{"id":162,"date":"2011-05-05T18:20:28","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T13:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armeniancause.net\/?p=162"},"modified":"2011-05-05T18:26:35","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T13:26:35","slug":"talaat-pashas-report-on-the-armenian-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armeniancause.net\/?p=162","title":{"rendered":"Talaat Pasha’s Report on the Armenian Genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>compiled and introduced
\nby Ara Sarafian<\/strong><\/p>\n

PRESS RELEASE<\/p>\n

Gomidas Institute
\n42 Blythe Rd
\nLondon W14 0HA
\nUK<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Talaat Pasha’s Report on the Armenian Genocide, 1917 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

* See Murat Bardak\u00e7\u00fd, Talat Pa\u00fea\u2019n\u00fdn Evrak-\u00fd Metrukesi : Sadrazam Talat Pa\u00fea\u2019n\u00fdn \u00f6zel ar\u00feivinde bulunan Ermeni tehciri konusundaki belgeler ve hususi yaz\u00fd\u00femalar [The Remaining Documents of Talaat Pasha: Documents and Important Correspondence Found in the Private Archives of Sadrazam Talaat Pasha about the Armenian Deportations], Istanbul: Everest Yay\u00fdnlar\u00fd, 2008.<\/p>\n

ISBN 978-1-903656-61-7
\n70 pp., includes color map insert.
\nPublication year 2011 by Gomidas Institute (London)
\nPrice: pb., UK\u00a312.00 \/ US$18.00 plus shipping.<\/p>\n

To order contact books@gomidas.org or books@garodbooks.com<\/p>\n

Free pdf download of book<\/a>.
\nFree pdf download of map 1<\/a> and map 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

TABLE OF CONTENTS<\/strong>
\nIntroduction by Ara Sarafian 5
\nMap 18<\/p>\n

TALAAT PASHA\u2019S 1917 REPORT
\nOpening Summary Page: Data and Calculations 20<\/p>\n

WESTERN PROVINCES (MAP) 22
\nConstantinople 23
\nEdirne vilayet 24
\nChatalja mutasarriflik 25
\nIzmit mutasarriflik 26
\nHudavendigar (Bursa) vilayet 27
\nKaresi mutasarriflik 28
\nKala-i Sultaniye (Chanakkale) mutasarriflik 29
\nEskishehir vilayet 30
\nAydin vilayet 31
\nKutahya mutasarriflik 32
\nAfyon Karahisar mutasarriflik 33
\nKonia vilayet 34
\nMenteshe mutasarriflik 35
\nTeke (Antalya) mutasarriflik 36<\/p>\n

CENTRAL PROVINCES (MAP) 37
\nAnkara (Angora) vilayet 38
\nBolu mutasarriflik 39
\nKastamonu vilayet 40
\nJanik (Samsun) mutasarriflik 41
\nNigde mutasarriflik 42
\nKayseri mutasarriflik 43
\nAdana vilayet 44
\nIchil mutasarriflik 45<\/p>\n

EASTERN PROVINCES (MAP) 46
\nSivas vilayet 47
\nErzerum vilayet 48
\nBitlis vilayet 49
\nVan vilayet 50
\nTrebizond vilayet 51
\nMamuretulaziz (Elazig) vilayet 52<\/p>\n

SOUTH EASTERN PROVINCES AND RESETTLEMENT ZONE (MAP) 53
\nMarash mutasarriflik 54
\nAleppo (Halep) vilayet 55
\nUrfa mutasarriflik 56
\nDiyarbekir vilayet 57
\nSyria vilayet 58
\nZor mutasarriflik 59
\nMosul vilayet 60
\nBeirut vilayet 61
\nJerusalem (Kudus-i Sherif) vilayet 62<\/p>\n

Appendix 1: A Report from the Turkish Military Archives 65
\nAppendix 2: Talaat\u2019s “Black Booklet” 67
\nMap 1: Destruction of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, 1915-17 insert
\nMap 2: Surviving Armenian Deportees in the Ottoman Empire, 1917 insert<\/p>\n

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