Taner Akcam 
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SOURCE: Clark University
1-17-18
Historian Taner Akçam’s new book includes "smoking gun" of Armenian Genocide
In his groundbreaking new book, “Killing Orders: Talat Pasha’s Telegrams and the Armenian Genocide,” due out in March, Clark University historian Taner Akçam destroys the Turkish government’s denial strategy.
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SOURCE: NYT
4-22-17
‘Sherlock Holmes of Armenian Genocide’ Uncovers Lost Evidence
Taner Akcam, a Turkish historian at Clark University in Worcester, Mass., who has studied the genocide for decades by piecing together documents from around the world to establish state complicity in the killings, says he has unearthed an original telegram that confirms authorities knew what was happening.
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SOURCE: Public Radio of Armenia
4-20-13
Historian Taner Akcam says Armenian border should be opened for normalization of relations
As the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide approaches, historian Taner Akcam suggests Turkey open its borders with Armenia as a step to normalize relations between the two countries. Talking to Today’s Zaman Akcam claims that the Armenian issue cannot be solved unless diplomatic ties are established.Akcam, who describes the 1915 events as “genocide,” says that Turkey should stop wasting its time with the argument that 1915 was not genocide “by exploiting people’s ignorance about this matter and creating an unnecessary debate.” He argues that 1.2 million Armenians were forced to relocate under the rule of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) during the Ottoman Empire.He also argues that thirst, hunger and diseases were among the main reasons for the deaths, but the groups that were forced to migrate were intentionally led to take the longer routes and were not provided water and food during their journey....
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SOURCE: The Nation
3-13-13
Holly Case: Review of Taner Akcam's "The Young Turks' Crime Against Humanity"
Holly Case teaches history at Cornell University.
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