Konu: What American Acedemics Think

ATTENTION
MEMBERS OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
(May 19, 1985)

The undersigned American academicians who specialize in Turkish, Ottoman and
Middle Eastern Studies are concerned that the current language embodied in House Joint
Resolution 192 is misleading and/or inaccurate in several respects.
Specifically, while fully supporting the concept of a "National Day of Remembrance of
Man's Inhumanity to Man," we respectfully take exception to that portion of the text which
singles out for special recognition:
". . . the one and one half million people of Armenian ancestry who were victims of
genocide perpetrated in Turkey between 1915 and 1923 . . .."
Our reservations focus on the use of the words "Turkey" and "genocide" and may be
summarized as follows:
From the fourteenth century until 1922, the area currently known as Turkey, or more
correctly, the Republic of Turkey, was part of the territory encompassing the multi-national,
multi-religious state known as the Ottoman Empire. It is wrong to equate the Ottoman Empire
with the Republic of Turkey in the same way that it is wrong to equate the Hapsburg Empire
with the Republic of Austria. The Ottoman Empire, which was brought to an end in 1922, by
the successful conclusion of the Turkish Revolution which established the present day
Republic of Turkey in 1923, incorporated lands and people which today account for more than
twenty-five distinct countries in Southeastern Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, only
one of which is the Republic of Turkey. The Republic of Turkey bears no responsibility for any
events which occurred in Ottoman times, yet by naming Turkey' in the Resolution, its authors
have implicitly labeled it as guilty of "genocide" it charges transpired between 1915 and 1923;
As for the charge of "genocide" no signatory of this statement wishes to minimize the
scope of Armenian suffering. We are likewise cognizant that it cannot be viewed as separate
from the suffering experienced by the Muslim inhabitants of the region. The weight of evidence
so far uncovered points in the direct of serious inter communal warfare (perpetrated by Muslim
and Christian irregular forces), complicated by disease, famine, suffering and massacres in
Anatolia and adjoining areas during the First World War. Indeed, throughout the years in
question, the region was the scene of more or less continuous warfare, not unlike the tragedy
which has gone on in Eebanon for the past decade. The resulting death toll among both Muslim
and Christian communities of the region was immense. But much more remains to be
discovered before historians will be able to sort out precisely responsibility between warring
and innocent, and to identify the causes for the events which resulted in the death or removal
of large numbers of the eastern Anatolian population, Christian and Muslim alike.
Statesmen and politicians make history, and scholars write it. For this process to work
scholars must be given access to the written records of the statesmen and politicians of the past.
To date, the relevant archives in the Soviet Union, Syria, Bulgaria and Turkey all remain, for
the most part, closed to dispassionate historians. Until they become available, the history of the
Ottoman Empire in the period encompassed by H.J. Res. 192 (1915-1923) cannot be
adequately known.
We believe that the proper position for the United States Congress to take on this and
related issues is to encourage full and open access to all historical archives and not to make
charges on historical events before they are fully understood. Such charges as those contained
H.J. Res. 192 would inevitably reflect unjustly upon the people of Turkey and perhaps set back
progress irreparably. Historians are just now beginning to achieve in understanding these tragic
events.
As the above comments illustrate, the history of the Ottoman-Armenians is much
debated among scholars, many of whom do not agree with the historical assumptions embodied
in the wording of H.J. Res. 192. By passing the resolution Congress will be attempting to
determine by legislation which side of the historical question is correct. Such a resolution,
based on historically questionable assumptions, can only damage the cause of honest historical
inquiry, and damage the credibility of the American legislative process.

