ABSTRACT
After the Battle of Urfa the Armenian quarter remained desolate and in ruins. Disease and famine continued to plague the city for another three years. Marie and the author worked together after their marriage, both among their Assyrian congregation and on behalf of the many refugees. The author work as interpreter at the Turkish government offices, particularly in the task of the disposition of Armenian properties, about which he have already written. When the Turkish officials of Urfa heard news of their defeat and of the armistice, they were apprehensive. Most of the returnees were women and children—refugees who had been living in Arab and Kurdish homes in towns around Urfa. As soon as they heard of the armistice, they escaped one by one into Urfa. Every Armenian who returned to Urfa and stepped into the Armenian quarter, forgetting personal problems, could not withhold tears upon seeing everything in ruins, with the bones of beloved martyrs strewn.
