A recent tome dealing with secret lives, is that of Secret Nation, The Hidden Armenians of Turkey.
Hadjian, a journalist who has written for the LA Times and Bloomberg amongst others, was born in Aleppo and educated in Buenos Aires and Cambridge. Researching this book, Hadjian travelled to the towns and villages once densely populated by Armenians, recording stories of survival and discovery from those who remain in a region that is deemed unsafe for the people who once lived there. The stories bring to life discussions about Armenian identity in and Armenian relationships with different ethnic groups in modern Turkey.
Originally written for Bardez, AI’s periodical in 2013-2020