Publication

2004-09-04 - Zed Books

Language

English

Word Count

72,000 words, Guess

Page Count

288 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2004043631
  • Goodreads765036
  • LibraryThing4822156

Classifications

  • LCCDS195.5.A417 2004

Description

The murder of more than one million Armenians by the Ottoman Turkish government in 1915 has been acknowledged as genocide. Yet almost 100 years later, these crimes remain unrecognized by the Turkish state. This book is the first attempt by a Turk to understand the genocide from a perpetrator's, rather than victim's, perspective, and to contextualize the events of 1915 within Turkey's political history and western regional policies. Turkey today is in the midst of a tumultuous transition, but until it confronts its past and present violations of human rights, it will never be a truly democratic nation. This book explores the sources of the Armenian genocide, how Turks today view it, the meanings of Turkish and Armenian identity, and how the long legacy of western intervention in the region has suppressed reform, rather than promoted democracy.--From publisher description.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • From Empire to Republic: Turkish Nationalism and the Armenian GenocidePaperbackZed Books2004-09-04

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