The Bastard of Istanbul

This novel was published in 2007. I liked the way the story evolves and the characters are tied together at the end. The author, Elif Shafaf, is getting attention as a Turkish novelist of the acclaim of Orhan Pamuk. I will try to read something of his. Shafaf was tried in Turkey for using the term genocide with regard to the Armenian massacre that occurred in the early twentieth century. It certainly brings our attention to the historical events in Turkey that is not common knowledge. Downplayed, probably because so much horrific events have shadowed this particular one. Is this the first case of genocide carried out by a government?