16/03/2010 18:16
Book about Islamisation of Armenians in Turkey presented
A book by turkologist Ruben Melkonian “Genocide-era Forced Islamisation of Armenians: process and consequences” has been presented today in Yerevan.
Ruben Melkonian said the book referrers to facts of Islamisation of Armenians in 1915s, the process and consequences, in particular, describes current situation. Author said the issue is one of the less studied and poor known ones due to objective and subjective reasons. History of thousands of Armenians, forced to convert to Islam and forget their language, culture and people, began studying only three years ago.
“I mainly used the Turkish resources, comparing them with Armenian ones,” told journalists Ruben Melkonian.
“Article 5 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide brands forced conversion to other religion and nationality as Genocide,” he added.