In Search of Identity: The Armenian Orphans' Magazine 'Tun'
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| Title: | In Search of Identity: The Armenian Orphans' Magazine 'Tun' |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Edita Gzoyan (ORCID |
| Source: | History of Education. 2025 54(1):96-116. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 21 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Nationalism, Cultural Awareness, Children, Childrens Attitudes, Self Concept, Childrens Literature, Child Welfare, Foster Care, Victims, Decolonization, Writing for Publication, Childrens Writing |
| Geographic Terms: | Turkey, Armenia |
| DOI: | 10.1080/0046760X.2024.2418396 |
| ISSN: | 0046-760X 1464-5130 |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1456903 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | 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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| ISSN: | 0046-760X 1464-5130 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/0046760X.2024.2418396 |
