Kathryn Cook

Memory of Trees

Tables and chairs are set up before the start of an Armenian celebration in Vakifli, Turkey. Vakifli and six other Armenian villages in the area were completely deserted during 1915 as the Armenians resisted the Ottoman army against deportation and escaped from Turkey. It was only many years later that some of the Armenians' relatives returned to Vakifli to live again, where they can celebrate traditional Armenian holidays.
Tables and chairs are set up before the start of an Armenian celebration in Vakifli, Turkey. Vakifli and six other Armenian villages in the area were completely deserted during 1915 as the Armenians resisted the Ottoman army against deportation and escaped from Turkey. It was only many years later that some of the Armenians' relatives returned to Vakifli to live again, where they can celebrate traditional Armenian holidays.