Review
'There Was and There Was Not' crosses Turkish-Armenian divide
Meline Toumani
It was the need for recognition — from Turkey and the world — that the Armenian genocide had indeed happened. Even by grade school, Toumani knew certain truths that others denied or were oblivious to: One and a half million Armenians were killed under Ottoman Turkish rule in 1915. Others were driven out, scattering around the globe in a huge diaspora.
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