A NEW BOOK FROM ARARAT PUBLISHING (ANP)
Eto Che Gi Niama Veche (Here They Have Gone...)
The original title : / Gittiler Iste
By Kurdish writer Seyhmus Diken.
The book is about the historical richness of Diyarbekir (Amed) or Tigrana Amed when Armenians, Kurds, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Yezidis, Jewish and other ethnical and religious groups lived together in peace and respect.
The book is collection of articles published in different newspapers and editions. The articles of Seyhmus Diken are based on his personal memories and knowledge about the city and its people. The author describes the cultural, religious, ethnical and human diversity in Amed in the past and how the soul of the city has been impoverished, when the Christians left.
Translation : by Bulgarian Turkolog Emily Slavkova
Redactor : Doc. Hachik Hachikian
Editors :
Anahit Khacikyan and Roni Alasor
Sofia, May 2012
258 pages
40 photos
Price : 10 Leva
ISBN - 978-82-92631-07-2