A Shameful Act: Turkey and the Politics of Genocide
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One million people were killed in the Armenian genocide in 1915. It was the first genocide of the twentieth century, and in many ways set horrific template for all the genocides that came after it - including the Holocaust.
The Armenian genocide has been in the news a bit lately because the French National Assembly and Senate have passed a bill that makes denying the Armenian genocide a crime.
Taner Akcam argues that issue of the genocide is inextricably linked to the idea of modern Turkey, and says that if Turkey is going to make it as a democracy it must start facing up to its past.
Akcam is part of a small group or Turkish scholars who are starting
to challenge the Turkish governments' account of the genocide - and he
is the first specialist to actually use the politically and morally
charged word "genocide' to describe the killings. The release of his
book in Turkey earlier this month was met with irate criticism in the
mainstream Turkish press.
Guests:
Tamer Akcam - Visiting Professor of History, University of Minnesota.
Publications:
Title: A Shameful Act: the Armenian Genocide and the Question of
Turkish Responsibility
Author: Taner Akcam
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Presenter:
Phillip Adams
Story Researcher and Producer
Sasha Fegan
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