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SWEDISH PROFESSOR: WHAT HAPPENED IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE WAS GENOCIDE, NOT DEPORTATION
13:23, 23 Feb 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
On February 19 the Radio Sweden spoke to Sweden's leading experts
in international law, Professor Emeritus Ove Bring, an author of a
number of monographs and publications on genocide.
In an interview with Radio Sweden, Professor Bring presented the
situation in Ottoman Turkey during the years of the Armenian Genocide.
He noted that the Ottoman Government faced the task of assimilating
the Armenians and other Christian minorities living on the territory
of the Empire, and did it through genocide, availing itself of the
opportunity provided by the World War First.
The Professor presented the process of the genocide, noting that
first the intellectuals were arrested and killed, after which the
other part of the population - mostly women, children and elders -
was deported and sent to death.
Ove Bring underlined that what happened in the Ottoman Empire was
genocide, not just deportation, as deportation envisages re-settlement
of groups of people, provision of necessary conditions and dwelling.
In conclusion the Professor said an estimated 1-1.5 million Armenians
died as a result of the genocide. "It's because of the genocide that
Armenians are spread all over the world today," he concluded.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/02/23/swedish-professor-what-happened-in-the-ottoman-empire-was-genocide-not-deportation/
13:23, 23 Feb 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
On February 19 the Radio Sweden spoke to Sweden's leading experts
in international law, Professor Emeritus Ove Bring, an author of a
number of monographs and publications on genocide.
In an interview with Radio Sweden, Professor Bring presented the
situation in Ottoman Turkey during the years of the Armenian Genocide.
He noted that the Ottoman Government faced the task of assimilating
the Armenians and other Christian minorities living on the territory
of the Empire, and did it through genocide, availing itself of the
opportunity provided by the World War First.
The Professor presented the process of the genocide, noting that
first the intellectuals were arrested and killed, after which the
other part of the population - mostly women, children and elders -
was deported and sent to death.
Ove Bring underlined that what happened in the Ottoman Empire was
genocide, not just deportation, as deportation envisages re-settlement
of groups of people, provision of necessary conditions and dwelling.
In conclusion the Professor said an estimated 1-1.5 million Armenians
died as a result of the genocide. "It's because of the genocide that
Armenians are spread all over the world today," he concluded.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/02/23/swedish-professor-what-happened-in-the-ottoman-empire-was-genocide-not-deportation/