Prior Years — Talin Suciyan

This lecture will reassess the pivotal Ottoman era of Tanzimat, which has a reputation in the historiography as a period of reform and equality.

Join Dr. Talin Suciyan for compelling insights and to explore the pivotal Ottoman era of Tanzimat, which has a reputation for reform and equality. 

This hybrid lecture will discuss the pivotal Ottoman era of Tanzimat not just through use of the Ottoman Archives, but also a far less known but just as important source, that of the Armenian Patriarchate.

“Either save us from this misery, or order our death” (“Ya derdimize derman, ya katlimize ferman”)