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Identity and the Armenian Genocide

Identity and the Armenian Genocide

Paperback

General Racism & Ethnic StudiesHolocaustTurkey & Ottoman Empire History

ISBN10: 1288274726
ISBN13: 9781288274727
Publisher: Biblioscholar
Published: Nov 9 2012
Pages: 46
Weight: 0.17
Height: 0.10 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The context of the Armenian Genocide was one of shifting internal and external identities for both the Ottoman Turks and Armenians. This paper explores the interplay of these shifting identities through the nineteenth century up to the Genocide during World War I. Both were undergoing an identity crisis that culminated during World War I when both sides' nationalist identities reached ascendancy at the same time. This had disastrous consequences for the Armenians. Beginning in the nineteenth century, Turkish self perception began to shift from an Ottoman identity based on religious division to a nationalist identity based on ethnic and linguistic homogeny. The shift was driven by the decline of the Empire and Great Power intervention. For the Armenians, identity shifted from semi-autonomous millet whose interests were best served as subordinates to Ottoman Muslims to a nationalist movement based on their own ethnic and social characteristics.

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Turkey & Ottoman Empire History