The International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, A Division of the Zoryan Institute, invites you to attend the 2017 Tribute to Hrant Dink.
The International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, A Division of the Zoryan Institute, invites you to attend the 2017 Tribute to Hrant Dink.
January 21, 2017 in Montreal
January 22, 2017 in Toronto
Hrant Dink was the most prominent advocate of mutual respect between Turkey’s majority population and itsթԹ minorities. He was assassinated inթԹ 2007 outside the Istanbul offices of Agos, the Turkish-Armenian weekly newspaper that he edited.
The keynote speaker will beթԹ Mr. Cem թՉzdemir,թԹ a German parliamentarian of Turkish descent.թԹ He was the driving force behind the German parliamentթ§Չ-Չ§s Armenian Genocide resolution on June 2nd, 2016. Mr. թՉzdemir champions the cause of overcoming historical obstaclesթԹ to eliminate the թ§Չ-ժus vs. themթ§Չ-Թ mentality.
In an interview leading up to theթԹ June 2nd decision, Cem թՉzdemir was asked if this resolution was coming at the wrong time. His response was:թԹ “Well it’s always at the wrong time. Since 101 years it’s the wrong time to talk about our responsibility and our guilt…So I think it’s time as friends of Turkey to tell Turkey, this is the wrong path.”
թՉzdemir’s decision to present the bill in 2016 was influenced by the work of German scholar, Wolfgang Gust.թԹ
The Zoryan Institute partnered with GustթԹ to collect, restore, translateթԹ and publish thousands ofթԹ historical documents from the German Foreign Office Archive thatթԹ revealed the extent of the Ottoman policyթԹ and planning of the 1915 Genocide.
To learn more about the book or to purchase, please contact zoryan@zoryaninstitute.org
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