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    TALAAT PASHA'S REPORT ON THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

    February 2, 2015

    Recent Documents released in Turkish archives, combined with surviving
    documents from Talaat's Pasha's private papers, confirm that Talaat
    was indeed the architect of the Armenian Genocide. There is a clear
    record that he ordered and supervised the general deportation of
    Ottoman Armenians in 1915-16, and that he followed the fate of such
    deportees from close quarters. Talaat was sent updates regarding
    Armenians at different stages of deportations, as well as information
    about the fate of others who were subjected to special treatment.

    Although a great deal of Ottoman records still remain unavailable
    in Turkish archives, the available records show that the Ottoman
    deportation thesis was a smokescreen for the annihilation of
    Armenians. Ottoman records in Turkish archives, as well as Talaat's
    1917 report, show that less than 100,000 Armenians survived in the
    so-called resettlement zone for Armenians. According to Talaat's
    report on the Armenian Genocide, most Armenians in the Ottoman Empire
    had disappeared between 1915 and 1917, or they were dispersed in
    different provinces of the Ottoman Empire for assimilation. The forced
    assimilation of hundreds of thousands of Armenians was indicative of
    the power, control and purpose of the Ottoman state.

    Talaat Pasha's Report on the Armenian Genocide is the closest
    official Ottoman view we have of the Armenian Genocide. The report was
    undoubtedly prepared for Talaat Pasha and meant for his private use.

    It was not meant for publication and probably only survived because
    Talaat was assassinated in 1921 and his widow gave the report to
    a Turkish historian who eventually published it.* No such record has
    been released by Turkish archives to date, though the data presented in
    the 1917 report can be checked against the available Ottoman records
    and stands scrutiny.

    According to Talaat's figures 1,150,000 Armenians disappeared in
    the Ottoman Empire between 1915-1917. This number includes well over
    100,000 Armenians who fled from the Ottoman Empire in 1915 (and died
    in large numbers from hunger, exposure and disease), but it does
    not include tens of thousands of Armenian women and children who
    were absorbed into Muslim families or placed into state orphanages
    for assimilation.

    In this publication of Talaat's report on the Armenian Genocide,
    historian Ara Sarafian discusses the 1917 report in light of other
    Ottoman records. He presents Talaat's statistics in all detail and
    includes two invaluable color maps demonstrating the content of
    the report, as well as additional Ottoman documents related to the
    Armenian Genocide. Sarafian presents Talaat's breakdown of the number
    of Armenians, their native provinces, and their whereabouts in the
    Ottoman Empire in 1917.

    Free download Book. Talaat Pasha's Report on the Armenian Genocide

    Map 1. The Destruction of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, 1914-1917

    Map 2. Surviving Armenian Deportees in the Ottoman Empire, 1917

    TALAAT PASHA'S REPORT ON THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

    London: Gomidas Institute, 2011 70 pp, colour maps insert ISBN
    978-1-903656-66-2, paperback, UKĀ£12.00/US$18.00 To order please
    contact [email protected]

    http://www.horizonweekly.ca/news/details/60847

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