Sasun : the history of an 1890s Armenian revolt / Justin McCarthy, Ömer Turan, and Cemalettin Taşkiran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCarthy, Justin, 1945- author.

Turan, Ömer, author.

Taşkıran, Cemalettin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armenians--Turkey--History.

Armenians.

Kurds--Turkey--History.

Kurds.

Ethnic conflict--Turkey.

Ethnic conflict.

Sason (Turkey)--History.

Sason (Turkey).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (496 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, Utah : University of Utah Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sasun, a region of Anatolia formerly under Ottoman rule and today part of eastern Turkey, is frequently recounted in history books as the site where, in 1894, the Turks murdered anywhere from 3,000 to 10,000 Armenian Christians.

Contents:

Contents; Figures; A Note on Translations and Transliterations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Sasun; 2. Conflict in Sasun; 3. Sasun in the Press; 4. The Missionaries; 5. Publicists for the Armenian Cause; 6. The British and Others; 7. The Commission I; 8. The Commission II; 9. Conclusion; APPENDIX A: The Hallward Report; APPENDIX B: The Testimony of Colonel Tevfik; APPENDIX C: Report of the Consular Delegates; APPENDIX D: The Hampson Report; Bibliographical Note; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-60781-385-8

OCLC:

908769524