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Hrant Dink Foundation oral history project conducted since 2011, which is the third book of the ‘Sound of Silence III – will speak in Ankara Armenians’ met with the reader. Ferda within the book compiled by Balancar in 2013, 40 interviews were carried out by Armenians in Ankara.

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Armenian. Istanbul and Ankara Ankara residents who live in France and Austria, as well as a result of the interview with the Voice of the Silence in the third book of the series appeared.

In the book, six men and four women 10 Ankaralı narratives compiled from interviews with Armenian ranks. Ferda Balancer, in the preface, “that is not in the book or interviews in general, it is not easy to live as Armenians in Ankara show. The challenges posed by the cause of his interview with our resource person noted, ‘This is the capital of the state bureaucracy’s heart, is Armenian here controlled’re going to be’ in the words found expression can say that, “he says.

Kevorkian’s foreword

Before leaving Aras Publishing last year ‘1915 Armenians in the Ottoman Empire ‘author of Raymond H. Kevorkian, books his introduction to the text in Ankara on Armenian presence of information regarding conveys: “The First World War, on the eve Ankara flag in the 28 thousand 858 students of the Armenian population half the province’s administrative center in Ankara, which was living. Catholic community in Ankara distinguishing feature was the proportion of those belonging to the sect: According to a census in 1914, 70 percent of the Armenian population in the city corresponding to 11,246 people had. The other features of written language used Turkish Armenian letters, although the Turkish language in spoken language were to be adopted. “

July 1915 in the middle, Ankara Armenians non-Catholic elders arrested reminiscent Kevorkian, within a few days of detainees list thousand 200 people to cover the expansion, noting that this group, the Union and Progress by volunteers, local farmers and prisoners executed to ‘privately held’ in Ankara With the help of butchers and tanners, five, six days, draws attention to the massacre. Catholic Armenians in Ankara, the eyes of Europeans wishing to enter the protected temporarily by Talat Pasha, which underlines Kevorkian, it killed on the spot rather than be deported towards the Syrian desert meant to say.

The book’s epilogue, the researchers Free Honey, his 2000 has accomplished in Ankara Armenians on research comparing Ankara Armenian identity and spatial perception assessment: “homogenizing implications and symbolic references because of the negative perception towards the initial assumption as distinct from many narrator, Ankara’s ‘modern’, ‘Western’, ‘urbanized’, ‘civilized’, ‘intellectual’, ‘diverse’ structure, emphasis has made; their collective identity different individual forms of expression, allowing anonymity and hence invisibility by providing life easier as factors that have interpreted. Ankara, in this narrative, usually very busy with the past is expressed as ‘home’, ‘home’ is defined as. ”

My first Armenian state officer

I went to the municipality as a worker. In that year, the overtime wage workers were taking charge of something much better. Already Armenian civil servants could not be until 1963. In 1963, the law on technical services, as something that engineers have started to be taken as a clerk Armenians. Was said that after September 12, the workers back to work, while sitting at your desk officer will be. And I know that there is something graders how I’d have preferred to be compared but there is a shortage of officers began: my salary has dropped by half. Made me as an interpreter of civil servants and general administrative services from the class about it, I’m also a first.

Mehmet Murat Karayalçin in the period after Altınsoy, I continued to work on specific items.Karayalçın as the director of special items brought Birsen Hanim have tried compatible. I have worked for five years during the Karayalçin. In 1994, the president Melih until you are interpreting the Clerk mission continued. Melih Bey knew me Altınsoy period but did not choose to work actively with me, I did not personally served. I ignored the municipality. In these circumstances, I retired in 1999.

Difference from Istanbul to Ankara

Ankara, Istanbul not like. Istanbul, always because it is a very cosmopolitan place, there it was easy to protect your own identity as Armenians. Ankara is not so. Here, a handful of Armenians. There are also economic and social power. So without revealing himself, have chosen to live with a slight concealment case. For example, residents of Istanbul, the Turkish name do not put too much but here is the Turkish name that puts a lot.

Tension between the Gregorian-Armenian Catholics in Ankara, formerly had markedly.Armenians in Ankara, where a small group together for entanglements, but I expected aid, since my childhood I never had such a weather. As I see Gregorians in Ankara, Istanoz consisted of peasants who had migrated from. Catholics living in the city more than the economic situation and a better cut. There are more flashy life of Catholics. Catholics, we think that the Gregorian downplayed.

My daughter has returned the Turkish identity

My wife and I, we were Austrians, but we also protect Turkey’s his birth certificate. My daughter gave it back to the Turkish consulate identity, because at the age of 10-11, at the airport on our arrival and departure to Turkey, customs, we experienced difficulties with the police, it was very annoyed. In the early 1980s, he was 11 years old again. We were looking undressed. They also mocked on a team. They were never forget. With the Austrians are married, go to the consulate and identity of Turkish passport was returned. Did not come to Turkey for many years, but they’re coming along with her husband after marriage Austrians.Has returned as a stranger … Turkish identity in the family home but we still speak Turkish.Not against children learn Turkish as well.

Where was Hrant Dink emerged to these people?

In addition to the socialist past and Turkey also critical look at the history of the socialist movement because of this issue. Hrant Dink, Agos Where was occurring to these people?Turkey left in my generation, or earlier has always ignore this issue. Located in the recent history of this country in the face of genocide Turkey left 10 years ago was so quiet. Woe to our left to our history.

My daughter’s mood different from me. His identity hybrid than me. Kurdish identity from his father, there is also the Alevi identity. All of these identities for her invaluable. None not in front of the other. I recently said he wanted to shoot a short film in Armenia. He wants to go in May. I would very much like to see Armenia. To visit the genocide memorial, a Mount Ararat from there I want to look.

I am from Ankara count of …

In Ankara, baptism, wedding and funeral lArInAydI Gregorian Armenians alone. In my childhood, wedding, baptism and the priest would come to Istanbul for the funeral. Now I do not know how. Not at church in Ankara. French church has one. So nothing left from the asset. All but vanished. I am from Ankara, when we say “Are you Catholic?” They ask. They were natives of Ankara, Armenian Catholic, I understand. Gregorian also may have migrated from other cities.

Because my brother was an Armenian officer could be

Very difficult to live as Armenians in Ankara. For example, my uncle, my sister and the General Directorate for Foundations (VGM) has put there, the first entry on a contractual basis, then my uncle’s situation pretty well. MPs, ministers are always friends. now my brother will DGF staff, although not as strong as it did not pass my uncle. Because the Armenians did not pass. My sister on the birth certificate could not be Christian because he wrote the officer. If I remember correctly they were 2000s. ANAP was the period.

by Balancar in 2013, 40 in Ankara Was conducted interviews with