Book on Armenian Genocide by Jose Antonio Gurriaran to be published in Yerevan

April 1, 2011 - 12:35 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 12, the University of Granada will host a conference on the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923.

The conference will bring together lecturers of the law and political science departments, the Armenian community of Argentina told PanARMENIAN.Net Participants will be briefed on the events of 1915 to present them to students.

Jose Antonio Gurriaran, the President of International Press Club, whose book on the Armenian Genocide will be published in Yerevan in April, will also participate in the conference.

Late in 2010, Gurriaran participated in an international conference on the Armenian Genocide in Yerevan and was awarded with a medal for contribution to the Armenian Genocide study.

The Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres and deportations, involving forced marches under conditions designed to lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths reaching 1.5 million.

The majority of Armenian Diaspora communities were formed by the Genocide survivors.

Present-day Turkey denies the fact of the Armenian Genocide, justifying the atrocities as “deportation to secure Armenians”. Only a few Turkish intellectuals, including Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk and scholar Taner Akcam, speak openly about the necessity to recognize this crime against humanity.

The Armenian Genocide was recognized by Uruguay, Russia, France, Lithuania, Italy, 45 U.S. states, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Argentina, Belgium, Austria, Wales, Switzerland, Canada, Poland, Venezuela, Chile, Bolivia, the Vatican, Luxembourg, Brazil, Germany, the Netherlands, Paraguay, Sweden, Venezuela, Slovakia, Syria, Vatican, as well as the European Parliament and the World Council of Churches.