Rethinking the Turkish-Armenian War in the Caucasus: The Position of Ottoman Armenians

Abstract

This article analyses the Turkish–Armenian War in the Caucasus and its implications for the Ottoman Armenian community. After the signing of the Armistice of Mudros, the Ottoman Armenians established alliances with their Armenian compatriots in the Caucasus as well as the Greeks. When the Turkish–Armenian War erupted in 1920, the Ottoman Armenian community organized fundraising campaigns for the Armenian state. Benefiting from primary sources, including Armenian and Ottoman-Turkish newspapers of the period, this article focuses on the position of Ottoman Armenians during the Turkish–Armenian War, and in doing so contributes to the historiography on the Turkish–Armenian War.