
Talin Suciyan, author of Outcasting Armenians: Tanzimat of the Provinces was interviewed by Ari Barbalat on the New Books Network.
Summary: The history of Tanzimat in the Ottoman Empire has largely been narrated as a unique period of equality, reform, and progress, often framing it as the backdrop to modern Turkey. Inspired by Walter Benjamin’s exhortation to study the oppressed to understand the rule and the ruler, Talin Suciyan reexamines this era from the perspective of the Armenians.