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The Assyrians of Turkey : victims of major power policy / Salahi R. Sonyel.

By: Sonyel, Salahi Ramadan, 1932-Material type: TextTextSeries: Türk Tarih Kurumu yayınlarından. VII. dizi ; ; sa. 168.Publication details: Ankara : Turkish Historical Society, 2001. Description: viii, 226 p., [55] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9751612969Subject(s): Assyrians -- Turkey -- History | Chaldean Catholics -- Turkey -- History | Jacobites (Syrian Christians) -- Turkey -- History | World War, 1914-1918 -- Turkey | Turkey -- Politics and government -- 20th century | Turkey -- Foreign relations -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: History | History.LOC classification: DR435.S95 | S66 2001
Contents:
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.
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At head of title: Atatürk Supreme Council for Culture, Language and History.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.