ABSTRACT
Urfa was a regrouping station for exiles — a concentration camp. All summer long caravans of refugees, called "pilgrims" by the Turks, passed through the city. Seeing the plight of the exiles from other Armenian cities and hearing their stories still could not convince the Armenians of Urfa that they must fight to save themselves from a similar fate. Despite the guards and countless other obstacles, every Armenian and Assyrian family brought clothes, food, and whatever else they could, to relieve the suffering of the tortured. As a matter of fact, in spite of official policy, individual Turks here and there tried out of common decency to ease the suffering of their Armenian neighbors. A mob of Turkish rogues was gathered out front paying the guards a few cents for each young Armenian woman they could buy to take away.
