Turkish writer and university lecturer Murat Belge’s book, titled Armenians in Literature, is published in Turkey.

The new work by Belge, who is known for his studies on the Armenian Genocide, is devoted to the Armenians that lived in the Ottoman Empire.   

The book looks into what role the Armenians had in which period and in which novel, how the Armenians—who were a part of the Ottoman society—became enemies, and how the Armenians are portrayed in the post-Genocide novels.           

Armenians in Literature was published by Yayın İletişim publishing house and it is 256 pages.  

To note, Murat Belge was a friend of Hrant Dink, founder and chief editor of Istanbul’s Agos Armenian bilingual weekly, who was gunned down in 2007 in front of his office building. During a discussion in Armenia, Belge had stressed that Turkey should recognize the Armenian Genocide.