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  • #21
    Originally posted by winoman
    True.

    A question (to ask yourself) and a coment (for you to think about):

    So who is to blame for this and why?

    and

    If history occured in a manner where somehow the Armenians and other Christian minorities of Anatolia were not killed and driven away (either by some sudden change of heart on the part of the Grinch or through some [miracalous] outside intervention of some sort) there would be no Turkey as we know it today.
    You are vindicating their logic with that last paragraph. That is the justification they've been using all along. We had to kill them because they would have killed us instead? With that sort of argument anything is permissible.

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    • #22
      Originally posted by nakharar
      You are vindicating their logic with that last paragraph. That is the justification they've been using all along. We had to kill them because they would have killed us instead? With that sort of argument anything is permissible.
      Not my point at all - where did I say that. What i am saying is that the creation of the Republic of Turkey - a nation that at its inception and for much of its history admits no ethnic deviation - was based upon and would not exist if it were not for the Genocide of Armenians and massacres and expulsions of Greeks and other Christians. If these things did not happen - that nation that would have formed after WWI would have been something other then the Republic of Turkey as we know it today - either this - or yes - perhaps there would have formed an Armenian nation and the Empire would have been divided - but this would have been the result of the Ottomans and the Turks demonstrated inability to govern these lands with anything approaching justice. Still - I think lacking at least an attempted Genocide of Armenians (which in part leads to a Sevres Treaty type solution to the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire) - I think it possible that the original vision of the enlightened wing of the CUP - of an egalitarian nation not based upon religeous-ethnic affiliation but on equal citizenship possibly would have come to pass - had a chance to do such - but the radical wing of the CUP - led by Enver, Talat, GoKalp and such - would never have let this come to pass as long as they controled the state apparatus and held power. I also think that the Muslim/Turkish population as a whole was (and still) has great difficulty accepting that they are not the conquering Turks who are entiled to the lands and toil of others - the population itself (as we can still see) is (and certainly was) perhaps not ready for such modern concepts - the killing of Armenians was in part a backlash by a people trying to hold onto ill-gotten gains and the vestiges of Empire - almost a slavery type of arrangement as you will - and certainly not ready for modern conepts of democracy and equal rights and treatment of minorities.

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      • #23
        winoman, you are however, basing your entire logic on the utter innocence of the Greek and Armenian minorities of NOT attempting any disruption of the nation-state of which they were to be a part...Turkish sovereign, out of the blue, decided to subdue Greeks and Armenians, just because they were EVIL????

        Where is your sense of rationality?

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        • #24
          No. Turks did not wake up one day, and said ''let's kill the Christians''! It was because of something called Pan-Turanism.

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          • #25
            Originally posted by loveataturk
            winoman, you are however, basing your entire logic on the utter innocence of the Greek and Armenian minorities of NOT attempting any disruption of the nation-state of which they were to be a part...Turkish sovereign, out of the blue, decided to subdue Greeks and Armenians, just because they were EVIL????

            Where is your sense of rationality?
            Yes - as a people - Armenians and Greeks (of Anatolia) are entirely innocent of these charges. I also contend that there were more Kurdish brigands running about the countryside disrupting things then either Armenian or Greek combined. So what do you say to this? Do you not understand that the charges against the Armenians were trumped up and intended to use as justification - by members of a corrupt and bloodthirsty CUP party - who were trying to cut out the (percieved) political competion - a typical post-revolutionary action. Did you know that the Dashnaks were supporters of the CUP for years - were entirely in league with them in their efforts to usurp the Sultan - and that they had given up revolutionary actions in 1908 with the initial ascendency of the CUP? Are you at all aware of these things?

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            • #26
              This is to you mr loveatatürk.As I said before you are doing a great mistake trying to dialog with the enemies.İt is very easy to understand them.they want turkey to break down with inside civil wars and they are hoping to take those lands from Kurds somehow.every night they are dreaming that they invaded mount Ağrı and Ani in their dreams.All of these guys are living in rich western countries far away from the realities of Turkish and Armenia Armenians.even if we give it to them none would come and live here.Why do they dont come and live in the mountains of armenia.they dont understand one thing .if you want to take eastern Turkey you will have to make a war with Turkey.if you can win you can get it.This is it.very simple.They are cowards.they want our Kurdish brothers to fight for them.they are crying and crying for hundred years .ı really cant understand what do they get even if all the world accepts that 100 years ago Ottomans killed and deported them.so what?history is full of similar wars.Besides Ottomans were a different country and had very different structure than todays modern Turkey.So my friend to be a civilised person or to be strong economically doesnt mean that we have to accept this bulls hit.there is no Turk as a race,turkey is a make up country,Those lands and no land belong to Turks so and so.okey then come and take it .we are witing you.super power Armenia. Hahahahahaha!!!!!

