Judgment at Istanbul : the Armenian genocide trials / by Vahakn N. Dadrian and Taner Akçam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dadrian, Vahakn N.

Contributor:

Akçam, Taner, 1953-

Standardized Title:

Tehcir ve Taktil.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trials (Genocide)--Turkey--Istanbul.

Trials (Genocide).

War crime trials--Turkey--Istanbul.

War crime trials.

Armenians--Crimes against--Turkey.

Armenians.

Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923.

Genocide--Turkey.

Genocide.

Genocide--Armenia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Edition:

English language ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 tr

Contents:

History of the Turko-Armenian conflict / Vahakn N. Dadrian

Military defeat and the victors' drive for punitive justice / Vahakn N. Dadrian

The preparations for court-martial / Vahakn N. Dadrian

The initiation of courts-martial / Vahakn N. Dadrian

Emergent Kemalism and the courts-martial / Vahakn N. Dadrian

The series of major trials and the related verdicts : the falsification of the arguments of "relocation," "civil war" and "intercommunal clashes" / Vahakn N. Dadrian

Legal proceedings as a conceptual framework / Vahakn N. Dadrian

A summary of the conditions surrounding the trials / Vahakn N. Dadrian

The full texts in English of the indictments and verdicts

The judicial liquidation of some of the arch perpetrators by both CUP and the Kemalist authorities and the demise of other accomplices / Vahakn N. Dadrian

Death sentences handed down by the Military Tribunal in Istanbul / Taner Akçam

Coverage of the trials by the Istanbul Turkish press / Taner Akçam

Formation and operation of the Ottoman military tribunals / Taner Akçam.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613395153

9781283395151

1283395150

9780857452863

085745286X

OCLC:

772499849