Sonyel, Salahi Ramadan,  1932- <br/><br/>
The Assyrians of Turkey :  victims of major power policy / 
Salahi R. Sonyel. 
 - Ankara :  Turkish Historical Society,  2001. 
 - viii, 226 p., [55] p. of plates :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Turkish Historical Society publications. Serial VII ;  no. 168 .
 - Türk Tarih Kurumu yayınlarından.  VII. dizi ;  sa. 168. .
<br/><br/> At head of title: Atatürk Supreme Council for Culture, Language and History. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The Assyrians : Who are the Assyrians? ; The religion of modern Assyrians ; Population statistics -- Assyrians under the Turks (up to 1876) : Their community organisation ; Influence of missionaries ; Conflict between the Assyrians and the Kurds ; Assyrians under French and British protection ; The Ottoman commissioner’s report ; Christian creeds in conflict ; Mar Shimoun’s escape ; Schism among the Chaldeans ; Nestorians favor the Ottoman government ; The Crimean War ; Assyrians as pawns of Britain and France ; Assyrian intrigues with Russia ; Assyrians sign an agreement with the Ottoman government ; Assyrian refusal to implement the agreement ; The insubordination of the Assyrians continues --^ The reign of Abdulhamit II, the Young Turks, and the Assyrians (1876-1914) : The Turco-Russian war and the Assyrians ; Assyrians under European protection ; Nestorians’ new intrigues with Russia ; British missionaries on the scene again ; New Russian intrigues ; The Kurdo-Assyrian conflict -- Assyrians and the destruction of the Ottoman Empire (1914-1918) : The outbreak of the Great War ; Assyrians join the Russian forces ; Assyrian atrocities ; Assyrians declare war on Turkey ; The collapse of Russia ; Britain exploits the Assyrian levies ; Assyrian excesses ; The assassination of Patriarch Mar Shimoun ; Armeno-Assyrian collaboration ; British intrigues with Armenians ; Advance of the Turkish army --^ Assyrians and the war for Turkey’s liberation (1919-23) : Assyrians appeal to the Peace Conference of Paris ; The claims of Patriarch Paulus Mar Shimoun ; Assyrians sectarianism resurfaces ; Assyrians as pawns in Anglo-French intrigues ; Assyrian-Kurdish relations ; Death of Mar Shimoun and resettlement of the Assyrians ; Dissension among the Assyrians ; Assyrian resettlement schemes ; Agha Petros, the arch-intriguer ; The establishment of the Kingdom of Iraq ; Britain recruits Assyrian levies ; Assyrians demand autonomy ; Assyrians as pawns of Western super powers ; Assyrians and the Lausanne Conference ; Agha Petros and the Turkish Delegation ; The Mosul question and the Assyrians -- The final phase : British betrayal ; The Assyrian rebellion ; British promises unfulfilled ; Assyrians and the Republic of Turkey. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9751612969 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002-331688^ 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Assyrians--History.--Turkey<br/>Chaldean Catholics--History.--Turkey<br/>Jacobites (Syrian Christians)--History.--Turkey<br/>World War, 1914-1918--Turkey
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Turkey--Politics and government--20th century.<br/>Turkey--Foreign relations--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History<br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DR435.S95  / S66 2001