I am,as a Turk,really sorry for the genocide

[Sip]

Re: I am,as a Turk,really sorry for the genocide

No I meant kill yourself. Seriously.

[BARIŞ]

Re: I am,as a Turk,really sorry for the genocide

Under the Young Turk Party in 1912, Armenians were allowed to join the Ottoman Army. Most Armenian adult males were in the Ottoman Army during WW1. They were then isolated and had their weapons taken away from them and sent to do grunt work for the Army. The Turks in 1914 confisgated any weapon owned by Armenians. No Armenian family was allowed to own a gun. That leaves the woman, children and elderly. Are these the people you're accusing of starting a rebellion with Turkey?

So could you tell me why Ottoman Empire waited for hundreds of years to kill Armenians?Turks in fact thought of Armenians an ally,but when Armenians,whether you accept or not,were disillusioned by Russia and France,this thought had to change.

[BARIŞ]

Re: I am,as a Turk,really sorry for the genocide

No I meant kill yourself. Seriously.

I should wait until Turks grow powerless and there appears a chance to kill many innocent people.Otherwise,I would disgrace the classic Armenian rebellions

[simonig]

Re: I am,as a Turk,really sorry for the genocide

In the past, the Ottomans were too busy trying to expanding their empire. They were killing other people at the time. When expanding outward. You tend to kill your bordering neighbors. It would not make sense to use their army to kill off people that are already living in Turkey. They did however take the first born male from every Armenian family. In the 1890's Sultan Abdul Hamid did kill over 200,000 Armenians and all this is documented in over 200 issues of the New York Times.

[BARIŞ]

Re: I am,as a Turk,really sorry for the genocide

In the past, the Ottomans were too busy trying to expand their empire. They were killing other people at the time. When expanding outward. You tend to kill your bordering neighbors. It would not make sense to use their army to kill off people that are already living in Turkey. They did however take the first born male from every Armenian family. In the 1890's Sultan Abdul Hamid did kill over 200,000 Armenians and all this is documented in over 200 issues of the New York Times.

What else nation other than Armenians was killed by Ottoman Empire?Those in Palestine were surely in better position when under Ottoman Emp.And you will probably agree that the situation in Middle East,most of which used to be governed by Ottoman Emp. is worse today than it was under Ottoman rule

[BARIŞ]

Re: I am,as a Turk,really sorry for the genocide

. They did however take the first born male from every Armenian family. .

I don't want to hurt you but this sounds like a tale

[simonig]

Re: I am,as a Turk,really sorry for the genocide

Like I said, what country in the world likes Turks. They would get a lot of respect if they were to just admit what they did in 1915.

[Sip]

Re: I am,as a Turk,really sorry for the genocide

What else nation other than Armenians was killed by Ottoman Empire?

You should talk to some Greeks and Kurds to start.

[Vagharshapat]

Re: I am,as a Turk,really sorry for the genocide

Barış Bey,
Your questions are at the level of a school child. Why didn't Ottomans massacre Armenians until 1915? Do you know any smart person who kills his servant who serves him? Armenians served Ottomans at a superior level for hundreds of years with their talents, skills, knowledge so why would Ottomans kill such useful people? But when they claimed independence and threatened the empire's sovereignty, Ottomans didnt hasitate to exterminate them. This wasnt a racist genocide but a pragmatic genocide. And Ottomans hadn't hesitated in the past to make these kind of massacres, they even slaughtered hundred thousands of Turkish Alevis in the Mid-Eastern Anatolia at the time of Yavuz Sultan Selim. Ottomans were very strict about dominance.

[Fedayeen]

Re: I am,as a Turk,really sorry for the genocide

This is really getting old...its like these people are on a mission or something...like j00 students durning crisis in middle east, that go around spreading pro-j00 bullsh!t