Genocide by Deportation into Poverty: Western Diplomats on Ottoman Christian Killings and Expulsions, 1914-1924
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"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 precedent for how a regime can commit genocide in pursuit of political ends while largely escaping accountability. While this brutal history is most widely known in the case of the Armenian genocide, few appreciate the extent to which the Empire's Assyrian and Greek subjects suffered and died under similar policies. This definitive volume is the first to comprehensively examine the genocides of the Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks in comparative fashion, analyzing the similarities and differences among them and giving crucial context to present-day efforts for reparative justice."--Provided by publisher.
ISBN
1785334328
Publication Date
2017
Publisher
Berghahn Books
City
New York
Keywords
Minorities, Greeks, Assyrians, Armenian massacres, 1915-1923, Genocide, History, 20th century, Turkey, Politics and government, 1909
Disciplines
International Humanitarian Law | International Law | Law
Recommended Citation
Hannibal Travis, Genocide by Deportation into Poverty: Western Diplomats on Ottoman Christian Killings and Expulsions, 1914-1924, in GENOCIDE IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE: ARMENIANS, ASSYRIANS, AND GREEKS, 1913-1923, 354, 402 (George N. Shirinian ed., Berghahn Books 2017).
