From Empire to Republic: Turkish Nationalism and the Armenian Genocide (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781842775264)

The murder of more than one million Armenians by the Ottoman Turkish government in 1915 has been acknowledged as genocide. Yet almost 100 years later, these crimes remain unrecognized by the Turkish state. This book is the first attempt by a Turk to understand the genocide from a perpetrator's, rather than victim's, perspective, and to contextualize the events of 1915 within Turkey's political history and western regional policies. Turkey today is in the midst of a tumultuous transition. It is emerging from its Ottoman legacy and on its way to recognition by the west as a normal nation state. But until it confronts its past and present violations of human rights, it will never be a truly democratic nation. This book explores the sources of the Armenian genocide, how Turks today view it, the meanings of Turkish and Armenian identity, and how the long legacy of western intervention in the region has suppressed reform, rather than promoted democracy.

Author: Taner Akcam, Taner Akaam, Taner Ak Am
ISBN-10: 184277526X
ISBN-13: 9781842775264
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2004
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 8.76h x 5.68w x 0.82d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2004 pg. 718