Armenian Reporter: Taner Akcam

Prof. Taner Akcam.

Taner Akcam

Taner Akçam is associate professor; Robert Aram and Marianne Kaloosdian and Stephen and Marion Mugar Chair in Armenian Genocide Studies, at th Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University. Born in Ardahan province, Turkey, in 1953, Taner Akçam is the author of ten scholarly works of history and sociology, including A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility, as well as numerous articles in Turkish, German, and English.

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Taner Akçam: The decision will be made by politicians, not historians

Sep 15, 2009: In an interview with Turkey’s "Taraf" daily, Professor Taner Akcam discusses the agreement initialed by Armenia and Turkey on the normalization of bilateral relations. He rejects the notion that a commission could determine whether the events of 1915 constituted genocide – a matter that is settled. more...

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Armenia, diaspora, and facing history

Nov 28, 2008: The scholar Taner Akçam, in an essay first published in Turkey’s Taraf, argues against the view that “good neighbor” Armenia and the “bad” diaspora have opposing views on the Armenian Genocide. “Armenians everywhere agree that what occurred in 1915 was genocide and they feel that it needs to be acknowledged by Turkey,” he writes. There are, however, differences among Armenians (wherever they may live) in what acknowledgement should entail. Mr. Akçam writes that Turks must figure out whether Turkey will make a grudging apology like Japan did after the Second World War, fully embrace its history and restore the dignity of the victims through reparations like Germany did, or something in between. more...

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Taner Akçam: The decision will be made by politicians, not historians

Armenia, diaspora, and facing history

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