My Grandmother

Thomas de Waal It’s an extraordinary story that broke the taboo in Turkey, almost overnight, about the fact that so many people in Turkey had Armenian grandparents, or great-grandparents. (Source)

Hugh Pope That’s exactly right. It’s a very empathetic, straightforward read. It’s short. It gives an insight into the ethnic origins of Turkey today that no one has been talking about until very recently. A lot of Armenians were deported and a lot were massacred, but a lot also stayed behind in Turkish families. This book is about someone discovering, quite unexpectedly, that her grandmother is one of these people. She’s been a good Muslim all her life, because when Armenians joined these families, they became Muslims of Armenian heritage and culture, believing in Islam, but also making Armenian cakes... (Source)