3. The Turkish Denial of the Armenian Genocide in its European Context

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Illustrations vi
3. Contents vii
4. Map xii
5. Preface xiii
6. Prologue xvii
7. Acknowledgements xxv
8. Part I: Introduction
9. 1. Between Ararat and the Caucasus: Portrait of a Tiny Country in Five Lessons 1
10. 2. The Armenian Genocide: An Interpretation 19
11. 3. The Turkish Denial of the Armenian Genocide in its European Context 36
12. 4. The Silent Partner: Imperial Germany and the Young Turks’ Policy of Annihilation 45
13. Part II: Portraits from Around the World
14. History
15. 5. The Investigator: Vahakn N. Dadrian, Genocide Scholar (Cambridge, MA) 59
16. 6. A Foundation of Facts and Fiction: The Poet and Writer Peter Balakian (Hamilton, NY) 67
17. 7. The Memory of Cilicia: Claude Mutafian, Historian and Mathematician (Paris) 72
18. 8. Lord of the Books: Vartan Gregorian, President of the Carnegie Corporation (New York City) 77
19. Words
20. 9. Shadows and Phantoms: Michael J. Arlen, Writer and Media Critic (New York City) 81
21. 10. The Ashes of Smyrna: Marjorie Housepian Dobkin, Writer (New York City) 88
22. 11. The Tracker: Nouritza Matossian, Writer and Actress (London and Nicosia) 93
23. 12. Difficult Truths: Nancy Kricorian, Writer (New York City) 99
24. 13. A Seedbed of Words: Hrant Dink, Editor-in-chief of the Armenian Newspaper Agos (Istanbul) 104
25. 14. La Femme révoltée: Human Rights Activist and President of the Armenian PEN Center, Anna Hakobyan (Yerevan) 109
26. 15. Vocation: Azgayin gortsich. Zori Balayan: An Intellectual (Karabakh-Yerevan) 113
27. Faith
28. 16. The Catholicos of All Armenians: His Holiness Karekin II (Echmiadzin) 119
29. 17. The Modernizer with the Miter: His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia (Antelias, Beirut) 126
30. 18. Referee on a Slippery Pitch: His Beatitude Mesrop II, Patriarch of the Armenians in Turkey (Istanbul) 130
31. 19. With Cellphone and Habit on Lord Byron’s Island: Father Grigoris and the Novice Artour (San Lazzaro, Venice) 134
32. Arts and Architecture
33. 20. Son of an Amazon: Ashot Bayandur, Painter (Nicosia and Yerevan) 141
34. 21. Seismograph of Different Worlds: Painter Sarkis Hamalbashian (Gyumri and Yerevan) 146
35. 22. Fitzcarraldo in the Olive Grove: Garo Keheyan, Philanthropist and Impresario (Nicosia) 149
36. 23. Ibis Eyes: Artist and Poetess Anna Boghiguian (Alexandria and Cairo) 153
37. Film and Photography
38. 24. Screening Histories: The Film-maker Atom Egoyan (Toronto) 157
39. 25. Hollywood in Downtown Cairo: Van Leo, Photographer (Cairo) 164
40. 26. Beyond All Limits: On the Art of Film-maker Artavazd Peleschjan (Moscow) 168
41. Music
42. 27. The Voice of France: Charles Aznavour, alias Varenagh Aznavourian (Paris) 173
43. 28. Under the Stars: Accordion-player Madame Anahit on the Alleys of Beyoglu (Istanbul) 180
44. Commitment
45. 29. Ways to Identity: Berge Setrakian, President of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (New York City) 185
46. 30. Daily Bread of Resolutions: Hilda Tchoboian, President of the Euro-Armenian Federation (Brussels) 193
47. Politics and Diplomacy
48. 31. From Diamonds to Diplomacy: Vartan Oskanian, Armenia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs (Yerevan) 199
49. 32. Armenia’s Attorney on the Banks of the Seine: Minister Patrick Devedjian, Legal Adviser to French President Chirac (Paris) 205
50. 33. In the Mission Quicksands: Benon Sevan, Ex-Undersecretary General of the United Nations (New York City) 209
51. 34. The Man with the Mirror: The Armenian Ambassador to the OSCE and to International Organizations in Vienna, Jivan Tabibian (Vienna) 214
52. Life Images
53. 35. Courier of the Czar: The Petrossian Caviar Empire and Its Owner, Armen Petrossian (Paris) 219
54. 36. End of a Long Journey: The Sexton Michael Stephen and the Armenians in India (Madras) 227
55. 37. The Skeptic of the Jaffa Gate: Kevork Hintlian (Jerusalem) 232
56. 38. “Excuse me, how do I get to the front?” The Brothers Monte and Markar Melkonian (Los Angeles) 237
57. 39. The Everyday Life of a Hero: Levon Arutunyan, Veteran of the Karabakh War (Yerevan) 243
58. 40. The Magic of the Opal: The Jeweler Varoojan (John) Iskenderian (Sydney) 247
59. 41. ¿Hablás armenio? Rosita Youssefian, Teacher of Armenian (Buenos Aires) 252
60. 42. Portrait of Survival: Reflections on the Life of Vahram S. Touryan (Pasadena) 256
61. 43. Grande Dame of the Myths: Archeologist Nina Jidejian (Beirut) 262
62. 44. A Perfectly Normal Story: Alfred and Ophelia Mouradian (Berlin) 265
63. Part III: Symbolic Places
64. 45. Swan Song in the Holy Land: The Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem 269
65. 46. Last Stop: The Desert of Deir-es-Zor 275
66. 47. Gangway to Life: The Armenian Quarter of Bourj Hammoud in Beirut 282
67. 48. Struggle for Survival: Franz Werfel and the Armenians of Musa Dagh 287
68. 49. An Eye for an Eye: The Assassination of Talaat Pasha on the Hardenbergstrasse in Berlin 292
69. 50. Inch Piti Asem? What should I say? The Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial in Armenia 298
70. Epilogue
71. The Dichotomy of Truth and Denial and the Remembrance of a Courageous Turk (Toronto) 305
72. Key Dates in Armenian History 313
73. Glossary 325
74. Additional Reading Material 327
75. Notes on Contributors 333