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Author Aaron Nommaz depicts the story of Struma disaster in his fourth book “The Tale that Probes the Conscience”. As always with his plain narration and editing, Nommaz in his own words makes the readers feel as if they are inside the floating coffin ‘Struma’. Unfortunately, today in Turkey there are still people who have no idea about the Struma disaster… The novel that tells the story of this disaster which is deemed as an affront to humanity for the whole world is based on true facts. We talked with Aaron Nommaz about his latest book which tells the true story of the disaster that ended in the death of 769 innocent people and leaving behind only one survivor.

With his book “Kanuni’s Jewish Banker Dona Gracia”, author Aaron Nommaz, left a mark in history and in the hearts of many people with the story of Dona Gracia Mendes, the mother of Sephardic Jews who is considered to be one of the most humane and altruistic people in the history of humanity. Aaron Nommaz blazed a trail with this book by depicting the life story of the richest woman in 16th century whose story have never been told in Turkish, before. We talked with Aaron Nommaz about his valuable book which can be considered as both a biography and a history book.