The young Turks' crime against humanity: the Armenian genocide and ethnic cleansing in the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman sources and the question of their being purged -- The plan for the homogenization of Anatolia -- The aftermath of the Balkan wars and the "emptying" of eastern Thrace and the Aegean littoral in 1913-14 -- The transformation of Ottoman politics toward the Ottoman Greeks during the F...

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Main Author: Akçam, Taner 1953- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Princeton, NJ [u.a.] Princeton Univ. Press 2012
In:Year: 2012
Reviews:The young Turks' crime against humanity. The Armenian genocide and ethnic cleansing in the Ottoman Empire. By Taner Akçam. (Human Rights and Crimes against Humanity.) Pp. xliii+483 incl. 5 figs, 5 maps and 3 tables. Princeton–Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2012. £27.95. 978 0 69115333 9 (2014) (Üngör, Uğur Ümİt)
The Young Turks’ Crime Against Humanity: The Armenian Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Ottoman Empire, Taner Akçam (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012), xlii + 483 pp., hardcover 42.00, pbk. 24.95, electronic version available (2014) (Melson, Robert)
Series/Journal:Human rights and crimes against humanity
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Turkey / Armenians / Genocide / History
Further subjects:B Turkey Ethnic relations History 20th century
B Armenian question
B Genocide (Turkey)
B Armenian massacres, 1915-1923
B Armenian property
B İttihat ve Terakki Cemiyeti
B Armenians (Turkey) History 20th century
B Armenians Turkey History 20th century
B Genocide Turkey
B Turkey Ethnic relations History 20th century
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Summary:Ottoman sources and the question of their being purged -- The plan for the homogenization of Anatolia -- The aftermath of the Balkan wars and the "emptying" of eastern Thrace and the Aegean littoral in 1913-14 -- The transformation of Ottoman politics toward the Ottoman Greeks during the First World War -- The initial phase of anti-Armenian policy -- Final steps in the decision-making process -- Interior Ministry documents and the intent to annihilate -- Demographic policy and the annihilation of the Armenians -- Assimilation : the conversion and forced marriage of Christian children -- The question of confiscated Armenian property -- Some official denialist arguments of the Turkish state and documents from the Ottoman Interior Ministry -- Toward a conclusion
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ISBN:0691153337