Grandchildren

The Hidden Legacy of 'Lost' Armenians in Turkey

AvAyse Gul Altinay

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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The Grandchildren is a collection of intimate, harrowing testimonies by grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Turkey's "forgotten Armenians" the orphans adopted and Islamized by Muslims after the Armenian genocide. Through them we learn of the tortuous routes by which they came to terms with the painful stories of their grandparents and their own identity. The postscript offers a historical overview of the silence about Islamized Armenians in most histories of the genocide.When Fethiye cetin first published her groundbreaking memoir in Turkey, My Grandmother, she spoke of her grandmother's hidden Armenian identity. The book sparked a conversation among Turks about the fate of the Ottoman Armenians in Anatolia in 1915. This resulted in an explosion of debate on Islamized Armenians and their legacy in contemporary Muslim families.The Grandchildren (translated from Turkish) is a follow-up to My Grandmother, and is an important contribution to understanding survival during atrocity. As witnesses to a dark chapter of history, the grandchildren of these survivors cast new light on the workings of memory in coming to terms with difficult pasts.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-08-09
Mått:152 x 229 x 24 mm
Vikt:453 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:270
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781138515994

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Foreword to the Turkish Edition, Ayse Gul Altinay and Fethiye cetinForeword to the Transaction Edition, Ayse Gul Altinay and Fethiye cetinPreface to the Turkish Edition, Fethiye cetinAcknowledgmentsIntroduction to the Transaction Edition, Gerard LibaridianGuide to Turkish PronunciationMapThe StoriesThe First Time You Hear It, You Want to Go Out onto the Balcony and Shout, BarisIt's a Terrible Thing to Have Had My Origins Hidden from Me, DenizAll This Hiding Makes a Person Feel Insecure, ArifIf They Were the Ones Doing the Plundering, They Would Have Taken Their Gold with Them, RuyaThousands of Women Share This Story, GulcinWhy Did My Father Have No Aunts, Uncles, or Cousins?, NukhetIn the Media, They Use "Armenian" Like a Curse Word. That's So Horribly Hurtful, NazBecause You Have This "Other Identity," You Go into a Cold Sweat, Wondering What Is Going to Happen to You, Qesra Kiso OzlemiI Found Out That My Grandmother Was Armenian while Doing My Military Service, MehmetThe Infidel Girl Bedriye's Son, Bedrettin AykinYou're Living Your Life. One Morning You Wake Up and Go to Your Death. How Can You Explain Something Like That?, ZerdustPeople Must Accept the Facts about Their Lives, AycaSilent All Their Lives, as If They Had Committed Some Crime, GulsadMy Grandmother Was Named Vartanus, Her Sister, Siranus, VecibeToday Is the Day When Armenians Color Their Eggs Red and Pass Them Around, HalideMy Grandmother Was Discovered Sitting Underneath a Tree in the Mountains at the Age of Four, MuratLet Me Honor His Memory, Even If It's Just Two Lines, HenaraminWhy Are There Only Grandmothers? Why Don't They Ever Have Families?, SimaNow Why Would This Sort of Person Tell a Lie?, SalihIt Can't Be Easy, Living with That on Your Conscience, MelekOur Children Need to Learn from History, AsliWe Have Yet to Create a Philosophy in the Name of Peace and Brotherhood, AliCan I Look at the History of Ordu through My Grandmother's Story?, Berke BasWe're Digging Up the Past for the Sake of the Future, ElifPostscriptUnraveling Layers of Silencing: Where Are the Converted Armenians?, Ayse Gul AltinayBibliographyCommentary, Maureen FreelyGlossary