Aravot, Armenia
June 7 2017
‘Turkish journalist’s novel on Armenian Genocide, ‘My Beautiful Deads’
Turkish journalist Ozlem Ertan has written a novel called “My
Beautiful Deads” (Turkish: Benim Güzel Ölülerim). It was published
last week by Ithaki Publishing House, which is one of the best
publishing houses in Turkey. As the author noted, the novel is about
Armenian Genocide, Kurds in Turkey and these days problems.
““My Beautiful Deads” is a fantastic novel and I’ve used a magical
style and language in this book. This novel is important because it is
the first fantastic novel about Armenian Genocide. There are two
worlds in my book: the world of the dead and the living. Armenian
priest Garabed is one of the main characters in my novel. Garabed
Vartabed lost his family and witnessed many tragedies in 1915.
Afterward, he was killed by a murderer”, Ozlem Ertan introduced the
novel.
As she says, Garabed usually plays duduk and remembers his hometown
Dikranagerd (Diyarbakır).
