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    Turkey won't say genocide, but U documentary does

    University film covers controversial Armenian genocide and garners Emmy
    nomination

    The Minnesota Daily
    www.mndaily.com<http://www.mndaily.com/>
    By Don M. Burrows
    Sept. 29, 2005

    Armenian Genocide: 90 Years Later," takes on one of the biggest
    geopolitical controversies of the 20th century, even in its title: Was
    the massacre of Armenians in 1915 an act of genocide?

    The Republic of Turkey, the successor state of the Ottoman Empire that
    carried out the killings, denies it was genocide, and has even banned
    discussion in that vein.

    The documentary, co-produced by the University's Center for Holocaust
    and Genocide Studies, uses interviews with historians and family members
    of survivors to continue the discussion many avoid.

    What is known is this: As many as 1.5 million Armenians were killed from
    1915 to 1917 in an apparent depopulation strategy by the Young Turk
    government. Much like Jews were singled out in Nazi Germany, Armenians -
    an ethnic and religious minority of artisans and skilled laborers in
    Turkish society - were removed from their homes and killed. The Turkish
    government, however, claims the killings were part of ethnic clashes and
    denies that so many were slain.

    The most compelling part of the film is the testimony of those whose
    families survived the killings. Many remember their parents telling of
    the horrors of leaving their homes and hiding from Turkish officials,
    and recount how a remembrance of the events of 1915 is now embedded in
    Armenian identity.

    The documentary features two University history professors, Eric Weitz
    and Taner Akcam. Akcam is a Turkish historian who was jailed in the
    1970s for broaching human rights. It first aired in April and has since
    been nominated for an Upper Midwest Regional Emmy award in the News
    Special category.

    The timing couldn't be better.

    Just last weekend, a Turkish court canceled the academic conference that
    was to occur at Bogazici University regarding this topic. The action
    sparked a wave of protest from European leaders and Turkish officials
    wary of bad press amid their bid for entrance into the European Union. A
    previous conference was likewise banned in May amid comments from the
    Turkish minister of justice, who called it treasonous.

    Stephen Feinstein, director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide
    Studies, said more than 200 copies of the film have been distributed to
    organizations and schools since its airing.

    Feinstein said that although the current Turkish government is different
    than the one that committed the slayings in 1915, it has been defiant in
    recognizing it as genocide. This is despite a consensus among genocide
    scholars and similar recognitions by state governments worldwide,
    including the state of Minnesota. He attributes this to fears of
    demanded reparations and damage to the Turkish Republic's grand
    narrative and national pride.

    His main concern, and that of scholars worldwide, is that Turkey, a
    supposedly free democracy, is suppressing academic discussion.

    "In a democracy, you should be free to talk about the past," Feinstein
    said.

    Weitz agreed, and said that while there are many Turks who accept that
    genocide occurred, there are also those ideologues who fit their denial
    of the genocide into their concurrent distaste for Turkey's entrance
    into the EU.

    "When they challenge the ability of scholars to discuss these issues,
    they are provoking the EU deliberately," he said.

    Feinstein said many documents from Turkey's own archives prove that a
    systematic killing took place, but are written in the Arabic script that


    was replaced by the Latin alphabet after World War I. Consequently, many
    Turkish government officials can't even read them.

    As stated in the documentary, German records are perhaps the best source
    of information on the massacres, given Germany's alliance with Turkey
    during World War I.

    It was the Nazis' knowledge of the Armenians that contributed in part to
    their own policy of extermination, scholars argue.

    And those involved in the now Emmy-nominated film hope it will educate
    the public so as to contradict Hitler's famous quote in defense of his
    genocidal plans: "Who remembers the Armenians?"



  • #2
    Good Article!
    "All truth passes through three stages:
    First, it is ridiculed;
    Second, it is violently opposed; and
    Third, it is accepted as self-evident."

    Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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    • #3
      absolutely Good article. Thanks.

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