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Judgment at Istanbul
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 translation and detailed analysis of the Takvim-i Vekayi, the official Ottoman Government record of the Turkish Military Tribunals concerning the crimes committed against the Armenians during World War I. The authors have compiled the documentation of the trial proceedings for the first time in English and situated them within their historical and legal context. These documents show that Wartime Cabinet ministers, Young Turk party leaders, and a number of others inculpated in these crimes were court-martialed by the Turkish Military Tribunals in the years immediately following World War I. Most were found guilty and received sentences ranging from prison with hard labor to death. In remarkable contrast to Nuremberg, the Turkish Military Tribunals were conducted solely on the basis of existing Ottoman domestic penal codes. This substitution of a national for an international criminal court stands in history as a unique initiative of national self-condemnation. This compilation is significantly enhanced by an extensive analysis of the historical background, political nature and legal implications of the criminal prosecution of the twentieth century's first state-sponsored crime of genocide.
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Judgment At Istanbul
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 translation and detailed analysis of the Takvim-i
Vekâyi, the official Ottoman Government record of the Turkish
Military Tribunals concerning the crimes committed against the
Armenians during World War I. The authors have compiled the
documentation of the trial proceedings for the first time in
English and situated them within their historical and legal
context. These documents show that Wartime Cabinet ministers, Young
Turk party leaders, and a number of others inculpated in these
crimes were court-martialed by the Turkish Military Tribunals in
the years immediately following World War I. Most were found guilty
and received sentences ranging from prison with hard labor to
death. In remarkable contrast to Nuremberg, the Turkish Military
Tribunals were conducted solely on the basis of existing Ottoman
domestic penal codes. This substitution of a national for an
international criminal court stands in history as a unique
initiative of national self-condemnation. This compilation is
significantly enhanced by an extensive analysis of the historical
background, political nature and legal implications of the criminal
prosecution of the twentieth century's first state-sponsored crime
of genocide.
eBook