hometowns

[seruven]

Re: hometowns

...could have been rendered as "From which city of Western Armenia were your grandparents forcibly exiled?"

I made a change in my previous post accordingly.
And if you want to discuss why I didn't substitute Anatolia with Western Armenia, please open another thread in order not to lead us to spoil this thread with such a discussion.

[Lucin]

Re: hometowns

I do not come from a Genocide survivour's family. My ancestors most probably, came from the occupied Nakhijevan over 400 years ago and settled in Isfahan, Iran.

[Anonymouse]

Re: hometowns

I think I heard something from my mom's side about Adana, but they never verified, but she did say Neijdeh/ Neydeh (sp?), Afyon garahisar (sp?) with certainty. Father's side, Aintab

[Federate]

Re: hometowns

I think I heard something from my mom's side about Adana, but they never verified, but she did say Neijdeh/ Neydeh (sp?), Afyon garahisar (sp?) with certainty. Father's side, Aintab

Interesting, I didn't know there were Armenians from around Afyonkarahisar, which is pretty far from some of the traditional Armenian populated areas like Istanbul or Western Armenia/Cilicia. Adana and Afyonkarahisar are not close to each other though.

[dani87]

Re: hometowns

General Andranik was also from Karahissar, but not from the same karahissar as your ancestors.

[Federate]

Re: hometowns

General Andranik was from Karahissar;D

That's Shabinkarahisar , a former Armenian stronghold.

[Anonymouse]

Re: hometowns

Interesting, I didn't know there were Armenians from around Afyonkarahisar, which is pretty far from some of the traditional Armenian populated areas like Istanbul or Western Armenia/Cilicia. Adana and Afyonkarahisar are not close to each other though.

Yes actually, the Afyonkarahisar is well established. Nigdeh, I also just found on the map is close to Adana. I also had distant relatives from Konya. This was all what my grandmother said, who passed away 2 years ago. This was all my mom's side.

My father's side is all from Aintab.

[Azad]

Re: hometowns

Adana and Marash. 100% Cilician.
From my father's side only my Grandfather made it and from my mother's side 3 brothers made it.

[meline]

Re: hometowns

Then reiterate it.
Of course, I know (and everybody knows) they HAD TO migrate. But what's the single verb that I should have used if not "migrate"?

Deported. If you are looking for a single word.

I come from Kars. During the Genocide my great grandmother was forced into the deportation march. Her first born son was killed in front of her eyes, 4 years old, slaughtered by the Turkish soldiers.

Like Crusader said

They were either murdered of fled for their lives during the Turkish Genocidal campaign against them.

[Hye_Psycho]

Re: hometowns

Deported. If you are looking for a single word.

i prefer ethnically cleansed - two words