In Sight
The bully is running wild
The name of the entity has changed from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic of Turkey. The names of the leaders have changed from Abdul Hamid II to Talaat Pasha to Kemal Atatürk to Erdogan. […]
Ottoman Empire
My Turn
Turkey Eliminated its Minorities from the Economy with Exorbitant Taxes
After the near total physical elimination of the minorities from the Ottoman Empire 1915-23, the Turkish government embarked in 1941 on the financial ruin of the remaining Armenians, Greeks, Jews and a small number of […]
My Turn
Armin Wegner Asked Franz Werfel Not to Write His ‘40 Days of Musa Dagh’—Part I
Armin Wegner, a German soldier and medic, was sent to the Ottoman Empire during World War I, while the two countries were allies. Wegner was stationed along the Baghdad Railway in Syria and Mesopotamia, where […]
Literary Corner
Book Review: The Genocide of the Greeks in Turkey
The Genocide of the Greeks in Turkey: Survivor Testimonies From The Nicomedia (Izmit) Massacres of 1920-1921 Kostas Faltaits Translated and edited by Ellene S. Phufas-Jousma and Aris Tsilfidis Prologue by Tessa Hofmann New York: Cosmos […]
Diaspora
International Conference Explores Armenian, Greek and Assyrian Genocides
THESSALONIKI, Greece—In recent years, scholars have increasingly approached the destruction of Christians in the final years of the Ottoman Empire comparatively, exploring the continuities, similarities in the destruction of Greeks, Armenians and Assyrians from the […]