The Institutions of Turkification and Assimilation in the Eyes of Armenian Orphans Who Fled Them
Peroomian, Rubina · 2024
Examines the Ottoman state's treatment of Armenian orphans (Turkish orphanages, mektebs, and forced placement in Muslim households) as institutions of Turkification meeting the Genocide Convention's definition of intent to destroy a group. Uses survivor interviews, memoirs, and first-person accounts, and traces the transgenerational psychological burden the genocide left on the Armenian nation.
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Peroomian, Rubina 2024. The Institutions of Turkification and Assimilation in the Eyes of Armenian Orphans Who Fled Them. International Journal of Armenian Genocide Studies, Vol. 9, No. 2 (AGMI, Yerevan). https://doi.org/10.51442/ijags.0055
What this offers a reader
Connects survivor testimony to legal definitions of genocide (Article II(e)); rich memoir bibliography.
Peer-reviewed (DOI 10.51442/ijags.0055); Peroomian (PhD, UCLA) is a leading scholar of genocide literature.
Deeply resonant treatment of the orphan generation and inherited trauma.
Documents forced assimilation of children as a genocide mechanism.
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