Blood Shed Between Two Rivers
Blood Shed Between Two Rivers | Opinion Stephanie Basdekis , Student On 4/23/21 at 10:27 AM EDT The memorial of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek genocide of the 20th century on April 24 is always a solemn day of mourning. On my maternal line, I am a descendent of genocide survivors. Pre-1915, my family inhabited their indigenous land of Upper Tyari in the Hakkari region of modern day southeastern Turkey. Up until 1915, the Upper Tyari valley alone contained 20 Assyrian settle...
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