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  • #91
    Originally posted by TurQ
    and Hrant Dink asked him
    "How many people have survived the events and continued living in Turkey?"
    The historian responds "Around 500,000 survived" and the historian goes on
    "we dont want to talk about this because it will hurt our 1.5 Million Thesis "
    TurQ jan,

    Do you think it will make ANY DIFFERENCE really if the number of victims was 1.5 million or 1 million or even 500,000 ?? Do you think it will not be a Genocide if the number of Armenian victims were ONLY 500,000 ??

    If you think so, you obviously have no idea about the definition of Genocide !!
    The number of victims is an irrilevant issue when it comes to consider a Genocide, because according to the International Law ... Destruction in whole or in part of an ethnic or religous group is a Genocide !!

    So as you see, there is NO NUMBER or percentage condition in the Law !!

    With all due respect to Dink, but if he had said so really, then obviously he know nothing about the International Law either !

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    • #92
      some random thoughts...
      Turks THINK DINK only when it suits them.

      When told of Inernational law they helped to create
      They dissmis it as Sinternational law
      For their Kinternational audience.


      They claim they are Goot to Sixty Thousand
      After taking the Loot of over One Million.


      They are famous for saying
      We wont leave stone upon stone and heads upon shoulders of are enemies
      Well lately they have runout of heads to take off
      But they sure did a good job of taking stones off the stones of our cemetarys

      You see for these barbarians desecrating enemys head stones still gives um sick pleasure.
      "All truth passes through three stages:
      First, it is ridiculed;
      Second, it is violently opposed; and
      Third, it is accepted as self-evident."

      Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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      • #93
        Maral Jan

        Hrant tells us about his conversation with an American Armenian historian, and that particular Historian gives that number that being 500,000 left in Anatolia after 1915 events. In the other post I'll post the interview with him.
        (By the way Hrant does not say it wasnt a genocide, he says and openly uses the word Genocide(Soykirim) )

        Thats what I wanted to say, numbers for politics is disgusting for me . As a Muslim for me killing one innocent person is equivalent of killing all humanity.

        I just wanted to point out the existence of a number game that I dont really like it. Thats what I wanted to say, since I cant use any Turkish resouces in this forum I have cnveyed Hrant's words.

        Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat/Wa-itha alnnujoomu inkadarat
        Wa-itha aljibalu suyyirat/ Wa-itha alAAisharu AAuttilat
        Wa-itha alwuhooshu hushirat/ Wa-itha albiharu sujjirat
        Wa-itha alnnufoosu zuwwijat/Wa-itha almawoodatu su-ilat
        Bi-ayyi thanbin qutilat/ Wa-itha alssuhufu nushirat
        Wa-itha alssamao kuxxxxat/Wa-itha aljaheemu suAAAAirat
        Wa-itha aljannatu ozlifat/AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat
        Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi/ Aljawari alkunnasi
        Waallayli itha AAasAAasa/ Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa
        Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

        So if an innocent kid is killed it'll be judged regardless of her ethnicity or nationality. Thats what I firmly believe in.



        Originally posted by maral_m79
        TurQ jan,

        Do you think it will make ANY DIFFERENCE really if the number of victims was 1.5 million or 1 million or even 500,000 ?? Do you think it will not be a Genocide if the number of Armenian victims were ONLY 500,000 ??

        If you think so, you obviously have no idea about the definition of Genocide !!
        The number of victims is an irrilevant issue when it comes to consider a Genocide, because according to the International Law ... Destruction in whole or in part of an ethnic or religous group is a Genocide !!

        So as you see, there is NO NUMBER or percentage condition in the Law !!

        With all due respect to Dink, but if he had said so really, then obviously he know nothing about the International Law either !

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        • #94
          Armenians of Turkey(may be not all) openly use the word GEnocide and describe those events as Genocide.

          Obviously some of certain Diasporan's would prefer TUrkish Armenians in bad conditions rahter than in good, so they would bad mouth against Turks.
          Ethen Mahcupyan said few years back in France in a world wide Armenian gathering that the Diasporans are angry against Turkish Armenians because they still continue living in Turkey.

          And I dont remember saying that TUrkish Armenians actually think that it was not genocide. I have listened Agos publishers speaking to NPR saying that, it is an other genocide to press on genocide claims, and they dislike the position of diaspora Armenians using genocide for their politics. But the very same person said that the events were genocide according to them.


