Experience of Living Together of Turks and Armenians

• Turkish Understanding of Government According to Armenian Sources

  Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ersan

  There is a common opinion in the Western world that Turks, who came to Anatolia starting from the first half of the 11th century and adopted it as their homeland, followed a cruel and intolerant politics towards the Christians in the region. This approach occasionally went beyond being an opinion and turned into heavy accusations…

• The Settlement of Armenians in the Ottoman Period

  Saro Dadyan

  Istanbul, which was built between the years 325-330, has always been an important center for the Armenians because it was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. When the Armenian Catholicos of the period, i.e. the head bishop Surp Sahag, who came to Istanbul to obtain ratification from the Empire at the beginning of the…

• Armenians’ Contributions to the Process of the Formation of a New Life and Literature in the 19th Century

  Ass. Prof. Dr. Ali Budak

  Events and developments taking place in the 19th century have been determinative in the Ottoman Empire’s Westernization-Modernization process. In this process, a new system and order were constructed in regard to not only science and technology, but also institutions, laws and even traditions. In this change and transformation, Armenians, one of the nations constituting the…

• Turkish-Armenian Relations in the Ottoman Society: The Case of Maraş

  Ass. Prof. Dr. Nejla Günay

  Some of the Ottoman subjects were non-Muslims. According to Islamic law, the non-Muslims who live in a Muslim country have the status of “dhimmi.” According to this, non-Muslims have religious freedom and freedom of conscience, they are not forced to convert, they open their own places of worship, and the Islamic state keeps their lives…

• Union and Progress and the Armenians (1908-1914)

  Ass. Prof. Dr. Recep Karacakaya

  The facts that new developments took place on the Armenian issue after the Party of Union and Progress came to power and that this party implemented a practice of forced relocation in order to end the issue collectively and finally are among the primary subjects that are emphasized most and that lead to accumulation of…

• A General Overview on Turkish-Armenian Relations in Anatolia (1919-1922)

  Ass. Prof. Dr. Recep Karacakaya

  While studying the Turkish-Armenian relations in Anatolia between the years 1919-1922, firstly the situation of the relations between the Turkish and Armenian nations in Anatolia will be put forth and then the struggles in the Eastern and Southern Battlefronts will be mentioned. Turkish-Armenian Relations in the Anatolian Provinces After the Mudros Armistice, Armenians started to…

• Turkish-Armenian Relations in the Republic Period

  Asst. Prof. Dr. Cafer Ulu

  The relations of Turks and Armenians living together for about 1000 years was not completely established on uprising, betrayal, deportation, and hostility, but the Armenians even received Turks as their deliverer as they got rid of the Greeks. The Armenians in the Ottoman Empire were governed within the “nation system.” With the foundation of the…

• The Republic of Armenia and Its Relations With the Ottoman Empire

  Asst. Prof. Dr. Yıldız Deveci Bozkuş

  After the Russian Government, founded after the the October Revolution which demolished the tsarist regime in Russia, took the control of the center, it aimed at gaining control in the surrounding regions of the country as well. Within this framework, it sent a committee of three deputies to Caucasia to represent the three communities of…

• Russian-Armenian-Turkish Relations in Caucasia (1914-1918)

  Prof. Dr. Enis Şahin

  Russian-Armenian-Turkish relations during the First World War experienced their most intense period in history. Especially the developments of Turkey’s Caucasia and Eastern Battlefront are the story of the relations of these three actors. The fact that Russians were the main factor in the Armenian activities during this war against the Turkish administrative and military officials…