Boǧos Silahlı waters his roses in the garden of the house he rents from the General Directorate of Vakıflar. Boǧos is from Vakıflı, but he spent his professional career living in different parts of the country, including İstanbul and İskenderun. He returned to the village with his wife, Mari, for good after retiring from teaching philosophy.
Boǧos and Mari are the most recent residents registered in the population records of Vakıflı. Boǧos’s family used to own a house in the Yezur neighborhood, where there are currently no Armenians left. Mari is a descendent of the Kartun family, most of whom still live in Vakıflı.