holocaust. He contributed to the opening Ruben
Sevak museum in Nice, which keeps the poet’s works and handwritten
pieces are. Museum also keeps 200 canvases by Armenian marine
painters. Chilinkaryan is the nephew of renowned western Armenian
poet Ruben Sevak.