"This book by Vahakn Dadrian and Taner Akcam, one Armenian, one
Turkish, both noted scholars of the Armenian Genocide] stands as a
monument of original scholarship on the facts of the Genocide. The
wealth of specific citations, the multiplicity of sources surveyed
make this volume an invaluable and fundamental source for any
future study." . The Armenian Mirror-Spectator
Turkey's bid to join the European Union has lent new urgency to
the issue of the Armenian Genocide as differing interpretations of
the genocide are proving to be a major reason for the delay of the
its accession. This book provides vital background information and
is a prime source of legal evidence and authentic Turkish
eyewitness testimony of the intent and the crime of genocide
against the Armenians. After a long and painstaking effort, the
authors, one an Armenian, the other a Turk, generally recognized as
the foremost experts on the Armenian Genocide, have prepared a new,
authoritative translation and detailed analysis of the Takvim-i
Vekayi, the official Ottoman Government record of the Turkish
Military Tribunals concerning the crimes committed against the
Armenians during World War I. The authors have compiled the
documentation of the trial proceedings for the first time in
English and situated them within their historical and legal
context. These documents show that Wartime Cabinet ministers, Young
Turk party leaders, and a number of others inculpated in these
crimes were court-martialed by the Turkish Military Tribunals in
the years immediately following World War I. Most were found guilty
and received sentences ranging from prison with hard labor to
death. In remarkable contrast to Nuremberg, the Turkish Military
Tribunals were conducted solely on the basis of existing Ottoman
domestic penal codes. This substitution of a national for an
international criminal court stands in history as a unique
initiative of national self-condemnation. This compilation is
significantly enhanced by an extensive analysis of the historical
background, political nature and legal implications of the criminal
prosecution of the twentieth century's first state-sponsored crime
of genocide.
Vahakn N. Dadrian was director of a large Genocide Study Project
with sustained support by the National Science Foundation and the
H. F. Guggenheim Foundation. The project's first major achievement
was the publication of an extensive volume, "The History of the
Armenian Genocide: Ethnic Conflict from the Balkans to Anatolia to
the Caucasus" (Berghahn Books 1995), now in its 8th edition, which
has been translated into Arabic, French, Greek, Italian, Russian,
Spanish and Turkish. In 2005, he received four separate awards for
his lifetime contribution to genocide studies. He taught at the
State University of New York (SUNY) system (1970-1991) and has been
Director of Genocide Research at the Zoryan Institute since
1999.
Taner Akcam was born in the province of Ardahan in the
northeast of Turkey. As the editor-in-of a political journal, he
was arrested in 1976 and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. One
year later, he escaped and fled to Germany as a political refugee.
He is the first Turkish scholar to have drawn attention to the
historicity of the Armenian Genocide and has been persecuted by the
Turkish state for it. In April 2006, the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts presented him with a distinguished award for his
outstanding work in human rights and fighting genocide denial.
Currently, he is Associate Professor of History and the
Kaloosdian/Mugar Chair in Armenian Genocide Studies at the Center
for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University"
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