Kurt ümit (56 resultados)

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Serie: War and Genocide, Libro 12 de 21. Libro 12 de 21 - War and Genocide
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Editorial: Berghahn Books, 2015
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Editorial: Berghahn Books, 2015
Serie: War and Genocide, Libro 12 de 21. Libro 12 de 21 - War and Genocide
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Editorial: Berghahn Books 11/21/2017, 2017
Serie: War and Genocide, Libro 12 de 21. Libro 12 de 21 - War and Genocide
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Paperback or Softback. Condición: New. The Spirit of the Laws: The Plunder of Wealth in the Armenian Genocide. Book.

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Editorial: Berghahn Books, GB, 2017
Serie: War and Genocide, Libro 12 de 21. Libro 12 de 21 - War and Genocide
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Paperback. Condición: New. Pertinent to contemporary demands for reparations from Turkey is the relationship between law and property in connection with the Armenian Genocide. This book examines the confiscation of Armenian properties during the genocide and subsequent attempts to retain seized Armenian wealth. Through the close… analysis of laws and treaties, it reveals that decrees issued during the genocide constitute central pillars of the Turkish system of property rights, retaining their legal validity, and although Turkey has acceded through international agreements to return Armenian properties, it continues to refuse to do so. The book demonstrates that genocides do not depend on the abolition of the legal system and elimination of rights, but that, on the contrary, the perpetrators of genocide manipulate the legal system to facilitate their plans.

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Editorial: Berghahn Books, 2017
Serie: War and Genocide, Libro 12 de 21. Libro 12 de 21 - War and Genocide
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Editorial: Istanbul: Siyaset Ekonomi ve Toplum Arastirmalari Vakfi, 2010., Istanbul:, 2010
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Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. ARAS, BULENT - SULE TOKTAS - UMIT KURT Arastirma merkezlerinin yukselisi. Turkiye'de dis politika ve ulusal guvenlik kulturu. Istanbul: Siyaset Ekonomi ve Toplum Arastirmalari Vakfi, 2010. Large 8vo., 184 p. Paperback. Very good ISBN: 9786054023097 CATALOG: Turcica KEYWORDS: National Security in…ternational relations Globalization Research Centers Politics Turkey.

Idioma: Inglés
Editorial: Berghahn Books, 2015
Serie: War and Genocide, Libro 12 de 21. Libro 12 de 21 - War and Genocide
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Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. A Turk's discovery that Armenians once thrived in his hometown leads to a groundbreaking investigation into the local dynamics of genocide.UEmit Kurt, born and raised in Gaziantep, Turkey, was astonished to learn that his hometown once had a large and active Armenian community. The Armenian…presence in Aintab, the city's name during the Ottoman period, had not only been destroyed-it had been replaced. To every appearance, Gaziantep was a typical Turkish city.Kurt digs into the details of the Armenian dispossession that produced the homogeneously Turkish city in which he grew up. In particular, he examines the population that gained from ethnic cleansing. Records of land confiscation and population transfer demonstrate just how much new wealth became available when the prosperous Armenians-who were active in manufacturing, agricultural production, and trade-were ejected. Although the official rationale for the removal of the Armenians was that the group posed a threat of rebellion, Kurt shows that the prospect of material gain was a key motivator of support for the Armenian genocide among the local Muslim gentry and the Turkish public. Those who benefited most-provincial elites, wealthy landowners, state officials, and merchants who accumulated Armenian capital-in turn financed the nationalist movement that brought the modern Turkish republic into being. The economic elite of Aintab was thus reconstituted along both ethnic and political lines.The Armenians of Aintab draws on primary sources from Armenian, Ottoman, Turkish, British, and French archives, as well as memoirs, personal papers, oral accounts, and newly discovered property-liquidation records. Together they provide an invaluable account of genocide at ground level. UEmit 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Editorial: Berghahn Books, Oxford, 2017
Serie: War and Genocide, Libro 12 de 21. Libro 12 de 21 - War and Genocide
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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Pertinent to contemporary demands for reparations from Turkey is the relationship between law and property in connection with the Armenian Genocide. This book examines the confiscation of Armenian properties during the genocide and subsequent attempts to retain seized Armenian wealth. Throug…h the close analysis of laws and treaties, it reveals that decrees issued during the genocide constitute central pillars of the Turkish system of property rights, retaining their legal validity, and although Turkey has acceded through international agreements to return Armenian properties, it continues to refuse to do so. The book demonstrates that genocides do not depend on the abolition of the legal system and elimination of rights, but that, on the contrary, the perpetrators of genocide manipulate the legal system to facilitate their plans. Pertinent to contemporary demands for reparations from Turkey is the relationship between law and property in connection with the Armenian Genocide. This book examines the confiscation of Armenian properties during the genocide and subsequent attempts to retain seized Armenian wealth. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Hardback. Condición: New. A Turk's discovery that Armenians once thrived in his hometown leads to a groundbreaking investigation into the local dynamics of genocide.UEmit Kurt, born and raised in Gaziantep, Turkey, was astonished to learn that his hometown once had a large and active Armenian community. The Armenian presence in…Aintab, the city's name during the Ottoman period, had not only been destroyed-it had been replaced. To every appearance, Gaziantep was a typical Turkish city.Kurt digs into the details of the Armenian dispossession that produced the homogeneously Turkish city in which he grew up. In particular, he examines the population that gained from ethnic cleansing. Records of land confiscation and population transfer demonstrate just how much new wealth became available when the prosperous Armenians-who were active in manufacturing, agricultural production, and trade-were ejected. Although the official rationale for the removal of the Armenians was that the group posed a threat of rebellion, Kurt shows that the prospect of material gain was a key motivator of support for the Armenian genocide among the local Muslim gentry and the Turkish public. Those who benefited most-provincial elites, wealthy landowners, state officials, and merchants who accumulated Armenian capital-in turn financed the nationalist movement that brought the modern Turkish republic into being. The economic elite of Aintab was thus reconstituted along both ethnic and political lines.The Armenians of Aintab draws on primary sources from Armenian, Ottoman, Turkish, British, and French archives, as well as memoirs, personal papers, oral accounts, and newly discovered property-liquidation records. Together they provide an invaluable account of genocide at ground level.

