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Approaching 2015: How to Assess Erdoğan’s Statement on the Armenian Genocide?

Birgün Gazetesi: Türk-Ermeni Diyaloğunda Atılması Gereken Adımlar: Birgün gazetesinde 2005 Nisan ayında yayınlanan yazı dizisinin tam metni.

Is There Any Solution Other Than a Dialogue? English translation of a Turkish article published in 2002.

Die türkische Leugnung des Völkermordes an den Armeniern im europäischen Kontext in Huberta von Voss, ed. Porträt einer Hoffnung Die Armenier. Lebensbilder aus aller Welt (Portraits of Hope: The Armenians. Pictures of Lives from all over the world). Berlin: Verlag Hans Schiler, 2004.

“The Young Turks and the Plans for the Ethnic Homogenization of Anatolia”, in: “Borderlands: Peoples, Nations, and Cultures in the Shatterzone of Empires since 1848,” ed. Omer Bartov and Eric D. Weitz. 2012

“The Roundup of Intellectuals and the Beginning of the Armenian Genocide: The Murder of Dr. Rupen Sevag Çilingiryan”, Holocaust and Genocide Studies Volume 25, Issue 1 Pp. 127-143.

“The Relationship between Historians and Archival Records: A Critique of Single Source Scholarship on the Armenian Genocide”, Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies, 2011 Spring.

“Facing History: A Threat to National Security, The Relationship between Turkish and American National Security Concepts and Armenian Genocide”, in: Armenian Weekly, Special Edition, April 2009

“Denial as a Security Concept”, Cardoza Journal of Conflict Resolution, Volume 10, No: 1, Fall 2008

“Guenter Lewy and new trends in Genocide Denial” Genocide Studies And Prevention. An International Journal Official Journal of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, 3:1 (2008), pp. 111-145

“Review of Guenter Lewy, ‘The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey: A Disputed Genocide’,” Journal of Genocide Research, 9: 1 (2007), pp. 135-41.

“Deportation and Massacres in the Cipher Telegrams of the Interior Ministry in the Prime Ministerial Archive (Başbakanlık Arşivi).”Genocide Studies And Prevention An International Journal Official Journal of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, (January 2007): 306-325

”The Ottoman Documents and the Genocidal Policies of the Committee for Union and Progress (Ittihat ve Terakki) toward the Armenians in 1915.” Genocide Studies and Prevention, no. 2 (September 2006): 127–148

“Gündüz Aktan ve Soykırımda Saik Meselesi” [Gündüz Aktan and the Question of Motive in Genocide Definition]. Birikim (Turkish Social Science Journal), 201, January 2006

“Anatomy of Genocide Denial: Academics, Politicians, and the ‘Re-Making’ of History.” Occasional paper. University of Minnesota Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. 2005.

“Soykırım Suçunda Kasıt Unsuru Konusunda Bazı Notlar” [On Criminal Intent in the Genocide: Some Observations]. Birikim (Turkish Social Science Journal),199, November 2005.

“Turks and Armenians” (with Belinda Cooper). World Policy Journal 22, no. 3 (Fall 2005).

“Bir Skandal: Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi’nin Mektubu ya da Şükrü Elekdağ ve Justin McCarthy bu Ülkeyi Nereye Sürüklüyorlar?” [A Scandal: The Letter of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, or, What Are Şükrü Elekdağ and Justin McCarthy Dragging This Country Into?] Birikim, no. 193-4, May 2005.

“Anatomy of a Crime: The Turkish Historical Society’s Manipulation of Archival Documents.” Journal of Genocide Research 7, no. 2 (June 2005).

“Bir Kitap Ya da Bir Cinayetin Anatomisi” (A Book, or, Anatomy of a Crime). Birikim (Turkish Social Science Journal), no. 191 March 2005.

“Vahakn N. Dadrian: Ermeni Soykırımında Kurumsal Roller,” [The Role of Institutions in the Armenian Genocide]Virgül (Turkish review of books) 76, September 2004.

“Türkishe Leugnung des Völkermordes and den Armeniern im Europäischen Kontext” (Turkish Denial of Armenian Genocide within European Context) in Huberta von Voss, ed. Porträt einer Hoffnung Die Armenier. Lebensbilder aus aller Welt (Portraits of Hope: The Armenians. Pictures of Lives from all over the world). Berlin: Verlag Hans Schiler, 2004.

“A New Theoretical Framework for the Analysis of Turkish National Identity: Norbert Elias’s Approach in Comparative Perspective” (Norbert Elias’ın “Almanlar Üzerine Çalışmalar”ının Türk Ulusal Karakterini Anlamak için Sunduğu İmkanlar). Toplum ve Bilim (Science and Society): Spring 2000.

“Secularism in the Turkish Nation-Building Process” (Der türkische Nationalisierungsprozess und der Laizismus). In Core and Periphery: Turkish Religious Minorities in Germany (Kern und Rand, Religiöse Minderheiten aus der Türkei in Deutschland), ed. Gerdien Jonker. Berlin: Berliner Verlag, 1999 (in German).

“Sanctioned Historical Themes in Turkey” (Zur Tabuisierung geschichtlicher Themen in der Türkei). In The Republic of Armenia and Switzerland 1896–1923 (Schweiz und die Armenien 1896–1923), ed. Hans-Lukas Kieser. Zurich: Chronos-Verlag, 1999 (in German).

