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    Lecture at Clark University to commemorate anniversary of Armenian Genocide

    http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/03/22/lecture-at-clark-university-to-commemorate-anniversary-of-armenian-genocide/
    16:02 22.03.2014

    Armenian Genocide, Taner Akcam

    To mark the 99th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Clark
    University's Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies will
    present a lecture by Professor Taner Akçam. `On Truth and Memoirs: The
    Case of an Armenian Soldier in the Ottoman Army' will explore the
    subject of a vigorous debate over the authenticity of a memoir
    recently published in Turkey.

    AkÒĞam will discuss the case of Sarkis Torossian who served as a
    lieutenant in the Ottoman Army during World War I. According to his
    memoir, Torossian was a graduate of a military college and a decorated
    Ottoman officer who served at Gallipoli and other important battle
    fronts. Learning that his parents and sister were deported and died in
    the Armenian Genocide, Torossian changed allegiance. He joined the
    Arab rebellion in Palestine and Syria and fought with a French
    battalion against Kemalist forces in Cilicia. Akçam will consider the
    veracity of Torossian's account and interpret the public debate
    surrounding the memoir in Turkey. Turkish scholars Ayhan Aktar and
    Edhem Eldem will comment and respond.

    Torossian immigrated to the United States in 1920. In 1947, he
    published his memoirs in English, `From Dardanelles to Palestine: a
    true story of five battle fronts of Turkey.' Following the Turkish
    translation published in 2012, reactions in the Turkish press have
    been intense. Some discredited the memoir as fabricated. Others
    championed its authenticity. AkÒĞam will discuss the veracity of
    Torossian's account and interpret the public debate surrounding the
    memoir in Turkey.

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