Ashley Kalagian Blunt on My Name is Revenge
Thu, 04 July
|Upstairs at Better Read Than Dead
On 17 December 1980, two men shot the Turkish consul-general to Sydney and his bodyguard near the consul’s home in Vaucluse. The assassins aimed, fired, and vanished. The crime remains unsolved. Ashley Kalagian Blunt, author of My Name Is Revenge, discusses this crime and the events that fueled it.
Time & Location
04 July 2019, 6:30 pm
Upstairs at Better Read Than Dead, 265 King Street, Newtown NSW, Australia
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About The Event
On the morning of 17 December 1980, two men shot the Turkish consul-general to Sydney and his bodyguard near the consul’s home in Vaucluse. The assassins aimed, fired, and vanished. The crime remains unsolved.
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This event was part of a wave of international terrorist attacks that took place in the 1970s and 80s with the aim of bringing attention to the ongoing denial of the Armenian Genocide of World War I.
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Join Ashley Kalagian Blunt, author of My Name Is Revenge, for an exploration of this crime and the events that fueled it.
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Tickets
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Your ticket to the event, plus a pre-ordered copy of My Name is Revenge.
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