Browsing by Author "Fishenkjian, Ani"

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    Տեղեկագիր՝ 1929-30ին Արեւմտեան Հայաստանէն Հիւսիս-Արեւելեան Սուրիա Ապաստանած Հայ Գաղթականներու Մասին
    (2018) Fishenkjian, Ani
    The proclamation of the Turkish Republic by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk did not bring to and end the state policy of Armenian persecution. On the contrary the policy took new shape underpinned by Kemal’s homogenization policy for the newly proclaimed state. Thus, as of 1923 new waves of Armenians who had not yet left their homeland, having disguised themselves and integrated into local Kurdish villages. Yet, due to the homogenization policy and the consequences of the 1925 Kurdish revolt, these Armenians were left with no support ass the rebel Kurdish aghas were persecuted and killed by the state. The paper focuses on the exodus of these Armenians who took refuge in northern Syria. The paper describes the relief efforts local Armenian organizations made and the campaign they carried out to muster support and raise funds for settling these refuges in the area and their eventual integration into the newly established Armenian communities.
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    Քամիշլիի Հայ Համայնքը Եւ Ճեզիրէի Հայոց Առաջնորդական Փոխանորդութիւնը (1920-1960ականներ)
    (2018) Fishenkjian, Ani
    The paper details the origins and development of the Armenian Orthodox vice prelacy in Jezire, and the factors that gave birth to its establishment. The author describes the arrival of hundreds of Armenian families from the eastern regions of Turkey, who were persecuted and forced to take refuge on the Syrian side of the border. The paper highlights the efforts of Armenian local and regional lay and religious authorities made to legalize their settlement on Syrian lands, the allocation of arable lands for them to cultivate and make a living and their eventual integration into the tiny local Armenian communities of north-eastern Syria. The author argues that their number necessitated the establishment of a vice-prelacy in the region, particularly after the formation of an Armenian school network and other organizations. The vice-prelacy was established in 1942, at a time when the Armenian population of Jezire was around 35,000. However, soon after, in 1946-47 a significant number of these new settlers were repatriated to Soviet Armenia.