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TURKISH-ARMENIAN AT ODDS OVER NEW BOOK
Vercihan Ziflioglu - ISTANBUL
Hurriyet
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=turkish-armenian-at-odds-over-new-book-2011-09-05
Sept 5 2011
Turkey
A book written by Armenian historian Ara Sarafyan that includes
historical documents published by Turkish researcher Murat Bardakcı
has sparked a new debate between the two figures.
Bardakcı has accused Sarafyan of plagiarism in the book "Talat
PaÅ~_a's Report on the Armenian Genocide, 1917," while Sarafyan has
countered that Bardakcı is uncomfortable about the findings in the
monograph, which draws heavily on the Turkish researcher's work but
also includes some additional documents.
"He has appropriated parts he saw fit, added explanations according
to his own fancy and then published it under his own name without any
shame or embarrassment. This is worse than plagiarism; it is outright
theft," journalist and writer Murat Bardakcı said.
Bardakcı prepared his book, "Talat PaÅ~_a's Dead Letter," in 2008 with
personal documents compiled from Talat PaÅ~_a's archives. Bardakcı
said his publisher was going to initiate legal proceedings against
Sarafyan, the director of the Gomidas Institute.
Sarafyan, meanwhile, also responded to the accusations; "I have made
a more solid case - Talat's report was actually based on official
Ottoman records. I have also analyzed Talat's data in the way that
Talat would have read them," he recently told the Daily News.
Vercihan Ziflioglu - ISTANBUL
Hurriyet
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=turkish-armenian-at-odds-over-new-book-2011-09-05
Sept 5 2011
Turkey
A book written by Armenian historian Ara Sarafyan that includes
historical documents published by Turkish researcher Murat Bardakcı
has sparked a new debate between the two figures.
Bardakcı has accused Sarafyan of plagiarism in the book "Talat
PaÅ~_a's Report on the Armenian Genocide, 1917," while Sarafyan has
countered that Bardakcı is uncomfortable about the findings in the
monograph, which draws heavily on the Turkish researcher's work but
also includes some additional documents.
"He has appropriated parts he saw fit, added explanations according
to his own fancy and then published it under his own name without any
shame or embarrassment. This is worse than plagiarism; it is outright
theft," journalist and writer Murat Bardakcı said.
Bardakcı prepared his book, "Talat PaÅ~_a's Dead Letter," in 2008 with
personal documents compiled from Talat PaÅ~_a's archives. Bardakcı
said his publisher was going to initiate legal proceedings against
Sarafyan, the director of the Gomidas Institute.
Sarafyan, meanwhile, also responded to the accusations; "I have made
a more solid case - Talat's report was actually based on official
Ottoman records. I have also analyzed Talat's data in the way that
Talat would have read them," he recently told the Daily News.