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Armenia-Turkey: Genocide Historian Responds

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Middle East & North Africa, Armenia, Turkey, Ethnicity & Race, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, International Relations, Migration & Immigration, Politics, War & Conflict

My The Caucasian Knot details and comments on attempts by one group in the U.S.-Armenian Diaspora to silence a prominent Genocide historian [1]. Coinciding with the second memorial of Hrant Dink's murder in Istanbul, Ara Sarafian was quoted by the Turkish media as saying it was ironic that many Armenians seeking to turn Dink into their hero mistrusted and disliked Dink for his message of reconciliation and mutual understanding when he was alive.