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A painter sells his work on the shore of Lake Van. Tourists often
visit this region and buy souvenirs from the locals

ARMENIAN REVOLUTIONARY FEDERATION
MEMBERS OCCUPIED THE OT TOMAN BANK
IN CONSTANTINOPLE ON AUGUST 14/26, 1896.
THEY WANTED TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT
THE ONGOING MASSACRES OF THE ARMENIANS
IN THE COUNTRY, AND DEMANDED REFORMS IN
THE ARMENIAN VIL AYETS.

Aghtamar island, with the Church of the Holy Cross

also many Azerbaijanis from Nakhijevan here, who
mainly migrate to Igdir, Kars and Erzrum.

KURDISTAN

We move south from Erzrum and soon end up in

The fortress of Erzrum is the city’s main tourist

the pride of the Armenians, the fields of Mush. The

spot. It holds yet another carpeted church that

soil is fertile and covered today almost completely

has fallen victim to the crescent.

by Kurdish villages. As we cross the villages, I

I continue to search for the answer to one question

realize that Kop, the homeland of my paternal

– what does a Muslim feel when a Christian church

grandfather, was now behind us. Ahead of us lay

is converted into a mosque? What does a Muslim

Mush, th R