The Secret Young-Turk Ittihadist Conference and the Decision for the World War I Genocide of the Armenians
This article presents and analyzes a Turkish World War I document regarding the decision to embark on the genocide of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. The document was discovered and translated in early 1919 by British officials in Turkey who dubbed it “The Ten Commandments.” The roles of the ml...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1993
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 1993, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 173-201 |
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| Summary: | This article presents and analyzes a Turkish World War I document regarding the decision to embark on the genocide of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. The document was discovered and translated in early 1919 by British officials in Turkey who dubbed it “The Ten Commandments.” The roles of the mllitary, the gendarmerie, and the calculated incitement of the masses on religious and nationalistic grounds were central to the planning and implementation of the genocide. Reports by foreign diplomats in Turkey and testimony by other observers and particlpants bear out the very close correlation between the plan outlined in the documents and the measures actually taken in the genocide of the Armenians. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/7.2.173 |