CONFERENCE ON ARMENIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE IN TURKEY DUE IN BRUSSELS NOV. 13

PanARMENIAN.Net
24.10.2008 15:16 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian General Benevolent Union Europe will
host a conference in the European Parliament on the rediscovery of
Armenians and of Armenian cultural heritage in Turkey on November 13.

The conference is open to all and is part of the official European
Year for Intercultural Dialogue. It will review the recent public
debate in Turkey on the country’s forgotten Armenian heritage in the
light of recent groundbreaking artistic and intellectual contributions
in Turkey itself. It will also examine the significance of Armenian
cultural heritage in Turkey from a European perspective, the AGBU
told PanARMENIAN.Net.

Speakers at the conference will include Fethiye Cetin, author of the
book "My Grandmother", Osman Koker, creator of the groundbreaking
exhibition "My Dear Brother", art historian Professor Patrick
Donabedian as well as historian Vahe Tachjian and historian and
publisher Ara Sarafian.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress