The Turkish Historical Society (TTK) will discuss East Anatolia from the Russo-Turkish War until the War of Independence in a symposium in eastern Kars province next week.

The symposium, which will start on Thursday and be hosted by Kafkas University, will begin with the opening of an exhibition consisting of a selection of photographs obtained by the TTK from the archives of various institutions regarding the Armenian atrocities in the region.

The situation of Armenians living within the Ottoman Empire, the threats posed to the region by armed Armenian movements, occupations and migrations in the region will be on the symposium’s agenda.

The program aims to shed light on the tragedies of the local Muslim population and human rights violations suffered these days on a scientific basis.

"Our symposium will be instrumental in discussing all aspects of the tragic events in Eastern Anatolia, from the Treaty of Berlin signed at the end of the 1877-1878 Russo-Turkish War, also known as the War of 93, to the National Struggle. Furthermore, important scientists from Türkiye and abroad will shed light on the period," said TTK Head Birol Çetin.