“Discovery” of Zabel Yesayan’s Letter Clarified

News began circulating in Armenian media that an unpublished 11-page document written by prominent Armenian writer Zabel Yesayan was discovered in the Paris Nubarian Library by Turkish scholar Umit Kurt and journalist Aliev Er. It was later revealed that the letter, written by Yesayan to the Armenian Delegation at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, was indeed known and had been published in 1922. Umit Kurt spoke to CivilNet from Istanbul and explained.