Turco-Armenian Relations in the Context of the Jewish Holocaust

Year 1990, Volume: 54 Issue: 210, 757 - 772, 20.08.1990

Salâhi R. Sonyel

https://doi.org/10.37879/belleten.1990.757

Abstract

Tenacious and systematic attempts are being made by a number of Armenian ‘scholars’ to sway, especially Jewish public opinion, that there is a link between the experiences of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire during World War I, which they label as 'the first genocide of the twentieth century', and those of the European Jewry during World War II. By their persistent attempts, skilful manipulation of the feelings of some Jewish and other sympathisers, and masterful use of distorted, tendencious, and even forged 'documents', they have succeeded in winning over some of those who are the real victims of the Holocaust, and a number of younger generation Jewish writers, such as Yehuda Bauer, Leo Kuper, and a few others. Is there such a parallel? Let us examine the arguments for and against before we answer this question.

Keywords

Turco, Armenian, Jewish, Ottoman Empire, Europe, World War I, World War II, Twentieth Century