In Search of Identity
The Armenian Orphans’ Magazine Tun
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21409576 |
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| Authors | Edita Gzoyan (0000-0002-6867-7451, Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Foundation, corresponding author), Narine Margaryan (Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Foundation) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 96-116 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0046-760X • E-ISSN: 1464-5130 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0046760x.2024.2418396 |
| OpenAlex | W4404823605 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
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
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Armenian · Art · Identity (music) · Political science · Sociology · History · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Highly cited | No |
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