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A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility (Paperback)
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Short Description for A Shameful ActIn 1915, the Turkish government systematically organized the wholesale slaughter of a complete race, the Armenians. Under the cover of World War-I, through the secret organization of unofficial gangs of Kurds, released prisoners, German officers and Turks who had lost their lands in the war against Balkans, over 1 million Armenians were murdered.
Full description- Publisher: Constable
- Published: 30 August 2007
- Format: Paperback 620 pages
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- Categories: Ethnic Studies | European History | 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000 | Genocide & Ethnic Cleansing | Military History | First World War
- ISBN 13: 9781845295523 ISBN 10: 1845295528
- Sales rank: 105,445
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Full description for A Shameful Act
This is the definitive history of the 1915 Armenian Genocide. In 1915, the Turkish government systematically organized the wholesale slaughter of a complete race, the Armenians. Under the cover of World War-I, through the secret organization of unofficial gangs of Kurds, released prisoners, German officers and Turks who had lost their lands in the war against the Balkans, over 1 million Armenians were murdered, starved, raped and left to die. Following the War, as the Nationalist movement began to rise up from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire, the allies tried to persecute the perpetrators of the genocide, in a series of trials where the term 'crimes against humanity' was first used, Turkey was allowed to hide its recent history. It has remained hidden ever since. As the nation attempts to enter the European Union, the question of 1915 has become ever more important with the arrest of writers such as Orhan Pamuk, and the introduction of Turkey into the EU.
