Hasan Cemal to present his new book on Armenian Genocide in the USA | ARMENPRESS Armenian News Agency
21:37, 13 March, 2013
YEREVAN, MARCH 13, ARMENPRESS: Hasan Cemal, the grandson of Young Turk Party leader Jemal Pasha on April 15 will present his new book “1915: Armenian Genocide” at St. Thomas Armenian Church in Tenafly. As reports Armenpress, referring to The Armenian Weekly, Cemal, a journalist, scholar, and author, will be presented with the National Award Banquet.The book, which has become a bestseller in Turkey, presents factual information about the Armenian Genocide and speaks about Cemal’s personal transformation—from someone who once denied the Armenian Genocide to someone who not only recognizes it, but is willing to risk publishing a book on his findings.In addition to his personal story and evidence of the planned massacres, passages from Cemal’s grandfather, Jemal Pasha, one of the masterminds behind the Armenian Genocide, are also quoted from his own memoirs from 1919.Cemal visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan five years ago, and writes in his book, “To deny the Genocide would mean to be an accomplice in this crime against humanity.”The banquet will take place in Saddler Hall of St. Thomas Armenian Church.Viewed 491 times
No comments:
Post a Comment