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Adnan Çelik

Adnan Çelik is a postdoctoral fellow at Sciences Po Lille, France.

The Armenian Genocide in Kurdish Collective Memory
Human rights activists hold portraits of victims during a demonstration to commemorate the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, at Sultanahmet square in Istanbul, Turkey April 24, 2017. Murad Sezer/Reuters
MER Article

The Armenian Genocide in Kurdish Collective Memory

Kurdish acknowledgement of participation in the Armenian genocide of 1915 along with Kurdish municipal efforts to atone have grown tremendously in the past 20 years. Adnan Çelik draws on his fieldwork and personal experience to explain how Kurdish memory work—drawing on knowledge transmitted for mor
Adnan Çelik • 15 min read
The Armenian Genocide in Kurdish Collective Memory
Activists hold portraits of victims of the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, Istanbul, April 24, 2017. Murad Sezer/Reuters
Current Analysis

The Armenian Genocide in Kurdish Collective Memory

Kurdish acknowledgement of participation in the Armenian genocide of 1915 along with Kurdish municipal efforts to atone have grown tremendously in the past 20 years. Adnan Çelik draws on his fieldwork and personal experience to explain how Kurdish memory work—drawing on knowledge transmitted for mor
Adnan Çelik • 15 min read