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ERIC Number: EJ1456903
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0046-760X
EISSN: EISSN-1464-5130
In Search of Identity: The Armenian Orphans' Magazine "Tun"
Edita Gzoyan; Narine Margaryan
History of Education, v54 n1 p96-116 2025
During the Armenian Genocide, the Ottoman Empire's Young Turk government forcibly transferred and assimilated thousands of Armenian children into Turkish society. After the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the First World War, Armenian and international bodies and individuals began to liberate the transferred children. However, they encountered resistance to child identification from both Turkish authorities and some of the children themselves. This study examines the efforts to bring back those child-survivors, many of whom, after being rescued, found it difficult to accept their Armenian identities following their traumatic ordeal. To analyse in what ways the liberated child-survivors were educated, this study investigates "Tun" magazine, prepared by the orphans of the Jbeil orphanage, and presents its history. "Tun" is a unique example of a student press that was guided by teachers, with the aim of reinforcing "Armenianness" in the students and returning them to their nation.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey; Armenia
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