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              • #27
                okey then come and take it
                So be it.

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                • #28
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                  • #29
                    Originally posted by Siggie
                    Just a reminder people: Posting in languages other than English and Armenian is not allowed.
                    Loseyourname's tags excepted.
                    Plenipotentiary meow!

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                    • #30
                      Traitors

                      Originally posted by bell-the-cat
                      Loseyourname's tags excepted.
                      Ermeni itirafları: Düşmanların safında Türklere karşı 200 bin askerle savaştık

                      Süleyman DEMİRKAN

                      Prof. Dr. Türkkaya Ataöv, Ermenilerin sözde soykırım iddiasını temelden çürütecek iki önemli belgeyi ortaya çıkardı. Prof. Ataöv’ün ‘Adını verirsem derhal imha ederler’ dediği belgelerde, 1. Dünya Savaşı sırasında Türklere karşı, müttefik ordularının içinde 200 bin Ermeni’nin savaştığı itiraf ediliyor.

                      TANINMIŞ tarihçilerden Prof. Dr. Türkkaya Ataöv, Ermeniler’in ‘Sözde Soykırım İddiası’nı da temelden çürütecek, iki önemli belgeyi ortaya çıkardı. Bu iki belgede de Ermeniler, 1. Dünya Savaşı sırasında Türkler’e karşı, müttefik ordularının içinde 200 bin Ermeni’nin savaştığı itiraf ediliyor. Ermeniler’in ve destekçilerinin, tarihi gerçekleri çarpıtarak ortaya koydukları birçok yalanı, bilimsel olarak sağlam belgelerle ortaya koyan Prof. Dr. Ataöv, bu alandaki ‘son bombasını’ Hürriyet aracılığıyla Türk ve dünya kamuoyuna açıklamayı yeğledi. Ataöv, ‘Adını verirsem, Ermeniler derhal imha ederler veya ettirirler’ dediği, belgeli bir Ermeni kaynağında şöyle deniyor: ‘Cihan Savaşı’nda bağımsız birimler ya da müttefik saflarında 200 bin kişi ile savaştık...’ Ataöv’ün elde ettiği ikinci bir Ermeni kaynağında ise şu itiraf yer alıyor: ‘200 binden fazla Ermeni Birinci Dünya Savaşı’nda savaşmıştır.’ Ataöv, ‘200 bin rakamı çok ciddi bir rakam. Bu rakam, bugün Irak’ta savaşan ABD ordusundan en az 65 bin daha fazla’ dedi. Ataöv, bu konuda Hürriyet’e şunları söyledi:

                      AÇIKLARSAM YOK EDERLER

                      Bu iki önemli tarihi Ermeni Belgesini yabancı kütüphane ve arşivlerden ele geçirdim. Bir zorunluluk doğmadıkça; zorlukla bulduğum ve kopyalarını alabildiğim bu belgeleri nereden sağladığımı şu sırada açıkça belirtemem. Bunu açıklarsam; bu belgelerin bulundukları yerlerden anında yok edileceğine kesin gözüyle bakılabilir. Önemli olan bunların varlığı ve içeriği. Yanlış bilgi yaymayı ‘Görev’ sayan Ermeniler’le onların yandaşları 1915 yılında ve dolaylarında Ermeniler’in, ‘Zayıf, ürkek, iyi niyetli, barışçı, demokrat ruhlu, sivil yaşantılı, boynu kıldan ince, işinde ve gücünde, hakka ve hukuka inanan kişiler oldukları’ yorumunu yayıyorlar.

                      BAŞARDILAR

                      Geçmişte ve bugün kitle iletişim araçları böyle bir görüntüyü canlı tutma peşinde oldular. Bunda büyük ölçüde başarılı da oldular. Dünya parlamentolarının büyük çoğunluğu ve onlara önceleri oy veren sıradan ama kalabalık yığınlar, güvenilir hiçbir belgeye dayanmadan bu görüşteler.

