Narrative Construction in the 1895 Massacres in Harput: The Coming and Disappearance of the Kurds
This article contributes to the slowly growing literature on the 1894-1896 Armenian massacres with a microhistory of the events in the city of Harput (Kharpert) on November 11, 1895. Historians have shed light on the structural reasons behind the event and identified the individuals in charge but th...
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Bibliothèque Nubar de l'UGAB
2018-03-01
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| description | This article contributes to the slowly growing literature on the 1894-1896 Armenian massacres with a microhistory of the events in the city of Harput (Kharpert) on November 11, 1895. Historians have shed light on the structural reasons behind the event and identified the individuals in charge but the collective aspect of the massacres has so far been neglected. In this study, the narratives produced before, during, and after the event are isolated and compared in order to reveal a fundamental change in how the event was described. The article argues (i) that the massacres in the city centre were not expected by its residents; (ii) that the event was perceived as an invasion of the city by outsider Kurdish tribesmen rather than an Armenian conspiracy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5f5d2dac6b6240b28e5698f3ca2a67612024-02-13T14:41:38ZfraBibliothèque Nubar de l'UGABÉtudes Arméniennes Contemporaines2269-52812425-16822018-03-0110639510.4000/eac.1391Narrative Construction in the 1895 Massacres in Harput: The Coming and Disappearance of the KurdsAli SipahiThis article contributes to the slowly growing literature on the 1894-1896 Armenian massacres with a microhistory of the events in the city of Harput (Kharpert) on November 11, 1895. Historians have shed light on the structural reasons behind the event and identified the individuals in charge but the collective aspect of the massacres has so far been neglected. In this study, the narratives produced before, during, and after the event are isolated and compared in order to reveal a fundamental change in how the event was described. The article argues (i) that the massacres in the city centre were not expected by its residents; (ii) that the event was perceived as an invasion of the city by outsider Kurdish tribesmen rather than an Armenian conspiracy.https://journals.openedition.org/eac/1391massacresOttoman ArmeniansKurdish historynarrativeHarput |
| spellingShingle | Ali Sipahi Narrative Construction in the 1895 Massacres in Harput: The Coming and Disappearance of the Kurds Études Arméniennes Contemporaines massacres Ottoman Armenians Kurdish history narrative Harput |
| title | Narrative Construction in the 1895 Massacres in Harput: The Coming and Disappearance of the Kurds |
| title_full | Narrative Construction in the 1895 Massacres in Harput: The Coming and Disappearance of the Kurds |
| title_fullStr | Narrative Construction in the 1895 Massacres in Harput: The Coming and Disappearance of the Kurds |
| title_full_unstemmed | Narrative Construction in the 1895 Massacres in Harput: The Coming and Disappearance of the Kurds |
| title_short | Narrative Construction in the 1895 Massacres in Harput: The Coming and Disappearance of the Kurds |
| title_sort | narrative construction in the 1895 massacres in harput the coming and disappearance of the kurds |
| topic | massacres Ottoman Armenians Kurdish history narrative Harput |
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