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[psycho]

Honestly people… give up the novels and crap and get stuck into FACTS which matter. Everything else is a waste of time.

I fully support this statement

[Cem]

True, Bananiot.

Now that you said these, I start recalling some other parts of the book.
After Ottomans lost the war, greek forces occupy Symrna (Izmir) and the vicinities, Manoli Aksiyotis joins them and help them in their questioning of a captured rebel but inadvertently kills him.

I also recall at the end, having lived through the horrors of war on both sides, Aksiyotis condemns (even damns) the western powers as the main culprit behind the sufferings of indigenous people.

[Cem]

For those who are interested in childhood memoirs of Greek novelist Dido Sotiriyu:

Here is a link I found at : http://odtutv.metu.edu.tr/belgesel.php#

This the documentary film repository maintained by ODTU (Middle East Technical University, Ankara).

Scroll down the main page until you locate the label:

Anıların Tadı - Dido Soturiyu ( Taste of memoirs)

followed by a summary of the contents of the film. It is about a trip in Asia Minor and Athens along with Sotiriyu who was born in Aydin in 1906. the memories of people forced to vacate two Aegean towns like Karakoy (Levissi in Greek) and Sirince (Kirkitse) are narrated in their own words accompanied by local songs (in greek). Aziz Nesin, Ermos Argaios, Dido Sotiriyu and people from both communities comment on Greco-Turkish relations, as well as rememberances of taste and the bitterness of the memories are featured.

Scroll down a bit further till: filmi izleyin >>> (Watch the film)and click only on 56K (exclusively for Off-Campus connection, NOT 256K).

Just underneath there is another short documentary:

Şirince ve Dido Soturiyu .....so repeat the steps.

[tessintrnc]

I would like to know good books...love reading and I just finished reading the best book I have ever read the last 2-3 years.

Its called "Θεανώ: Η λύκαινα της Πόλης"!!! One of the best! If you can read Greek try this out.

One of the books that a friend told me lately that I should read is "Birds without wings"!

Any other suggestions?
What is your favorite book?

"Birds without wings" is certainly one of the best books I have read in a long time. Be prepared to get the tissues out though!!!

[denizaksulu]

Try "Matomena Chomata" or "Farewell Anatolia". It can be now purchased in Turkish "Benden Selâm Söyle Anadoluyai". It gives a vivid account of the events in 1919-1922 and despite the fact that it was written by a Greek (Dido Soteriou) it is a very objective book which is much appreciated in Greece and in Turkey. I think it has been serialised for the telly recently.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUKKbiNMoZU

I had read this book long time ago; though I can't say it is the best I have read so far, particularly compared to the works of Steinbeck, Jack London and B. Traven, the contents were captivating.

If my memory is not failing me, the main character was a Greek-Ottoman named Manoli Aksiyotis who narrated the horrors of the war in his own words when Ottoman Turkey joined the WW1.

At the end, there was a quite a shocking scenery about the burning of Symrna and the atrocities committed against the local people (greeks of izmir) by the soldiers under the command of Nuraddin Pasha.

I've just started reading "Paradise Lost, Smyrna 1922: The Destruction of Islam's City of Tolerance" by Giles Milton, which has only just been published so is still only available in Hardback (£20).

I'll let you know what I think.

That is a must. ISBN please, I will order it from the Times Bookshop.

I will try Bananiots recommendation too.Any ISBN number for that one ananiot?

[Oracle]

Try "Matomena Chomata" or "Farewell Anatolia". It can be now purchased in Turkish "Benden Selâm Söyle Anadoluyai". It gives a vivid account of the events in 1919-1922 and despite the fact that it was written by a Greek (Dido Soteriou) it is a very objective book which is much appreciated in Greece and in Turkey. I think it has been serialised for the telly recently.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUKKbiNMoZU

I had read this book long time ago; though I can't say it is the best I have read so far, particularly compared to the works of Steinbeck, Jack London and B. Traven, the contents were captivating.

If my memory is not failing me, the main character was a Greek-Ottoman named Manoli Aksiyotis who narrated the horrors of the war in his own words when Ottoman Turkey joined the WW1.

At the end, there was a quite a shocking scenery about the burning of Symrna and the atrocities committed against the local people (greeks of izmir) by the soldiers under the command of Nuraddin Pasha.

I've just started reading "Paradise Lost, Smyrna 1922: The Destruction of Islam's City of Tolerance" by Giles Milton, which has only just been published so is still only available in Hardback (£20).

I'll let you know what I think.

That is a must. ISBN please, I will order it from the Times Bookshop.

I will try Bananiots recommendation too.Any ISBN number for that one ananiot?

It seems well sourced, unpublished letters from parents/grandparents of survivors etc.

The ISBN is 978-0-340-83786-3

[denizaksulu]

Try "Matomena Chomata" or "Farewell Anatolia". It can be now purchased in Turkish "Benden Selâm Söyle Anadoluyai". It gives a vivid account of the events in 1919-1922 and despite the fact that it was written by a Greek (Dido Soteriou) it is a very objective book which is much appreciated in Greece and in Turkey. I think it has been serialised for the telly recently.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUKKbiNMoZU

I had read this book long time ago; though I can't say it is the best I have read so far, particularly compared to the works of Steinbeck, Jack London and B. Traven, the contents were captivating.

If my memory is not failing me, the main character was a Greek-Ottoman named Manoli Aksiyotis who narrated the horrors of the war in his own words when Ottoman Turkey joined the WW1.

At the end, there was a quite a shocking scenery about the burning of Symrna and the atrocities committed against the local people (greeks of izmir) by the soldiers under the command of Nuraddin Pasha.

I've just started reading "Paradise Lost, Smyrna 1922: The Destruction of Islam's City of Tolerance" by Giles Milton, which has only just been published so is still only available in Hardback (£20).

I'll let you know what I think.

That is a must. ISBN please, I will order it from the Times Bookshop.

I will try Bananiots recommendation too.Any ISBN number for that one ananiot?

It seems well sourced, unpublished letters from parents/grandparents of survivors etc.

The ISBN is 978-0-340-83786-3

Efkharisto Bolli/Polli/Bolla

[EPSILON]

The best book has not yet be published. Is coming soon....Title : THE FORTHCOMING DIVISION OF TURKEY'S TERRITORY" Wriiter .. the EPSILONS

[EPSILON]

The best book has not yet be published. Is coming soon....Title : THE FORTHCOMING DIVISION OF TURKEY'S TERRITORY" Wriiter .. the EPSILONS

T/cs -do not worry- we can still consider you as Greeks- if you declare your wish....

[denizaksulu]

The best book has not yet be published. Is coming soon....Title : THE FORTHCOMING DIVISION OF TURKEY'S TERRITORY" Wriiter .. the EPSILONS

Who got a bloody nose after the last attempt.