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World Service,4 mins

Investigating the Armenian Mass Killings

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One hundred years on from the 1915 mass killings of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey, two 麻豆社 journalists have been on a quest to find out more about those who died and the circumstances of their deaths. 麻豆社 Persian's Lara Petrossians has been following the story of her Armenian great-grandparents, who fled the massacres and escaped to Persia, modern Iran. And Rengin Arslan from 麻豆社 Turkish has been uncovering the secrets of her home town, Eskisehir, which once had a big Armenian community. Together they have made a film, Remembering the Armenian Massacres. Lara Petrossians grew up in Iran. (Photo: A rally in central Istanbul to commemmorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian mass killings in Ottoman Turkey Credit: AFP)

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