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Judgment At Istanbul

Judgment At Istanbul

The Armenian Genocide Trials
1. Aufl.

von: Vahakn N. Dadrian, Taner Akçam

38,99 €

Verlag: Berghahn Books
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 01.12.2011
ISBN/EAN: 9780857452863
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 376

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Titelbeschreibung

<p> 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 Vekâyi, 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.</p>

Inhaltsverzeichnis

<p> Ottoman-Turkish Words and Names</p>
<p> <strong>Preface</strong><br> <em>Vahakn N. Dadrian and Taner Akçam</em></p>
<p> <strong>PART I: THE CONDITIONS SURROUNDING THE TRIALS</strong></p>
<p> <a><strong>Chapter 1. </strong>History of the Turko-Armenian Conflict</a><br> <em>Vahakn N. Dadrian</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 2. </strong>Military Defeat and the Victors’ Drive for Punitive Justice<br> <em>Vahakn N. Dadrian</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 3.</strong> The Preparations for Court-Martial<br> <em>Vahakn N. Dadrian</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 4.</strong> The Initiation of Courts-Martial<br> <em>Vahakn N. Dadrian</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 5. </strong>Emergent Kemalism and the Courts-Martial<br> <em>Vahakn N. Dadrian</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 6.</strong> The Series of Major Trials and the Related Verdicts: The Falsification of the&#xa0; Arguments of “Relocation,” “Civil War” and “Intercommunal Clashes”<br> <em>Vahakn N. Dadrian</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 7. </strong>Legal Proceedings as a Conceptual Framework<br> <em>Vahakn N. Dadrian</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 8. </strong>A Summary of the Conditions Surrounding the Trials<br> <em>Vahakn N. Dadrian</em></p>
<p> <strong>PART II: THE TRIALS AND BEYOND</strong></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 9.</strong> The Full Texts in English of the Indictments and Verdicts</p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 10.</strong> The Judicial Liquidation of Some of the Arch Perpetrators by both CUP and the Kemalist Authorities and the Demise of Other Accomplices<br> <em>Vahakn N. Dadrian</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 11.</strong> Death Sentences Handed Down by the Military Tribunal in Istanbul<br> <em>Taner Akçam</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 12.</strong> Coverage of the Trials by the Istanbul Turkish Press<br> <em>Taner Akçam</em></p>
<p> <strong>Chapter 13.</strong> Formation and Operation of the Ottoman Military Tribunals<br> <em>Taner Akçam</em></p>
<p> Appendix<br> Glossary of Terms<br> Bibliography</p>

Autorenportrait

<p> <strong>Taner Akçam </strong>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</p>