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...survivors of the Armenian genocide, I was intrigued to read Samantha Power's compelling Commentary "Honesty Is the Best Policy" [Oct. 29]. I've been alarmed by congressional opposition to the resolution to hold Turkey responsible for the mass killing of Armenians during the last days of the Ottoman Empire. Political expediency should play no role in this debate; the facts overwhelmingly support what many in the world recognize as the 20th century's first genocide. Denial only perpetuates the suffering of the families affected by this horrific tragedy and discredits the U.S. government's resolve in championing human rights...
...three E’s”—are responsible for the unprecedented scale of violence in the past century. In the economic booms, said Ferguson, it was often minorities—such as the Jews in Europe and the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire—who disproportionately benefited. Then, “in the crunch, the blame for economic downturn could be placed on the successful minority,” he said. In a time of Western decline—as in any time of imperial decline—Ferguson said, “the question...
...survivors of the Armenian genocide, I was intrigued to read Samantha Power's compelling Commentary "Honesty Is the Best Policy" [Oct.29]. I've been alarmed by opposition to the resolution to hold Turkey responsible for the mass killing of Armenians during the last days of the Ottoman Empire. Political expediency should play no role in this debate; the facts overwhelmingly support what many in the world recognize as the 20th century's first genocide. If Turkey is to be the model moderate Islamic country, it should come to terms with its past...
...display at Venice and Islam: 828-1797 - an impressive exhibition being held at the onetime seat of Venetian political power, the Doge's Palace, until Nov. 25. Chronicling nearly a thousand years of exchanges with Egypt, the Levant (roughly present-day Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Western Syria), the Ottoman and Persian empires and beyond, the collection is as eclectic as the history it charts: ceramics colored with Armenian dyes, embroidered silks and enameled glass, carpets and flowing tapestries, maps and ancient texts, elegant portraits of aristocrats and ambassadors, and daggers and scimitars laden with jewel-encrusted malice...
...Wednesday's vote comes amid rising nationalist sentiment in Turkey, fueled by the PKK attacks and also by moves in the U.S. Congress to declare the mass killing of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks starting in 1915 a genocide. The situation is also complicated by the desire of the Turkish military to improve its standing among ordinary Turks after its failed attempt to block the election of the moderate Islamist Abdullah Gul as the country's President earlier this year...