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Meet John Elder

February 5th 2014
John Elder an American relief worker. He went to Russia to start a Young Men's Christian Association center in Russia. It did not work out because of the Russian Revolution, so he went to Armenia to work as a relief worker for the victims of the Armenian Genocide. Before the Turks had came into Armenia to start the deportation John Elder chose to stay behind and stay with one of his colleagues ... read more
Middle East » Turkey

Turkish Flag Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more
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