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AN ASSESSMENT ON ARAM ANDONIAN, NAIM EFENDI AND TALAT PASHA TELEGRAMS
Abstract
In his book titled “Naim Efendi’nin Hatıratı ve Talat PaşaTelgrafları” (En. “The Memoirs of Naim Efendi and Talat PashaTelegrams”), Taner Akçam argues that the telegrams and documents thatwere published 96 years ago by Aram Andonian and which are attributedto several high-ranking Ottoman officials are in fact real and authentic.Akçam’s main argument is based on the claim that the book “ErmenilerceTalat Paşa’ya Atfedilen Telgrafların Gerçek Yüzü” (En: “The Talat PashaTelegrams: Historical Fact or Armenian Fiction?”) by Şinasi Orel andSüreyya Yuca that puts forward concrete arguments on the forged natureof the above-mentioned documents, is full of errors and that the authors’accusations with regard to the documents are unjustified. However,throughout his book, when presenting and summarizing the findings ofOrel and Yuca in their studies about Andonian’s documents, Akçamdistorts these findings, and attributes to Orel and Yuca false assertionsthat were never made by them. Then, Akçam attempts to refute theseassertions that he claims were made by Orel and Yuca, and based on this,he concludes that the studies by Orel and Yuca are unreliable and full ofmistakes. With such manipulations, he asserts that claims about the forgednature of Andonian’s documents are claims that can be “easily refuted”.Although it is possible that readers, who have no prior knowledge on theissue and who learn about the claims put forth on the forged nature ofthese documents only from erroneous representations by Akçam, might beinfluenced by Akçam’s allegations, those who personally read Orel’s andAkçam’s work will see that many of Akçam’s assertions are invalid.Analyzing these subjects, this article aims to provide readers with a morebalanced perspective
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Year 2016 Number: 34
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AN ASSESSMENT ON ARAM ANDONIAN, NAIM EFENDI AND TALAT PASHA TELEGRAMS. (2016). Review of Armenian Studies, 34, 129-168. https://izlik.org/JA22AS78CL
AMA
1.AN ASSESSMENT ON ARAM ANDONIAN, NAIM EFENDI AND TALAT PASHA TELEGRAMS. RAS. 2016;(34):129-168. https://izlik.org/JA22AS78CL
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“AN ASSESSMENT ON ARAM ANDONIAN, NAIM EFENDI AND TALAT PASHA TELEGRAMS”. 2016. Review of Armenian Studies, nos. 34: 129-68. https://izlik.org/JA22AS78CL.
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(October 1, 2016) AN ASSESSMENT ON ARAM ANDONIAN, NAIM EFENDI AND TALAT PASHA TELEGRAMS. Review of Armenian Studies 34 129–168.
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[1]“AN ASSESSMENT ON ARAM ANDONIAN, NAIM EFENDI AND TALAT PASHA TELEGRAMS”, RAS, no. 34, pp. 129–168, Oct. 2016, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA22AS78CL
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“AN ASSESSMENT ON ARAM ANDONIAN, NAIM EFENDI AND TALAT PASHA TELEGRAMS”. Review of Armenian Studies. 34 (October 1, 2016): 129-168. https://izlik.org/JA22AS78CL.
JAMA
1.AN ASSESSMENT ON ARAM ANDONIAN, NAIM EFENDI AND TALAT PASHA TELEGRAMS. RAS. 2016;:129–168.
MLA
“AN ASSESSMENT ON ARAM ANDONIAN, NAIM EFENDI AND TALAT PASHA TELEGRAMS”. Review of Armenian Studies, no. 34, Oct. 2016, pp. 129-68, https://izlik.org/JA22AS78CL.
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1.AN ASSESSMENT ON ARAM ANDONIAN, NAIM EFENDI AND TALAT PASHA TELEGRAMS. RAS [Internet]. 2016 Oct. 1;(34):129-68. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA22AS78CL