Umit Kurt on Gaziantep's forgotten Armenian past

Umit Kurt, assistant professor of history at the University of Newcastle, Australia, on "The Armenians of Aintab: The Economics of Genocide in an Ottoman Province" (Harvard University Press)

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Antep is your hometown and the book opens with a story of the city's Papyrus Cafe, which you say first triggered your interest in the history of the Armenians of Antep. Start by describing that story.