One of the most important sources of the armenian genocide is the military tribunal records in istanbul. The young turks crime against humanity ebook by taner. In 1915, under the cover of a world war, some one million armenians were killed through starvation, forced marches, forced exile, and mass acts of slaughter. Metropolitan books, 2006, contained numerous typographical and factual errors. Introducing new evidence from more than 600 secret ottoman documents, this book demonstrates in unprecedented detail tha. The armenian genocide and the question of turkish responsibility was published in november 2006 and has since been translated into dutch, french, italian, polish and spanish. Altug taner akcam born october 23, 1953 is a turkishgerman historian and sociologist. Historian and sociologist taner akcam received his doctorate in 1995 from the university of hanover, with a dissertation on the turkish national movement and the armenian genocide against the background of the military tribunals in istanbul between 1919 and 1922. In the young turks crime against humanity, he writes with a compassionate understanding both for the fears of the ottoman turks, who nearly became a subject people at the end of world war i, and for the aspirations of armenians, greeks, and others to emancipate themselves from the ottoman. For instance, even the name of the important turkish city of erzurum in eastern anatolia is not in.
The armenian genocide and the question of turkish responsibility find, read and cite all the research you need on. Akcam documents every twist of the story from the political and racist origins of turkish nationalism to the insistence of muslims that they had to rule over inferior infidel christians with multiple sources and shocking quotations. The most striking achievement of a shameful act is its depth of detail. He is a visiting professor of history at the center for holocaust studies at the university of minnesota and is the author of a shameful act, which is the definitive account of the genocide and turkish responsibility. The armenian genocide and the question of turkish responsibility, metropolitan books, may 16, 2006, isbn 0805079327 received the 2007 minnesota book award for general nonfiction. Like as a rule, if a crime is committed by one group against another ethnic or religious group, it is nearly impossible. Turkish nationalism and the armenian genocide, zed books isbn 1842775278. The armenian genocide and the question of turkish responsibility new york. Paul bessemer translated content from the original turkish for the 2006 english translation, and zoryan institute members julie. The armenian genocide and the question of turkish responsibility turkish. The armenian genocide and the question of turkish responsibility by taner akcam. The armenian genocide and the question of turkish responsibility, metropolitan books isbn 0805079327 received the 2007 minnesota book award for general nonfiction. Taner akcam is one of the worlds leading authorities on the armenian genocide. Studies presents taner akcam, author of a shameful act pdf.
Ironically, the title for akcams book, a shameful act, comes from a speech by ataturk himself. The young turks crime against humanity is an informative work whose usefulness is greatly enhanced by several welldrawn maps. A unique feature of the armenian genocide has been the longstanding efforts of successive turkish governments to deny its historicity and to hide the documentary evidencesurrounding it. Ethnic conflict from the balkans to anatolia to the. The conflict should not be regarded as merely a dispute between two parties over territories and boundaries, but rather as a human rights issue between them.
Download full a shameful act book in pdf, epub, mobi and all ebook format. A landmark assessment of turkish culpability in the armenian genocide, the first history of its kind by a turkish historian in 1915, under the cover of a world war, some one million armenians were killed. Taner akcam peremptorily writes that the title of his book a shameful act is a quotation from a speech on armenian genocide delivered by mustafa kemal ataturk at a session of the grand national assembly of turkey on 24 april 1920pp. Born in ardahan province, turkey, in 1953, taner akcam is the author of ten scholarly works of history and sociology, including a shameful act, as well as numerous articles in turkish, german, and english. No future discussion of the history will be able to ignore this brilliant book. The definitive account of the organized destruction of the ottoman. Bernard lewis distinguishes armenian case from holocaust. Taner akcam, a turkish historian, sociologist, and humanrights activist, has written a landmark.
The armenian genocide and the question of turkish responsibility, by taner akcam. Taner akcam has 26 books on goodreads with 2496 ratings. Akcam draws upon rich archival sourcesparticularly the prime ministerial ottoman archive in istanbul and the archives of the ministry of the interior, as well as turkish court proceedings immediately after the war. He is one of the first turkish academics to acknowledge and openly discuss the armenian genocide, 2 and is recognized as a leading international authority on the subject.
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