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The Ottoman Government’s Policies Concerning The Armenian Soldiers In The Ottoman Army And Their Families In The Wake Of The Provisional Law Of Relocation And Resettlement

Number: 41 July 28, 2020
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The Ottoman Government’s Policies Concerning The Armenian Soldiers In The Ottoman Army And Their Families In The Wake Of The Provisional Law Of Relocation And Resettlement

Abstract

This article aims to evaluate the conflicting situation that arises from the allegations regarding the killing of Armenian soldiers in the Ottoman Army with the enactment of the Provisional Law of Relocation and Resettlement and the existence of a decree issued by the Ottoman State pertaining to not subjecting Armenian soldiers and their families to relocation. The Events of 1915 is among the topical issues of both the Turkish and Armenian people’s agenda. Armenians persistently attribute the crime of genocide to Turkey and the Turkish people. What lies behind the effort to keep this problem in the agenda is the Turkish people’s rejection of these accusations of genocide. This rejection does not stem from the “denial of the truth” as alleged by the Armenians, but from the fact that Armenians ignore the necessity of scrutinizing the events of the period according to the prevailing circumstances of that period. In connection to this, the Hermeneutic evaluation of historical documents according to the circumstances of a given period is one of the fundamental principles in historiography. This approach, which prevents false notions of past periods, is accepted as one of the prerequisites for the field of history in becoming a scientific discipline. Within the framework of the Events of 1915, Armenia/Armenians, attributing the crime of genocide to Turkey, claim that men of Armenian descent were killed after having been enlisted during the First World War. However, the Ottoman State, two months after the implementation of the Provisional Law of Relocation and Resettlement, had issued orders to not relocate soldiers of Armenian descent and their families.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Political Science

Journal Section

Translation

Publication Date

July 28, 2020

Submission Date

June 23, 2020

Acceptance Date

June 25, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Number: 41

APA
Çaykıran, G. (2020). The Ottoman Government’s Policies Concerning The Armenian Soldiers In The Ottoman Army And Their Families In The Wake Of The Provisional Law Of Relocation And Resettlement (C. F. E. S. Avim, Trans.). Review of Armenian Studies, 41, 125-143. https://izlik.org/JA59RC23NK
AMA
1.Çaykıran G. The Ottoman Government’s Policies Concerning The Armenian Soldiers In The Ottoman Army And Their Families In The Wake Of The Provisional Law Of Relocation And Resettlement. RAS. 2020;(41):125-143. https://izlik.org/JA59RC23NK
Chicago
Çaykıran, Güzin. 2020. “The Ottoman Government’s Policies Concerning The Armenian Soldiers In The Ottoman Army And Their Families In The Wake Of The Provisional Law Of Relocation And Resettlement”. Translated by Center For Eurasian Studies Avim. Review of Armenian Studies, nos. 41 (July): 125-43. https://izlik.org/JA59RC23NK.
EndNote
Çaykıran G (July 1, 2020) The Ottoman Government’s Policies Concerning The Armenian Soldiers In The Ottoman Army And Their Families In The Wake Of The Provisional Law Of Relocation And Resettlement. Review of Armenian Studies 41 125–143.
IEEE
[1]G. Çaykıran, “The Ottoman Government’s Policies Concerning The Armenian Soldiers In The Ottoman Army And Their Families In The Wake Of The Provisional Law Of Relocation And Resettlement”, RAS, no. 41, pp. 125–143, July 2020, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA59RC23NK
ISNAD
Çaykıran, Güzin. “The Ottoman Government’s Policies Concerning The Armenian Soldiers In The Ottoman Army And Their Families In The Wake Of The Provisional Law Of Relocation And Resettlement”. Review of Armenian Studies. Trans. Center For Eurasian Studies Avim. 41 (July 1, 2020): 125-143. https://izlik.org/JA59RC23NK.
JAMA
1.Çaykıran G. The Ottoman Government’s Policies Concerning The Armenian Soldiers In The Ottoman Army And Their Families In The Wake Of The Provisional Law Of Relocation And Resettlement. RAS. 2020;:125–143.
MLA
Çaykıran, Güzin. “The Ottoman Government’s Policies Concerning The Armenian Soldiers In The Ottoman Army And Their Families In The Wake Of The Provisional Law Of Relocation And Resettlement”. Review of Armenian Studies, translated by Center For Eurasian Studies Avim, no. 41, July 2020, pp. 125-43, https://izlik.org/JA59RC23NK.
Vancouver
1.Güzin Çaykıran. The Ottoman Government’s Policies Concerning The Armenian Soldiers In The Ottoman Army And Their Families In The Wake Of The Provisional Law Of Relocation And Resettlement. RAS [Internet]. 2020 Jul. 1;(41):125-43. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA59RC23NK