HOW CEMAL’S GRANDSON RECOGNIZED THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Armen Dilanyan
“Radiolur”
04.04.2011 11:23
A meeting with Turkish journalist and writer Hasan Cemal was organized
in Los Angeles as part of the events dedicated to the 96th anniversary
of the Armenian Genocide.
The discussion titled “From Der Zor to Tsitsernakaberd,” organized
by the Armenian General Benevolent Union, featured Professor Richard
Hovhannisyan and Dr. Pamela Steiner. The latter has been studying
the psychological aspects of Armenian-Turkish reconciliation for a
few years now. Besides, she is the granddaughter of the witness of
the Armenian Genocide, Ambassador Henry Morgenthau.
The main speaker at the event, Hasan Cemal, is one of those Turkish
intellectuals, who were deeply shocked by the assassination of Hrant
Dink. He has published a number of articles in the Turkish press
denouncing the Armenian Genocide and was one of the initiators of
the apology campaign to Armenians. The most outstanding is that he
is the grandson of Cemal Pasha, one of the organizers of the Armenian
Genocide.
From: A. Papazian