THE ARMENIAN EVENTS OF ADANA IN 1909: JEMAL PASHA and BEYOND
THE ARMENIAN EVENTS OF ADANA IN 1909: JEMAL PASHA AND BEYOND

Summary/Abstract: This book represents a meticulous exploration of the ethno-religious, geo-strategic, political, social and economic dimensions of a tragic event in history, which is still little understood and much misrepresented. Güçlü studied the archives of five countries (the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Turkey, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States), mostly primary and secondary sources, before masterfully piecing together this massive historical puzzle. Armenian sources are notably missing, because, as Güçlü explains here and elsewhere, access to Armenian state, lay, and religious archives is still restricted to those who adhere to the official Armenian narrative. Güçlü enlightens the readers by delivering a comprehensive before-during-after look at the region and the event. Readers will be enriched by reading this book to realize that biased and furious descriptions of Adana events of 1909, that are popularly accepted without much fact-checking or critical thinking, may be unfair, inaccurate, even unethical.

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