Armanoush Tchakhmakhchian

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Armanoush Tchakhmakhchian is a young Armenian-American woman who travels to Istanbul to explore her family’s past and confront the legacy of the Armenian genocide in Elif Shafak’s novel *The Bastard of Istanbul*.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf character in a novel
fictional character
literary character
appearsIn The Bastard of Istanbul NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre contemporary fiction
diaspora literature
historical fiction
associatedWithTopic cross-cultural dialogue
cultural memory
identity search
intergenerational trauma
centralThemeRelation Armenian genocide NERFINISHED
Turkish-Armenian relations
memory and identity
createdBy Elif Shafak NERFINISHED
familyName Tchakhmakhchian NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse The Bastard of Istanbul universe NERFINISHED
gender female
givenName Armanoush NERFINISHED
hasBackground Armenian diaspora family history
hasCitizenship United States NERFINISHED
hasCulturalIdentity diasporan Armenian
hasEthnicity Armenian
hasNationality Armenian-American
hasReligion Christianity
motivation to confront the legacy of the Armenian genocide
to explore her family’s past
narrativeRole co-protagonist
major character
relatedWorkOriginalLanguage Turkish
relatedWorkPublicationYear 2006
speaksLanguage Armenian
English
travelsFrom United States NERFINISHED
travelsTo Istanbul NERFINISHED

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The Bastard of Istanbul featuresCharacter Armanoush Tchakhmakhchian