Turkey and Denial of Armenian Genocide: A Talk Given at Siena College
If I were to explain the Turkish state’s denial of the Armenian Genocide in one word, I would suggest the term continuity, both in the sense of lasting perceptions of the problem and also in the persistent makeup of the Turkish ruling elite. Since its inception, Turkey has been administered not by its elect government representatives, but by a military and civilian bureaucracy, which was not elected, but rather self-appointed. This came about because Turkey was established after the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire after WWI through the efforts of the armed forces and bureaucracy. Therefore, the military and the […]