TURKISH MILITARY TRIBUNALS : A NEW BOOK FROM ZORYAN
Jean Eckian
KarabakhOpen
22-02-2008 17:31:02
After years of painstaking effort, with the assistance of Zoryan
Institute (Canada) two experts historians, Turkish and Armenian,
on the Armenian Genocide, have completed a new, authoritative
translation and detailed analysis of the Turkish Military Tribunals
concerning the crimes committed against the Armenians during World
War I. Setting the tribunals in their historical and legal context,
they, for the first time ever, have compiled the known documentation
of the trial proceedings.
The Takvim-i Vekâyi is a prime source of legal evidence and
eye-witness testimony for the Genocide, and therefore of extreme
importance for introducing the legal argument for affirming the
Armenian Genocide.
Consequently, it is an essential source for policy makers, historians,
legal scholars, analysts of international relations, and those seeking
truth, justice, and official recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
The Zoryan Institute has decided to accelerate the publication of
these trials because of its timeliness in addressing the legal basis
of our argument, above and beyond the historical and moral. Due to its
uniqueness as legal documentation, this project is vital for Genocide
Affirmation, George Shirinian said, executive director of the Zoryan
Institute for Contemporary Armenian Research and Documentation.
To cover the expenses incurred in acquiring the original archival
material, transliterating and translating it from Ottoman (Arabic
script) Turkish into modern Turkish and several others languages,
editing the texts, publishing and finally disseminating the work
throughout the world, Zoryan Institut calls the financial support of
the Armenians in the world.
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
