Talin Suciyan - Böcker

This reader brings to light newly discovered archival material compiled by the Soviet Consulate in Istanbul. The book reveals the lives and experience of Armenians in Turkey in the 1940s, with a particular focus on the process of emigration to Soviet Armenia. The accounts, translated for the first time into English, are comprised of Soviet officials’ reports and first-hand testimony by survivors of their lives during the post-genocide period, making this an invaluable new contribution to the existing collections of Armenian survival testimonies. Placing the archival records on emigration in the context of both life in post-genocide Turkey and the ‘repatriation’ (nergakht) project in the Armenian Diaspora, this book, which also includes the original Russian documents, will be a useful resource for researchers and students of Armenian and Turkish history.

This reader brings to light newly discovered archival material compiled by the Soviet Consulate in Istanbul. The book reveals the lives and experience of Armenians in Turkey in the 1940s, with a particular focus on the process of emigration to Soviet Armenia. The accounts, translated for the first time into English, are comprised of Soviet officials’ reports and first-hand testimony by survivors of their lives during the post-genocide period, making this an invaluable new contribution to the existing collections of Armenian survival testimonies. Placing the archival records on emigration in the context of both life in post-genocide Turkey and the ‘repatriation’ (nergakht) project in the Armenian Diaspora, this book, which also includes the original Russian documents, will be a useful resource for researchers and students of Armenian and Turkish history.

This book focuses on the most promising and progressive period of the Ottoman 19th century, namely the Tanzimat era, by putting the Archives of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople (APC) of the 19th century and the Ottoman provinces at its center. While the multiethnic and multicultural character of the Ottoman Empire is often underscored in the historical record, sources from many of these groups—Arabs, Armenians, Alewites, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Circassians, Ezidis, Jews, Kurds, Nestorians, Rums, Turks and Zazas of the Empire—are rarely used, if not outright omitted. In this study, Suciyan uncovers and analyzes rich archival material to show that these groups were neither autonomous nor separate, but rather an integral part of all aspects of Ottoman life, and accounts of their lives are vital to an accurate historical representation of the Tanzimat era. The documents Suciyan utilizes include personal and collective petitions, interrogation records, medical reports, orders of the Patriarchate, and regional reports of the local administrations and clerics.Through her extensive research into the APC, Suciyan sheds much-needed light on the lives of peasants and the destitute, endangered and empowered women, and disabled and imprisoned people. She gives voice to those who were vulnerable, disadvantaged, and otherwise repressed, enabling their stories to be added to a more rightful history. In reassessing the Tanzimat period in this way, "Either Save Us from This Misery or Order Our Death" makes a substantial contribution to the field of Ottoman diplomatics, making a persuasive case for a more inclusive Ottoman history.

The history of Tanzimat in the Ottoman Empire has largely been narrated as a unique period of equality, reform, and progress, often framing it as the backdrop to modern Turkey. Inspired by Walter Benjamin’s exhortation to study the oppressed to understand the rule and the ruler, Talin Suciyan reexamines this era from the perspective of the Armenians. In exploring the temporal and territorial differences between the Ottoman capital and the provinces, Suciyan brings the unheard voices of Armenians into the present. Drawing upon the rich archival materials in both the Archives of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Ottoman Archives, Suciyan uses these to show the integral role Armenians played in all aspects of Ottoman life and argues that accounts of their lives are vital to documents representation of the Tanzimat era. In shedding much needed light on the lives of those who were vulnerable, disadvantaged, and otherwise oppressed, Suciyan takes a significant step toward a more inclusive Ottoman history.

After the Armenian genocide of 1915, in which over a million Armenians died, thousands of Armenians lived and worked in the Turkish state alongside those who had persecuted their communities. Living in the context of pervasive denial, how did Armenians remaining in Turkey record their own history? Here, Talin Suciyan explores the life experienced by these Armenian communities as Turkey's modernisation project of the twentieth century gathered pace. Suciyan achieves this through analysis of remarkable new primary material: Turkish state archives, minutes of the Armenian National Assembly, a kaleidoscopic series of personal diaries, memoirs and oral histories, various Armenian periodicals such as newspapers, yearbooks and magazines, as well as statutes and laws which led to the continuing persecution of Armenians. The first history of its kind, The Armenians in Modern Turkey is a fresh contribution to the history of modern Turkey and the Armenian experience there.

