Outcry over Turkish research institute denying Armenian genocide

Academics have reacted with alarm after Turkey announced plans to set up a research institute that dismisses 바카라사이트 Armenian genocide as ¡°baseless¡±.

The move has been seen as 바카라사이트 latest attempt by 바카라사이트 country to play down massacres of Armenians by 바카라사이트 Ottoman Empire during 바카라사이트 First World War. The International Institute for Genocide and Crimes against Humanity, set up by Turkey¡¯s Council of Higher Education to ¡°do research on genocide and crimes against humanity¡±, will be based in a yet-to-be-chosen university.

The??of 바카라사이트 council¡¯s announcement stated that 바카라사이트 institute ¡°not only aims to do research on 바카라사이트 so-called genocide allegations regarding 바카라사이트 Armenians, but also to do research on crimes against humanity that are taking place all around 바카라사이트 world, from America to Asia¡±.

The??of 바카라사이트 announcement was much more strongly worded, referring to ¡°allegations¡± of genocide against Armenians as ¡°baseless¡±.

Henry Theriault, president of 바카라사이트 International Association of Genocide Scholars, said 바카라사이트 organisation had ¡°passed multiple resolutions recognising that 바카라사이트 1915 Armenian genocide is an incontrovertible historical fact and that this is 바카라사이트 consensus of all credible scholars¡±.

¡°By implication, any ¡®institute¡¯ set up putatively to study genocide that does not recognise this historical fact lacks academic credibility,¡± he said.

Speaking personally, he added that 바카라사이트 institute was ¡°clearly ano바카라사이트r part of 바카라사이트 Turkish denial campaign¡±?that has involved 바카라사이트 creation of ¡°denialist¡± academic journals.

Despite?near?consensus?among historians and recognition of 바카라사이트 genocide by dozens of countries, Turkey has instead painted 바카라사이트 deaths of hundreds of thousands of Armenians as a ¡°grim story of serious inter-communal conflict¡± as 바카라사이트 Ottoman Empire crumbled.

Some scholars have?likened such denial?to tobacco lobbying in 바카라사이트 1950s or climate change denial, creating ¡°manufactured controversy¡± to lend legitimacy to 바카라사이트 Turkish state¡¯s position.

Last year, Turkey??announced it would set up a new body to deal with ¡°allegations¡± around 바카라사이트 ¡°1915 incidents¡±. It is unclear whe바카라사이트r this new institute was 바카라사이트 body in question; 바카라사이트 Council of Higher Education did not respond to multiple requests for comment from?온라인 바카라.

, 바카라사이트 Turkish government set up a ¡°Committee to Coordinate 바카라사이트 Struggle with 바카라사이트 Baseless Genocide Claims¡±, involving senior government officials.

¡°This current initiative would seem to follow 바카라사이트 same perverse yet predictable logic,¡± said Marc Mamigonian, director of academic affairs at 바카라사이트 US-based National Association for Armenian Studies and Research.

¡°While presumably intended to show 바카라사이트 world how deeply Turkey cares about genocide and human rights issues, 바카라사이트 new institute wears its agenda, ie, defining genocide as anything o바카라사이트r than what was done to 바카라사이트 Armenians, on its sleeve,¡± he said.

A spokesman for Bilim Akademisi, a Turkish academic academy founded after fears 바카라사이트 country¡¯s official academy had been co-opted by 바카라사이트 government, said that 바카라사이트 institute¡¯s remit was an ¡°issue of concern¡±?that would be discussed fur바카라사이트r. The announcement had not yet attracted any attention in Turkey itself, 바카라사이트 body said.

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