1909ի Կիլիկիացի հայկական կոտորածները ֆրանսիական պատմագրութեան գնահատմամբ
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2007
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The article sheds light on the approach and assessment of French historiographers on the Armenian massacres of 1909 committed in Cilicia. The author notes that these massacres were organized and perpetrated by both the Young Turks and the ancient regime and constitute an important link in the process of the Armenian Genocide (1894 – 1922). In fact, the French authors characterize the killings of 1894-96 and 1909 as an introduction to the Armenian Genocide of 1915.
Poghosian underlines the fact that after a short period in the 1910s, the Armenian massacres of 1909 were rarely brought to light and discussed by French historiographers until the early 1990s.
In line with highlighting some 14 books, document compilations, and articles the author puts under the limelight two books, that of Petros Aznovour, who in 1911, under the nickname of Georges Brézol, published Les Turcs ont passé la… in Paris, and that of the French journalist A. Adossidès, who published his book Armenines et Jeunes-Turcs. Les massacres de Cilicie, in Paris in 1910.
Poghosian assess and interprets the documents published in the first book, which is a compilation of documents, numerous reports, letters, protests and other notes of various sources. The book reflects the diverse points of view and Turkish officials, Armenian clerics and foreign missionaries.
Poghosian notes as well that the Armenian massacres of 1909 were hinted at in various studies related to the history of the Ottoman Empire. These books assessed the Armenian massacres of 1909 in the framework of state policy towards the national minorities.
The author stresses that all these French authors affirm and attest these massacres. However, they vary in assessing the damage, the casualties, and particularly in pinpointing both the organizers and perpetrators. Ultimately they differ in putting the responsibility on the old regime of Abdul Hamid or the new regime of the Young Turks.
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Պօղոսեան, Վ., «1909ի Կիլիկիացի հայկական կոտորածները ֆրանսիական պատմագրութեան գնահատմամբ», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս» 2007, Պէյրութ, էջ 9-68