Organization Name: ARPA INSTITUTE
Organization Address:18106 Miranda St., Tarzana CA 91356 . PHONE/FAX :(818) 881-0010
Event: Lecture
Subject: "The Armenians Under Turks: From the Seljuks to `Sahmanatroutyoun’"
Lecturer: Dr. Ohannes Kulak Avedikyan
Date & Time: Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 7:30PM
Place: Merdinian Auditorium, 13330 Riverside Dr. Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
Directions: On the 101 FY Exit on Woodman, Go North and Turn Right on Riverside Dr.
Abstract: The lecture will cover the period from the invasions of the
Seljuks to the Armenian Highlands to the establishment and fall of the
Ottoman Empire. The cultural, social, political and national
implications of the Seljuk invasions and the Ottoman Empire on the
indigenous Armenian population of the region and the ensuing
catastrophic developments will be discussed. The relatively well-to-do
Armenian `Amiras’ of Constantinople and their role in the development
of the first `Sahmanatroutyoun’ of the Armenians under the Ottoman
Empire will also be assessed. The `Armenian Question’ vis-Ã -vis
the political maneuvers of the Ottoman Government with the European
countries will be discussed and the ethnic, political and social
environments that led to the organization and implementation the first
Genocide of the twentieth century by the Turks will be
highlighted. Light will be shed on the reasons and the circumstances
of the perpetration of the most heinous crime of the century.
Ohannes Koulak Avedikyan. Born in 1946 in Kayseri (Gesaria) and moved
with his family to Istanbul, Turkey in 1954. He received his
elementary education in Sahagian-Nounian school and his secondary
education in the Central National School in Istanbul. In 1965 he was
admitted to the University of Istanbul, in the Biology department,
where he established a biochemistry laboratory.
From his early childhood he was fascinated by the history of the
Armenians and has ever since collected innumerable data on the
origins, language, the kingdoms and the cultural and political
developments of the Armenian nation. He moved to the USA in 1977 and
attended the Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental Medicine. He
continued his education and graduated from the Samra University of
Oriental Medicine as a specialist doctor in natural and oriental
healing. He has served and continues to serve on the Board of the
Union of Bolsahay, and heads the Cultural Committee. He has founded
and served as the editor of the `Voice’ magazine and has organized
numerous cultural and educational activities.
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