Theater play about Armenian genocide performed in Qamishli, Syria

•  ANF NEWS

The play, titled Court of Conscience, was presented by the Armenian Ararat Group in collaboration with the Armenian Youth Assembly at the Mihemed Şêxo Culture and Arts Center in Qamishli. The 20-minute performance featured a cast of eight actors, including two women.

The play focuses on the genocide and massacres committed against Armenians by the Ottoman Empire. Its script is based on a well-known true story from Berlin in the early 20th century. It tells the story of Soghomon Tehlirian, an Armenian revolutionary and soldier who assassinated Talaat Pasha, the former Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, in Berlin on March 15, 1921. Tehlirian was tried for murder, but was eventually acquitted by a twelve-man jury. The Armenian community called this verdict the Court of Conscience.

Citizens, most of them Armenians, along with members of the Armenian Community Council, intellectuals, and artists attended the play. In his speech, Emad Tetaryan, General Advisor of the Armenian Community Council, underlined the suffering and hardships endured by Armenians during the Ottoman period.