Judgment at Istanbul : The Armenian Genocide Trials
Turkey's bid to join the European Union has lent new urgency to the issue of the Armenian Genocide as differing interpretations of the genocide are proving to be a major reason for the delay of the its accession. This book provides vital background information and is a prime source of legal evi...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York : Berghahn Books,
2011
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| Schlagworte: | Trials (Genocide) War crime trials Armenians Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923 Genocide Armenian massacres, 1915-1923 Armenians ; Crimes against ; Turkey Genocide ; Armenia Genocide ; Turkey Trials (Genocide) ; Turkey ; Istanbul mehr... |
| Umfang: | Online-Ressource (376 p.) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Judgment at Istanbul; CONTENTS; OTTOMAN-TURKISH WORDS AND NAMES; Introduction; PART I. The Conditions Surrounding the Trials; CHAPTER 1. History of the Turko-Armenian Conflict; CHAPTER 2. Military Defeat and the Victors' Drive for Punitive Justice; CHAPTER 3. The Preparations for Courts-Martial; CHAPTER 4. The Initiation of Courts-Martial; CHAPTER 5. Emergent Kemalism and the Courts-Martial; CHAPTER 6. The Series of Major Trials and the Related Verdicts; CHAPTER 7. Legal Proceedings as a Conceptual Framework; CHAPTER 8. A Summary of the Conditions Surrounding the Trials
- CHAPTER 9. The Judicial Liquidation of Some of the Arch Perpetrators by Both CUP and Kemalist Authorities, and the Demise of Other AccomplicesPART II. The Trials and Beyond; CHAPTER 10. Death Sentences Handed Down by the Military Tribunal in Istanbul; CHAPTER 11. Coverage of the Trials by the Istanbul Turkish Press; CHAPTER 12. The Formation and Operation of the Ottoman Military Tribunals; CHAPTER 13. The Full Texts in English of the Indictments and Verdicts; GLOSSARY OF TERMS; ARCHIVAL, JUDICIAL, AND PARLIAMENTARY DOCUMENTS; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHIC SECONDARY SOURCES; INDEX;