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Searching for the Family Homestead But Finding, Instead, One’s Family
Laura Gaboudian walked up to the rusted fence that was guarding a ramshackle and apparently abandoned house.
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Special thanks to Matthew Karanian for sharing my experience and documenting it in THE ARMENIAN HIGHLAND!
I too had my Grandfather come from Bolis and his name was Dickron Boranian. Althogh we dont have family history one wonders if he may have a Brother?
This story is my DREAM!!!!! I pray that one day, I finally get to go and have the same wonderful experience!
These people are kurdish. You have here armenians coming together with kurds in Eastern Turkey. I do not understand why Mr. Mouradian is not intervening and clearly stating that these people with armenian grandmothers are kurds and not Turks.
Kurds and Turks look the same dark brown people with Iranian a lot of Iranian blood. Most Turks are a mix of Kurds Iranians and Arabs which is why Armenians Georgians are white and Turks and Kurds are brown looking. You are not native To these lands. I can immediately tell when I see an Armenian, then a Turk and Kurd hardly any different. The only Turks that look like the natives are assimilated Armenians Greeks and Georgians of the Black Sea and northern eastern turkey. The rest are kurdish arab looking.
Can, you are right. They are Kurds, not turks. Look how cute the kids are.
The people I interviewed for this story told me they were Turkish. They told me this in response to my question, ‘Are you Kurds?’ They said no, we are Turks. This is why my story identifies them as Turkish.
Can you recommend a travel company that can escort me to the village of Kilis where my ancestors came from?
Tragicomedy ! Turkish ultra nationals will force these people to say that they are Turks for generations than turn around and shun them for doing so.
— MI HISTORIA , TU HISTORIA , LA HISTORIA DE ELLOS , LA HISTORIA DE TODOS …
You can immediately tell how the Caucasian native looking Armenians next to the Turkish/Kurdish mixed people it’s insane how Armenians keep my their ancient bloodline pure. Hopefully will continue to.