Re: Bloody Turk!
The CUP was the party that personally conducted all the illegal, cover operations to genocide the Armenians. They formed brigades out of criminals released from prison for their so called "Special Operations". The lines of communication between this criminal force and the army were neatly divided, because had the army conducted the so called "Deportations" of the armenians, we would've been clothed, fed and sheltered. Instead, the civil authorities were given the command to round us up and carry our caravan to the provincial border to meet up with the next province's escort team. Most of the time, this escort team was none other than these criminal brigades, which stripped the Armenians naked, brutally killed the old men, raped the young women, fed nobody... if anyone from the caravans reached Der Zor (one of the final destinations for the Armenians under the CUP's "deportation" plan, it was nothing short of a miracle. If anyone survived at Der Zor (as the conditions there were equally hopeless), there are no words to explain how much they've defied the laws of nature, of negligence and brutality.
Your wonderful CUP, Enver, Talat and Cemal made a mockery, a disgrace of your government and efforts of addressing the social problems with the Christian minorities of Turkey. They managed to create a fabricated line of history for all the Turks in future generations to eat up as truth concerning their treatment of the "Armenian Question". We cannot face the past together with Turks until we all recognize ths together.
I recommend you check out the book "A Shameful Act" by Taner Akcam, a Turk who recognizes this reality and knows that history will just repeat itself if we don't face the truth and the horror of what happened. Germans today recognize the Holocaust and all its grim details, but Turkey is almost 100 years behind in facing its horrendous crimes.
In exchange, you may recommend any Turkish denialist author for me and I will read him, compare his book with Akcam's and send you back my comments.
The CUP was the party that personally conducted all the illegal, cover operations to genocide the Armenians. They formed brigades out of criminals released from prison for their so called "Special Operations". The lines of communication between this criminal force and the army were neatly divided, because had the army conducted the so called "Deportations" of the armenians, we would've been clothed, fed and sheltered. Instead, the civil authorities were given the command to round us up and carry our caravan to the provincial border to meet up with the next province's escort team. Most of the time, this escort team was none other than these criminal brigades, which stripped the Armenians naked, brutally killed the old men, raped the young women, fed nobody... if anyone from the caravans reached Der Zor (one of the final destinations for the Armenians under the CUP's "deportation" plan, it was nothing short of a miracle. If anyone survived at Der Zor (as the conditions there were equally hopeless), there are no words to explain how much they've defied the laws of nature, of negligence and brutality.
Your wonderful CUP, Enver, Talat and Cemal made a mockery, a disgrace of your government and efforts of addressing the social problems with the Christian minorities of Turkey. They managed to create a fabricated line of history for all the Turks in future generations to eat up as truth concerning their treatment of the "Armenian Question". We cannot face the past together with Turks until we all recognize ths together.
I recommend you check out the book "A Shameful Act" by Taner Akcam, a Turk who recognizes this reality and knows that history will just repeat itself if we don't face the truth and the horror of what happened. Germans today recognize the Holocaust and all its grim details, but Turkey is almost 100 years behind in facing its horrendous crimes.
In exchange, you may recommend any Turkish denialist author for me and I will read him, compare his book with Akcam's and send you back my comments.
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