Political repression and curtailed freedoms have earned Turkey a troubling reputation abroad in recent years. For generations of western artists and intellectuals in the 20th century, though, the country was a haven, and many congregated in Istanbul to lead a lifestyle of freedom, far from the Cold War repression of their own countries.
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Political repression and curtailed freedoms have earned Turkey a troubling reputation abroad in recent years. For generations of western artists and intellectuals in the 20th century, though, the country was a haven, and many congregated in Istanbul to lead a lifestyle of freedom, far from the Cold War repression of their own countries.
Yektan Türkyılmaz: What happened to Armenians in 1915 is very well documented
Stories from Turkey
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5 years ago
Yektan Türkyılmaz: What happened to Armenians in 1915 is very well documented
Turkey has been proposing for years to establish a commission of historians to decide whether the mass killings of Armenians in 1915 by the Ottoman Empire should be defined as genocide. Turkish authorities also say that the country’s archives are open to researchers, accusing their counterparts in Armenia for failing to do the same.
Yektan Türkyılmaz, a historian focusing on collective violence who has worked in both Turkish and Armenian archives, discussed the validity of such claims with Ahval.
Stories from Turkey
Political repression and curtailed freedoms have earned Turkey a troubling reputation abroad in recent years. For generations of western artists and intellectuals in the 20th century, though, the country was a haven, and many congregated in Istanbul to lead a lifestyle of freedom, far from the Cold War repression of their own countries.
