Publisher: Zed Books, London & New York, 2004. 288 pages.
This book is the first attempt by a Turk to understand the genocide
from a perpetrator's, rather than victim's, perspective, and to
contextualize the events of 1915 within Turkey's political history
and weste regional policies. Turkey today is in the midst of a
tumultuous transition. It is emerging from its Ottoman legacy and
on its way to recognition by the west as a normal nation state. But
until it confronts its past and present violations of human rights,
it will never be a truly democratic nation. This book explores the
sources of the Armenian genocide, how Turks today view it, the
meanings of Turkish and Armenian identity, and how the long legacy
of weste intervention in the region has suppressed reform, rather
than promoted democracy.