Boghos Posted June 9, 2001 Report Share Posted June 9, 2001 Very much worth reading. http://www.gomidas.org/forum/archives.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THOTH Posted June 9, 2001 Report Share Posted June 9, 2001 Super - everyone should read this. Thanks for posting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurguplu Posted September 5, 2001 Report Share Posted September 5, 2001 dear everyone 1) i agree with ara sarafian's conclusion that the ottoman archives are not open to honest scrutiny. there are a good many reasons for this, not only the armenian genocide or other crimes committed by the ottoman government. i had outlined some of these in earlier postings, so i shall not repeat them here. 2) i also think that even if the archives are opened one day, there will be little if any evidence coming out of it regarding the genocide, and that for two reasons: i) the archives are very widely rumoured to have been "sifted", i.e. "subversive" material removed or altered, and ii) there were probably very few, if any written documents in the first place. remember the case with the jewish holocaust where to the best of my knowledge there is not a single document linking the killings to hitler and his death squads. this is because such criminals would be very careful at the outset not to leave evidence behind, and the best way not to leave evidence behind is not to produce it in the first place. so i think the quest for a document unequivocally linking talat and his crew to the killings is a doomed one. 3) i think that one should instead look at contemporary turkish material that is freely available in turkey for turkish documentation of the genocide instead. by this i mean the numerous articles in turkish newspapers, memoirs of prominent turks of the period, some literary works of such people like falih rıfkı atay, published correspondence etc. they alone are enough to paint a picture that broadly fits the current definition of the word "genocide" and expose the intent behind it. these sources have the added advance of being compiled by prominent turks whom no-one can claim to have attempted to serve enemy interests. i hold the obsession with the ottoman archives a waste of time cleverly imposed by the government to make scholars stray from the main course.the material referred above ahs the crucial advantage of being freely accessible. anyone venturing to use them, though, should make a point of using the original first editions as the later additions run the risk of being "edited". regards, ali suat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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