Turkish

Acknowledgement
of the Armenian
Genocide
Aureliana, Cayden, Melanie, Zoe
 Research Question

Why should the Turkish government publicly acknowledge the

Armenian Genocide?
 WHO WHAT WHEN
Background
Information

WHERE WHY HOW

 Genocide into Context

Importance? Universal?
 Universal

• “The claim of “uniqueness” is intended to set apart from other historical

events, to distinguish in the flow of history, just the singular event that has

potential of transforming a culture, or altering the course of history, in a

profound or decisive way” (Milchman and Rosenberg 10).

 Universal

“In the Shoah, the practice of mass-murder and genocide, which

had previously occurred in history, was inextricably linked to the
very development of science and modern technology. One of the
crucial distinctions between the death world created by Nazis, and the
orgies of mass- murder before and even after... , was the technical
efficiency and organization of the Holocaust” (Milchman and Rosenberg
13).
Historical Response to the Genocide

• What was it?

• Pros?

• Cons?
 Thesis
Our team’s suggestion is to advocate the acknowledgement of

the Armenian genocide because the government’s use of

extreme denial and the opposite views clearly show things in the

country need to change.

 Governments extreme denial

The Armenians are a Christian minority within a Muslim majority, they were

subject to regulations and denial of government support. As a minority they

were compelled to pay taxes and denied of anything that had to do with the

government (Adalian).
 Governments extreme denial continued

According to a professional writer and academic, because millions were

killed, the government spent lots of money hiding and denying its existence

(Parini 1).
 Limitations

According to a writer for a scholarly website who specializes in conflicts,

politics, and societies, the word "genocide” is a taboo, punishable by death

in Turkey (Khan).
 Opposite views
• Laure, a historian that lives in Turkey, stated that the Turkish government

put up a statue, which transforms the victims of the genocide into the

guilty party, to try and rewrite history while portraying the people behind

the genocide as heroes (Marchand 112).

 Opposite views

Dov, a professor in international law, says that Armenians have been striving

for decades to obtain recognition and reparations for the genocide, by the

international community, and by Turkey. This has proven to be a struggle due to

the countless obstacles they must get through (Jacobs 276).

 Limitations

Kasymov, who has an M.A. degree in international peace studies, stated that

the Young Turks created a false perception among Muslims that Armenians

posed a deadly threat. However, there was no proof that this claim held any

truth (Kasymov 10).

 Conclusion

• Denial of genocide

• Armenian suffered

• Better solution
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