ON A BOOKLET DEALING WITH THE “RIGHTEOUS TURKS”

Number: 32 October 1, 2015
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ON A BOOKLET DEALING WITH THE “RIGHTEOUS TURKS”

Abstract

This essay is devoted to the in-depth review of a booklet titled“Turkish rescuers. Report on Turks who reached-out to Armenians in1915”, authored by sociologist Taner Akçam and journalist BurçinGerçek. The booklet focuses on, as the authors put it, the Turks who have“displayed a conscientious attitude in 1915 through a variety ofmotivations and approaches.” Despite the booklet’s attempt at beingperceived as a serious work on history, it is fundamentally inaccurate,failing to convince because of a non-scholarly use of sources; some aredistorted, some are not used with the necessary precautions, and othersare neglected. Furthermore, despite the authors attempt to frame the 1915events as a genocide, nowhere in the booklet do the authors present aconvincing case about a genocidal intent from the Ottoman centralgovernment and also about a fundamental contradiction between thepositive actions of local authorities such as Celâl Bey and Faik Ali Beyon one side, the Committee for Union and Progress regime of the OttomanEmpire on the other side. As a result, this booklet cannot be consideredas an example for proper historical research

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Year 2015 Number: 32

APA
ON A BOOKLET DEALING WITH THE “RIGHTEOUS TURKS”. (2015). Review of Armenian Studies, 32, 225-252. https://izlik.org/JA49ZN86RN
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“ON A BOOKLET DEALING WITH THE ‘RIGHTEOUS TURKS’”. Review of Armenian Studies. 32 (October 1, 2015): 225-252. https://izlik.org/JA49ZN86RN.
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1.ON A BOOKLET DEALING WITH THE “RIGHTEOUS TURKS”. RAS. 2015;:225–252.
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“ON A BOOKLET DEALING WITH THE ‘RIGHTEOUS TURKS’”. Review of Armenian Studies, no. 32, Oct. 2015, pp. 225-52, https://izlik.org/JA49ZN86RN.
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1.ON A BOOKLET DEALING WITH THE “RIGHTEOUS TURKS”. RAS [Internet]. 2015 Oct. 1;(32):225-52. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA49ZN86RN