TURKISH HISTORIAN PUBLISHES A BOOK ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

ArmRadio.am
20.02.2007 11:23

One month after the murder of Hrant Dink to Istanbul, the Turkish
Historian Taner Akcam publishes "A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide
and the Question of Turkish Responsibility," Jean Eckian informs.

Taner Akcam talks about the 1915 Armenian Genocide that claimed the
lives of over one million Armenians. Professor Akcam examines how
the Ottoman Turks responded to the charge that they were committing
genocide and discusses how the current Turkish government describes
what happened. The talk was hosted by the Armenian Cultural
Organization of Minnesota.

His books include "From Empire to Republic: Turkish Nationalism and
the Armenian Genocide" and "Rethinking Modernity and National Identity
in Turkey."

Taner Akcam is currently associate professor of history at the
University of Minnesota.