The Grandchildren : The Hidden Legacy of "Lost Armenians in Turkey by Fethiye...

Description: The Grandchildren: The Hidden Legacy of "Lost"Armenians in Turkey Ayse Gyul Altenay (Author) Fethiye Cetin (Author) Hardcover (ISBN: 978-1-4128-5391-0 Transaction (Publisher) 2014 New Brunswick 235 pages Size: 6 1/4" x 9 1/4" Language(s): English Additional Artists Gerard J. Libaridian (Author) The Grandchildren is a collection of intimate, harrowingtestimonies by grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Turkey’s"forgotten Armenians"—the orphans adopted and Islamized by Muslimsafter the Armenian genocide. Through them we learn of the tortuous routes bywhich they came to terms with the painful stories of their grandparents andtheir own identity. The postscript offers a historical overview of the silenceabout Islamized Armenians in most histories of the genocide. When Fethiye Çetinfirst published her groundbreaking memoir in Turkey, My Grandmother, she spokeof her grandmother’s hidden Armenian identity. The book sparked a conversationamong Turks about the fate of the Ottoman Armenians in Anatolia in 1915. Thisresulted in an explosion of debate on Islamized Armenians and their legacy incontemporary Muslim families. The Grandchildren (translated from Turkish) is afollow-up to My Grandmother, and is an important contribution to understandingsurvival during atrocity. As witnesses to a dark chapter of history, thegrandchildren of these survivors cast new light on the workings of memory incoming to terms with difficult pasts. Books > Literature Books > History Books > Genocide Books > Genocide > Memoirs

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