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Taner Akçam


Born
in Ardahan, Turkey
October 23, 1953

Genre
History, Social Sciences


Altuğ Taner Akçam is a Turkish historian and sociologist, recognized as a "leading international authority on the Armenian genocide". He is one of the first Turkish academics to acknowledge and openly discuss the Armenian Genocide. ...more

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“In general, those who resort to mass murder on a collective scale always put forward the justification that they acted on behalf of the nation.”
― Taner Akçam
tags: armenian-genocide, genocide, mass-murder, nationalism, patriotism
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“The attempt to justify and rationalize the death of a whole nation, including women, children, the old and infirm, must itself be considered a crime against humanity.”
― Taner Akçam, A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility
tags: armenian-genocide, genocide, turkey
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“As a rule, if a crime is committed by one group against another ethnic or religious group, it is nearly impossible for the perpetrator to punish itself.”
― Taner Akçam, A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility
tags: ethnic-cleansing, genocide, justice
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Topics Mentioning This Author

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The History Book ...: * THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE 33 292 Aug 22, 2016 09:40AM  
The History Book ...: GEORGIAN-ARMENIAN WAR (1918) 10 213 Sep 23, 2016 06:14PM  


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