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Hans-Lukas Kieser: Talaat Pasha: Father of Modern Turkey, Architect of Genocide Book

August 15, 2018 By administrator

Talaat Pasha: Father of Modern Turkey, Architect of Genocide

The first English-language biography of the de facto ruler of the late Ottoman Empire and architect of the Armenian Genocide

Talaat Pasha (1874–1921) led the triumvirate that ruled the late Ottoman Empire during World War I and is arguably the father of modern Turkey. He was also the architect of the Armenian Genocide, which would result in the systematic extermination of more than a million people, and which set the stage for a century that would witness atrocities on a scale never imagined. Here is the first biography in English of the revolutionary figure who not only prepared the way for Atatürk and the founding of the republic in 1923, but who shaped the modern world as well.

In this explosive book, Hans-Lukas Kieser provides a mesmerizing portrait of a man who maintained power through a potent blend of the new Turkish ethno-nationalism, the political Islam of former Sultan Abdulhamid II, and a readiness to employ radical “solutions” and violence. From Talaat’s role in the Young Turk Revolution of 1908 to his exile from Turkey and assassination–a sensation in Weimar Germany―Kieser restores the Ottoman drama to the heart of world events. He shows how Talaat wielded far more power than previously realized, making him the de facto ruler of the empire. He brings wartime Istanbul vividly to life as a thriving diplomatic hub, and reveals how Talaat’s cataclysmic actions would reverberate across the twentieth century.

In this major work of scholarship, Kieser tells the story of the brilliant and merciless politician who stood at the twilight of empire and the dawn of the age of genocide.

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Talaat Pasha Father of Modern Turkey, Architect of Genocide

June 25, 2018 By administrator

Hans-Lukas Kieser,

The first English-language biography of the de facto ruler of the late Ottoman Empire and architect of the Armenian Genocide

In this explosive book, Hans-Lukas Kieser provides a mesmerizing portrait of a man who maintained power through a potent blend of the new Turkish ethno-nationalism, the political Islam of former Sultan Abdulhamid II, and a readiness to employ radical “solutions” and violence. From Talaat’s role in the Young Turk Revolution of 1908 to his exile from Turkey and assassination–a sensation in Weimar Germany—Kieser restores the Ottoman drama to the heart of world events. He shows how Talaat wielded far more power than previously realized, making him the de facto ruler of the empire. He brings wartime Istanbul vividly to life as a thriving diplomatic hub, and reveals how Talaat’s cataclysmic actions would reverberate across the twentieth century.

In this major work of scholarship, Kieser tells the story of the brilliant and merciless politician who stood at the twilight of empire and the dawn of the age of genocide.

Hans-Lukas Kieser is associate professor in the School of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Newcastle in Australia and adjunct professor of history at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. His many books include Nearest East: American Millennialism and Mission to the Middle East, World War I and the End of the Ottomans: From the Balkan Wars to the Armenian Genocide, and Turkey beyond Nationalism.

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“In this brilliant book, Kieser moves the architect of Ottoman imperial nationalism and the Armenian Genocide to center stage in the European drama. This is the first scholarly biography of a man both revered by the beneficiaries and reviled by the victims of his drive to save an empire, only to preside over its demise.”—Ronald Grigor Suny, author of “They Can Live in the Desert but Nowhere Else”: A History of the Armenian Genocide

“This is an extremely important book that not only fills a large gap in the existing scholarship but also introduces new perspectives on the Armenian Genocide. It is a must-read for anyone who wishes to understand late Ottoman history and the Committee of Union and Progress, which organized the genocide against the Christians during First World War.”—Taner Akçam, author of A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility

Talaat Pasha’s telegram asked on 2 June 1915 that the Armenian intellectuals be detained

February 24, 2017 By administrator

At Ayache prison should be tried by the Military Tribunal of Diyarbakir

But in mid-August these Armenians were murdered without trial

Kevork Hagopian, an Armenian from Istanbul living in the United States has recovered from the Ottoman archives an encrypted letter issued by Talaat Pasha. After his translation K. Hagopian submitted it to Akunk.net. The handwritten letter of Talaat Pasha, the leader of the Turkish youth and one of the principal perpetrators of the Armenian genocide, is dated June 2, 1915. In a telegram ciphered, the Minister of the Interior of the Ottoman Empire, Talaat Pasha, asks The governor of Ankara to submit Armenian intellectuals and personalities detained in exile and detained in Ayache Prison to submit them to the Diyarbakir Military Court. But despite this telegram in mid-August on a new decision by Talaat Pasha and the deputy governor of Ankara, Atef, Armenian intellectuals detained at the Ayache prison without trial were murdered.

