THE ARMENIAN QUESTION

‘This study is devoted to the investigation of the nature of the

‘’Armenian Question’’ whic erupted in the Ottoman Empire

during the 19th century.It was possible to approach this subject

from a number of viewpoints However,I decided that the

evalution of this phenomenon from the wiewpoint of international

relations would afford a beter framework for analyzing the complex set of events

which seemed to be interrelated and which were knows as the ‘’Armenian Question’’.

Consequently in the introduction I made a theoretical presentation of the approach to be used.

Then in the first chapter,I made a general analysis of the context in wich the Armenian File was

opened and attempte to place the subject of this study in a wider perspective. It became clear that

approaching this subject solely as an inernal problem of the Ottoman Empire and viewing the

Armenian movement only as a nationalist movement would be inadequate both historically and

theoretically.The analysis of the measures taken by Ottoman rulers and aimed at the internal

structure of the state clearly demonstrated that when the diagnosis is wrong,the proposed solutions

are doomed to remain ineffective.In the course of this study,we saw that the efforts of Ottomans

both towards modernization and towards ‘’becoming a nation’’ proved to be useless in overcoming

the countercultural opposition in the Armenians and in integrating them into the main social

structure.Thus,the Armenian Question emerges not only as a minority problem which concerned the

Ottomans, but as a problem of an international nature that concerned all nations which had

Aspirations and interests in the Middle East. . . ‘          (From the Conclusion to the book)