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1. An <strong>Armenian</strong> woman attends a service<br />
at the Holy Mother of God <strong>Armenian</strong><br />
Church in Vakifli, Turkey. About 30<br />
<strong>Armenian</strong> families populate the small<br />
town and surrounding area, which is<br />
located near the Turkish border with<br />
Syria. Although <strong>Armenian</strong>s are allowed<br />
to celebrate their traditions in Turkey,<br />
many fear asserting their ethnic origins,<br />
which means living in near silence to<br />
avoid trouble.<br />
2 A field is seen just outside of Erzerum,<br />
Turkey, along an infamous deportation<br />
route that led <strong>Armenian</strong>s south toward<br />
the Kemah Gorge. According to eyewitness<br />
accounts and historical documentation,<br />
very few deportees survived this<br />
deportation route.<br />
3. A group of boys catch fish in the Tigris<br />
River, just beyond the ancient city<br />
gates. According to historical sources<br />
from the Patriarchate in Constan tino ple,<br />
approximately 106,000 <strong>Armenian</strong>s once<br />
inhabited the district of Diyarbakir and<br />
15,000 in the city itself before the<br />
genocide. Eyewitness accounts describe<br />
the attacks and massacres that took<br />
place as <strong>Armenian</strong>s were deported on<br />
rafts down the Tigris River.<br />
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22 | THE ARMENIAN WEEKLY | APRIL 2013<br />
www.armenianweekly.com
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