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Saturday, 24 March 2007

Note the Suppression of Academic Freedom

I highly recommend that you check out "Critique: Critical Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 16, No. 1, 85–92, Spring 2007" in which appears a fascinating book review entitled. "Ethnic Cleansing or Genocide? Reviwew by MASAKI KAKISZAKI (University of Utah) of 'The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey: A Disputed Genocide' authored by Guenter Lewy."

I believe for a short time one may be able to download the article for free.

Kakiszaki describes how Armenian academicians attempted to obstruct the publication of two books, one by Lewy and another by Justin McCarthy that support the contra-genocide viewpoint. It is shameful that anyone in American academia would stoop this low.

We all must remember that free speech applies to everyone, not just to those who express viewpoints that agree with ours.

Insofar as preserving the right to disagree with the Armenian allegation of genocide, the words of Salman Rushdie come to mind: "Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself."

Enjoy.
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Books and Articles of Interest

  • Armenia Secrets of a "Christian" Terrorist State The Armenian Great Deception Series - Volume 1 Samuel A. Weems St John Press Dallas 2002
  • Armenian Claims and Realities Dr Husamettin Yildirim Sistem Ofset Publications Ankara 2001
  • Armenian Massacres in Van, Bitlis, Mus, and Kars Interview with Witnesses Prof Azmi Suslu, Dr Gulay Ogun & M Torehan Serdar Social and Strategical Research Foundation 2000
  • Ataturk A biography of Mustafa Kemal Father of Modern Turkey Lord Kinross Morrow Printed in the US Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 65 - 11486
  • Between Two Worlds The Construction of the Ottoman State Cemal Kafadar University of California Press London England 1996
  • Death and Exile The Ethnic Cleansing of Ottoman Muslims 1821 - 1922 Professor Justin McCarthy The Darwin Press Inc Princeton New Jersey 1999
  • History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey Volume 1 Empire of the Gazis The Rise and Decline of the Ottoman Empire 1280 -1808 Professor Standford J Shaw Cambridge University Press 1976
  • Manufacturing Consent The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Prof's Edward Herman & Noam Chomsky Random House 20 Vauxhall Bridge Rd London 1994
  • The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey a Disputed Genocide Guenter Lewy University of Utah Press Utah 2005
  • The Kurdish File with all aspects Prof A Haluk Cay Tamga Yayincilik Ankara 2001
  • The Kurdish Nationalist Movement Its Impact on Turkey and The Middle East Robert Olson The University Press of Kentucky 1996
  • The Kurdish Question and Turkey an example of a Trans State Ethnic Conflict Professors Kemal Kirisci and Gareth Winrow Frank Cass Publishers London 1998
  • The Ottoman Centuries The Rise and Fall of the Turkish Empire Lord Kinross Morrow HarperCollins Publishers New York New York 2002
  • The Ottoman Empire 1300 - 1650 Colin Imber MacMillan New York NewYork 2002
  • The Ottoman Empire The Classical age 1300 - 1600 Halil Inalcik Phoenix Press London 2000
  • Turkes Cemal Anadol Milliyetci Anadolu Yayinlari Istanbul 1977
  • Turkey's Kurdish Question Henri Barkey and Graham Fuller Rowman and Littlefield Oxford England

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