Kathryn Cook

Memory of Trees

Children play in the courtyard of the old Ihlasiye Medresesi, or religious school, in Bitlis, Turkey. Bitlis's population was half Armenian before 1915, when the Russians advanced on Bitlis and the Ottoman Turks emptied the town of Armenians, most of who were deported to Syria.
Children play in the courtyard of the old Ihlasiye Medresesi, or religious school, in Bitlis, Turkey. Bitlis's population was half Armenian before 1915, when the Russians advanced on Bitlis and the Ottoman Turks emptied the town of Armenians, most of who were deported to Syria.