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Sometimes historians' reflexes to "undo" a public narrative regarding a subject take them too far in the other direction. Mongols were neither demons who wrecked the world, nor wise, benevolent

Here's something that bothers me. I think it's great that many Turkish colleagues are coming forward about their journeys of enlightenment, and their experiences, regarding the Armenian genocide. I hope

On #Chora and its conversion to a mosque, beyond the technical issues about preservation, a point I have been insistently making on the creation of the modern #Turkish identity and