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TURKISH INTELLECTUALS WHO HAVE RECOGNIZED THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE: DILEK KURBAN
By MassisPost
Updated: February 8, 2015
By Hambersom Aghbashian
Dr. Dilek Kurban received her bachelor's degree in political science
and international relations from Bogazici University, Istanbul. She
received her master's in international affairs in human rights from
Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs,
and her Jurist Doctor degree from Columbia Law School. Between 1999
and 2001, she worked as an associate political affairs officer at
the Security Council Affairs Division of the UN Dept. of Political
Affairs in NY. Currently, she is the program officer for the (TESEV)*,
and an adjunct professor of law at the Political Science Department
of Bogazici University. She is an editor for Agos, a Turkish-Armenian
bilingual weekly and a founding member of the Diyarbakir Institute
for Political and Social Research. She has published in the areas of
minority and human rights in Turkey, international displacement in
Turkey, and on European minority and human rights law.(1)
According to "aghet1915.wordpress.com", Dilek Kurban is one of the
Turkish intellectuals who have recognized the Armenian genocide.(2)
Dilek Kurban was criticized by "www.tallarmeniantale.com" an
Anti-Genocide recognition source, which categorized her as one of the
most prominent turncoats, because of her recognition of the Armenian
Genocide.(3)
Talia Jebejian wrote on April 25, 2001, "Approximately 140 people,
primarily of Armenian and Turkish descent, gathered to participate in A
Psycho-spiritual and Educational Dialogue Between People of Armenian
and Turkish Descent, sponsored by the Armenian American Society
for Studies on Stress and Genocide (AASSSG) and co-sponsored by the
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) NY Chapter,
The World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) and Fordham University.
This open dialogue was held in commemoration of the 86th Anniversary
of the Ottoman Turkish Genocide of the Armenians and was met with
overwhelming success. Rational and intellectual dialogue was presented
and exchanged between the panelists and audience members, resulting
in a positive step toward reconciliation between Turkish citizens
and Armenians." She added a list of The facilitators of the program
and The panelists participating in it. Dilek Kurban was mentioned as
one of the participants.(4)
"hakikatadalethafiza.org.", wrote under "Background, Situation
Analysis": Turkey and its historic and legal predecessors have a
longstanding track record of human rights violations..., Just in
the last 100 years, widespread violations were committed in several
different periods... The most notable ones were the Armenian genocide
of 1915. An estimated 1.5 million Armenians were killed or deported
from the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1917. The Republic of Turkey,
even though it is a legal successor of the Ottoman Empire, never
acknowledged the campaign of persecution of Armenians as genocide. In
Dilek Kurban's book "Reparations and Displacement in Turkey, Lessons
Learned from the Compensation Law, Int. Center for Transitional Justice
and LSE - Brookings, July 2012", it is stated that "Although it can be
noted that countries that have the responsibility for massive abuses
effectively take on a huge financial and administrative burden by
a formal recognition, this cannot be used as an argument to avoid
such responsibility."(5)
Under the title "JUDICIARY AND STATE BEHIND ALIENATION OF NON-MUSLIMS",
Today's Zaman wrote on March 16 2009, "Turkey's non-Muslim communities
have been alienated, and it was done by the state and judiciary,
said the writers of a new report revealing the facts behind the real
estate ownership problems of non-Muslim foundations dating from the
Ottoman period." Zaman quoted Kezban Hatemi, the co-author of the
report, titled "The Story of an Alien(ation): Real Estate Ownership
Problems of Non-Muslim Foundations and Communities in Turkey," saying
"In the 1930s, it became evident that pushing or directly forcing
the few non-Muslims left in Turkey to abandon the country was an
explicit state policy," the report was released as part of the
(TESEV)*program. Dilek Kurban, co-author of the report, said that
when Turkey became a candidate for European Union membership, it
became evident that it was not possible to sustain this state policy
toward non-Muslim communities. Kurban started filing lawsuits with
the European Court of Human Rights after exhausting avenues within
the Turkish legal system."It was no longer easy for the bureaucracy
to take over the assets of non-Muslim foundations, and the government
was expected to take legal action to return or pay indemnity for
seized assets," Kurban said.(6)
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*TESEV : Democratization Program of the Turkish Economic and Social
Studies Foundation 1-http://www.archons.org/conference/bio-kurban.asp
2-http://aghet1915.wordpress.com/recognition/
3-http://www.tallarmeniantale.com/TURKISH-SCHOLARS.htm
4- www.atour.com/~aahgn/news/20010425aa.html
5-http://hakikatadalethafiza.org/sayfa.aspx?PageId=196&LngId=5
6-http://setasarmenian.blogspot.com/2009/03/turkeys-treatment-of-its-minorities.html