Krikor Amirzayan

History On March 15, 1921 Soghomon Tehlirian assassinate Talaat Pasha the master mind of #ArmenianGenocide

March 15, 2015 By administrator

Soghomon Tehlirian and his wife Anaïd

Soghomon Tehlirian and his wife Anaïd

There are 93 years in Berlin, Tuesday, March 15, 1921, seven months after the signing of the Treaty of Sevres, from Avignon welcomed the visit of President Millerand the Papal Palace, Soghomon Tehlirian, 23, one of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide, executed a speeding bullet Minister of Interior of the Young Turk government, Talaat Pasha, one of the main leaders of the planned extermination of the Armenian people. This action initiated by the FRA, part of Operation Nemesis, was designed to eliminate the sponsors of the Armenian Genocide, also sentenced in absentia by a Turkish court in 1919.

On 3 June 1921, Soghomon Tehlirian was acquitted by the Court of Berlin.

The next day, March 16 signing of the Moscow Treaty: Mustafa Kemal gets the Bolshevik government Armenian areas expected to return to Russia under the agreements made during the war and denounced by Moscow. Russia recognizes the full sovereignty over the Turkish Straits. Agreement between Armenia and Turkey: The Armenian Republic sells about half of its land to the Caucasus Turkey (Kars and Ardahan). Batum is ceded to Georgia by Turkey and Nakhichevan pass the protectorate of Turkey than in Azerbaijan.

Soghomon died May 23, 1960 in San Francisco at the age of 63 years. Alias: Saro Mélikian.

Talaat pasha’s report on the Armenian Genocide “Turkish archives”

February 4, 2015 By administrator

Recent Documents released in Turkish archives, combined with surviving documents from Talaat’s Pasha’s private papers, confirm that Talaat was indeed the architect of the Armenian Genocide, horizonweekly.ca reports.

There is a clear record that he ordered and supervised the general deportation of Ottoman Armenians in 1915-16, and that he followed the fate of such deportees from close quarters. Talaat was sent updates regarding Armenians at different stages of deportations, as well as information about the fate of others who were subjected to special treatment. Although a great deal of Ottoman records still remain unavailable in Turkish archives, the available records show that the Ottoman deportation thesis was a smokescreen for the annihilation of Armenians. Ottoman records in Turkish archives, as well as Talaat’s 1917 report, show that less than 100,000 Armenians survived in the so-called resettlement zone for Armenians.

According to Talaat’s report on the Armenian Genocide, most Armenians in the Ottoman Empire had disappeared between 1915 and 1917, or they were dispersed in different provinces of the Ottoman Empire for assimilation. The forced assimilation of hundreds of thousands of Armenians was indicative of the power, control and purpose of the Ottoman state.

Talaat Pasha’s Report on the Armenian Genocide is the closest official Ottoman view we have of the Armenian Genocide. The report was undoubtedly prepared for Talaat Pasha and meant for his private use. It was not meant for publication and probably only survived because Talaat was assassinated in 1921 and his widow gave the report to a Turkish historian who eventually published it.* No such record has been released by Turkish archives to date, though the data presented in the 1917 report can be checked against the available Ottoman records and stands scrutiny.

According to Talaat’s figures 1,150,000 Armenians disappeared in the Ottoman Empire between 1915-1917. This number includes well over 100,000 Armenians who fled from the Ottoman Empire in 1915 (and died in large numbers from hunger, exposure and disease), but it does not include tens of thousands of Armenian women and children who were absorbed into Muslim families or placed into state orphanages for assimilation.

In this publication of Talaat’s report on the Armenian Genocide, historian Ara Sarafian discusses the 1917 report in light of other Ottoman records. He presents Talaat’s statistics in all detail and includes two invaluable color maps demonstrating the content of the report, as well as additional Ottoman documents related to the Armenian Genocide. Sarafian presents Talaat’s breakdown of the number of Armenians, their native provinces, and their whereabouts in the Ottoman Empire in 1917.

Poland Ambassador: Imagine a monument to Talaat Pasha is erected in one of European cities

May 23, 2014 By administrator

May 23, 2014 | 00:54

YEREVAN. – Imagine that a monument to Talaat Pasha is erected in one of the European cities. Poland’s Ambassador to Armenia Zdzisław Raczyński quoted the remark of one of social network users commenting on the Yerevan municipality’s decision to erect a monument to Soviet politician Anastas Mikoyan.

Ambassador said the point is not whether he is for or against the monument, adding that his statement was accepted with criticism and misunderstanding.

“I saw a good phrase in one of social networks: ‘Imagine that a monument to Talaat Pasha is erected in one of the European cities. If our [Armenian] ambassador was silent, do you think he had to be dismissed?’ This is the answer,” Raczyński told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

During the meeting with Speaker Galust Sahakyan, Ambassador Raczyński expressed hope that Armenian authorities will be sensitive to the feelings of the Polish people. Anastas Mikoyan is linked to the shooting of 22 Polish officers in 1940 in Russia’s Smolensk region.