This book critically examines the global campaign to label the 1915 Ottoman relocation of Armenians as “genocide,” arguing that such a designation lacks both legal foundation and historical accuracy. Drawing upon primary academic sources, international law instruments, and archival documents, the study deconstructs the ideological mechanisms used to rewrite history through selective narratives and politicized memory.
The book argues that the portrayal of the 1915 events as “genocide” is a product of political lobbying, diaspora activism, and a growing trend of parliaments assuming judicial roles in historical controversies. Relying on the Genocide Convention of 1948, the principle of non-retroactivity, and the doctrine of legal positivism, the study finds that the events fail to meet the definitional threshold of genocide under international law.
Furthermore, the research explores how diaspora-driven narratives, coupled with terrorism and propaganda during the 20th century, have reshaped public memory and influenced parliamentary decisions in especially Western states. The misuse of legislative platforms to issue historically and legally non-binding declarations on “genocide” is identified as a distortion of both history and justice.
This book provides a legal, historical, and political refutation of the genocide allegations by examining both Turkish and Western scholarly perspectives. It offers a “lesson” in how history can be manipulated for ideological ends, emphasizing the importance of juridical processes, objective scholarship, and archival integrity in confronting such claims.
Keywords: Armenian genocide allegations, historical distortion, international law, diaspora politics, legal positivism, parliamentary overreach.