Pierre Vermeren: "What hides the '' genocide '' trial carried out by Algiers and Erdogan in France"

Normalien, associate of history and professor at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, historian of contemporary Berber and Arab societies and author of numerous notable works, Pierre Vermeren has notably published

Le Choc des décolonisations.

From the Algerian War to the Arab Spring

(Odile Jacob, 2015),

French Denial.

Our secret history of Franco-Arab relations

(Albin Michel, 2019),

France in the land of Islam, colonial empire and 19th-20th century religions

(Tallandier, coll. "Texto", 2020) and, quite recently,

Le Maroc en 100 questions

(Tallandier, 2020, 352 p., € 16.90), acclaimed by critics.

“

Your ancestors killed a million Algerians.

Give accounts on that.

As for Turkey, there is nothing like it in its past (…).

Our hands are not stained with blood, yours are,

”Turkish President Erdogan said on February 8, 2021, in yet another vengeful speech addressed to President Macron and France.

In a few words is said the mechanics of genocidal imprecation:

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