Թանէր Ագչամ2025-08-132025-08-131995Ագչամ, Թ., «[Թուրք ազգային ինքնութիւնը եւ հայկական հարցը] (հատուած)», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 1995, Պէյրութ, էջ 87-107https://haigrepository.haigazian.edu.lb/handle/123456789/733The article produced here in Armenian translation is a section from Taner Akçam's Turkish book Turk Ulusal Kimligi ve Ermeni Sorunu (Turkish National Identity and the Armenian Question), Istanbul, 1992. Making an abundant use of both Turkish and foreign sources, moreover having an access to Turkish materials and publications which have usually remained out of the reach of Western and Armenian historians and specialists of the Turco-Armenian relations, the author tries, the first time among any Turkish historian, to approach to the thorny question of the Armenian massacres perpetrated by the Turkish authorities, the Turkish population in certain regions of the Ottoman Empire, and the Kurdish and Chechnian tribes in general. To approach to certain facts and to the gist of the truth, Akçam analyzes the reasons and causes which helped prepare the way to the Armenian Massacres of 1915-1916, the psychological make-up of both the Young-Turk organizations and party, the political and military conditions which produced the necessary atmosphere, the organization of the massacres themselves and their procedure, and the number of the losses Armenians bore due to these massacres. To make clear certain aspects and faces of the problems dealt by Akçam, some additional points are introduced both to the text and annotations and are taken into square brackets to differentiate them from the original notes and sources the author makes use of.Animation