                      BİLİM DIŞILAR

                      Örneğin, birkaç ay önce ABD Purdue Üniversitesi’nde Uluslararası Soykırım Bilginleri Birliği Başkanı Prof. Robert Nelson, benim de bulunduğum ve yanıtladığım (Son derece tek yanlı ve bilim dışı) konuşmasında, 1915 yılı Ermenilerini, ‘güçsüz ve suya sabuna karışmayan sivil bir halk’ olarak tanımladı.’

                      BELGE 1

                      Prof. Ataöv’ün verdiği bilgiye göre; Lozan Anlaşması’nın ABD Hükümeti’nce reddedilmesini sağlayabilmek için Ermeni kökenli Amerikan yurttaşları, ‘Lozan Anlaşması ve Kemalist Türkiye’ başlığı altında bir raporu Washington’daki en üst düzey resmi makama sundular. 1924’te de küçük bir kitap olarak yayımlandı. Belgede, Türkiye ve Türkler küçük düşürülmeye çalışılıyor. Ermeniler’in ise 1. Dünya Savaşı’nda tam 200 bin bağımsız birim ya da müttefikler safında çarpışan silahlı askerler sıfatıyla galip devletlere hizmet verdikleri anımsatılıyor.

                      BELGE 2

                      ‘Lozan Antlaşması, Türkiye ve Ermenistan’ başlığını taşıyan ve yine aynı çevrelerce hazırlanarak Washington yönetimine sunulan ve 1926’da da kitap olarak yayınlanan bu belgenin en son 143. sayfasında Türkler’e karşı savaşmış olan silahlı Ermeniler’in bu kez 200 binden de fazla olduğu, gayet açıkça ve rakamla belirtiliyor.

                      Belge notu

                      Prof. Dr. Türkkaya Ataöv Son derece önemli koleksiyondan, çok eski ve yıpranmış kitapların fotokopilerinin alınması yasaktı. Güvenlik örgütlerinin talimatları üzerine, oradaki görevliler, bu tür kitapları alanların fotoğraflarını çekiyorlar, kayıtlara geçiriyorlar. Bu belgelerin kopyalarını bu koşullar altında, çeşitli güçlüklerle almak zorunda kaldım. Oldukça heyecan vericiydi. Ama bu güçlüklerin ayrıntısına şimdilik girmiyorum.

                      Van’da kan dökmüşlerdir

                      Prof. Dr. Türkkaya Ataöv, Ermeniler’in kan döktüklerini şöyle örnekledi: ‘Aslında okuru ve karar verecek kişileri yanıltmak için ileri sürülen yanlış değerlendirmelerin aksine Ermeniler’in neden oldukları kan dökümünde komutan konumunda olan General G. Pasdermadjian, General G. Gorganian ve General Antranik Ozanyan gibilerinin anı kitapları ve açıklamaları, ayrıca A. H. Hacobian ve V. H. Kalenderian örneği yazarların kapsamlı incelemeleri, giderek G. Korganoff, C. L. Leese, R. Pinon, E. J. Robinson ve F.R. Sacatcherd’in başını çektiği yabancılar daha çok kitap ve makaleleri ile çok sayıda Ermeni’nin çatışmalara silahlı olarak katıldıklarına ilişkin çok ciddi ipuçları verdiler. Bunlar içinde kimileri tüm savaşın müttefiklerce kazanılmasını, silahlı Ermeniler’in katkısıyla açıklayan savlarda da bulunuyor. Pasdermadjian’ın 1919’da çıkardığı bir kitap daha başlığında, ‘Savaşın Kazanılmasında Temel Öge’ olarak, Ermenistan’ı gösteriyor.’

                      Pastermadjian’ın, ‘Ermenilerin Savaşta Rolü’ adlı önceki kitabında da (1918) aynı tezi savunduğunu belirten Ataöv, Kalenderian’ın ‘Asker Olarak Ermeniler’ adlı kitabında ise Ermeniler’i sivil değil, silahlı bir toplum ve büyük bir ordu görüntüsünde yansıttığını bildirdi.

                      Yukarıda sözünü ettiği diğer yabancıların da aynı görüşte olduklarını anlatan Ataöv, yayınlarında ‘Bizim müttefikimizdir. Savaşa katılmışlardır. Çıkarları bundadır. Van’da kan dökmüşlerdir’ gibi başlıklar attıklarını kaydetti.

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