Yerevan launched an exhibition in memory of Adana massacres

April 21, 2009 - 20:22 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On Apr. 21 RA National Archive hosted an exhibition in memory of Adana massacres.

The exhibition featured over 100 documents and photos, testifying to tragic events in Cilicia in the beginning of 20th century.



According to Amatuni Virabyan, RA National Archive Director, such events have gained special importance now that intensive negotiations over Armenian- Turkish border opening are in process. "We have to be very careful, and every step we take towards normalization of ties with Turkey should be well considered and carefully weighed," he stated.





In his turn, Yerevan's Armenian Genocide Museum Director, Hayk Demoyan stressed that Armenian population in Cilicia witnessed 3 massacres: in 1909, during Genocide of 1915 and in 1918 when massacres were initiated by Turkish leaders who became the founders of present-day Turkey.



Dwelling on assertions about restricted number of Genocide documents in Armenian archives, preventing the Armenian part from countering Turkish negation policy, Hayk Demoyan stated, "Today's exhibition proved the opposite."
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