MELINE TOUMANI AND THE TURKIC-ARMENIAN CONFLICT

Number: 34 October 1, 2016
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MELINE TOUMANI AND THE TURKIC-ARMENIAN CONFLICT

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This essay analyzes the book authored by Armenian Americanjournalist Meline Toumani. Being a very personal story based on herexperiences in the United States, Turkey, and Armenia, based on asignificant number of interviews rather than on any research in anyarchives, or even a real work in libraries, having no footnote, the book isnot, at any level, a scholarly one. Written, as a whole, with a sincerity thatis not often the most obvious quality of mainstream Armenian-heritageauthors in the U.S. after 1965, Toumani’s work will remain as an importantsource for the culture of hate within the Armenian diaspora of NorthAmerica, as well as on the place taken by the “genocide” claims in thedefinition of the contemporary Armenian identity. Yet, the authoreventually failed in her attempt to completely give up the prejudices andindoctrination she received, particularly in the summer camps of theArmenian Youth Federation. Relying heavily, during her time in Turkey,on ignorant or misinformed individuals who identify themselves as“liberals” and who promote tendentious views, and having not acquiredthe minimal knowledge on Turkish history and society, still less on theTurkic-Armenian conflict, Toumani remains in the middle of the fork,leaving an unachieved, albeit interesting, work

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APA
MELINE TOUMANI AND THE TURKIC-ARMENIAN CONFLICT. (2016). Review of Armenian Studies, 34, 95-128. https://izlik.org/JA33WP68LG
AMA
1.MELINE TOUMANI AND THE TURKIC-ARMENIAN CONFLICT. RAS. 2016;(34):95-128. https://izlik.org/JA33WP68LG
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“MELINE TOUMANI AND THE TURKIC-ARMENIAN CONFLICT”. 2016. Review of Armenian Studies, nos. 34: 95-128. https://izlik.org/JA33WP68LG.
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(October 1, 2016) MELINE TOUMANI AND THE TURKIC-ARMENIAN CONFLICT. Review of Armenian Studies 34 95–128.
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[1]“MELINE TOUMANI AND THE TURKIC-ARMENIAN CONFLICT”, RAS, no. 34, pp. 95–128, Oct. 2016, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA33WP68LG
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“MELINE TOUMANI AND THE TURKIC-ARMENIAN CONFLICT”. Review of Armenian Studies. 34 (October 1, 2016): 95-128. https://izlik.org/JA33WP68LG.
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“MELINE TOUMANI AND THE TURKIC-ARMENIAN CONFLICT”. Review of Armenian Studies, no. 34, Oct. 2016, pp. 95-128, https://izlik.org/JA33WP68LG.
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1.MELINE TOUMANI AND THE TURKIC-ARMENIAN CONFLICT. RAS [Internet]. 2016 Oct. 1;(34):95-128. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA33WP68LG