I have other identities, too. And I have never let one
dominate the other. No matter which of them happens to be
“other,” I have wanted for all of them to co-exist in peace. As for
my identity as a Hemşinli, I have never been marginalized because
of it. To the contrary, I have been complimented by those who
have seen its “enchanting nature” for having such “a heavenly
homeland.” And as a Hemşinli, I have not marginalized others,
either. Besides, whom would I marginalize—my Laz friends in
Çano on the opposite slopes of the Fırtına Valley?
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