Tag Archives: Armenian Genocide

Armenia’s memorial to the 20th century’s first genocide–against 1.5 million Christians

The Armenian Genocide Memorial rests atop the Tsitsernakaberd—literally, “swallow’s fortress”—a hill that rises sharply from [...]

The Ghosts of the Armenian Genocide Still Haunt Modern Turkey

By Jonathon Van Maren The sun was shining on Istanbul’s Sultanahmet Square as I passed [...]

How the Great War transformed Western civilization–and is still with us today

By Jonathon Van Maren My introduction to this series on the 20th century, “The Century that [...]

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A roundup of my columns from Turkey

For anyone interested, here is a roundup of my columns from Turkey (the last of [...]