More than half of about 4-5 million Islamized Armenians confess that their ancestors are Armenians: Sargis Serobyan

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 4, ARMENPRESS. The issue of the Islamized Armenians got a public reaction for the first time within the framework of the international conference held in Istanbul. The conference entitled “Islamized Armenians” launched at Boğaziçi Universityin Istanbul on November 2, continues its activities convened by “Hrant Dink” fund. Representatives from scientific regions of the United States of America, Europe, Armenia and Turkey participate in the conference. The editor of the Armenian section of “Agos” newspaper Sargis Serobyan told in a conversation with Armenpress that a conference having such a theme and scale is organized in Turkey for the first time. “A wide conference devoted to the issue of the Islamized Armenians has not been held till now, which would enable both scientists and ordinary people from different parts of the world to participate,” Serobyan stated.

According to him, the conference having around 300 participants is first of all a step to understand and introduce the difficulties faced by the Islamized Armenians, their consequences, as well as to investigate and discuss the layers of silence existing upon this issue and the process of violating that silence. By the assessment of Serobyan, the holding of the conference shows that there is slow but certain process towards democracy in Turkey.