Open AccessHaildé Edip and the Turkification of the Armenian Children at Antoura Orphanage: Identification of the Problem Field
Author(s) -
Shushan Khachatryan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ts'eghaspanagitakan handes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1829-3980
DOI - 10.51442/jgs.0001
Subject(s) - armenian , genocide , turkish , memoir , identification (biology) , seriation (archaeology) , psychology , political science , history , law , ancient history , archaeology , linguistics , philosophy , botany , biology
The article presents and analyses the Turkish intellectual Halidé Edip and her role in the state policy of Turkification of Armenian children at the Antoura orphanage during the Armenian Genocide. The article compares the three known memoirs of Armenian orphans from Antoura (Garnik Banyan, Harutyun Alboyajyan, and Melqon Petrosyan) to that of Halidé Edip, and reveals essential differences, manipulations, as well as disguised facts by Edip that are collected and presented in the article. Thus, the research identifies the problem field relating to various aspects of Antoura orphanage by raising new questions, offering explanations and new approaches, as well as highlighting issues that need to be researched further.