Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide through the spirit of the arts

On April 24 on the 99th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide a commemoration event was held in the Naregatsi Art Institute.
The event was blessed by Bishop Bagrat Galstanyan followed by a concert featuring Soprano Hasmik Baghdasaryan, the Mirzoyan Quartet, Naregatsi Ensemble, Paros Choir and Mihr Theatre, while Hayk Galstyan's paintings based on Western Armenia were showcased in the exhibition.

The mass deportation and extermination of the Armenian population of Western Armenia, Cilicia and other occupied provinces of the Ottoman Empire during the period of 1914-1918, was the largest wave of the Armenian Genocide, which was organized and carried out by the Turkish ruling circles, the Young Turks, under the guise of the First World War.Undertaking the extermination of the Armenian population Turkey's ruling circles pursued some goals: to eliminate the Armenian issue, which will put an end to the interference of the European countries in the affairs of Turkey; the Turks will get rid of the economic competition, and the possessions of the Armenians will be at their disposal, the conquest of the Caucasus and the realization of the noble ideology of turanism will be enabled for them."The triumvirate" (formed by Enver Pasha, Talaat Pasha, and Djemal Pasha, known as the Three Pashas) received great powers, weapons, money. The authorities began to organize special units (see "Teşkilat-ı Mahsusa" Special Organization), consisting mainly of the released criminals and other criminal elements, who were to participate in the mass slaughter. Turkey continues to systematically deny the Armenian Genocide…