Dr. Taner Akcam Talks About Armenian Genocide at Columbia University
Akcam was born in Ardahan, Turkey to Dursun and Perihan Akçam.[1] He studied at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, and was a student of Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics. He received his Bachelor of Administrative Sciences in 1976. Akcam stayed at the university as a Master's student and assistant in the same department for some time.
He received a nine-year prison sentence in Turkey for his involvement in producing a student journal that focused on Turkey's treatment of the Kurdish minority.[2][3] This resulted in Amnesty International adopting him in 1976 as a prisoner of conscience.[3] After one year he escaped and was granted political asylum in Germany.[3][4] In August 1988 Akçam began work as a research scientist at the Hamburg Institute for Social Research.[5][6] He received his PhD from Hanover University with a dissertation titled, Turkish Nationalism and the Armenian Genocide: On the Background of the Military Tribunals in Istanbul between 1919 and 1922.[7]
Currently he belongs to the scientific staff of the Hamburg Foundation to promote science and culture, working at the Hamburg Institute for Social Research. Beginning in 2002 Akcam has been a Visiting Associate Professor of History at the University of Minnesota, United States, before joining Clark University.[7]
References
1. ^ Sisli State Head Prosecutor, Suspect's Statement Form. Investigation %u2116 2006/49047.
2. ^ a b c Peter Schilling (December/January 2008). Is It Still Genocide if Your Allies Did It?. Law & Politics. Retrieved on 2008-05-16.
3. ^ a b c Stefan Christoff (2007-02-22). "No shame in slaughter". Montreal Mirror 22 (34).
4. ^ Jonathan Q. Macmillan. "Author Argues That Armenian Genocide Happened", The Harvard Crimson, 2007-03-15. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
5. ^ Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung (German)
6. ^ Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung (German)
7. ^ a b Faculty: Taner Akcam , Ph.D.. Clark University: Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Retrieved on 2008-05-16.
Related Links:
- Dr. Eric Weitz on the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923
- Professor of History at U of M and expert on history of genocide comments on aspects of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Outakes from TPT-TV show of April 24, 2005, "The Armenian Genocide: 90 Years Later."
- Dr. Taner Akcam on the Genocide of Armenians in 1915-1923
- Interview with Dr. Taner Akcam, a Turkish historian, sociologist and author. He is one of the first Turkish academics to acknowledge and openly discuss the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman government in 1915.
- BBC Special on Armenian Genocide
- Documentary done by BBC about the Armenian Genocide
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- Rice fears that adoption of the Armenian Genocidebill would harm the relations of USA with Turkey.
Taner Akcam Columbia University part 1
A talk on Taner Akcam's book "A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility"
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A talk on Taner Akcam's book "A Shameful Act".
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Taner Akcam at Columbia University talks about his book "A SHAMEFUL ACT"
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Taner Akcam at Columbia University part 12 (final)
Taner Akcam talks about his book A SHAMEFUL ACT
