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 settlements, two of which I can trace back my ancestry to: Koh and Rumta. At the time, the Upper Tyari set...
Source: newsweek.com