Abstract
Although modern-day Turkey continues to deny the Armenian genocide, Turkey was actually the first country to condemn it. During the years 1919–1921 Turkey held more than 60 trials in an attempt to prosecute war criminals, including accusations of the deportation and mass killing of Armenians. In our essay, we want to draw attention to the period right before these trials started. In current scholarship this period is often overlooked, nevertheless it is an extremely important one in terms of localized discussions of the Armenian massacres in the Istanbul press, memoirs of statesmen, testimonies of regional leaders, and parliamentary discussions.
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Agos Gazetesi: A contemporary Armenian-Turkish weekly newspaper published today — Hrant Dink, main editor and founder of this newspaper was killed on January 19, 2007.
Alemdar: An Ottoman palace organ — its main writer was Ref’i Cevad the son of the governor of Yozgat who was deposed of from his office as governor because he protested against the Armenian massacres.
Aravot: An Armenian newspaper that was published between the years 1909 and 1924. It was the party organ of the Ramgavar Party.
Empros: An independent Greek caricature magazine.
Hadisat: A newspaper opposing the Committee of Union and Progress, founded by the intellectuals Süleyman Nazif and Cenap Sahabettin.
Ikdam ve Içtihad: A newspaper published by Ahmet Cevdet. Holds the view that the Turks carry no guilt for the Armenian massacres.
Sabah: A daily newspaper that opposed the Committee of Union and Progress.
Le Spectateur d’Orient et Renaissance: A French newspaper published in Istanbul.
Yeni Gazete: A daily newspaper which held the view that it was Armenians who killed the Turks; Turks did not commit any crimes.
Yenigün: A daily newspaper supporting the Committee of Union and Progress. Later owned by Kemalists and siding officially with the Nazis in the Second World War, this newspaper exists to this day under the name Cumhuriyet newspaper.
Zaman: A newspaper published by Refik Halit, who was sent into exile during the Independence War.
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AlJadeeah, S.M.R., Çetinoğlu, S. (2016). The 1915 Genocide in the Post-war Ottoman Press and in Parliamentary Records (1918–1919). In: Mass Media and the Genocide of the Armenians. Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-56402-3_8
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