THE ARMENIANS in the Late Ottoman Period

To the memory of all who lost their lives during the clashes in the late Ottoman period, which is the subject of this book, and also to the Turkish diplomats assassinated by terrorists

THE TURKISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY for
THE COUNCIL OF CULTURE, ARTS AND PUBLICATIONS OF
THE GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF TURKEY
Ankara - 2001

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Contents

1. Editor’s Note	ix
2. Turks and Armenians: The Ottoman Experience, Ömer İzgi	1
3. Turkish-Armenian Cultural Relations, Nejat Göyünç	23
4. The Political Milieu of the Armenian Question, Yılmaz Öztuna	43
5. The Population of the Ottoman Armenians, Justin McCarthy	65
6. The 1915 Armenian Revolt in Van: Eyewitness Testimony, Hüseyin Çelik	87
7. Realities Behind the Relocation, Yusuf Halaçoğlu	109
8. Massacres of the Turks and Mass Graves, Enver Konukçu	143
9. The Armenian Legion and Its Destruction of the Armenian Community in Cilicia, Stanford J. Shaw	155
10. The Armenian Question at the Lausanne Peace Talks, Ömer Turan	207
11. Facing “Original Sin” or “Realities”: Meditations on the Armenian “Genocide”, Süleyman Seyfi Öğün	239
12. The Armenian Problem and International Law, Gündüz Aktan	263
13. The Jewish Holocaust and the Armenians, Türkkaya Ataöv	315
14. Conclusions	345
Additional References	345
Contributors and Advisors	361
Index....	365

About the Book


* Tables and Figures
Table 2	70
Figure 1	83
Figure 2	84
Figure 3	85