A woman holds a small Armenian bible during a service at the Holy Mother of God church in Vakifli, Turkey. Less than 30 Armenian families populate the small town and surrounding area, which is located near the Turkish border with Syria. Although Armenians are allowed to celebrate their traditions in Turkey, many fear asserting their ethnic origins, which means living in near silence to avoid trouble.
After graduating from Alameda High School in June 1949, Calvin attended University of California at Berkeley in 1949. While at University, he was drafted to serve in the Korean War in January 1951. After serving, he returned to school to complete a degree in electrical engineering and went on to work in the high tech industry in Silicon Valley.
A young girl stands on the ruin of an Armenian church in Diyarbakir, Turkey. A significant Armenian community once flourished in this southeastern city.
A photo of slain Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink is seen in the reflection of the hearse carrying his flower-covered coffin during a funeral procession in Istanbul, Turkey, on January 23, 2007.
Snow blankets the countryside along a road between Van and Dogubayazit, Turkey, close to the border with present-day Armenia. Eastern Turkey is where the largest population of Turkey’s Armenians had been living for centuries. After the deportation decrees were issued in 1915, almost all of the Armenian communities in the Lake Van area were wiped out.
An Armenian mother and child flee persecution by the Turks at the height of the Armenian Genocide.
New York Times headline from April 26, 1915 reading "Kurds Massacre More Armenians".
New York Times headline from August 18, 1915.
New York Times headline from August 13, 1915.
Headline on the Armenian Genocide from the New York Times on December 15, 1915.
A headline about killings in Armenia during the Armenian Genocide from The New York Times on December 15, 1915.