Презентация книги Османа Кокера в Уотертауне

Источник: Central-Asia-Harvard-List. The Announcement List for Central Eurasian Studies at Harvard University

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Резюме: Осман Кокер — турецкий историк и журналист либерального толка, чей альбом с османскими открытками, где изображена жизнь армянского населения империи, был издан несколько лет назад. Презентация книги и сопутствующая ей выставка под названием «Любимый брат» проводилась в Армении, а также в крупных армянских диаспоральных центрах по всему миру. Данное объявление — о презентации книги в американском городе Уотертаун (штат Массачусетс), где проживает крупная и очень активная армянская община.

BOOK EVENT- Osman Köker, Armenians in Turkey 100 Years Ago, ALMA, Mar. 24

Posted by: Christie Hardiman

Book Presentation: «Armenians in Turkey 100 Years Ago»
by: Osman Köker, Prominent Turkish journalist and historian

WHEN: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA), 65 Main Street, Watertown, Mass. 02472

WEBSITE: http://www.almainc.org
COSPONSORS: ALMA, Friends of Hrant Dink, National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) and Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives

Program Information

Prominent Turkish journalist and historian Osman Köker will present his book Armenians in Turkey 100 Years Ago at the Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA) on Wednesday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m.

The special event, which marks Köker’s first public appearance on the East Coast of the United States, is co-sponsored by ALMA, Friends of Hrant Dink, National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) and Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives. The event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.

Köker first came to international attention in 2005 when he organized the unprecedented exhibition «Sireli Yeghpayrs (My Dear Brother)» in Istanbul. Eventually seen by thousands of people, it presented photographs of Armenian life in pre-genocide Ottoman Turkey, drawn from a large collection of postcards owned by the collector Orlando Calumeno. In the five years since then, the exhibition has also been mounted in Paris, Munich, Koln, Frankfurt, and last year in Yerevan.

Köker originally intended to write a book about Armenian life in the Ottoman Empire, but with the discovery of the postcard collection the scope of the project changed. Following the exhibition he published the massive and beautifully-produced volume 100 Yil Önce Türkiye’de Ermeniler, subsequently published in English as Armenians in Turkey 100 Years Ago, featuring hundreds of images showing where and how Armenians in the Ottoman Empire lived.

Osman Köker was also involved in the creation in 1996 of the Istanbul Turkish-Armenian daily Agos and Aras Publishing House, the only publishing house which publishes books in Armenian and books translated into Turkish from the Armenian.

ALMA is located at 65 Main Street in Watertown, Massachusetts. Parking is available in the municipal parking lot behind the Museum and in adjacent areas. For directions and more information about the program, please visit http://www.almainc.org.

Christie Hardiman
Armenian Library and Museum of America
Public Relations & Membership Outreach Coordinator
[W] http://www.almainc.org | [P] (617) 926-2562 ext. 4 | [F] (617) 926-0175