Judgment at Istanbul [[electronic resource] ] : the Armenian genocide trials / / by Vahakn N. Dadrian and Taner Akçam

• Autore: Dadrian Vahakn N
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Berghahn Books, c2011
• Edizione: English language ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (376 p.)
• Disciplina: 345.566/20251
• Soggetto topico: Trials (Genocide) - Turkey - Istanbul; War crime trials - Turkey - Istanbul; Armenians - Crimes against - Turkey; Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923; Genocide - Turkey; Genocide - Armenia
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: AkçamTaner <1953->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: History of the Turko-Armenian conflict / Vahakn N. Dadrian -- Military defeat and the victors' drive for punitive justice / Vahakn N. Dadrian -- The preparations for court-martial / Vahakn N. Dadrian -- The initiation of courts-martial / Vahakn N. Dadrian -- Emergent Kemalism and the courts-martial / Vahakn N. Dadrian -- The series of major trials and the related verdicts : the falsification of the arguments of "relocation," "civil war" and "intercommunal clashes" / Vahakn N. Dadrian -- Legal proceedings as a conceptual framework / Vahakn N. Dadrian -- A summary of the conditions surrounding the trials / Vahakn N. Dadrian -- The full texts in English of the indictments and verdicts -- The judicial liquidation of some of the arch perpetrators by both CUP and the Kemalist authorities and the demise of other accomplices / Vahakn N. Dadrian -- Death sentences handed down by the Military Tribunal in Istanbul / Taner Akçam -- Coverage of the trials by the Istanbul Turkish press / Taner Akçam -- Formation and operation of the Ottoman military tribunals / Taner Akçam.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 evidence and authentic Turkish eyewitness testimony of the intent and the crime of genocide against the Armenians. After a long and painstaking effort, the authors, one an Armenian, the other a Turk, generally recognized as the foremost experts on the Armenian Genocide, have prepared a new, authoritative tr
• Titolo autorizzato: Judgment at Istanbul
• ISBN: 1-283-39515-0; 9786613395153; 0-85745-286-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461586403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II