          So Turkish Armenians openly state their thought on this.
          Originally posted by 1.5 million

          And FYI Armenians living in Istanbul are my kin - how dare you accuse me of not caring about their welfare - I very much do care. I know that as a group they live with a great deal of anxiety and fear - of what the Turks might do to them if again aroused. I have seen and experienced their paranoia in this regard and experienced their distrust because of this. Yet I must repond to Turks all accross the internet making claims that Armenian of Istanbul don't consider that there was a Genocide - just want Diasporan Armenians to let it go - and have nothing but love for their fellow Turks. While I understand Armenians in Istanbul want to be able to live and prosper in their nation and want to be treated as others and are in fact Turkish citizens with commonalitie of interests and views and such - this does not mean they have forgotten - in fact they assuradly cannot forget - as Turkish culture forces the fact on them that they are "other" and are in fact a member of a race which is looked down upon and villianized. While this may not prevent oppurtunities or such at the present time - it certainly has done so in the past - and worse - and while Armenians in Istanbul may not openly call for or even acknowledge and interest in Genocide recognition or such - don't be such a fool to think that they are doing other then attempting to avoid persecution from Turks for doing so - and that their hearts feel otherwise.

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          • #95
            Here's the excerpt from Dink's interview with Nuriye Akman.
            I remebered it as 500,000 but actually in the interview it was said that 300,000 were left in Anatolia either saved or hidden etc..
            This number is for the ones that never left Anatolia, and this does not include the ones who returned back.

            Here is the whole interview with him in Turkish.



            1915 olayında üç yüz bin Ermeni’nin bazı Müslümanlar tarafından himaye altına alındığını, korunduğunu biliyoruz. Nerede bunların hikâyeleri?

            İnanılmaz gerçek hikâyeler var. Bu konuda tabii ki bir çalışma yok. Olması istenir mi, istenmez mi, o da ayrı bir soru.

            Tabii bu hikâyeler ortaya çıkarsa ortaya atılan bir buçuk milyon rakamı tehlikeye girecek değil mi?

            Sert Ermeni tarihçilerin kaygılarından biri bu. Bizzat bana bir tarihçi, karıştırmayın o işleri, bizim bir buçuk milyon rakamımıza halel getirir, dedi. Yani ‘bir buçuk milyonunu biz öldü kabul ediyoruz’ diyor. Oysa ölmediler. Ölmeyenler çok var. Ve benim için o kalanlar inanılmaz derecede önemli. Öldü, kayboldu sandıklarımız içerisinden bir kişinin izini dahi bulmak benim için bin tane parlamento kararından çok daha önemlidir. O dönemde ölmeyen, Müslüman ailelere dağıtılan, kaçırılan, alınan, korunan çocuk sayısının evet 300 bin olduğu söyleniyor.

            Bu aynı zamanda devlet ile milletin anlayış farkı.

            Evet farkı çok net gösteriyor. Özellikle kadınlar ve kızlar var o dönemden kalan. Anadolu’ya baktığınız zaman inanılmaz şekilde babaanne, anneanne öyküleri görürsünüz. Geçenlerde Bekir Coşkun kendi babaannesini yazdı. Ben de üç sene önce bu kadar aynı cümlelerle anlatılır mıymış bu olay, yazmıştım. Ve o kızlar, o kadınlar dedim, birer efsaneydiler, o evin birer dervişiydiler. Çok sevilirlerdi. Sakınılırlardı onlar. Onlar konuşmazdı; ama herkes onun ne dediğini anlardı. Böyle efsaneler var her evde. O kuşaklar kalmadı tabii. Ama onların varlığının farkına varan çocukları, torunları, genç kuşaklar yaşıyor.

            Yani ‘1915’i yeni bir açılımla konuşalım’ diyorsunuz.

            Evet. Ölenler üzerinden değil, kalanlar üzerinden konuşalım. Bir Sabiha Gökçen haberi yaptım, Türkiye üzerime geldi. O zaman şunu gördüm. Kalanlar üzerine konuşmak ölenler üzerine konuşmaktan daha zormuş. Ermeniler için de Türkler için de bu böyle.

            Eski Ermeni patriği ile eski Diyanet İşleri ........


            Originally posted by maral_m79
            TurQ jan,

            Do you think it will make ANY DIFFERENCE really if the number of victims was 1.5 million or 1 million or even 500,000 ?? Do you think it will not be a Genocide if the number of Armenian victims were ONLY 500,000 ??

            If you think so, you obviously have no idea about the definition of Genocide !!
            The number of victims is an irrilevant issue when it comes to consider a Genocide, because according to the International Law ... Destruction in whole or in part of an ethnic or religous group is a Genocide !!

            So as you see, there is NO NUMBER or percentage condition in the Law !!

            With all due respect to Dink, but if he had said so really, then obviously he know nothing about the International Law either !

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            • #96


              2nd part of the interview..

              [
              Türkiyeli bir Ermeni, Ermenistan’a gitse mutlu mu olur, mutsuz mu?

              Kendi adıma konuşayım. Ben Türkiye’de yaşamak isterim. Nereye gidersem gideyim, kökümün burası olduğunu unutamam. Dün bana Müslüman kimliğiyle öne çıkan bir kişi mesaj atmış. Nasıl dualar ediyor, “Gitme, kal. Beraber bu ülkede yaşayalım.” diyor.

