Kathryn Cook

Memory of Trees

Mist rises from a field outside of Erzerum, Turkey. The region of eastern Turkey is where the largest population of Turkey's Armenians had been living for centuries, and Erzerum was particularly hard hit by violence and massacre during the Armenian genocide. After the new government issued deportation orders, Armenians were forced to leave their homes and sent on deportation marches across Turkey. Massacre, rape and pillage were frequent on the trail and an estimated – but disputed – number of 1.5 million Armenians died.
Mist rises from a field outside of Erzerum, Turkey. The region of eastern Turkey is where the largest population of Turkey's Armenians had been living for centuries, and Erzerum was particularly hard hit by violence and massacre during the Armenian genocide. After the new government issued deportation orders, Armenians were forced to leave their homes and sent on deportation marches across Turkey. Massacre, rape and pillage were frequent on the trail and an estimated – but disputed – number of 1.5 million Armenians died.