I don’t know if it was the writing or the translation, but this was difficult to read. It is fairly short, but I struggled through it. I found myself needing to read each sentence at least twice because it was rough reading to get through.

I picked up this book because firstly, I was attracted to the cover, and had very little knowledge of the struggle between Turkey and Greece. Children of War is a great book for someone who wants to find out more of what was happening during the first world war in Crete and how Turkish people were treated at that time as the book contains facts and fiction. Ahmet Yorulmaz give an amazing insight into people's day to day lives and shows how they became who they are today. 
However, I felt like the book was not long enough, I wanted more from the characters and more details not only from Hassanakis side, but also from the woman point of view.

Before I read "Children of War" by Ahmet Yorulmaz, I was not aware of the plight of Cretes, particularly Muslim Cretes in the constant struggle between Turkey and Greece. Half autobiographical, the book narrates the violence and instability of existence for a young Crete male as he grows up in a small town. What struck me most is the duality of national versus personal identity and how state systems use the two against each other. Because the man is Muslim, he is banned from being a Greek. A sentimental read on a often not discussed topic!

This was a heart warming book during the war regarding Turkey and Crete. Love both of these countries and also love historical books on war. Brilliant book

This book is a great memoir of a turkish war survivor called Hassan when the turkish is being seized by Greeks. They are Cretan origins (people from an Island called Crete) and a village called Kamish. After being razed by Nazu war planes, they leave the village on carts to a town called Chania where his 26 years of friendships with good Greek guardians and education in printing that came along, his loss of families and his love with the Greek girl called Maria rolls. The violence was still getting worse at Chania well as all over Anatolia, the land of his ancestors day by day he needs to find ways to escape it. 
It is a great book that me understand how turkish people had suffered under Greek's control and also muslim's sincerity towarde humane faith in peace.

The descrption and book cover attracted me and it was a fantastic read. Loved the romantic stories running parallel to an otherwise serious plot.