Armenians of Aintab
Subtitle: The Economics of Genocide in an Ottoman Province
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2021
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780674247949
Subjects: Balkan peninsula, history
Description: "Ümit Kurt explores causes and effects of the Armenian genocide in his hometown of Gaziantep, Turkey. He finds that local gentry and ordinary Turks were heavily motivated by the prospect of financial gain as Armenians were dispossessed. Newly enriched Turks then financed the young republic, elevating themselves to the status of a political elite"--