“Genocide Charges against the Turks and the Turkish National Movement” (Die türkische Nationalbewegung und die Bestrafung der Türken wegen des Völkermordes). In The Republic of Armenia in Difficult Straits: From Past to the Present (Armenien, Geschichte und Gegenwart in schwierigem Umfeld), German-Armenian Association, ed. Frankfurt a.M.: GAA Verlag, 1998 (in German).

“Causes and Consequences of Censoring Turkish History” (Tarihimizi Tabulastirma Nedenleri ve Sonuçları). Birikim (Turkish Social Science Journal) 107, March 1998 (in Turkish).

“An Alternative Historical Narrative of the Sevres and Lausanne Treaties on the 75th Anniversary of the Turkish Republic” (Cumhuriyetin 75. yılında Sevr ve Lozan’ın Bir Başka Tarihi). Birikim (Turkish Social Science Journal) 115, November 1998 (in Turkish).

“The Rapid Process of Turkification” (Hızla Türkleşiyoruz). In Identity and Democracy in the Turkish Republic (Cumhuriyet Demokrasi ve Kimlik), ed. Nuri Bilgin. Istanbul: Bağlam Yayınları, 1997 (in Turkish).

“The Concept of ‘the Other’ in the East and the West” (Doğu’da ve Batı’da Yabancı Kavramı). Birikim (Turkish Social Science Journal) 102, October 1997 (in Turkish).

“The Genocide of the Armenians and the Silence of the Turks.” In Problems of Genocid, ed. Zoryan Institute. Toronto: ZI Press, 1997.

“A Macro Analysis of the Ottoman-Turkish Westernization Process” (Osmanisch-Türkischer Verwestlichungsprozess, eine Makroperspektive). In Bridge Across Civilizations (Brücken zwischen Zivilisationen). Hans Peter Waldhoff, Dursun Tan, Elçin Ahlers, eds. Frankfurt a.M.: Verlag der Kulturen, 1997 (in German).

“The Causes of the Turkish Silence on the Armenian Genocide” (Der Völkermord an den Armeniern und die Gründe des türkischen Schweigens). In Phoenix from the Ashes: Armenians 80 Years After the Genocide (Phonix aus der Asche, Armenien 80 Jahre nach dem Genozid). German-Armenian Association, ed. Frankfurt a.M.: GAA Verlag, 1996 (in German).

“Reflections on the Concept of Collective Identity” (Kollektif Kimlik Üzerine Bazi Tespitler). Birikim (Turkish Social Science Journal) 71/72, March–April 1995 (in Turkish).

“The Armenian Genocide (Der Völkermord an den Armeniern).” Journal of the Hamburg Social Sciences Institute (Mittelweg 36) 4, April–May 1995 (in German).

“Turks and Armenians: Toward a discussion of the Armenian massacres” (Wir Türken und die Armenier. Plaedoyer für die Auseinandersetzung mit dem Massen Mord. In Armenians and the Republic of Armenia: Homeland and Exile (Armenierund Armenien: Heimat und Exil). Tessa Hofmann ed. Hamburg: RoRoRo Verlag, 1994 (in German).

“Reasons for the Weak Tradition of Liberal and Democratic Thought in Turkey” (Türkiye’de Demokratik ve Liberal Düşüncenin Zayıflığı ve Nedenleri). In Socialism and Human Rights (Insan Haklari ve Sosyalizm). İnönü Alpat, ed. Ankara: Su Yayınları, 1993 (in Turkish).

“The Eurocentric Historical Analysis of Minorities (Avrupa Merkezli Tarih Anlayışı ve Azınlıklar Sorunu).” Birikim (Turkish Social Science Journal) 45/46, January-February 1993 (in Turkish).

“Approaching Nationalism through the Concept of Collective Identity” (Ulusal Meseleye Bir Kollektif Kimlik Sorunu Olarak Yaklasmak). Birikim (Turkish Social Science Journal) 45/46, January–February 1993 (in Turkish).

“Reflections on the Relationship between Civilization and Violence” (Şiddet ve Medeniyet İlişkisi Üzerine Çeşitlemeler). Birikim (Turkish Social Science Journal) 38/39, June–July 1992. (in Turkish).

“Methodological Issues in Researching the Social Act of Torture: A Critical Reflection on Objectivity.” (Untersuchung der Folter. Ein Erfahrungsbericht). Journal of the Hamburg Social Sciences Institute (Mittelweg 36) 1, January 1992.

“Normalizing Torture: The Perception of Violence in Turkey” (Die Normalität der Folter. Die Wahrnehmung von Gewalt in der Türkei). In Torture as the Enactment of State Power (Folter. Zur Analyse eines Herrschaftsmittel), Jann Philipp Reemtsma, ed. Hamburg: Junious Verlag, 1991 (in German).

“Crises of the Turkish Republic: Kurds and the Concept of the Nation-State” (TC’nin Krizi, Ulusal Devlet ve Kürtler). Birikim (Turkish Social Science Journal) 24, April 1991 (in Turkish).

“Marx, Engels and Lenin on Asian Societies” (Marks, Engels ve Lenin’in Asya Toplumlarına Bakışları). Defter (Record of Turkish Social Issues) 8, Winter 1989 (in Turkish).

(Many essays and pamphlets on European racism in general and German hostility to immigrants in particular; references upon request.)