Istanbul Armenians Re-fashioning Turkishness (1918-1923)

[KanadaHye]

"And Then A Hero Comes Along:
Istanbul Armenians Re-fashioning Turkishness
(1918-1923)"

Lerna Ekmekcioglu
Alex and Marie Manoogian Foundation Post-doctoral Fellow

Discussing how Armenians in Istanbul survived after the Genocide
http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/media3/a...oglu_20101206/

[Eddo211]

Re: Istanbul Armenians Re-fashioning Turkishness (1918-1923)

Most were spared in the Capital as to not cause panic.

[Artashes]

Re: Istanbul Armenians Re-fashioning Turkishness (1918-1923)

My grandmother,(a fair skinned red headed Armenian girl) maybe 10/11 or 12 years old in 1915 in Constantinople told me: She was looking out a 2nd story window down upon a street. Many people were on the street below. Many were Armenian as it was an Armenian nieghborhood. It was not exclusively Armenian. Other people(tur..) we're there also. She said: suddenly the other people attacked every single Armenian (all, no exceptions) to their death. She was hidden and no one went out unless absolutely necessary . She also expressed the oddness of things used to kill Armenians/ ordinary things one would have such as any heavy object or any sharp thing plus people tearing at people. And she said the blood covered both the street and sidewalks. I hear and read of Constantinople being spared such things but it doesn't square with what she saw on that street from a 2nd story window. Anyone know anything about this? Artashes

[Artashes]

Re: Istanbul Armenians Re-fashioning Turkishness (1918-1923)

My grandmother,(a fair skinned red headed Armenian girl) maybe 10/11 or 12 years old in 1915 in Constantinople told me: She was looking out a 2nd story window down upon a street. Many people were on the street below. Many were Armenian as it was an Armenian nieghborhood. It was not exclusively Armenian. Other people(tur..) we're there also. She said: suddenly the other people attacked every single Armenian (all, no exceptions) to their death. She was hidden and no one went out unless absolutely necessary . She also expressed the oddness of things used to kill Armenians/ ordinary things one would have such as any heavy object or any sharp thing plus people tearing at people. And she said the blood covered both the street and sidewalks. I hear and read of Constantinople being spared such things but it doesn't square with what she saw on that street from a 2nd story window. Anyone know anything about this? Artashes

Sorry, I checked Grandmothers birth date, born in 1901 so was closer to 14/15 years old/Artashes