http://massispost.com/2015/02/turkish-intellectuals-who-have-recognized-the-armenian-genocide-dilek-kurban/
From: Baghdasarian
By MassisPost
Updated: February 8, 2015
By Hambersom Aghbashian
Dr. Dilek Kurban received her bachelor's degree in political science
and international relations from Bogazici University, Istanbul. She
received her master's in international affairs in human rights from
Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs,
and her Jurist Doctor degree from Columbia Law School. Between 1999
and 2001, she worked as an associate political affairs officer at
the Security Council Affairs Division of the UN Dept. of Political
Affairs in NY. Currently, she is the program officer for the (TESEV)*,
and an adjunct professor of law at the Political Science Department
of Bogazici University. She is an editor for Agos, a Turkish-Armenian
bilingual weekly and a founding member of the Diyarbakir Institute
for Political and Social Research. She has published in the areas of
minority and human rights in Turkey, international displacement in
Turkey, and on European minority and human rights law.(1)
According to "aghet1915.wordpress.com", Dilek Kurban is one of the
Turkish intellectuals who have recognized the Armenian genocide.(2)
Dilek Kurban was criticized by "www.tallarmeniantale.com" an
Anti-Genocide recognition source, which categorized her as one of the
most prominent turncoats, because of her recognition of the Armenian
Genocide.(3)
Talia Jebejian wrote on April 25, 2001, "Approximately 140 people,
primarily of Armenian and Turkish descent, gathered to participate in A
Psycho-spiritual and Educational Dialogue Between People of Armenian
and Turkish Descent, sponsored by the Armenian American Society
for Studies on Stress and Genocide (AASSSG) and co-sponsored by the
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) NY Chapter,
The World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) and Fordham University.
This open dialogue was held in commemoration of the 86th Anniversary
of the Ottoman Turkish Genocide of the Armenians and was met with
overwhelming success. Rational and intellectual dialogue was presented
and exchanged between the panelists and audience members, resulting
in a positive step toward reconciliation between Turkish citizens
and Armenians." She added a list of The facilitators of the program
and The panelists participating in it. Dilek Kurban was mentioned as
one of the participants.(4)
"hakikatadalethafiza.org.", wrote under "Background, Situation
Analysis": Turkey and its historic and legal predecessors have a
longstanding track record of human rights violations..., Just in
the last 100 years, widespread violations were committed in several
different periods... The most notable ones were the Armenian genocide
of 1915. An estimated 1.5 million Armenians were killed or deported
from the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1917. The Republic of Turkey,
even though it is a legal successor of the Ottoman Empire, never
acknowledged the campaign of persecution of Armenians as genocide. In
Dilek Kurban's book "Reparations and Displacement in Turkey, Lessons
Learned from the Compensation Law, Int. Center for Transitional Justice
and LSE - Brookings, July 2012", it is stated that "Although it can be
noted that countries that have the responsibility for massive abuses
effectively take on a huge financial and administrative burden by
a formal recognition, this cannot be used as an argument to avoid
such responsibility."(5)
Under the title "JUDICIARY AND STATE BEHIND ALIENATION OF NON-MUSLIMS",
Today's Zaman wrote on March 16 2009, "Turkey's non-Muslim communities
have been alienated, and it was done by the state and judiciary,
said the writers of a new report revealing the facts behind the real
estate ownership problems of non-Muslim foundations dating from the
Ottoman period." Zaman quoted Kezban Hatemi, the co-author of the
report, titled "The Story of an Alien(ation): Real Estate Ownership
Problems of Non-Muslim Foundations and Communities in Turkey," saying
"In the 1930s, it became evident that pushing or directly forcing
the few non-Muslims left in Turkey to abandon the country was an
explicit state policy," the report was released as part of the
(TESEV)*program. Dilek Kurban, co-author of the report, said that
when Turkey became a candidate for European Union membership, it
became evident that it was not possible to sustain this state policy
toward non-Muslim communities. Kurban started filing lawsuits with
the European Court of Human Rights after exhausting avenues within
the Turkish legal system."It was no longer easy for the bureaucracy
to take over the assets of non-Muslim foundations, and the government
was expected to take legal action to return or pay indemnity for
seized assets," Kurban said.(6)
--------------
*TESEV : Democratization Program of the Turkish Economic and Social
Studies Foundation 1-http://www.archons.org/conference/bio-kurban.asp
2-http://aghet1915.wordpress.com/recognition/
3-http://www.tallarmeniantale.com/TURKISH-SCHOLARS.htm
4- www.atour.com/~aahgn/news/20010425aa.html
5-http://hakikatadalethafiza.org/sayfa.aspx?PageId=196&LngId=5
6-http://setasarmenian.blogspot.com/2009/03/turkeys-treatment-of-its-minorities.html
http://massispost.com/2015/02/turkish-intellectuals-who-have-recognized-the-armenian-genocide-dilek-kurban/
From: Baghdasarian