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  • HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION ISTANBUL BRANCH “we want to share the pain in your hearts"

    Today, 24th of April, is worldwide recognised as the date signifying the Armenian Genocide. Only in Turkey it indicates a taboo. The Turkish state mobilises all its resources to deny the meaning of this date. .

    At diplomatic platforms Turkish officials and their advocates claim that they recognise the “big tragedy” and they only object to its being named as a “Genocide”. That’s not true. At every occasion in Turkey not only the Armenian Genocide, but also the great agony of the Armenian people is denied and attempts are made to justify the genocide.

    It was only last month that during a Symposium on the Armenian-Turkish relations the denialist official theses were voiced one after another, offending the Armenians in Turkey and elsewhere and insulting the memory of their grandparents. Lies were told in the name of “science”., like “Armenians have always sold their masters”, “deportation was a means of crisis management”, “death toll of deportation is comparable to the death toll of flu epidemic in England that time”, “there is no other people as noble as the Turkish nation in the world, it is impossible for them to commit a genocide”, and many more, humiliating a people who was one of the most advanced in science, art, literature, and in all other aspects.

    Denial is an constituant part of the genocide itself and results in the continuation of the genocide. Denial of genocide is a human rights violation in itself. It deprives individuals the right to mourn for their ancestors, for the ethnic cleansing of a nation, the annihilation of people of all ages, all professions, all social sections, women, men, children, babies, grandparents alike just because they were Armenians regardless of their political background or conviction. Perhaps the most important of all, it is the refusal of making a solemn, formal commitment and say “NEVER AGAIN”.

    Turkey has made hardly any progress in the field of co-existence, democracy, human rights and putting an end to militarism since the time of the Union and Progress Committee. Annihilation and denial had been and continues today to be the only means to solve the problem. Villages evacuated and put on fire and forced displacements are still the manifestation of the same habit of “social engineering”. There has always been bloodshed in the homeland of Armenians after 1915. Unsolved murders, disappearances under custody, rapes and arrests en masse during the 1990’s were no surprise, given the ongoing state tradition lacking any culture of repentance for past crimes against humanity.

    Similarly the removal of a public prosecutor and banning him from profession just for taking the courage to mention an accusation against the military, a very recent incident, is the manifestation of an old habit of punishing anybody who dares to voice any objection to the army. And today’s ongoing military build up of some 250,000 troops in the southeast of Turkey is the proof of a mindset who is unable to develop any solution to the Kurdish question other than armed suppresion.

    Turkey will not be able to take even one step forward without putting an end to the continuity of the Progress and Union manner of ruling. No human rights violation can be stopped in Turkey and there will be no hope of breaking the vicious circle of Kurdish uprisings and their bloody suppression unless the Turkish state agree to create an environment where public homage is paid to genocide victims, where the sufferings of their grandchildren is shared and the genocide is recognised.

    Today we, as the human rights defenders, would like to address all Armenians in Turkey and elsewhere in the world and tell them “we want to share the pain in your hearts and bow down before the memory of your lost ones. They are also our losses. Our struggle for human rights in Turkey, is at the same time our mourning for our common losses and a homage paid to the genocide victims”.
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    "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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    11 Thousand Turks in Germany Stand for Armenian Genocide Recognition

    26.04.2006 20:03 GMT+04:00
    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ In 2004 chairman of the Germany-based organization “Union Against Genocide”, Turkish journalist Ali Ektem collected 11 thousand signatures of German Turks standing for the Armenian Genocide recognition. The signatures were submitted to the parliaments of Germany and other European states. According to Ali Ektem, the main goal of his organization is the recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide by Turkey and the Turkish society. He said the signatures were first of all submitted to the Turkish parliament but no response has come so far.

    “Hostility cannot last eternally. Turkey should resign itself to the fact and acknowledge the Armenian Genocide. I am convinced that the peoples residing in Turkey will also condemn and acknowledge the reality,” Ali Ektem underscored. In his opinion, international organizations have much to do in this view. “They should act as mediators in the dialogue between the Turkish and Armenian nations to liquidate the consequences of the Genocide,” Ektem considers.
    "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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    • #3
      Turkish Community of Germany – Chauvinists Denying Armenian Genocide

      Majority of Turkish Community of Germany – Chauvinists Denying Armenian Genocide

      /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Majority of the Turkish community of Germany are chauvinists denying the Armenian Genocide, stated head of the Turkish Labor Confederation of Europe, Kurd by origin Ozgul Cam, who is in Yerevan over the 91st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. In his words, chauvinists act in Germany, France and other European states. “Such people desecrated the monument to the Armenian Genocide victims in Lyon and organize anti-Armenian rallies. We consider that our duty is to struggle for the brotherhood between nations,” he remarked, reported the Public Television of Armenia.

