Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Turkey's Armenians: The ghosts of 1915 | The Economist

Turkey's Armenians
The ghosts of 1915
Jan 29th 2013, 13:54 by A.Z. | ISTANBUL

MARISSA Kucuk was a little old Armenian lady who lived on her own in Samatya (pictured above), a picturesque neighbourhood of Istanbul where Christians and Muslims used to rub along peacefully. On December 28th Ms Kucuk, 85, was found dead in her apartment. She had been stabbed, repeatedly. Relatives said a crucifix was carved onto her naked corpse.

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