Was there a genocide in 1915?

### For this reason, perhaps it is better not to create a common perspective while analysing a phenomenon such as genocide, but to rely instead on two different perspectives, the perspective of the "perpetrators" and that of the "victims."' These two distinct perspectives bring to the fore distinctly different material for the reconstruction of historical events. The works that have been produced up to today about the genocide of the Armenians have essentially emanated from the perspective of the "victim group." My attempt in this regard can be understood as an investigation of the subject from the viewpoint of the "perpetrator group," a venture that could not be undertaken until now because of the past history of denial and tabooing.###

### Compared to France, Germany and other European states, Turkish nationalism and Turkish national consciousness entered the historical stage very late. There are different reasons for this belatedness. Special significance attaches to the influence of Islam and the cosmopolitan character of the Ottoman Empire. Because of its late development, Turkish nationalism was strongly influenced by Social Darwinism and racist ideologies. This intellectual background of Turkish nationalism, combined with the urgent need to catch up, made that nationalism aggressive.###

### Turkish nationalism arose as a reaction to the experience of constant humiliations. Turkish national sentiment constantly suffered from the effects of an inferiority complex. ###

### Another factor which created an image of hostile Christians was the role Islam played in this connection. On the basis of Islamic culture and its system of laws, the Moslems have always considered the Christians as an inferior minority group and have never viewed them as being equal to themselves. Thus the Christians did not enjoy equality in the Ottoman Empire. But during the stages marking the disintegration of the Empire, the reforms and economic privileges led to a change in the position of the Christians. The Turks gradually lost their social status as a superior class. They could not reconcile themselves to the idea of equality with the Christians by way of reforms, or that a Christian minority should attain a better economic position than they. This loss of status led to the rise of hate-revenge sentiments against those who were seen as responsible. The Moslems did not "peacefully" accept their steadily weakening position. This awareness of loss of status played a significant role in the enactment of the massacre against Christians, and the history of the nineteenth century provides much evidence for this. ###

This Tanner Aksam ...knows exactly what he says .

All of these can be seen in the reactions of our Turkish co-forumers.

Typical Turkish...

Isk.

Ok so i'll give a reaction closer to yours;

Isk,isk,isk....

No.U........r wrrrronnngggg.Tamerr ak�am iz nut famous or important in turky.Therefore he needs to speak of discussible matters from a wrong point of view so he can sell mooorrre.

I wil expect frm yr ysual yappiimg.

(I hope this has been a diffrent reaction since it's closer to yours)

Aku...even u can be reasonable some times , i guess....

I dont get it why u shout at me ....i simply post the explanations Tanner is giving for ur actions.....IF u think different , prove HIM wrong...

Shouting at me , does not change any fact....

By the way DO U HAVE ANY PERSON IN TURKEY WHO IS NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH UR PROPAGANDA AND U RESPECT HIM ?????

( This will be another un-answered question....)

Isk.

Ok then how much whas that exactly? I WANT PROOFFFFFFF NOT NONSENS!!!!