"Understanding the ‘Other’: Whose ‘truth’ is Correct ?
Bulent OZDEMIR, Balikesir University
Tuesday , 15 January 2008
When I first came to the United States in 1994 as a graduate of history major to pursue an MA degree, I had been shocked many times in the first month that I faced with the same question, the Armenian genocide. I do not remember how many times the conversation with an American began with the movie called “Midnight Express”. Although I was a history major, I had almost no concept of genocide and had little knowledge about what happened to Armenians during WW I. Neither in the history books nor in the social memory and consciousness of Turkish people, the Armenian issue still do not occupy big importance. Even the bloody terrorist attacks on the Turkish diplomatic missions did not put the Armenian issue at the center of national discussion."
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