BOOKS - George Jerjian

DAYLIGHT AFTER A CENTURY

(2015)

Dr. George Djerdjian (1870-1947), grandfather of the writer, took 240 photographs of his hometown of Arabkir and his college town of Erzeroum between 1900 and 1907, of which only about 100 survive. These photographs capture the way of life of a people that within a decade would become extinct in Anatolia, their homeland for over 3,000 years. The photographs are varied and have been arranged under separate headings such as water, land, people, churches, schools, economic life, social life, and political life. For over a century, these photographs were stored in a grey steel box, which migrated from Arabkir to Alexandria, Egypt, where it stayed for almost 50 years. Then it moved with descendants to Khartoum, Sudan, where it stayed for 20 years, then onto London, England for 30 years, and then to Washington DC for about 10 years. Now this collection of photographs has finally been exposed to daylight after a century of darkness.

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SARKIS IZMIRLIAN

(2008)

With premonition of the impending doom awaiting their people, in the twilight of the Ottoman Empire, Sarkis’s parents compelled their only son to leave his home and beloved Kayseri to face the lesser dangers of the outside world. Aged 18, Sarkis embarked on a journey that would lead him into the unchartered territory of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, where he would lead the exciting life of a pioneer, learn the skills of an entrepreneur and offer himself to public service. His children commissioned this biography as a testimony to his life and as a family record for his already numerous descendants.

“George has done a wonderful job on my father‘s biography and my family is grateful for his devotion and effort.”
Dikran Izmirlian, Founder and Chair, Izmirlian Foundation

This book was a private commission and is not available for sale.