SPECIAL ISSUE: Centenary of the Armenian Resettlement REVIEW OF ARMENIAN STUDIES A Biannual Journal of History, Politics and International Relations 31no: 2015 Sina AKŞİN Uluç GÜRKAN Tal BUENOS Birsen KARACA Sadi ÇAYCI Jean-Louis MATTEI Sevtap DEMİRCİ Armand SAĞ Maxime GAUIN Turgut Kerem TUNCEL Christopher GUNN BOOK REVIEW Michael M. GUNTER Jeremy SALT REVIEW OF ARMENIAN STUDIES A Biannual Journal of History, Politics and International Relations 2015, No: 31 EDITOR Ömer Engin LÜTEM MANAGING EDITOR Aslan Yavuz ŞİR EDITORIAL BOARD In Alphabetical Order Prof. Dr. Seçil KARAL AKGÜN Ömer E. LÜTEM (Ret. Ambassador) Prof. Dr. Hüseyin BAĞCI (Middle East Technical University) Prof. Dr. Nurşen MAZICI (Marmara University) Prof. Dr. Nedret KURAN BURÇOĞLU (Boğaziçi University) Prof. Dr. Nesib NESSİBLİ (Khazar University) Prof. Dr. Sadi ÇAYCI (Başkent University) Prof. Dr. Hikmet ÖZDEMİR (Political Scientist) Prof. Dr. Kemal ÇİÇEK (İpek University) Prof. Dr. Hüseyin PAZARCI Dr. Şükrü ELEKDAĞ Prof. Dr. Mehmet SARAY (Ret. Ambassador) (Historian) Prof. Dr. Temuçin Faik ERTAN Dr. Bilal N. ŞİMŞİR (Institute of History of Turkish Revolution) (Ret. Ambassador, Historian) Dr. Erdal İLTER Dr. Pulat TACAR (Historian) (Ret. Ambassador) Alev KILIÇ (Ret. Ambassador, Director of the Center for Eurasian Studies) ADVISORY BOARD In Alphabetical Order Ertuğrul APAKAN Dr. Ayten MUSTAFAYEVA (Ret. Ambassador) (Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences) Prof. Dr. Edward ERICKSON Jeremy SALT (Historian) Prof. Dr. Norman STONE Prof. Dr. Michael M. 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CONTENTS (İÇİNDEKİLER) Page Contributors...............................................................................................................................................5 (Yazarlar) Editorial Note.............................................................................................................................................9 (Editörün Notu) ARTICLES (MAKALELER) A General Appraisal of the Armenian Issue..........................................................................15 (Ermeni Meselesinin Genel Bir Değerlendirmesi) Prof. Dr. Sina AKŞİN Historiography and the Future of Multiculturalism in Europe: Perinçek v. Switzerland .................................................................................................................35 (Tarih Yazımı ve Avrupaʼda Çok-Kültürlülüğün Geleceği: Perinçek-İsviçre Davası) Tal BUENOS Lawfare Against Turkey: A Case Study On Armenian Claims On Insurgencies and Ottoman Counter-Measures During the First World War .....................................57 (Türkiyeʼye Karşı Hukuk Savaşı: Birinci Dünya Savaşı Sırasında Yaşanan Ayaklanmalar ve Osmanlı Devletinin Aldığı Karşı-Önlemler İle İlgili Ermeni İddiaları Üzerine Bir Vaka Analizi) CONTENTS Prof. Dr. Sadi ÇAYCI From Sevres to Lausanne: The Armenian Question (1920-23) ...................................65 (Sevrʼden Lozanʼa: Ermeni Sorunu (1920-23)) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevtap DEMİRCİ The Armenian Forced Relocation: Putting an End to Misleading Simplifications .......................................................................93 (Ermeni Zorunlu Göçü: Aldatıcı Basitleştirmelere Son Vermek) Maxime GAUIN The Rise and Fall of ASALA and Armenian Revolutionary Federation Terrorism ......................................................................................133 (ASALA ve EDF Terörizminin Ortaya Çıkışı ve Çöküşü) Assist. Prof. Dr. Christopher GUNN A Century Later: Towards Turkish-Armenian Rapprochement?................................153 (Yüzyıl Sonra: Türk-Ermeni Uzlaşmasına Doğru?) Prof. Dr. Michael M. GUNTER Review of Armenian Studies 3 No. 31, 2015 The Malta Tribunals......................................................................................................................181 (Malta Yargılamaları) Uluç GÜRKAN Armenian Terror During the Change in the Perception of and Reaction Towards Terrorism ...............................................................205 (Terör Algısının ve Teröre Karşı Verilen Tepkilerin Değişim Sürecinde Ermeni Terörü) Prof. Dr. Birsen KARACA Droshak Newspaper: A Newspaper That Openly Supported Terrorism.................223 (“Droşak” Gazetesi: Açık Açık Terörizmi Savunan Bir Organ) Prof. Dr. Jean-Louis MATTEI The Perfect Ethnocide: A Review of Bas Kromhoutʼs ʻDe Perfecte Genocideʼ...................................................243 (Mükemmel Etnosid: Bas Kromhout'un ʻMükemmel Soykırım' Yazısının Değerlendirmesi) Armand SAĞ A Look at the Perinçek v. Switzerland Case: Examination of a Lawsuit to Understand the Current State of the Armenian-Turkish Dispute And Prospective Developments .......................................293 (Perinçek-İsviçre Davasıʼna Bir Bakış: Ermeni-Türk İhtilafının Güncel ve Gelecekteki Olası Durumunun Anlaşılması için Bir Dava Analizi) Dr. Turgut Kerem TUNCEL BOOK REVIEW (KİTAP TAHLİLİ) A Lawyerʼs Blundering Foray Into History...........................................................................325 (Bir Hukukçunun Tarihe Karşı Kör Edici Saldırısı) Jeremy SALT Contributors Sina AKŞİN is a retired professor of history. He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law. He earned two master’s degrees on International Relations from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Boston. He earned his PhD degree from Istanbul University Faculty of Letters. He lectured in Robert College in 1961-1967. He served as a professor of history at Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences until his retirement in 2004. Akşin has many articles published in different newspapers and journals. He is also the author of several books including Turkey, from Empire to Revolutionary Republic: The Emergence of the Turkish Nation from 1789 to Present; Jön Türkler ve İttihat ve Terrakki (Young Turks and the Committee of Union and Progress) and Essays in Ottoman-Turkish Political History. Tal BUENOS is currently a PhD candidate in Political Science at the University of Utah. He has a Master's degree in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Jewish Philosophy from Tel Aviv University. Tal's main focus is on the relations between international politics and the genocide discourse. His research interests include American foreign policy, British imperialism, conflict between Armenians and Turks, international relations theory, multiculturalism, postcolonialism, and racism. Tal has published articles in Turkish and Israeli newspapers such as Daily Zaman, Hurriyet Daily News, Daily Sabah, and the Jerusalem Post. Sadi ÇAYCI is a professor of international law at Başkent University. He is also the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Law and the Director of the Baskent University Center for Strategic Research. He teaches courses on European Unon Law, National Security, Law of Rules of Engagement and Basic Legal Concepts. Previously, he served as a military judge (askeri hakim) in the Turkish Armed Forces (1975-2004), and Advisor of International Law at Ankara based think-tank Eurasia Strategic Research Center (ASAM) (2004-2008). Sevtap DEMİRCİ is a lecturer at Boğaziçi University Ataturk Institute. She graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Political Sciences and earned a master’s degree