I’ve heard many stories of what happened to Armenians forcibly “turned into Kurds and Turks”. Azg Daily talks about this taboo subject today.

Razmik Hakobian (Nureddin Yagub) from one of Cilicia villages was a PKK warrior but was arrested and jailed in one of Ankara’s horrific prisons. He is a writer and a film director who is planning to shoot a film about the life of Diaspora Armenians.

“My parents concealed our identity particularly because being an Armenian was an unforgettable affront in Adiamani where I am coming from. Despite this, many “Kurdish” and “Turkish” Armenians were called “gyavur”. The film I am trying to shoot is about an Armenian outcast and also is an odyssey of a Western Armenians who survived the Genocide. I shall realize my plans if I find necessary support in Armenia and by the help of our confederates in Western Europe”, Razmik tells.

Gyavur is the Turkish pronunciation of Kaffir according to this site.

Another page, this time about Turkish-language songs that remember the Genocide, shows the lyrics of one such song:

- Ulan gyavur, dogru soyle:
Senin martin var imis?
- Hayir, efendim! iftiradir:
Bilmem, gormedim,
Bilmem, gormedim.

-Hey! gyavur, tell the truth,
Have you got a gun?
-No, Mister, it’s a lie,
I don’t know, I haven’t seen,
I don’t know, I haven’t seen.