The Story of Armenians in Purgatory

"When we got curious and asked our elders, we couldn't get a healthy answer... They had assimilated, they had adopted the Kurdish and Islamic culture. They imprisoned us in this culture... We were going to more mosques and praying in order not to be accused of being 'Filla' [Christian in Kurdish]. But we were still called 'Mislimeni' in the eyes of the people around us." We were... They used to say this about us: 'They are Mislimeni, but there is no lying, no slander, no theft, no fraud. They are all hardworking and craftsmen, true to their word.' "First they would emphasize 'Mislimeni' [Kurdish for turning around] as if it were a bad thing, and then they would praise it." Sirnakli "Aram" is the story of Armenians who have been living as Muslims for a hundred years among the Muslim majority. Like a Sunni Turk/Kurd or like a Kurd/Alevi... Some of them not only "lived like one" but also became mullahs-muezzins and went on pilgrimage. But for the most part, they were still not fully adopted and were seen as foreign. Today, those who revert to their Armenian identity are having trouble being accepted by Christian Armenians. They are considered "conversion" in the eyes of both sides. Vercihan Ziflioğlu describes the lives in this purgatory that "are neither good for Jesus nor Muhammad." Experiences of hiding, confronting and "coming out"...
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 192

Year of Printing: 2015


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Iletisim Yayincilik

Number of Pages: 192

First Edition Year: 2015

Language: Turkish