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      • #4
        Are you imagining the offical Turkish excuses/explanations being made for this? lol

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        • #5
          If there media picks it up I'm sure there will be bunch of arrest warrents issued.
          "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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          • #6
            Turkish Human Rights Association Holds Press Conference about Genocide

            ASBAREZ Online [04-28-2006]

            At noon on April 24, the Istanbul office of the Human Rights Association
            held a
            press conference during which the association's Istanbul Branch executive
            committee's read its press release about the Armenian genocide. International
            and national representatives of the media attended the press conference, while
            plain-clothes police officers stood right outside the door.
            The following is the English translation of the press release from the
            Istanbul Branch of the Human Rights Watch:

            Today, the 24th of April, is recognized worldwide as the date signifying the
            Armenian genocide. Only in Turkey it indicates a taboo. The Turkish state
            mobilizes all its resources to deny the meaning of this date.
            At diplomatic platforms, Turkish officials and their advocates claim that
            they
            recognize the "big tragedy" and they only object to it being named a
            "genocide." That's not true. At every occasion in Turkey not only the Armenian
            genocide, but also the great agony of the Armenian people is denied and
            attempts are made to justify the Genocide.
            It was only last month that during a Symposium on the Armenian-Turkish
            relations the denialist official theses were voiced one after another,
            offending the Armenians in Turkey and elsewhere and insulting the memory of
            their grandparents. Lies were told in the name of "science," like "Armenians
            have always sold their masters," "deportation was a means of crisis
            management," the "death toll of deportation is comparable to the death toll of
            flu epidemic in England that time," and "there is no other people as noble as
            the Turkish nation in the world, it is impossible for them to commit a
            genocide," and many more, humiliating a people who were one of the most
            advanced in science, art, and literature.
            Denial is a constituent part of the Genocide itself and results in the
            continuation of the Genocide. Denial of genocide is a human rights
            violation in
            itself. It deprives individuals the right to mourn for their ancestors, for
            the ethnic cleansing of a nation, the annihilation of people of all ages, all
            professions, all social sections, women, men, children, babies, grandparents
            alike just because they were Armenians, regardless of their political
            background or conviction. Perhaps the most important of all, it is the refusal
            of making a solemn, formal commitment and saying "NEVER AGAIN."
            Turkey has made hardly any progress in the field of co-existence, democracy,
            human rights and putting an end to militarism since the time of the Union and
            Progress Committee. Annihilation and denial had been and continues today to be
            the only means to solve the problem. Villages evacuated and put on fire and
            forced displacements are still the manifestation of the same habit of "social
            engineering." There has always been bloodshed in the homeland of Armenians
            since 1915. Unsolved murders, disappearances under custody, rapes and arrests
            en masse during the 1990's were no surprise, given the ongoing state tradition
            lacking any culture of repentance for past crimes against humanity.
            Similarly the removal of a public prosecutor and banning him from profession
            just for taking the courage to mention an accusation against the military, a
            very recent incident, is the manifestation of an old habit of punishing
            anybody
            who dares to voice any objection to the army. And today's ongoing military
            build up of some 250,000 troops in the southeast of Turkey is the proof of a
            mindset, which is unable to develop any solution to the Kurdish question other
            than armed suppression.
            Turkey will not be able to take even one step forward without putting an end
            to the continuity of the Progress and Union way of ruling. No human rights
            violation can be stopped in Turkey and there will be no hope of breaking the
            vicious circle of Kurdish uprisings and their bloody suppression unless the
            Turkish state agrees to create an environment where public homage is paid to
            Genocide victims, where the sufferings of their grandchildren is shared and
            the Genocide is recognized.
            Today we, as the human rights defenders, would like to address all Armenians
            in Turkey and elsewhere in the world and tell them "we want to share the pain
            in your hearts and bow down before the memory of your lost ones. They are also
            our losses. Our struggle for human rights in Turkey is at the same time our
            mourning for our common losses and an homage paid to the Genocide victims.
            "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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