Event details
- September 18, 2025
- Thursday, 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
- Virtual join access is visible after booking confirmation.
On September 18 at 10 a.m., the Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA will host the Turkish-language version of a webinar originally conducted in English on June 16. This program examines the fate of so-called “Abandoned Properties” (Emval-i Metruke), which were publicly auctioned in the early decades of the Turkish Republic with announcements published in local newspapers across 34 cities and towns.
Independent researcher Sait Çetinoğlu compiled these invaluable materials over many years, and with the support of the Armenian Genocide Research Program (AGRP), the entire archive has now been digitized, translated, and made fully searchable for the first time. This groundbreaking research sheds light on the systematic expropriation and redistribution of Armenian wealth—an essential and parallel dimension of the genocide.
AGRP Director Dr. Taner Akçam will place the findings in a broader historical context, exploring the intersection of mass violence, state policy, and economic plunder, and expanding our collective understanding of this lesser-known chapter of the Armenian Genocide.
Click here to register for the September 18 webinar (conducted in Turkish): https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LwXYcAWXTvGx1XJA6GVa3g#/registration
To watch the English version of the June 16 webinar, use the link: https://youtu.be/vy1S9Sjy5tA.**