The history of the Ottoman Armenians in the 19th century[1] is a history of great promises but also of greater abandonment. More than 200 Ottoman-Armenian intellectuals who were arrested the night of April 24, 1915 and the two weeks that followed possessed the damning knowledge that they were left alone.
“There is no other God than Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet” in Arabic was sprawled across the front page.
The monument, which stands in Ryde City, Sydney in memory of the 1,500,000 innocent Armenians who perished at the hands of the Ottoman Turkish government, was discovered to be vandalized just a week after the annual Ryde City Council Armenian Genocide commemoration.
These are the neigborhoods where Armenians historically plied their trade and crafts. They are long gone, only to be replaced by scores of newcomers from the Republic of Armenia.
A 21 year-old Gosh village resident who was arrested for abducting a 16 year-old girl for marriage purposes was found hanged in his cell after being arrested.
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