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Killing Orders

Talat Pasha’s Telegrams and the Armenian Genocide

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Authors:
  1. Taner Akçam

    1. Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA

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  • Verifies archival evidence previously dismissed as being ‘fake’ in order to refute the on-going denial of the Armenian Genocide
  • Argues that the sanctioning of the genocide can finally be proven through official documents
  • Summarises meticulous research undertaken by one of the most respected, award-winning names in the field

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide (PSHG)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Preface

    • Taner Akçam
    Pages 1-29

  3. Introduction

    • Taner Akçam
    Pages 31-38

  4. The Story and Authenticity of Naim Efendi and His Memoirs

    • Taner Akçam
    Pages 39-73

  5. Even If the Memoirs Are Authentic, Could the Documents Still Be Forgeries?

    • Taner Akçam
    Pages 75-121

  6. Subjects and Events Mentioned by Naim Efendi Corroborated in Ottoman Documents

    • Taner Akçam
    Pages 123-173

  7. Appendix A

    • Taner Akçam
    Pages 175-221

  8. Appendix B: Dr. Avedis Nakkashian’s Letter to Andonian

    • Taner Akçam
    Pages 223-228

  9. Appendix C: Aram Andonian’s Letter to Mary Terzian

    • Taner Akçam
    Pages 229-238

  10. Appendix D: Consul W. Rössler’s Letter to Dr. Lepsius

    • Taner Akçam
    Pages 239-242

  11. Appendix E: Memorandum to the Lawyers of Soghomon Tehlirian

    • Taner Akçam
    Pages 243-245

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 247-261
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About this book

The book represents an earthquake in genocide studies, particularly in the field of Armenian Genocide research. A unique feature of the Armenian Genocide has been the long-standing efforts of successive Turkish governments to deny its historicity and to hide the documentary evidence
surrounding it. This book provides a major clarification of the often blurred lines between facts and truth in regard to these events. The authenticity of the killing orders signed by Ottoman Interior Minister Talat Pasha and the memoirs of the Ottoman bureaucrat Naim Efendi have been two of the most contested topics in this regard. The denialist school has long argued that these documents and memoirs were all forgeries, produced by Armenians to further their claims. Taner Akçam provides the evidence to refute the basis of these claims and demonstrates clearly why the documents can be trusted as authentic, revealing the genocidal intent of the Ottoman-Turkish government towards its Armenian population. As such, this work removes a cornerstone from the denialist edifice, and further establishes the historicity of the Armenian Genocide.

Reviews

“The Sherlock Holmes of Armenian Genocide.” (Eric Weitz, The City College of New York, USA)

“This is an extraordinarily important work for those who understand its significance. Taner Akçam has quite literally blown the Turkish narrative as itself ‘fake news’.” (Mark Levene, University of Southampton, UK)

“Taner Akçam’s careful edition of an important Ottoman bureaucrat’s memoirs and related sources is a signal contribution to the contentious debate about state policy and practice towards Armenians during the First World War. It is essential reading for all those interested in Genocide and Human Rights Studies.” (Dirk Moses, University of Sydney, Australia)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA

    Taner Akçam

About the author

Taner Akçam is Professor of History at Clark University, USA. His publications include The Young Turks’ Crime Against Humanity: The Armenian Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Ottoman Empire (2012), which was co-winner of the Middle East Studies Association’s Albert Hourani Book Award and one of ForeignAffairs.com’s ‘Best Books on the Middle East’.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Killing Orders

  • Book Subtitle: Talat Pasha’s Telegrams and the Armenian Genocide

  • Authors: Taner Akçam

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69787-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-69786-4Published: 31 January 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-69787-1Published: 23 January 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2731-569X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2731-5703

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 261

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Popular Science in History, History of the Middle East, Modern History, Middle Eastern Politics

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