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i wonder this book and want to read . what do you think about this book?

Yvette Tsiropoulos It is worth reading, at least once. The story is so rich in culture and history but creatively woven in to a particular family's life and travails. Fo…moreIt is worth reading, at least once. The story is so rich in culture and history but creatively woven in to a particular family's life and travails. For me as a non-Turk who has lived in and visited Istanbul as recently as 2019, the beautifully composed narrative opened a portal into a 'nagging' question of mine: how does a Turk define their self-identity from a patchwork quilt of various ethnicities along with their respective languages and three major religions into transforming as a Turkish citizen in a new modern republic.
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Kitap güzel, anlatım güzel. Yalnız özellikle kuleli bölümünde anlatılanlar kafama takıldı. Kürt, ermeni çocuklar vardı çok az türk çocuk vardı diyor Orga. Ermeni kısmını bir kenara bıraksak bile ne zaman kürt türk ayrımı yapıldı bu coğrafyada? Açıkçası Cumhuriyetin ilk yıllarında kürtlerin durumu ile ilgili bir araştırma yapmış değilim ama şimdiye kadarki okumalarımın hiç birinde böyle bir ayrıma denk gelmedim.

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