"Adana: Past and Present" exhibition to launch in Netherlands

April 18, 2009 - 17:34 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Lectures by Dr. Ton Zwaan, researcher at the Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and professor at the University of Amsterdam will be held on Apr. 19 in Amsterdam, Federation of Armenian Organizations in The Netherlands (FAON) told PanARMENIAN.Net



The lecture program will also feature Mr. Harry van Bommel, member of Socialist Party faction in the Dutch Parliament, Prof. Dr. Mihran Dabag, director of the Institute for Diaspora and Genocide Studies at Ruhr University in Bochum in Germany, Mr. Recep Marasli, writer and poet, Mr. Osman Koker, publicist, Mr Viguen Tchitetchian, Ambassador of Armenia to Belgium and Mr Ronny Naftaniel, director of Centre for Information and Documentation on Israel (CIDI).



"Adana: Past and Present" exhibition will be held in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Adana massacre by Ottoman Turks. The Adana massacre occurred in the city and province of Adana in April 1909 and resulted in 20,000 to 30,000 Armenian victims of violent Turkish anti-Armenian pogroms.
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