Armenians in Turkey after the Second World War

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Talin Suciyan reveals the multiple challenges linked to the Great Repatriation Campaign of 1945-46 to Soviet Armenia from the consular files of the Soviet embassy in Istanbul. She provides a fascinating account of the finally unsuccessful campaign that triggered an enormous wave of hope for escape from the unbearable living conditions among forcibly Islamized and non-Islamized Armenian survivors from the provinces and the capital of post-genocidal Turkey. * Annika Toerne, PhD, Geneva University, Switzerland. * Dr. Suciyan's latest work is a welcome addition to the history of Armenians in republican Turkey, the 'Great Repatriation' to Soviet Armenia of about 89,000 Diasporan Armenians from twelve different countries across three continents, and the history of Armenians in the Cold War era in general. * Ara Sanjian, Associate Professor, University of Michigan, USA *