PanArmenian, Armenia
April 18 2009
`Adana: Past and Present’ exhibition to launch in Netherlands
18.04.2009 16:34 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Lectures by Dr. Ton Zwaan, researcher at the Centre
for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and professor at the University of
Amsterdam will be held on Apr. 19 in Amsterdam, Federation of Armenian
Organizations in The Netherlands (FAON) told PanARMENIAN.Net.
The lecture program will also feature Mr. Harry van Bommel, member of
Socialist Party faction in the Dutch Parliament, Prof. Dr. Mihran
Dabag, director of the Institute for Diaspora and Genocide Studies at
Ruhr University in Bochum in Germany, Mr. Recep Marasli, writer and
poet, Mr. Osman Koker, publicist, Mr Viguen Tchitetchian, Ambassador
of Armenia to Belgium and Mr Ronny Naftaniel, director of Centre for
Information and Documentation on Israel (CIDI).
`Adana: Past and Present’ exhibition will be held in commemoration of
the 100th anniversary of Adana massacre by Ottoman Turks. The Adana
massacre occurred in the city and province of Adana in April 1909 and
resulted in 20,000 to 30,000 Armenian victims of violent Turkish
anti-Armenian pogroms.