SIGNATORIES TO THE STATEMENT ON H.J. RES. 192
ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBERS OF
THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
RIFAAT ABOU-EL-HAJ
Professor of History
California State University at Long Beach
SARAH MOMENT ATIS
Professor of Turkish Language & Literature
University of Wisconsin at Madison
KARL BARBIR
Associate Professor of History
Siena College (New York)
ILHAN BASGOZ
Director of the Turkish Studies Program
at the Department of Uralic & Altaic Studies
Indiana University
DANIEL G. BATES
Professor of Anthropology
Hunter College,
City University of New York
ULKU BATES
Professor of Art History
Hunter College
City University of New York
GUSTAV BAYERLE
Professor of Uralic & Altaic Studies
Indiana University
ANDREAS G. E. BODROGLIGETTI
Professor of Turkic & Iranian languages
University of California at Los Angeles
KATHLEEN BURRILL
Associate Professor of Turkish Studies
Columbia University
RODERIC DAVISON
Professor of History
George Washington University
WALTER DENNY
Associate Professor of Art History &
Near Eastern Studies
University of Massachusetts
DR. ALAN DUBEN
Anthropologist, Researcher
New York City
ELLEN ERVIN
Research Assistant Professor of Turkish
New York University
CAESAR FARAH
Professor of Islamic
& Middle Eastern History
University of Minnesota
CARTER FINDLEY
Associate Professor of History
The Ohio State University
MICHAEL FINEFROCK,
Professor of History
College of Charleston
ALAN FISHER
Professor of History
Michigan State University
CORNELL FLEISCHER
Assistant Professor of History
Washington University (Missouri)
TIMOTHY CHILDS
Professorial Lecturer at SAIS,
Johns Hopkins University
SHAFIGA DAULET
Associate Professor of Political Science
University of Connecticut
JUSTIN MCCARTHY
Associate Professor of History
University of Louisville
JON MANDAVILLE
Professor of the History
of the Middle East
Portland State University (Oregon)
RHOADS MURPHEY
Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern
Languages & Cultures & History
Columbia University
PIERRE OBERLING
Professor of History
Hunter College of the City University of
New York
ROBERT OLSON
Associate Professor of History
University of Kentucky
DONALD QUATAERT
Associate Professor of History
University of Houston
WILLIAM GRISWOLD
Professor of History
Colorado State University
WILLIAM HICKMAN
Associate Professor of Turkish
University of California, Berkeley
JOHN HYMES
Professor of History
Glenville State College
West Virginia
RALPH JAECKEL
Visiting Assistant Professor of Turkish
University of California at Los Angeles
JAMES KELLY
Associate Professor of Turkish
University of Utah
PETER GOLDEN
Professor of History
Rutgers University, Newark
TOM GOODRICH
Professor of History
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
ANDREW COULD
Ph.D. in Ottoman History
Flagstaff, Arizona
MICHAEL MEEKER
Professor of Anthropology
University of California at San Diego
THOMAS NAFF
Professor of History & Director, Middle East
Research Institute
University of Pennsylvania
WILLIAM OCHSENWALD
Associate Professor of History
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
WILLIAM PEACHY
Assistant Professor of the Judaic & Near
Eastern Languages & Literatures
The Ohio State University
HOWARD REED
Professor of History
University of Connecticut
TIBOR HALASI-KUN
Professor Emeritus of Turkish Studies
Columbia University
J. C. HUREWITZ
Professor of Government Emeritus
Former Director of the Middle East
Institute (1971-1984) Columbia University
HALIL INALCIK
University Professor
of Ottoman History & Member of the
American Academy of Arts& Sciences
University of Chicago
RONALD JENNINGS
Associate Professor
of History & Asian Studies
University of Illinois
KERIM KEY
Adjunct Professor
Southeastern University
Washington, D.C.
DANKWART RUSTOW
Distinguished University Professor of
Political Science
City University Graduate School New York
STANFORD SHAW
Professor of History
University of California at Los Angele
METIN KUNT
Professor of Ottoman History
New York City
AVIGDOR LEVY
Professor of History
Brandeis University
DR. HEATH W. LOWRY
Institute of Turkish Studies Inc.
Washington, D.C.
JOHN MASSON SMITH, JR.
Professor of History
University of California at Berkeley
ROBERT STAAB
Assistant Director of the
Middle East Center
University of Utah
JAMES STEWART-ROBINSON
Professor of Turkish Studies
University of Michigan
FRANK TACHAU
Professor of Political Science
University of Illinois at Chicago
DAVID THOMAS
Associate Professor of History
Rhode Island College
WARREN S. WALKER
Home Professor of English & Director of the
Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative
Texas Tech University
WALTER WEIKER
Professor of Political Science
Rutgers University
MADELINE ZILFI
Associate Professor of History
University of Maryland
ELAINE SMITH
Ph.D. in Turkish History
Retired Foreign Service Officer
Washington, D-CEZEL
KURAL SHAW
Associate Professor of History
California State University, Northridge
FREDERICK LATIMER
Associate Professor of History (Retired)
University of Utah
BERNARD LEWIS
Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near
Eastern History
Princeton University

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in fact, i couldn't understand all of the article
but i think that, they almost think that, we murdered armenians...

does america think that the red-indians...?
does america know the real genocide made by?
by them
i said it in the last artcle that, they wanna put turkey in doc, and do turkey down....

america is a double-headed monster....
on this way, everything is inconvenienceless for them...
they look like the peace ambassador....
but they make the real genocide, in Iraq..
does not the world know this?
every1 knows this...
but the world, afraid of america..


but we dont give our lawsuit up
we didn't murder armenians..

but i know, we will murder americans, on this way

SlamDunk tarafından gönderildi.

in fact, i couldn't understand all of the article
but i think that, they almost think that, we murdered armenians...

does america think that the red-indians...?
does america know the real genocide made by?
by them
i said it in the last artcle that, they wanna put turkey in doc, and do turkey down....

america is a double-headed monster....
on this way, everything is inconvenienceless for them...
they look like the peace ambassador....
but they make the real genocide, in Iraq..
does not the world know this?
every1 knows this...
but the world, afraid of america..


but we dont give our lawsuit up
we didn't murder armenians..

but i know, we will murder americans, on this way

actually if you read it properly you will see that they are supporting Turkey in its bid to not recognise the genocide !!!!

They are saying Armenians were killed, but so were Turks !! which is true.

its a great piece of lobbying for Turkey !!