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2026100 minPGdocumentary

6.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

No Return Possible

2026100 minPGdocumentary

6.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Armenians who fled Turkey after the 1915 massacres faced a permanent loss of identity and belonging, marked by the phrase "No Return Possible" on their papers.

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Jacques Kébadian,

Serge Avédikian

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Armenians who fled Turkey after the 1915 massacres faced a permanent loss of identity and belonging, marked by the phrase "No Return Possible" on their papers.

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Jacques Kébadian

Jacques Kébadiandirector

Serge Avédikian

Serge Avédikiandirector

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"No Return Possible": these three words cross the identity papers of the Armenians who left Turkey after the massacres of 1915.

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