New Scholarship Disputes Armenian "Genocide" Narrative and H.Res.252

The following is an announcement from Turkish Coalition of America (TCA)

The following recent articles published on Armenian-Ottoman history demonstrate the inappropriateness of legislating history, as H.Res.252 intends to do.

This history has neither been fully researched, nor authoritatively written. H.Res. 252 does injustice to the diversity of scholarship on this issue in favor of endorsing a defect and biased narrative.

The Turkish Coalition of America renews its support for the establishment of an independent historical commission to examine this painful chapter in Turkish-Armenian history, and invites all interested parties and particularly the United States Congress and Administration to fully support the formation of this commission.

NORMAN STONE, Professor Emeritus of Modern History at the University of Oxford and head of the Russian-Turkish Institute at Bilkent University, Author of The Eastern Front, 1914-1917 and World War One: A Short History.
Bad Things Happen When Empires Fall Apart, The Times Online, March 8, 2010
http://capwiz.com/tca/utr/1/JVLZMEBWLW/OOHEMEHPKU/4813194266

ERMAN SAHIN, Independent Researcher, Ankara, Turkey.
Review Essay: The Armenian Question, Middle East Policy Council Journal, Spring 2010
http://capwiz.com/tca/utr/1/JVLZMEBWLW/KUYHMEHPKW/4813194266

EDWARD J. ERICKSON, Associate Professor of Military History, Command and Staff College, Marine Corps University.
Captain Larkin and the Turks: The Strategic Impact of the Operations of HMS Doris in Early 1915, Middle Eastern Studies Journal, January 2010.
http://capwiz.com/tca/utr/1/JVLZMEBWLW/CHDNMEHPKY/4813194266
See also: The Armenians and Ottoman Military History, 1915, War in History, 2008-15.
http://capwiz.com/tca/utr/1/JVLZMEBWLW/GEAIMEHPKZ/4813194266

JEREMY SALT, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science at Bilkent University Ankara, Author of Imperialism, Evangelism and the Ottoman Armenians 1878-1896.
Forging the Past: Oxford University Press and the 'Armenian question', Eurasia Critic, January 2010.
http://capwiz.com/tca/utr/1/JVLZMEBWLW/BEULMEHPLA/4813194266

STEPHEN KINZER, former NYT Bureau Chief to Istanbul, Author of Crescent and Star.
Genocide Vote Harms US-Turkey Ties, The Guardian, March 5, 2010.
http://capwiz.com/tca/utr/1/JVLZMEBWLW/MVLLMEHPLC/4813194266

To read more from scholars, who dispute the one-sided narrative of this history, visit http://www.tc-america.org/scholar/index.html

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