Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Turkey's Hidden Armenians

By suzanne Khardalian Holmquist

Thank you for this revealing report.
I am a documentary film-maker myself and have worked with this issue for a while.
You do not have to go far all the way to Turkey to discover the existence of hidden Armenians. They are all over Europe, around us, in differnet cities... in Sweden, In Gernamny, in Holland and Belgium.
Thousands of seemingly Kurds seek to confirm their hidden identities once in they land on the more safe shores of Europe.
In Sweden, at the university of Soedertorn, Prof David Gaunt , who has been working on the Genocide of Armenians and Assyrians, witnesses about dousins of these so called kurds. I would call them Muslim Armenians who come to him asking for help. They want to know more about their roots, their identity. The task they choose is not an easy one. It is a painful process, for teh person in question an dfor the other Armenians who have hard time deciding what to do with the new comers..
As to the figures of hidden Armenians, some go as far as quoting an unbeliveable number. One million hidden Armenians are said to live in eastern Turkey, once home of all Armenains.
The numbe ris not imaginary. there is even a dissertation on this, based on real numbers, carried out by dr Garen Khanlarian.
If interested you can contact me.
bets wishes
Thanks again for the compelling report.


Suzanne Khardalian Holmquist

Stockholm Sweden