223 Google Scholar ibid., The Armenian File. 932 Google Scholar Kamuran, Gürün, Ermeni Dosyasi ( Ankara, 1983), p. (no translator indicated) of revised and expanded original edition ( Istanbul, 1988), p. 673) Google Scholar ibid., The Armenians in History and the Armenian Question, English trans. 16, 38, 65, 74– 76 Google Scholar Esat, Uras, Tarihte Ermeniler ve Ermeni Meselesi ( Ankara, 1950), p. Google ScholarĢ Talat Paşanin Hatiralari, ed. Hovannisian, ed., The Armenian Genocide in Perspective ( New Brunswick, N.J., 1987), p. Google Scholar In a subsequent essay, he scorned the “increasing attempts to suborn the academy… The issue, then, is whether or not we wish to be menials, for at the very least scholars who spend their resources defending the honor of nation-states serve something other than truth.” Idem, “Introduction. There is a commonsense sound to the Turkish proposal… Turkey's denial of the Armenian disaster is backed by something larger than mere doubtḌ” Terrence, des Pres, “ On Governing Narratives: The Turkish-Armenian Case,” The Yale Review, 75 ( 10 1986), 518–19.
1 In an essay dealing with this issue, the late Terrence des Pres deplored the subservience of a growing number of academics to the lures and rewards of “power,” at the expense of “the integrity of knowledge.” He wondered whether the deliberate misuse of the maxim that “there are two sides to every issue” has not reduced it to “a gimmick” to undermine and distort, rather than to “foster truth.” He went on to state: “We are told no genocide took place but only a vague unfortunate mishap determined by imponderables like time and change, the hazards of war, uncertain demographics.
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