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Editorial: Istanbul: Iletisim Yayinlari, 2012., Istanbul:, 2012
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Soft cover. Condición: New. AKCAM, TANER - UMIT KURT Kanunlarin ruhu: Emval-i metruke kanunlarinda soykirimin izini surmek. Istanbul: Iletisim Yayinlari, 2012. 8vo., 272 p. tudy on the abandoned goods of the Armenians after the deportations of 1915. Paperback. New ISBN: 9789750511165 CATALOG: Armenica KEYWORDS: Armenian question… World War I Late Ottoman history Beni kolumdan tut, koyumden disari at, malimi mulkumu de sonra sat, bu hicbir vakitte caiz degildir. Bunu ne Osmanli vicdani kabul eder ne de kanun. -Ahmet Riza- Osmanli Ermenilerinin 1915'te yasadiklari buyuk felaket sadece insanlarin hayatlarina mal olmadi. Geride onlarin Anadolu'daki varliklarinin simgesi, kulturlerinin izi olan pek cok emlakin da kalmasina sebep oldu. Ermeni mallarinin ne olacagi, tehcire tabi tutulan Osmanli vatandaslarinin donup mallarini alip alamayacaklari tartismasi uzun yillar devam etti. Osmanli Imparatorlugu dagilip Turkiye Cumhuriyeti kuruldugunda da sorun yakiciligini koruyordu. Kanunlarin Ruhu, Osmanli'dan Cumhuriyet'e aktarilan emval-i metruke tartismasini bu konuda cikarilan kanunlar isiginda ele aliyor. Emval-i metrukelerin geri verilmemesi konusunda Osmanli'dan Cumhuriyet'e devredilen dirayetin izini suruyor. .'Ermenilerden kalan mallar kimlere paylastirildi, 'neler, kimler ne oldu' diye sorulsa, bu cok buyuk sarsinti yaratir. Cunku ulkeye belletilmis bir tarih cokecektir. Eger bu tarih yanlis anlatildiysa, o zaman baska seyler de yanlis anlatilmistir dusuncesi topluma yayilacaktir. Turkiye'de onemli bir donusum olacak. -Hrant Dink.

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Condición: New. 2021. Hardcover. . . . . .

