Forced islamization of Armenians in Turkey

Today the specialist of Turkish Studies Ruben Melkonyan on the meeting with the journalists said that after 2-3 decades we will have to make researches on the Armenians who have changed their religion by force as in the latest period can be noticed a new stage of islamization of the Armenians in Turkey.

According to Melkonyan the Armenians who migrate for Turkey from Armenia are changing their religion by force. “We can frequently come across with articles in Turkish media titled “the Armenian bride adopted Islam”, “Armine became Nenjmie,” R. Melkonyan said and added, “The Armenians that live in Turkey, want to make a business, integrate into Turkish environment and to become a part of it, so they accept Islam.”

According to the researches of the Turkish studies scientist in the Armenian community of Turkey the 82% of the Armenian youth is not speaking in Armenian, “even the sermon in the church and the education at schools is in Turkish. We should seriously examine this issue and prevent it.”