New book about Adana Massacre has been released in Turkey

Armenpress 15:09, 14 February, 2015

YEREVAN, 14 FEBRUARY, ARMENPRESS. The book “1909 Adana Massacre: Three Reports” has been published in Turkey. The book is about the massacres of more than 20,000 Armenians that began in Adana in 1909 and continued in Zeytun and in Kilis.

As “Armenpress” reports, citing the Turkish T24 website, Ari Shekerian translated the book from Ottoman Turkish, edited and printed it with Aras Publishing House. The Ottoman Turkish version of the book was based on real life stories told by eyewitnesses. Turkish readers now have the chance to become familiar with the memoirs of those who survived the Armenian massacres. The preface for the Turkish version of the book was written by famous Turkish historian Taner Akçam.



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