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Taner Akçam

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Altuğ Taner Akçam (born 1953) is a Turkish-German historian and sociologist. During the 1990s, he was the first Turkish scholar to acknowledge the Armenian genocide, and has written several books on the genocide, such as A Shameful Act (1999), From Empire to Republic: Turkish Nationalism and the Armenian Genocide (2004), The Young Turks' Crime Against Humanity (2012), and Killing Orders (2018). He is recognized as a "leading international authority" on the subject. Akçam's frequent participation in public debates on the legacy of the genocide have been compared to Theodor Adorno's role in postwar Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Taner Akçam is the 368th most popular historian (up from 395th in 2019), the 1,065th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,109th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Turkish Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Taner Akçam ranks 368 out of 561. Before him are Israel Gutman, Donald Kagan, Léon Poliakov, Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, Franz Babinger, and Mykhailo Maksymovych. After him are Khalifah ibn Khayyat, Benny Morris, Hugh Trevor-Roper, John Keegan, Jacob Talmon, and Leo Allatius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Taner Akçam ranks 280. Before him are Neda Arnerić, Mark Thatcher, José Bové, Robert Guédiguian, Bruce Kulick, and Lorenzo Serra Ferrer. After him are Malika Oufkir, Desi Arnaz Jr., Devi Shetty, Ho Ching, Patrick Doyle, and Pia Zadora.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Taner Akçam ranks 1,065 out of 1,347. Before him are Tevfik Fikret (1867), Agha Petros (1880), Hamit Kaplan (1934), Tarık Akan (1949), Vladimir Triandafillov (1894), and Arsacius of Tarsus (400). After him are Şemsettin Günaltay (1883), Afife Jale (1902), Zabel Sibil Asadour (1863), Anna of Trebizond, Queen of Georgia (1357), Alexander of Abonoteichus (105), and Arda Güler (2005).

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Among HISTORIANS In Türkiye

Among historians born in Türkiye, Taner Akçam ranks 23. Before him are Michael Attaleiates (1021), Matthew of Edessa (1100), Doukas (1400), Constantine Lascaris (1434), Halil İnalcık (1916), and Charles Barbier de Meynard (1826). After him are Cadmus of Miletus (-500), Constantine Paparrigopoulos (1815), Sirarpie Der Nersessian (1896), Cyril Mango (1928), and Soner Cagaptay (1970).

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