World Knows What Happened In 1915, by Arsine Khanjyan

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World Knows What Happened In 1915, Actress Arsine Khanjyan Tells Turkish Radikal .

Turkish Radikal has interviewed Canadian Armenian actress Arsine Khanjyan, who is well known for wider circles of society from Ararat
movie directed by her husband Atom Egoyan and dedicated to the 1915Armenian Genocide.

In an interview entitled The World Knows what Happened in 1915 Arsine says it is her first trip to Turkey and clarifies that she arrived as an Armenian who has arrived to his/her ancient homeland.

The actress claims that for already 100 years the 80-million Turkish population knows its own history wrong, and it is a disaster.

Speaking about personal disaster, Khanjyan says from the early age she "tolerated loss". She said her mother was from Erzurum, father from Diyarbakir. Her grandma escaped from Turks after losing all her family.

The actress also speaks about Lebanese Armenian community. Arsine was born in Beirut and moved to Canada during civil war in Lebanon.

Arsine also tells in details about the Armenian roots of her husband, film director Atom Egoyan. She also speaks about their joint work Ararat.

In the interview the actress claimed that Turkey's policy of denial does not change anything as everyone knows what has happened. "Even Turks and you," she said addressing the reporter taking the interview.

Arsine also said she can't imagine how a state can reject its own history and live without past as it is impossible to build future
without it or based on false history.