Judgment at Istanbul
The Armenian Genocide Trials

Turkey's bid to join the European Union has lent new urgency to the issue of the Armenian Genocide as differing interpretations of the genocide are proving to be a major reason for the delay of the ratification. This book provides vital background information and is a prime source of legal evidence and eye-witness testimony...

Currently, he is Associate Professor of History and the Kaloosdian/Mugar Chair in Armenian Genocide Studies at the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University

Ottoman-Turkish Words and Names
Preface Vahakn N. Dadrian and Taner Akcam
PART I: THE CONDITIONS SURROUNDING THE TRIALS
Chapter 1. History of the Turko-Armenian Conflict Vahakn N. Dadrian
Chapter 2. Military Defeat and the Victors' Drive for Punitive Justice Vahakn N. Dadrian
Chapter 3. The Preparations for Court-Martial Vahakn N. Dadrian
Chapter 4. The Initiation of Courts-Martial Vahakn N. Dadrian
Chapter 5. Emergent Kemalism and the Courts-Martial Vahakn N. Dadrian
Chapter 6. The Series of Major Trials and the Related Verdicts: The Falsification of the
Arguments of
Relocation,A"
Civil WarA" and
Intercommunal ClashesA" Vahakn N. Dadrian
Chapter 7. Legal Proceedings as a Conceptual Framework Vahakn N. Dadrian
Chapter 8. A Summary of the Conditions Surrounding the Trials Vahakn N. Dadrian
PART II: THE TRIALS AND BEYOND
Chapter 9. The Full Texts in English of the Indictments and Verdicts
Chapter 10. The Judicial Liquidation of Some of the Arch Perpetrators by both CUP and the Kemalist Authorities and the Demise of Other Accomplices Vahakn N. Dadrian
Chapter 11. Death Sentences Handed Down by the Military Tribunal in Istanbul Taner Akcam
Chapter 12. Coverage of the Trials by the Istanbul Turkish Press Taner Akcam
Chapter 13. Formation and Operation of the Ottoman Military Tribunals Taner Akcam
Appendix Glossary of Terms Bibliography