Reactions of the Armenian Community to the Emergence of the Turkish National Movement (1919–20)

Reactions of the Armenian Community to the Emergence of the Turkish National Movement (1919–20)

The emergence of the Turkish National movement in 1919 marked the opening of a new chapter in modern Turkish history. Numerous academic studies have analyzed the rise of the Turkish National movement, yet the reactions of the Armenian community have remained an understudied topic. This article exami...

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Published in:Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association Vol. 4; no. 2; pp. 381 - 401
Main Author: Ari Şekeryan
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Indiana University Press 01-11-2017
Subjects:
Armistice
Communities
Government
Liberalism
Muslims
National movements
Nationalism
Ottoman Empire
Self defense
Turkish literature
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Summary:The emergence of the Turkish National movement in 1919 marked the opening of a new chapter in modern Turkish history. Numerous academic studies have analyzed the rise of the Turkish National movement, yet the reactions of the Armenian community have remained an understudied topic. This article examines how the Ottoman Armenians perceived the Turkish National movement in Anatolia by utilizing primary sources, including Armenian and Ottoman Turkish newspapers of the period. In doing so, this article provides new insight into the Ottoman Armenian community during the years in which the Turkish National movement arose and aims to explain the political stance of the Ottoman Armenians from 1919 to 1920, thus filling a gap in the recent historiography.
ISSN:2376-0699
2376-0702
DOI:10.2979/jottturstuass.4.2.08