“Are There Any Children for Sale?”: Genocide and the Transfer of Armenian Children (1915–1922)

Analyzing the politics of the past in the context of the Armenian Genocide reveals an evolving interplay between international norms, official narratives, and broader discourses. This short essay explores three aspects of these interrelationships. First, I draw on my own research to highlight the ways in which changes in Turkey's narrative of the genocide—typically referred to in official discourse assözde Ermeni sorunu(the so-called Armenian question), or more recently as1915 olayları(the events of 1915)—have to some extent paralleled shifts in the meaning and salience of the norm against genocide. Second, I note key ways in which the Turkish state's official discourse has shaped public understandings—within and, to a lesser extent, outside Turkey—of the nature of the violence against Ottoman Armenians. Third, I suggest that in influencing public understandings of the relationship between this event and the concept of genocide, Turkey's official narrative has the potential to affect understandings of the meaning of genocide more generally.

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Religion, relief and humanitarian work among Armenian women refugees in Mandatory Syria, 1927–1934

Okkenhaug¹

2015

Scandinavian Journal of History

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This article will focus on the missionary, nurse and midwife Bodil Biørn and her humanitarian contribution among Armenian refugees in Aleppo, Syria, from 1927 to 1934. How was this faith-based relief work organized? How did it fit into the overarching goal of the international community of rebuilding an Armenian society in the Middle East? The large majority of Armenian refugees were women and children. During the war many of these women had been captured and forced to live in Muslim households. How did the Norwegian relief operation meet the needs of Armenian women who were the victims of abduction and abuse? The article will also look at how Biørn portrays Armenian women survivors and their war experiences in her published texts. The study of women during the genocide, and in the aftermath as refugees, has to a large extent been neglected. Based on the representation of Armenian women in Norwegian sources, this article will thus contribute new insights into individual women´s experiences as refugees.

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“Are There Any Children for Sale?”: Genocide and the Transfer of Armenian Children (1915–1922)

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