After the Armenian genocide of 1915, in which over a million Armenians died, thousands of Armenian-Turks lived and worked in the Turkish state alongside those who had persecuted their communities. Living under heavy censorship, and in an atmosphere of official denial that the deaths were a genocide, how did Turkish Armenians record their own history? Here, Talin Suciyan explores the life experienced by Turkey's Armenian communities as Turkey's great modernisation project of the 20th century gathered pace.Suciyan achieves this through analysis of remarkable new primary material: Turkish state archives, minutes of the Armenian National Assembly, a kaleidoscopic series of personal diaries, memoirs and oral histories, various Armenian periodicals such as newspapers, yearbooks and magazines, as well as statutes and laws which led to the continuing persecution of Armenians. The first history of its kind, The Armenians in Modern Turkey is a fresh contribution to the history of modern Turkey and the Armenian experience there.

Talin Suciyan stellt eine andere Geschichte der Türkei vor, eine Geschichte, in deren Zentrum die Überlebenden des Völkermordes an den Armenierinnen und Armeniern im Jahre 1915 sowie deren Nachfahren und ihre Quellen stehen. Suciyan hat erstmals die Veröffentlichungen des Istanbuler Patriarchates, zahlreiche armenischsprachige Zeitschriften, Jahrbücher und weitere schriftliche Primärquellen sowie eigene Interviews mit Quellen aus türkischen staatlichen Archiven zusammengebracht und wissenschaftlich ausgewertet. Anhand dieses umfangreichen Materials zeigt sie, dass der Alltag der armenischen Community wie der gesamten türkischen Gesellschaft geprägt ist von der permanenten Leugnung des Völkermordes, die den türkischen Staat vor, aber auch nach der Gründung der Republik auf allen Ebenen durchzieht. Welche Art von Gesellschaft hat sich so in den letzten hundert Jahren gebildet? Und wie haben Überlebende und Nachkommen in dieser Leugnungsgesellschaft gelebt? Talin Suciyan wurde 2015 an der Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität in München zur Dr. phil. promoviert und hat sich dort im November 2019 habilitiert. Am dortigen Institut für den Nahen und Mittleren Osten ist sie derzeit (Frühjahr 2021) als Akademische Oberrätin auf Zeit und Privatdozentin tätig. "Mit vielen Beispielen aus dem Alltag zeichnet Suciyan nach, was das bedeutet hat: Razzien, die Enteignung von Immobilien der Gemeinde, die Entführung schulpflichtiger Mädchen, die willkürlich praktizierte Wehrpflicht für die Mitglieder der Minderheiten, das Verbot von Armenischen Publikationen. [...] Das Ziel war: Die Armenier sollten assimiliert werden oder das Land verlassen. [...] Talin Suciyan zeigt in ihrer weit ausholenden Studie, wie die Armenier trotz antiarmenischer Kampagnen überleben konnten und überlebten."Rainer Hermann, "Wie soll man in so einem Land leben können?" (FAZ, 8. April 2016)

ENGAfter the Armenian genocide of 1915, in which over a million Armenians died, thousands of Armenian-Turks lived and worked in the Turkish state alongside those who had persecuted their communities. Talin Suciyan explores the life experienced by Turkey's Armenian communities as Turkey's great modernisation project of the 20th century gathered pace.Suciyan achieves this through analysis of remarkable new primary material: Turkish state archives, minutes of the Armenian National Assembly, a kaleidoscopic series of personal diaries, memoirs and oral histories, various Armenian periodicals such as newspapers, yearbooks and magazines, as well as statutes and laws which led to the continuing persecution of Armenians.RUSПосле геноцида 1915 года, в ходе которого погибло более миллиона армян, тысячи турецких армян продолжали жить и работать в турецком государстве рядом со своими преследователями. Талин Суджян исследует жизнь армянских общин на фоне набирающего обороты великого проекта турецкой модернизации. В своей работе Суджян обращается к турецким государственным архивам, протоколам Армянского национального собрания, калейдоскопической серии личных дневников, мемуаров и устных историй, армянским периодическим изданиям, а также законам, которые привели к продолжению преследований армян.