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Editorial: Berghahn Books, 2017
Serie: War and Genocide, Libro 12 de 21. Libro 12 de 21 - War and Genocide
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Condición: New. Editors: Kurt, Ümit Translator: 183 pages.

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Condición: New. Editors: Translator: 215 pages.

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Editorial: Konya: Konya Il Kultur ve Turizm Mudurlugu, 2012., Konya:, 2012
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Hardcover. Condición: New. SARI, NIL - GULBUN MESARA - UMIT EMRAH KURT (Edited by) Konya'daki Selcuklu - Osmanli mimari eserleri ve bezemeleri. Ord. Prof. Dr. A. Suheyl Unver Nakishanesi yorumuyla. Nusret Colpan'in anisina. Konya: Konya Il Kultur ve Turizm Mudurlugu, 2012. 4to., 245 p., color ills. Original binding. New ISBN: 97…89755859750 CATALOG: Turkish & Islamic arts KEYWORDS: Seljuks Ottoman architecture Stoneware Anatolian civilizations Turkish architecture Ornament History of art Ornamentation - Decoration Calligraphy Calligrapher Tile.
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Editorial: Istanbul: Istanbul 2010 Avrupa Kultur Baskenti / IU Tip Fakultesi, 2011., Istanbul:, 2011
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Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. SARI, NIL - BURHAN AKGUN - UMIT EMRAH KURT Kurulusundan 1933 reformuna fotograflarla Darulfunun Tip Fakultesi. Istanbul: Istanbul 2010 Avrupa Kultur Baskenti / IU Tip Fakultesi, 2011. Oblong 4to., [4], 298 p., ills. Dedicated by the authors. Paperback. Near fine ISBN: CATALOG: Medical & Pharmaco…logy - Health & Fitness KEYWORDS: History of medicine Istanbul - Constantinople Corporate History Education.

Idioma: Inglés
Editorial: Berghahn Books, Oxford, 2017
Serie: War and Genocide, Libro 12 de 21. Libro 12 de 21 - War and Genocide
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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Pertinent to contemporary demands for reparations from Turkey is the relationship between law and property in connection with the Armenian Genocide. This book examines the confiscation of Armenian properties during the genocide and subsequent attempts to retain seized Armenian wealth. Throug…h the close analysis of laws and treaties, it reveals that decrees issued during the genocide constitute central pillars of the Turkish system of property rights, retaining their legal validity, and although Turkey has acceded through international agreements to return Armenian properties, it continues to refuse to do so. The book demonstrates that genocides do not depend on the abolition of the legal system and elimination of rights, but that, on the contrary, the perpetrators of genocide manipulate the legal system to facilitate their plans. Pertinent to contemporary demands for reparations from Turkey is the relationship between law and property in connection with the Armenian Genocide. This book examines the confiscation of Armenian properties during the genocide and subsequent attempts to retain seized Armenian wealth. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Condición: New. Editors: Kurt, Ümit; Gürpinar, Dogan Translator: 312 pages.

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Editorial: Istanbul 2010 Avrupa Kültür Baskenti Ajansi, Istanbul, 2010
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Soft cover. Condición: New. Paperback. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In English and Turkish. [xi], 279 p., color and b/w ills. Ottoman fountain ornamentation and miniature paintings.= Bezemeleri ve minyatürleri ile Osmanli çesmeleri. The exhibition was created by photographing more than 100 fountain decorations and ornamentations in Istanb…ul and reinterpreting them with the art of illumination and miniature by the workshop of 39 artists.

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Condición: New. UEmit 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.

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Serie: War and Genocide, Libro 12 de 21. Libro 12 de 21 - War and Genocide
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Paperback. Condición: New. Pertinent to contemporary demands for reparations from Turkey is the relationship between law and property in connection with the Armenian Genocide. This book examines the confiscation of Armenian properties during the genocide and subsequent attempts to retain seized Armenian wealth. Through the close… analysis of laws and treaties, it reveals that decrees issued during the genocide constitute central pillars of the Turkish system of property rights, retaining their legal validity, and although Turkey has acceded through international agreements to return Armenian properties, it continues to refuse to do so. The book demonstrates that genocides do not depend on the abolition of the legal system and elimination of rights, but that, on the contrary, the perpetrators of genocide manipulate the legal system to facilitate their plans.