[Bilimsel Haber] BOOK EVENT- Osman Koker, Armenians in Turkey 100 Years Ago, ALMA, Mar. 24

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BOOK EVENT- Osman Köker, Armenians in Turkey 100 Years Ago, ALMA, Mar. 24

Posted by: Christie Hardiman <christie at almainc.org>



Book Presentation: "Armenians in Turkey 100 Years Ago"
by: Osman Köker, Prominent Turkish journalist and historian
WHEN: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA), 65 Main Street,
    Watertown, Mass. 02472
WEBSITE: www.almainc.org
COSPONSORS: ALMA, Friends of Hrant Dink, National
Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) and Project SAVE
Armenian Photograph Archives


Program Information

Prominent Turkish journalist and historian Osman Köker will present
his book Armenians in Turkey 100 Years Ago at the Armenian Library and
Museum of America (ALMA) on Wednesday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m.

The special event, which marks Köker's first public appearance on the
East Coast of the United States, is co-sponsored by ALMA, Friends of
Hrant Dink, National Association for Armenian Studies and Research
(NAASR) and Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives.  The event is
free and open to the public.  A reception will follow.

Köker first came to international attention in 2005 when he organized
the unprecedented exhibition "Sireli Yeghpayrs (My Dear Brother)" in
Istanbul.  Eventually seen by thousands of people, it presented
photographs of Armenian life in pre-genocide Ottoman Turkey, drawn
from a large collection of postcards owned by the collector Orlando
Calumeno.  In the five years since then, the exhibition has also been
mounted in Paris, Munich, Koln, Frankfurt, and last year in Yerevan.

Köker originally intended to write a book about Armenian life in the
Ottoman Empire, but with the discovery of the postcard collection the
scope of the project changed.  Following the exhibition he published
the massive and beautifully-produced volume 100 Yil Önce Türkiye'de
Ermeniler, subsequently published in English as Armenians in Turkey
100 Years Ago, featuring hundreds of images showing where and how
Armenians in the Ottoman Empire lived.

Osman Köker was also involved in the creation in 1996 of the Istanbul
Turkish-Armenian daily Agos and Aras Publishing House, the only
publishing house which publishes books in Armenian and books
translated into Turkish from the Armenian.

ALMA is located at 65 Main Street in Watertown, Massachusetts.
Parking is available in the municipal parking lot behind the Museum
and in adjacent areas.  For directions and more information about the
program, please visit www.almainc.org.

Christie Hardiman
Armenian Library and Museum of America
Public Relations & Membership Outreach Coordinator
[W] http://www.almainc.org | [P]  (617) 926-2562 ext. 4 | [F] (617) 926-0175



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