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The Armenians in the Late Ottoman Period

To the memory of all who lost their lives during the clashes in the late Ottoman period, which is the subject of this book, and also to the Turkish diplomats assassinated by terrorists...

The Turkish Historical Society for The Council of Culture, Arts and Publications of The Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Ankara-Turkey, 2001.

CONTENTS

Editor’s Note

1. Turks and Armenians: The Ottoman Experience by Ömer Izgi

2. Turkish-Armenian Cultural Relations by Nejat Göyünç

3. The Political Milieu of the Armenian Question by Yilmaz Öztuna

4. The Population of the Ottoman Armenians by Justin McCarthy
          Table 2: Armenian Population of the Ottoman Empire, 1912
             Figure 1: Muslims and Armenian in Anatolia, Istanbul and Edirne
             Figure 2: Population in the Six Vilayets and Cilicia
             Figure 3: Armenians per square kilometer

5. The 1915 Armenian Revolt in Van: Eyewitness Testimony by Hüseyin Çelik

6. Realities Behind the Relocation by Yusuf Halaçoglu

7. Massacres of the Turks and Mass Graves by Enver Konukçu

8. The Armenian Legion and Its Destruction of the Armenian Community in Cilicia by Stanford J. Shaw

9. The Armenian Question at the Lausanne Peace Talks by Ömer Turan

10. Facing “Original Sin” or “Realities”: Meditations on the Armenian “Genocide” by Süleyman Seyfi Ögün

11. The The Armenian Problem and International Law by Gündüz Aktan

12. The Jewish Holocaust and the Armenians by Türkkaya Ataöv

13. Conclusions

Additional References

Contributors and Advisors

Index