Killing orders: Talat Pasha's telegrams and the Armenian genocide
In: Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide
In: Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide Ser.
Intro -- About the Book -- A Note on Transliteration -- Key to Transcription and Pronunciation of Ottoman-Turkish Words and Names -- The Ottoman Provincial Hierarchy of Governors -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Facts, Truths, and Denial -- Krikor Guerguerian and His Archive -- The Encryption Method in the Document Matches Other Documents in the Archives -- Introduction -- Naim Efendi and His Memoirs -- The Story and Authenticity of Naim Efendi and His Memoirs -- How the Text Has Come Down to Us -- Where Are the Memoir and Document Originals Now? -- Challenges to the Authenticity of the Text -- The Three Fundamental Reservations about the Naim Efendi Memoirs -- Was There an Ottoman Official by the Name of Naim Efendi? -- The Ottoman Documents Bearing the Name "Naim Efendi" -- The Places that Naim Efendi Was Stationed and His Relationship with Andonian -- The Question of Naim Efendi's Personality and Character -- Even If the Memoirs Are Authentic, Could the Documents Still Be Forgeries? -- The Registry Notebook of the Interior Ministry's Cipher Office -- Cipher Telegrams and Coding Techniques -- Some General Observations on the Encrypting System -- The Question of Specific Periods for Encryption Methods -- The Evidence Offered as Proof of the Inauthenticity of Naim Efendi's Telegrams -- The Question of the Use of Lined Paper -- A Final Observation -- The Question of the Dates on the Documents and the Signatures of the Governor -- Do the Dates on the Documents Prove Their Forgery? -- The Signatures of Governor Mustafa Abdülhalik -- A Final Addendum to the Matter of Condemning the Documents -- Subjects and Events Mentioned by Naim Efendi Corroborated in Ottoman Documents -- Certain Armenians Being Sought -- The Case Sogomon [Soghomon] Kuyumjian -- Armenian Parliamentary Deputies and Their Relatives