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Sasun: The History of an 1890s Armenian Revolt
McCarthy, Justin, Turan, Ömer, Taskiran, Cemalettin
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Description for Sasun: The History of an 1890s Armenian Revolt
Hardcover. Sasun, a region of Anatolia formerly under Ottoman rule and today part of eastern Turkey, is frequently described as the site where, in 1894, the Turks massacred large numbers of Armenian Christians. This volume provides a close examination of the historical evidence to shed light on what happened at Sasun. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. .
Sasun, a region of Anatolia formerly under Ottoman rule and today part of eastern Turkey, is frequently described as the site where, in 1894, the Turks massacred large numbers of Armenian Christians, with estimates ranging from 3,000 to 10,000 people. News reports at the time detailed that gruesome acts, including torture, had occurred at Sasun at the hands of the Ottoman army. The Ottoman Empire denied these allegations. A commission of European delegates sent to investigate the matter concluded that the news reports were highly exaggerated, yet the original stories of atrocities have persisted. This volume provides a close examination ... Read more
Sasun, a region of Anatolia formerly under Ottoman rule and today part of eastern Turkey, is frequently described as the site where, in 1894, the Turks massacred large numbers of Armenian Christians, with estimates ranging from 3,000 to 10,000 people. News reports at the time detailed that gruesome acts, including torture, had occurred at Sasun at the hands of the Ottoman army. The Ottoman Empire denied these allegations. A commission of European delegates sent to investigate the matter concluded that the news reports were highly exaggerated, yet the original stories of atrocities have persisted. This volume provides a close examination ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
372
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, United States
ISBN
9781607813842
SKU
V9781607813842
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About McCarthy, Justin, Turan, Ömer, Taskiran, Cemalettin
Justin McCarthy is professor of history at the University of Louisville, USA. He has published eleven books, including and The Turk in America (University of Utah Press, 2006; 2010.) Ömer Turan is professor of history at the Middle East Technical University, Turkey and author of The Turks in Bulgaria, 1878–1908 and Avrasya’da Misyonerler.Cemalettin Ta?k?ran is professor of history ... Read more
Reviews for Sasun: The History of an 1890s Armenian Revolt
"The book is a serious, scholarly endeavor that…will be very useful for the scholars and public interested in Ottoman history, the Armenian problem and relations between different ethnic and religious groups. It stands above existing books dealing with the Sasun incident and similar events."—Kemal H. Karpat, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of The Politicization of Islam ... Read more