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Home » GPN ISSUES » Issue 8, Winter 2011
There are Not Many Scholars who Focus on the Assyrian Genocide
Issue 8, Winter 2011 G P N S T O R Y
From a series of interviews with scholars of the Assyrian Genocide by the Seyfo Center in Sydney, Australia: Joseph Haweil spoke with Sydney’s Racho Donef. Dr. Donef was born in Istanbul and migrated to Australia in the 1980s. He first studied languages and sociology and after completing a Masters degree in sociology, studied for a Diploma in Social Sciences at the University of Stockholm.
Do you consider the genocides of the Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks to be one genocide? If yes, how best can these three communities work together towards recognition?
Yes I do. I think there are some tendencies in some sections of the Armenian and Greek community to concentrate only on the calamities their communities were subjected to. However, this is not helpful. The Young Turks wanted to eliminate what they regarded as foreign elements off their utopia. Though, primarily it was the Christian elements which were singled out for destruction. We should not forget that the small community of Yezidis, who it must be added, helped both Armenians and Assyrians to escape the holocaust, were also a target. Given that there was a concerted effort on the part of the Ittihat ve Terraki (Union and Progress) party to exterminate Christians and Yezidis, there should be a concerted, collaborative effort to raise awareness of the Genocide but also to pressure the Turkish government to accept responsibility for the crime that the Young Turks perpetrated. I think various research centres and organisations should unite under one banner on this issue. A research centre or a lobby group can be set up with membership from all the ethnic groups affected. I guess what I am advocating is an international coordinating entity.
Source: Haweil, Joseph (May 2, 2011). Dr. Donef: There are not many scholars who focus on the Assyrian Genocide. http://www.seyfocenter.com/index.php?sid=2&aID=319
Please click to see GPN Special Issue 5, Winter 2011 ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND CO-VICTIMS
http://www.genocidepreventionnow.org/Home/GPNISSUES/Issue5Winter2010.aspx
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Armenian Genocide
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Assyrian Genocide
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Denial of genocide
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Genocide recognition
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Greek Genocide
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