Chomaklou: History of an Armenian Village in Anatolia by Rev. Aris Kalfaian

 Armenia - An Ancient Land

"CHOMAKLOU: HISTORY OF AN ARMENIAN VILLAGE" in Anatolia
A book By Rev. ARIS KALFAIAN. Hardcover 220 pages. Published in NY in 1982. Originally published in Armenian in 1930. Translated into English by Krikor Asadourian. Chomaklou (Comakli) was a village located near Gesaria (Caesaria/Kayseri) on the southern slopes of Mount Argheos (Erciyes Dag) in Anatolia (Turkey) near Evereg (Develi). Written by a native of the village, the book tells of its history and describes its folk - ways and traditions when In 1915 during the Armenian Genocide, the Armenian residents of Chomaklou were forced out of the village and deported by the turkish soldiers. It includes many photographs, a map, a table and layouts of the houses along with an impressive list of some 300 names of the original Armenian owner/occupants. This book is one of only a handful of publications in English describing the history of an Armenian village. The book is very scarce.
The book provides an eyewitness account of the deportations themselves, powerfully describing the trials of those difficult days, and their aftermath. Originally published in Armenian in 1930, the volume has been translated into English to honor the memory of those who suffered and to inform their descendants of their experiences.
The Chomaklou Compatriotic Society was founded in 1906 by Armenians who had emigrated to New York but wanted to maintain contact with their hometown, a village of some 300 families in Anatolia, Turkey. Before 1915 the society supported schools in Chamaklou. During the cataclysmic period of 1915-918 they sent what they could to the needy who had been uprooted and scattered. In 1920 the Society was revived in New York and in 1925 began publishing its magazine "Arkeos". In the years following, branches were established in Detroit, Chacago, Yettem (near Fresno), Beirut, and Buenos Aires. Committees were set up in Greece, Istanbul and Armenia. Over the years the society has been able to provide help in a number of emergencies and to fund many charitable projects. For fifty years they have provided tuition support for fifty students in Beirut, Lebanon.

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