Killing Orders

Taner Akçam is Professor of History at Clark University, USA. His publications include The Young Turks’ Crime Against Humanity: The Armenian Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Ottoman Empire (2012), which was co-winner of the Middle East Studies Association’s Albert Hourani Book Award and one of ForeignAffairs.com’s ‘Best Books on the Middle East’.

• Preface.-  Introduction.- The Story and Authenticity of Naim Efendi and His Memoirs.- Even If the Memoirs Are Authentic, Could the Documents Still Be Forgeries?.- Subjects and Events Mentioned by Naim Efendi Corroborated in Ottoman Documents.- Appendix A.- Appendix B: Dr. Avedis Nakkashian’s Letter to Andonian.- Appendix C: Aram Andonian’s Letter to Mary Terzian.- Appendix D: Consul W. Rössler’s Letter to Dr. Lepsius.- Appendix E: Memorandum to the Lawyers of Soghomon Tehlirian.- Afterword.