Expulsion (Tehcir) and Genocide (Soykirim): From Ostensible Irreconcilability to Complementarity

The Armenian Genocide is still the object of a hard denial in the official attitude of Turkey's government and political circles. The Turkish term used to define what happened to the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire, in 1915, is tehcir meaning expulsion or deportation. The increasing pressure...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zekiyan, Boghos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari 2015-04-01
Series:Annali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie Orientale
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.14277/2385-3042/13p