Cleansing of Archives

[ardakilic]

Patriarch Mesrob II: I am shocked

23 March 2007
AGOS

Turkey Armenians Patriarch Mesrob II boiled over expression of Prof. Dr. Yusuf Halaçoğlu, head of Turkish History Institue (TTK) "If the documents Ara Sarafian wanted wre not in Ottoman Archives, they are in Patriarchy Archives. Let us search in there. Why are they avoiding to open?".

Patriarch Mesrob II stated: "He knows very well that CUP cabinet, in 10 August 1916, took the decision union of Akhtamar, Istanbul, Kozan and Jerusalem Patriarchies, appointed Jerusalem Patriarch Sahag Khabayan as Ottoman Armenian Catholicos. By this, Istanbul Patriarchy archive was sent to new center, Jerusalem. I wish those archives could be opened"

[SoSarkissian]

Got them, thanks ... boy a lot of translation has to be done

[ardakilic]

ardakilic, any documents? or web reference to that 1931 cleansing? i need to document it as fact-proof sheet, thanks.

You can start looking at this (in Turkish):

http://www.konya.gov.tr/byek/MAKALELER/osman/okka.htm

It is the official web site of Konya Hand-Writings Library Office, TR Cultural Affairs Ministry

http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar%C5%9Fiv

[SoSarkissian]

ardakilic, any documents? or web reference to that 1931 cleansing? i need to document it as fact-proof sheet, thanks.

[ardakilic]

And a fact about cleansing Ottoman archives:
In 1931, 30-50 tones Ottoman archive documents (about the number of 1.5 million) were sold to Bulgaria with the price of 3 kuruş 10 para (about 2 cent now!) per kilogram.

Source: Bulgaristan’daki Osmanlı Evrakı-İstanbul-Başbakanlığın Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, 1994-XXIII, 230 s-(T.C.Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü Osmanlı Arşivi Daire Başkanlığı)

Bulgaristan’a satılan evrak ve Cumhuriyet dönemi arşiv çalışmaları-Ankara:Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, 1993-XXXV, 604 s.-(T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Cumhuriyet Arşivi Daire Başkanlığı).

[1.5 million]

Yeah - "Hürriyet" - "Turkey to the Turks!" - here is your truth F head!

[Gavur]

You should ask your mother about that.

[1.5 million]

if my side is lies then why you believeing the lies of this newspapers.

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(I call the above a "post in kind" - same general level of content and level of effort as your typical useless post. You have said nothing to respond to and you have clearly refused to read the much documented evidence that supports our position....I am through wasting my time with idiot trash scum such as yourself)

[1.5 million]

You shouldnt believe medias all the time they not tell truths.

reference? Turkish Times?

Turanist - the evidence concerning Turkish guilt in the Armenian Genocide - commiting deeds of great barbarity - massacrs, outrages, brutal treatment of innocents, etc etc - is from a variety of eywitness sources and corroborated testimony...much comes form confessions and accounts in the memoirs of CUP officials - many of whom boast about their role in the killings...so please don't talk to us about not telling truth and of believing in falsehoods....look in the mirror my dim friend...look in that mirror...and in the meantime learn to read and read real history...don't be fooled by the lies (from your side...)

[Hovik]

HAHA, Never read these before. Wild! Anyway, great article by the "so-called" "terrorist" Taner Ackam. Very important information for anyone trying to understand the denial of the Genocide. It is so blatant and obvious, it makes you wonder how anyone can be SO RETARDED to not see it...

Thanks for the article Tongue!

Hovo