America, America

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My name is Elia Kazan.

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I am a Greek by blood,
a Turk by birth...

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and an American,
because my uncle made a journey.

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This story was told me over the years
by the old people in my family.

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They remember Anatolia, the great
central plateau of Turkey and Asia.

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And they remember the mountain,
Erciyes, standing above the plain.

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Anatolia was the ancient home
of Greek and Armenian people.

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But 500 odd years ago, the land
was overrun by the Turks...

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and from that day the Greeks
and Armenians lived here...

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but as minorities.

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The Greek subject people.

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The Armenian subject people.

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They wore the same clothes
as the Turks...

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the fez and the sandal...

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ate the same food,
suffered the heat together...

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used the donkey for burdens.

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And they looked up
to the same mountain...

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but with different feelings...

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for, in fact, they were conqueror...

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and conquered.

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The Turks had an army.

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The Greeks and the Armenians
lived as best they could.