The 1895 massacres in Aintab -- Ethnic politics after the Young Turk Revolution -- Wartime deportation and destruction of the Aintab Armenians -- Confiscation and plunder under the Abandoned Property Laws -- The flawed restitution process for Armenians -- The end of the Armenian…
"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 pre…
"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 pre…
Assimilation has been a contentious issue for most immigrant groups in the United States. The host society is assumed to lure immigrants and their descendants away from their ancestral heritage. Yet, in their quest for a "better" life, few immigrants intentionally forsake their …
Assimilation has been a contentious issue for most immigrant groups in the United States. The host society is assumed to lure immigrants and their descendants away from their ancestral heritage. Yet, in their quest for a "better" life, few immigrants intentionally forsake their …
"This book traces the evolution of Russian policies toward Armenians, showing how and why the tsarist state relied on Armenians to build its empire in the Caucasus and beyond"--.
"This is a 3,000 year history of one of Europe's most fascinating and ancient peoples. Situated south of the Caucasus mountains, historical Armenia has been a pivotal point between the forces of the east and of the west over most of its long history. That history has seen subjug…
In 1915, the Ottoman government, then run by the Young Turks, deported most of its Armenian citizens from their eastern Anatolian lands. According to reliable estimates, close to forty percent of the prewar population perished, many in brutal massacres. Armenians call it the fir…
