Armenian approach towards Turks needs to Change

[TETurkhan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3s7r6qM87c&mode=related&search=

The other day I came by a video of Hrant Dink. In 5 minutes of watching that video did more to make me think about this issue than anything I had come across before. Why? The man's approach. He was careful not to offend. He appealed to the humanity in Turks. Even if you disagreed with him, you could respect his position fore he held no animosity towards Turks and you could see this clearly.

My father had a negative impression of this man and felt he was murdered because he wanted to split Turkey apart. This was the information he was given. However, I showed him the video and his eyes watered and he got emotional. He said the man was a good person and walked away not to show how touched he was. My father is a very proud man and loves his country and yet Hrant's approach, manner of tackling this issue got to him.

If ever there is to be reconciliation between Turks and Armenians then taking the approach of Hrant Dink is the key. I regret his death, and I regret that a 17 year old Turk whose pride for his people was turned into a hatred for another. Hate breeds hate.

[tamara48]

Re: Armenian approach towards Turks needs to Change

It is Turkish.How will they-who doesn't know turkish-understand this video?i mean please try to find ivideos which has international language please.

[bluewolf]

Re: Armenian approach towards Turks needs to Change

look!!!armenian stupid gays.You didn't understand history and you will not anytime.Because you are miserable and you are cursed race!!


TANRI TÜRK'Ü KORUSUN VE YÜCELTSİN!!!
TÜRK'ÜN LANETİ ÜZERİNİZE OLSUN!

[Կարմիր Բ]

Re: Armenian approach towards Turks needs to Change

look!!!armenian stupid gays.You didn't understand history and you will not anytime.Because you are miserable and you are cursed race!!


TANRI TÜRK'Ü KORUSUN VE YÜCELTSİN!!!
TÜRK'ÜN LANETİ ÜZERİNİZE OLSUN!

I curse that you die like a pig

[Crimson Glow]

Re: Armenian approach towards Turks needs to Change

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3s7r...elated&search=

My father had a negative impression of this man and felt he was murdered because he wanted to split Turkey apart. This was the information he was given. However, I showed him the video and his eyes watered and he got emotional. He said the man was a good person and walked away not to show how touched he was. My father is a very proud man and loves his country and yet Hrant's approach, manner of tackling this issue got to him.

And yet, Hrant's approach got him killed. I'm glad your father was touched by what he saw, and judged Hrant by his actual intentions in the end. However, as his murder is a testament to, this by no means indicates that Turks in general are more accepting to his approach than the more vehement ones. In Turkish nationalist's eyes, any mention of Armenian massacres is considered an enraging insult, and invokes hostility. The "angry Armenia" reaction you so often see is an emotional response to the "angry Turkish" denial. Attitudes are contagious, and the anger on both sides has quickly spread and enveloped the masses.

You need look no further than these forums to find out why Armenians are up in arms (no pun intended) about the genocide. Almost everyday, 1 or more Turks post their carbon copy lists of "evidence" that the genocide is a "lie". Everyday, the Armenian members have to keep refuting these same, weak attempts at discrediting their side. Obviously, they're eventually going to get tired of the repetitive arguments, and simply say "get out of here you (inter explicit language here)", which makes many of these Turks feel they "won" because "Armenians have no answer for my comments/questions!" when in reality, this is not the case at all. The comments/questions have been addressed dozens of times over.

Unfortunately, there is no good approach to this subject matter. Turks are too angered by being accused of the crime, and Armenians are too hurt by the decades of its denial to be "civilized" in discussing it. Such is the way with matters as sensitive and emotional as this.

[balkanbrada]

Re: Armenian approach towards Turks needs to Change

Hi there,

Well, being an ethnic Balkan Turk I support the way Hrant Dink tried to approach this problem. The humane way always is the rightous one. He was a good man. Sad that we have lost him as a result of an ultranationalistic plot.

Lately I have been realizing more and more that for the past 120 years the Turkish politics were so anomalous, so un-Turkish. Couldn't explain it until I came across an interesting video interview Interview with Christopher Jon Bjerknes with an author of an unusual book named "The xxxish Genocide of Armenian Cristians" claiming the crypto xxxs orchestrated (Young Turks) all the massacress against Armenians.

Basically they have worked on both sides. First provoked Sultan then infiltrated Dashnak and Hinchak movements and then just set the fire. They had difficulty convincing the ordinary Turks against Armenians (Turks didn't have a clue about nationalism at that time and Armenians were long lasting good neighbors/friends) then they decided to use mostly Kurds(Hamidiye) during deportations. If it is true, such a terrible plot for both parties...

I always felt sorry for the fate of Armenians. Based on the new evodence I agree we need to change our approach against each other! Having this opportunity to appeal to you, I want to express my big sympathy to Armenians who were our closest friends for long years. We would have been stronger separately or together if we didn't fall in the trap of these Zionists... They used us as tools of their Imerialistic goals... Anyway, salut to you wounded friends!

[Ouzounian]

Re: Armenian approach towards Turks needs to Change

I fully agree with what is being said, Hate breeds Hate and somewhere along the line the vicious cycle needs to be broken.