For example, some Armenians who escaped in 1915 were re-socialised as Turks or Kurds, without entirely losing their genetic memory.

ECONOMIST: Violence in eastern Anatolia

In Ottoman times the Armenians, Greeks and Jews were responsible for most of the country's commerce.

ECONOMIST: The economy has had a big boost from much sounder management

The truth is that this has always been frontier land, and Armenians and Muslims have co-existed locally for centuries.

ECONOMIST: Letter from Karabakh