ISBN:
9781785334320
Language:
English
Pages:
IX, 433 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
DDC:
956.1/023
Keywords:
Minorities History 20th century
;
Greeks History 20th century
;
Assyrians History 20th century
;
Armenian massacres, 1915-1923
;
Genocide History 20th century
;
Turkey Politics and government 1909-
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Osmanisches Reich
;
Völkermord
;
Armenier
;
Assyrer
;
Griechen
;
Geschichte 1913-1923
;
Osmanisches Reich
;
Völkermord
;
Armenier
;
Assyrer
;
Griechen
;
Geschichte 1913-1923
Abstract:
"The final years of the Ottoman Empire were catastrophic ones for its non-Turkish, non-Muslim minorities. From 1913 to 1923, its rulers deported, killed, or otherwise persecuted staggering numbers of citizens in an attempt to preserve "Turkey for the Turks," setting a modern precedent for how a regime can commit genocide in pursuit of political ends while largely escaping accountability. While this brutal history is most widely known in the case of the Armenian genocide, few appreciate the extent to which the Empire's Assyrian and Greek subjects suffered and died under similar policies. This definitive volume is the first to comprehensively examine the genocides of the Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks in comparative fashion, analyzing the similarities and differences among them and giving crucial context to present-day efforts for reparative justice."--Provided by publisher
