The Truth Will Set Us Free: Armenians and Turks Reconciled
by George Jerjian
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Author: George JerjianEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-08-21
ISBN: 0954459903
Number of pages: 109
Publisher: GJ Communications
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Book Review: Offers some respite in between all the soul-crushing books
Summary: 3 Stars
In this very short book George Jerjian, a British citizen of Armenian blood, implores Turks and Armenians to make peace.
He starts the book with the story of Cain and Abel, which he notes is also in the Koran). Next he recounts the story of his maternal grandmother, and her family's entanglements with the governor of Samsun and Sivas, Süleyman Necmi Selmen, who became "Prisoner Number 2812" upon being interned Malta.
Jerjian goes on to relate both the Armenian and Turkish perspectives, bolstering his case with selected incriminating quotes. They will be familiar to those who have read the literature but they should have been sourced.
Jerjian devotes the remainder of the book to presenting his dream solution (chiefly, admission of genocide and restitution), and explains the purported benefits (for example, regarding restitution: "If [governments] did not intend to invest in [a] part of the country, they were better off devolving it. The less territory a country had, the less their costs, which meant there was more money left over." See pg.75).
Thankfully the tone is not vituperative, but the logic is shaky at times. I appreciated the British Foreign Office document reproductions in the Appendix.
If Mr. Jerjian is planning a new edition, he might like to correct the spelling of the parenthetical Turkish translations, and not comparing Atatürk to Franco and Lenin if he wants his Turkish readers to pay full attention past page 70.
Summary of The Truth Will Set Us Free: Armenians and Turks Reconciled
This is a powerful combination of a touching family story, a compelling legal argument and a visionary olive branch solution to one of history's most intractable dilemmas. This book is a catalyst to ignite dialogue between Armenians and Turks. "Reconciliation can only take place when truth and truce are declared. What has happened cannot be undone, but we need not be prisoners of the past. The truth will set us -- Armenians and Turks -- free." The book shows that while the truth is not negotiable, the terms of reconciliation are. For nearly a hundred years the truth has been held hostage. In the final analysis, if Turks and Armenians cannot resolve this between themselves, no one else can. Now the truth may be rescued. Turks and Armenians need a new vision; a new vision to demolish the wall; a new vision for a new century.Armenia Books
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