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Zum Dank dafür wurde seine Familie beim Genozid "ermordet".
Sarkis Torossian (Turkish: Sarkis Torosyan, 1891 - August 17, 1954) was a decorated Ottoman captain of Armenian descent who fought in the Gallipoli Campaign and according to his memoirs, was the first person to sink a British battleship.[1][2][3] After the Armenian Genocide however, when most of his family was massacred, he switched sides and joined the fight against Ottoman Empire.[2][3][4] He later moved to the United States where he wrote and published his memoirs, From Dardanelles to Palestine: a true story of five battle fronts of Turkey. His story has led to a debate in Turkey where Turkish historians have discredited the authenticity of his memoirs and with some historians claiming he never existed.[5][6] In anticipation of the publication of Torosian's memoirs in Turkey by Ayhan Aktar, Torosian's descendants were discovered by local historian Paul Vartan Sookiasian. From there, Taner Akcam interviewed Torosian's granddaughter who described in detail about her grandfather's life.[7]
During the initial stages of the Armenian Genocide when Armenians were forced to be deported, Sarkis Torossian received assurances from Enver Pasha that his family will not be deported.[1][10] However, the governor of the Kayseri province Salih Zeki Bey, ignored Enver Pasha orders and continued with the deportation of Torossian's family.[10][11] Torossian's father Ohannes and mother Vartuhi were murdered and only his sister Bayzar survived.[10] To save his sister, Torossian went to Macedonia then Romania and finally to the Arabian deserts where he successfully found his sister in the Tel Halaf concentration camp.[1][2][10] Soon thereafter however, both his sister Bayzar and Jemileh died from diseases.[1][2][10]
Jemileh happened to die in his arms and is quoted in the memoirs as saying, "I raised Jemileh in my arms, the pain and terror in her eyes melted until they were bright as stars again, stars in an oriental night...and so she died, as a dream passing".[1][3][12] Upon hearing the stories of his sister and having lost his father, mother, sister, and fiancée, Torossian vowed for "revenge" against the Turkish government.[1][2][3][10][11]
Sarkis Torossian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zum Dank dafür wurde seine Familie beim Genozid "ermordet".
Sarkis Torossian (Turkish: Sarkis Torosyan, 1891 - August 17, 1954) was a decorated Ottoman captain of Armenian descent who fought in the Gallipoli Campaign and according to his memoirs, was the first person to sink a British battleship.[1][2][3] After the Armenian Genocide however, when most of his family was massacred, he switched sides and joined the fight against Ottoman Empire.[2][3][4] He later moved to the United States where he wrote and published his memoirs, From Dardanelles to Palestine: a true story of five battle fronts of Turkey. His story has led to a debate in Turkey where Turkish historians have discredited the authenticity of his memoirs and with some historians claiming he never existed.[5][6] In anticipation of the publication of Torosian's memoirs in Turkey by Ayhan Aktar, Torosian's descendants were discovered by local historian Paul Vartan Sookiasian. From there, Taner Akcam interviewed Torosian's granddaughter who described in detail about her grandfather's life.[7]
During the initial stages of the Armenian Genocide when Armenians were forced to be deported, Sarkis Torossian received assurances from Enver Pasha that his family will not be deported.[1][10] However, the governor of the Kayseri province Salih Zeki Bey, ignored Enver Pasha orders and continued with the deportation of Torossian's family.[10][11] Torossian's father Ohannes and mother Vartuhi were murdered and only his sister Bayzar survived.[10] To save his sister, Torossian went to Macedonia then Romania and finally to the Arabian deserts where he successfully found his sister in the Tel Halaf concentration camp.[1][2][10] Soon thereafter however, both his sister Bayzar and Jemileh died from diseases.[1][2][10]
Jemileh happened to die in his arms and is quoted in the memoirs as saying, "I raised Jemileh in my arms, the pain and terror in her eyes melted until they were bright as stars again, stars in an oriental night...and so she died, as a dream passing".[1][3][12] Upon hearing the stories of his sister and having lost his father, mother, sister, and fiancée, Torossian vowed for "revenge" against the Turkish government.[1][2][3][10][11]
Sarkis Torossian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Das stimmt einfach nicht Frau Simones es waren nicht mehr als 5000 Bosniaken und die meisten kamen aus dem Westen in die Türkei und die Leute waren meist ethnische Türken die Bosniaken konnte man mit der Hand abzählen. 
