The Genocide of the Christian Populations in the Ottoman Empire and its Aftermath (1908-1923)

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Taner Akçam (Clark University, USA) Theodosios Kyriakidis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

The Genocide of the Christian Populations in the Ottoman Empire and its Aftermath

1908-1923

Taner Akçam (Clark University, USA), Theodosios Kyriakidis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), Kyriakos Chatzikyriakidis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

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Routledge
26 August 2024

Regional studies; Middle Eastern history; First World War; Social & political philosophy; Nationalism

Series: Mass Violence in Modern History

During the twilight years of the Ottoman Empire, the ethnic tensions between the minority populations within the empire led to the administration carrying out a systematic destruction of the Armenian people. This not only brought 2,000 years of Armenian civilisation within Anatolia to an end but was accompanied by the mass murder of Syriac and Greek Orthodox Christians.

Containing a selection of papers presented at The Genocide of the Christian Populations of the Ottoman Empire and Its Aftermath (1908–1923) international conference, hosted by the Chair for Pontic Studies at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, this book draws on unpublished archival material and an innovative historiographical approach to analyze events and their legacy in comparative perspective. In order to understand the historical context of the Ottoman Genocide, it is important to study, apart from the Armenian case, the fate of the Greek and Assyrian peoples, providing a more comprehensive understanding of the complexity of the situation.

This volume is primarily a research contribution but should also be valued as a supplementary text that would provide secondary reading for undergraduates and postgraduate students.

Edited by: Taner Akçam (Clark University USA), Theodosios Kyriakidis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), Kyriakos Chatzikyriakidis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032075082
ISBN 10: 1032075082
Series: Mass Violence in Modern History
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 26 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Taner Akçam is Professor of History, Director of Armenian Genocide Research Program at Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA. He published extensively on Armenian Genocide and Turkish Nationalism. His most known books A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility (Metropolitan Books, 2006) and Killing Orders: Talat Pasha’s Telegrams and the Armenian Genocide (Palgrave, 2018). Theodosios Kyriakidis is Research Fellow at the Chair for Pontic Studies of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and associate lecturer at International Hellenic University and Hellenic Open University. His research interests include the history and culture of the Greeks of Pontus and Asia Minor as well as the Genocide of the Christian population of the Ottoman Empire. His latest book is In the Name of Faith and Civilization: Roman-Catholic Missionaries in Nineteenth-Century Pontus (2019). Kyriakos Chatzikyriakidis is Associate Professor at the Chair for Pontic Studies of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and associate lecturer at the Hellenic Open University. His research interests lie mainly in the area of economic and social history of the Greeks of Anatolia and Cyprus (19th-early 20th century) and the refugee settlement of the Greeks of Asia Minor in Greece after the Lausanne Treaty (1923).