He later heard Gevorgian 's composition " Adana " and set up a second collaboration . Named after the city where one of the first massacres of the Armenian people took place , it tells the story of the Armenian Genocide ; soldiers of the Ottoman Empire forced 1.5 million Armenians into starvation , torture and extermination for being Christian . As with their first collaboration , Decker wrote the song 's lyrics to complement the musical landscape of Ara Gevorgian : " I wrote ' Adana ' not only as a way to draw international attention to a terrible tragedy , but as a source of healing to the Armenian people . " He was invited by the Armenian government to sing it at a special concert in Yerevan , Armenia ; it was broadcast live on Armenian television on April 24 , 2005 to commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide . " Adana " had been translated into 17 languages and recorded by singers and musicians around the world
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Daniel Decker