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Yevnige Salibian, 101, is one of the few remaining survivors of the Armenian genocide.

101-year-old Armenian genocide survivor tells her story

Conflict

Even at 101, Yevnige Salibian remembers clearly the shouts and separation of Armenians in what was the first genocide of the 20th century. For her and much of L.A.’s Armenian community, the largest in the United States, a traumatic past is not even past.

Armen Demircian says he's found a home at this recently restored Armenian Church in Diyarbakir, Turkey — though he's not a Christian.

One man in Turkey struggles with his long-hidden Armenian identity

Conflict
Harout Bassmajian in the family store, Arax Market, in Watertown, Massachusetts.

Even after a century, the Armenian genocide is a cornerstone of Armenian identity

Conflict
TV celebrity Kim Kardashian gestures on her way to a hotel shortly after arriving in Yerevan, Armenia, on April 8, 2015.

Kim Kardashian (and the Pope) thrusts Armenia and its horrific past into the spotlight

Culture

Turkey’s only all-Armenian village a lens to the past

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In Turkey’s Last Armenian Village, a Place to Get Away From it All

Arts, Culture & Media

For the Geo Quiz we are looking for a province in southern Turkey about the size of Delaware. It is an ethically diverse province and even includes a village with a 100 percent ethnic Armenian population. Can you name it?

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