              Ne cevap yazdınız?

              Benim eşim çok dindar. Ama ben dini ritüellerle o kadar haşır neşir değilim. Ona “Dua edin lütfen. Çünkü ben sizin duanıza güveniyorum, inanıyorum. Ben de gitmemek için dua ediyorum. Ama şimdi sizin bu yazınızdan sonra başka bir şey için dua edeceğim. Allah’ım benim gitmemi o kadar çok geciktirsin ki, gitmek zorunda bile kalsam giderken yolda öleyim ve bu toprakta kalayım. Gitmek nasip olmasın, buraya gömüleyim.” diye yazdım. Bu toprak benim, burası benim vatanım. Beni saksıya koyup başka yerde yaşatamazsınız. Saksıda bakımlı makımlı olurum; ama bir bitki olarak yüzüm Türkiye’ye dönük olur.

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              • #97


                Here is an article by Ethen Mahcupyan.
                Unfortunetly this is also in Turkish

                Ermeni tehciri, katliamı ve ardından gelen ‘soykırım’ çekişmesi bugünlere gelinme süreci içinde hem ‘Ermenileri’ hem de ‘Türkleri’ manevi açıdan bloke etmiş gözüküyor. Her iki toplum da tarihi kendi zenginliğinden ve içerdiği sayısız insani güzellikten sıyırmış; ideolojik bir kurguya, basitleştirici bir yüzeyselliğe rehin vermiş durumda. Tabii bu resmileşmiş ve kabuklaşmış tarih anlatıları birbirinin tam tersi doğrultuda. ‘Ermeniler’ geçmişte yaşananların soykırım olduğunda, ‘Türkler’ ise olmadığında ısrarlılar... Acaba bu kelimenin bu denli ön planda olmasının mantığı ne?

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                • #98
                  Here are more

                  Çok önemli dayanışma örnekleri de yaşanmış, çok hazin öyküler de var...
                  Ben halk hikmetine çok inanıyorum. Karslı olduğum için bölgede çok araştırmalar yaptım. Çok yaşlı insanlarla konuştum. Annemin ninesi Zeri Nine, ben 10 yaşındayken o 115 yaşındaydı. Çok net anlatırdı. Bizim oradaki köylerin çoğu Ermeni köyleridir. Biz Kürtler çok sonradan oralara yerleşmişiz. Cami boyalı, duvarları kazıdığınız zaman freskler çıkıyor. Zeri Nine şöyle anlatırdı: "Ermeni çeteleri geldiler, bizi samanlığa kapattılar, ateşe verip bırakıp gittiler." O dönemde bizimkiler Hamidiye
                  Alayları'na yardımcı olurlarmış. Bu olayı duyunca Kırmızı Köprü diye bilinen yere giderek pusu kurmuşlar. Sadece Ermeni komitacıları değil, sivil Ermenileri de öldürüyorlar. Zeri Nine bu kanlı misillemeyi de şöyle anlatırdı: "Öyle vurdular, öyle vurdular ki, şubat ayıydı. Cesetle dolan ve eksi 30 derecede donan Kars Çayı geri akmaya başladı." Biz de onlar da kesti demeye getiren anlatımlardı bunlar.















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                  • #99
                    Couldnt find the interview that he actually says that he asked an American Armenian historian about the number that survived the events.
                    Those interviews refer to it but are not as detailed as the interview that I was talking about..

                    Trying to find it..

                    Originally posted by Gavur
                    some random thoughts...
                    Turks THINK DINK only when it suits them.

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                    • Sort of related, by Ethen Mahcupyan




                      Uluslararası tarih araştırmacılarının deneyimlerinden hareketle bu alanda söylenebilecek olanı da şöylece özetlemek mümkün: Ermenistan’da tehcir ve sonrasına ait malzemeyi barındıran çok sayıda arşiv var. Kudüs’teki arşive girmek Patrikliğin iznine tabi ama tüm arşivler her iki kritere göre de açık. Ancak Taşnakların ABD’deki arşivinin sadece ‘makbul’ insanlar tarafından incelenmesine müsaade edilmekte. Diğer bir deyişle Taşnak yöneticilerin kafasındaki Ermeni tezini destekleyecek kişiler bu belgelerden tümüyle yararlanırken, diğerleri arşive giremiyor. Taşnakların hoşlanmadıkları türden sonuçların ne olduğunu ise tahmin edebiliriz... Tehcir esnasında Ermenilere yardım eden Müslümanların ve halen Türkiye’de yaşamakta olan dönmelerin ortaya çıkması. Çünkü bu gerçekler Türk milletini bir bütün olarak suçlamak ve ölmüş Ermeni sayısını abartmak isteyenleri rahatsız ediyor.

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