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The young people, growing ever closer during their secret escapes from their families, talked about the troubling events unfolding in the world and their country, exchanged ideas, and came up with solutions of their own. In those days, as World War I began, unrest had also started in Anatolia. Efforts to dismantle the Ottoman Empire were now yielding results, while Anatolian lands were being shaken by occupation, one region at a time, by foreign powers. Greek bands were stepping up their pressure throughout the region, and Turkish militia forces were responding with great force. People who had lived in peace until just a few years earlier now looked upon one another as enemies, poisoned by discord; Greeks, Turks, and Armenians had completely forgotten tolerance, and discrimination had reached its peak. As the two young lovers struggled to keep their great love alive in this climate, the pressure on them grew with each passing day. But their weapon was greater and more powerful than all the rest. Love…"