The Assyrians Of Turkey Victims Of Major Power Policy
Türk Tarih Kurumu
Abbreviations Note on the Turkish Alphabet and names Preface Chapter 1 The Assyrians Who are the Assyrians The religion of modern Assyrians Population Statistics Chapter 2 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 favour 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 Chapter 3 The reign of Abdülhamit II the Young Turks and the Assyrians 1876 1914 The Turco Russian war and the Assyrians Assyrians under European protection Nestorians new intrigues with the Russians British Missionaries on the scene again New Russian intrigues The Kurdo Assyrian conflict Chapter 4 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 Chapter 5 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 Assyrian 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 Chapter 6 The Final Phase British betrayal The Assyrian rebellion British promises unfulfilled Assyrians and the Republic of Turkey Conclusion Sources Index
