Yerevan Gilbert Sinoue's novel on Armenian Genocide translated into Bulgarian

June 14, 2010 - 19:41 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - On June 11, Plovdiv hosted a presentation of Yerevan Gilbert Sinoue's novel on Armenian Genocide. The book was translated into Bulgarian.

The writer set the scene with an Armenian family pitilessly decimated as part of the first Genocide perpetrated in the 20th century. He starts his novel with description of Armenian massacre organized by Sultan Abdul Hamid.

Armenian Ambassador to Bulgaria, Sergey Mansaryan as well as translator and book editor Zlatko Staikov participated in the presentation.

The Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres and deportations, involving forced marches under conditions designed to lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths reaching 1.5 million.

The majority of Armenian Diaspora communities were formed by the Genocide survivors.

Present-day Turkey denies the fact of the Armenian Genocide, justifying the atrocities as “deportation to secure Armenians”. Only a few Turkish intellectuals, including Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk and scholar Taner Akcam, speak openly about the necessity to recognize this crime against humanity.

The Armenian Genocide was recognized by Uruguay, Russia, France, Lithuania, Italy, 45 U.S. states, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Argentina, Belgium, Austria, Wales, Switzerland, Canada, Poland, Venezuela, Chile, Bolivia, the Vatican, Luxembourg, Brazil, Germany, the Netherlands, Paraguay, Sweden, Venezuela, Slovakia, Syria, Vatican, as well as the European Parliament and the World Council of Churches.