Memory of Trees

Rolling hills and farmland can be seen around the mountain of Musa Dagh near Vakifli‭, ‬the last ethnic Armenian village in Turkey‭. ‬About‭ ‬30‭ Armenian families populate the small town‭ and surrounding area, ‬which is located near the Turkish border with Syria‭. ‬In 1915‭ ‬about 5,000‭ ‬Armenians‭ ‬organized a defense of their community against the deportation edicts issued by the Young Turks‭, ‬a fiercely nationalistic group said to have orchestrated the Armenian Genocide‭.‬