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A 7 page research paper that examines what various historians say about the history of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. Many historians say that the events of 1915-16 constitute deliberate genocide, but Turkish historians assert that Armenian deaths were the consequence of justifiable defensive actions and are a result of war. The writer argues in favor of considering this genocide. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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the intent and circumstances behind these deaths. The descendents of those who died believe that the Armenian tragedy was due to the "cold-blooded calculation" of the Ottoman government and
constitutes a genocidal effort (Dyer, 1976). This version of history has largely been accepted in Europe. The Turkish reaction has been to try to forget the whole episode and, when
this proves impossible, to assert that the Ottoman Armenians died because of "wholesale disloyalty, treason and revolt on the part of the Armenians. Both Turkish and Armenian historians remain
"frozen" in stances that their predecessors adopted in 1916 (Dyer, 1976). The following examination of this historical event focuses on how various authors agree or disagree over what actually occurred
in the declining years of the Ottoman Empire in regards to the Armenian minority. Erickson (2001) points out that there is a considerable body of historical literature concerning the
"Armenian genocide" that focuses blame on an activist group known as the "Young Turks." The case against this group maintains that the Young Turks sought to racially purify the empire
by exterminating minorities, especially the quarrelsome Christian Armenians (Erickson, 2001). These sources are generally emotionally charged, assert that a variety of methods were used, from massacre to starvation, and many
of them were generated by the descendents of the survivors (Erickson ,2001). Because of this, Erickson (2001) rightfully points out that obtaining balanced and objective discourse on this topic has
problem difficult. However, Erickson verifies that sources that state that Armenian deaths occurred are "incontrovertible," as there are too many neutral observers who wrote reliable and immediate narratives and reports
to dispute this (2001). Lowry (1984) cites documents in which an observer describes that Armenians were stripped "from head to foot, and in hundreds they dispatched them to work...Those went
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