LOS ANGELES, NOVEMBER 6, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Before a standing-room only audience at La Salle University (Philadelphia), Taner Akcam, the first scholar of Turkish origin to publish on the heretofore-taboo topic of the Armenian Genocide, explained the historical background and causes of the genocide. Dr. Cornelia Tsakiridou, an associate professor of philosophy at the university, explained that the idea of bringing Dr. Akcam there was to expose students to the historical arguments of the case and do so by inviting a prominent historian who has specialized on this subject. Akcam is an associate professor of history at Clark University in Worcester, Mass. Since 1990, he has focused his research on Turkish nationalism and the Armenian Genocide, with 11 books and numerous articles to his credit, starting with his first book, Turk Ulusal Kimligi ve Ermeni Sorunu (The Armenian Question and Turkish National Identity), published in 1992.

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