Mehmet Bora Perinçek (born 19 September 1978) is a Turkish

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, and

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Biography

Perinçek was born on 19 September 1978, in

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

, to Şule and

Doğu Perinçek Doğu Perinçek (; born 17 June 1942) is a Turkish politician, doctor of law and former communist revolutionary who has been chairman of the left-wing nationalist Patriotic Party since 2015. He was also a member of the Talat Pasha Committee, an ...

. He is fluent in English,

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, and

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Career

Scholar

Perinçek is most widely known for his work relating to the Turkish history, particularly around the 1900s to the 1950s. He work in relation to Ottoman and Turkish history relative to Russia is notable. He claims that "tens of thousands" of previously unknown

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

documents related to the

Armenian genocide The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily t ...

have been

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since the 1990s, citing examples from the

State Archive of the Russian Federation The State Archive of the Russian Federation (GARF) () is a large Russian state archive managed by Rosarkhiv (the Federal Archival Agency of Russia). It houses documents from the highest bodies of Russian authority, including: * some official ...

such as

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s from

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and A. Ioannisyan to

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Dzhugashvili; 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin, his death in 1953. He held power as General Secret ...

, a report from the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs to the

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, internal memos from Stalin to

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and

Georgy Chicherin Georgy Vasilyevich Chicherin (or Tchitcherin; ; 24 November 1872 – 7 July 1936) was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and a Soviet politician who served as the first People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs in the Soviet government from March 1918 ...

, as well as other documents. Elövset Ağalarov, a former independent Azeri MP, current director of

Azernashr Azernashr () is a major publishing house in Azerbaijan. It is the official state publishing house, based in Baku. Azerneshr started its operations in 1923. Within the period of existence, the publishing house produced tens of thousands of books o ...

, and personal friend of Perinçek, described him as a "very valuable researcher" to the Turkish people.

Writing

Perinçek published ''Армянский вопрос в 120 документах из российских государственных архивов'' (120 Documents in the Russian State Archives on the Armenian Question), a book about his research, in 2011. He is also known to write on the subject of politics.

Detention, arrest, and incarceration

Perinçek was detained for suspected links to the shadow organisation Ergenekon on 19 August 2011 and formally arrested during the early hours of 22 August 2011 by a ruling made by Istanbul's 12th High Criminal Court. He was incarcerated at

Silivri Prison Marmara Prison () or officially Marmara Penitentiaries Campus () formerly Silivri Prison is a supermax, high-security state correctional institution complex in the Silivri district of Istanbul Province in Turkey. Established in 2008, it is the c ...

; and on 5 August 2013 he was sentenced to six years in prison.

Today's Zaman ''Today's Zaman'' (Zaman is Turkish for 'time' or 'age') was an English-language daily newspaper based in Turkey. Established on 17 January 2007, it was the English-language edition of the Turkish daily '' Zaman.'' ''Today's Zaman'' included dom ...

, 5 August 2013,
Long sentences for Ergenekon suspects, life for ex-army chief
."

References

External links

Official site
(Turkish)

at ''Baku Today'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Perincek, Mehmet 1978 births Living people Academics from Istanbul 21st-century Turkish historians Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni People convicted in the Ergenekon trials