The Assyrian genocide : cultural and political legacies /

This book, while principally analyzing the Assyrian genocide of 1914-1925 and its implications for the culture and politics of the region, also raises broader questions concerning the future of religious diversity in the Middle East. A key question is whether the fate of the Assyrians maps onto the...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Travis, Hannibal (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2018.
Series:	Routledge studies in modern history ; 29.
Subjects:	Genocide > Turkey > History > 20th century. Genocide > Iraq > History > 20th century. Assyrians > Turkey > History > 20th century. Assyrians > Iraq > History > 20th century. Turkey > Ethnic relations. Iraq > Ethnic relations. Minorities > Turkey > History > 20th century. Minorities > Iraq > History > 20th century. Christians > Turkey > History > 20th century. Christians > Iraq > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

List of judicial decisions cited
Table of legislation
Introduction : the assyrian genocide across history : collective memory, legal theory, and power politics / Hannibal Travis
The term Seyfo in historical perspective / Michael Abdalla
The atrocities against the Assyrians in 1915 : a legal perspective / Sara Demir
The Ottoman genocide of the Assyrians in Persia / Anahit Khosroeva
Abduction, rape and genocide : Urmia's Assyrian girls and women / Eden Naby
Genocide/Seyfo and how resistance became a way of life / Sait Çetinoglu (Abdulmesih BarAbraham, trans.)
Lady Surma : pillar of the Assyrian nation, 1883-1975 / Stavros Stavridis
The Assyrian delegation in the Paris Peace Conference / Racho Donef
The Assyrian "Concept of unity" after Seyfo / Aryo Makko
Exile or extinction : the Assyrian genocide from 1915 to 2015 / Hannibal Travis
Epilogue : tombstones and inverted crosses / Nineb Lamassu.