Ottoman Empire

Why won’t Turkey acknowledge the Armenian genocide?

One can imagine struggling citizens on both sides of the Turkish-Armenian border, united in a plaintive cry: ‘Tear down this wall’

A Turkish scholar discusses the Armenian genocide

Taner Akçam is one of the few in his country to have tackled the topic

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A spiced-up TV show on a legendary Ottoman sultan divides Turkey

The soap opera is drawing viewers—and criticism from the religious conservatives as well as nationalists