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    80th Anniversary of the Turkish Republic?

    The Turkish American Association of Southern California (member of the Assembly of Turkish American Associations) will be celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Turkish Republic on Saturday, November 1, 2003 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. According to its website, this organization has as its primary objective, “the presentation of a more balanced view of Turkish culture and Turkish people.” In laymen’s terms, this translates into the denial and/or undermining of Turkey’s continued human rights violations, including the Genocide of the Armenians and Greek Cypriots, inhumane treatment and massacre of the Kurds, vile treatment of prisoners, and torture of its citizens. The 80th anniversary celebration of a government that does not feel any sense of accountability for these violations creates a major problem among the multi-ethnic communities of Los Angeles. In other words, the Republic of Turkey was founded, but in the process millions of Armenians and Greeks perished. Because the Turkish government neither admitted to nor repented its crimes such inhumane acts are mirrored in Turkey’s treatment of the Kurds today.

    We ask that all activists who believe in the preservation of basic human rights to write to the management of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, urging them to cancel this disgraceful celebration, which can only be viable after the Turkish government takes responsibility for its actions and begins to make serious attempts at improvement. In the meantime, our communities should not support organizations that try to rewrite or create a “balanced view” of history.

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    SAMPLE EMAIL/FAX/PHONE/LETTER SCRIPT - BELOW

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    - Emails should be sent to [email protected]

    - Faxes should be sent to (213) 972-7323

    - Phone calls should be made to (213) 972-7211 or (213) 972-7478

    - Letters should be mailed to:

    Howard Sherman

    VP of Operations

    135 N Grand Ave

    Los Angeles CA 90012



    - Please copy and paste the following text to an E-mail message.

    - Please copy and paste the following into the subject field of the email:

    November 1 – Turkish Independence Day

    - Please fill in your full name and email address/address at the end of the E-mail.



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    Howard Sherman

    VP of Operations

    135 N Grand Ave

    Los Angeles CA 90012



    October 21, 2003





    Dear Mr. Howard Sherman:



    I am writing to you in order to express my deep concern for the 80th anniversary celebration of the Turkish Republic to be held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Saturday, November 1, 2003. According to its website, the host organization strives to present “a more balanced view of Turkish culture and Turkish people.” In laymen’s terms this translates into the denial and/or undermining of Turkey’s continued human rights violations, including the Genocide of the Armenians and Greek Cypriots, inhumane treatment and massacre of the Kurds, vile treatment of prisoners, and torture of its citizens. The 80th anniversary celebration of a government that does not feel any sense of accountability for these violations creates a major problem among the multi-ethnic communities of Los Angeles. In other words, the Republic of Turkey was founded, but in the process, millions of Armenians and Greeks perished. Because the Turkish government neither admitted to nor repented its crimes such inhumane acts are mirrored in Turkey’s treatment of the Kurds today.

    Bearing the atrocities perpetrated by the Turkish government in mind, I urge the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion to cancel this disgraceful celebration, which can only be viable after the Turkish government takes responsibility for its actions and begins to make serious attempts at improvement. In the meantime, our communities should not support organizations that try to rewrite or create a “balanced view” of history.

    I thank you for your time, appreciate your attention to this matter, and kindly await your response regarding this issue.



    Sincerely,



    (Your Name & Address/Email)
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  • #2
    people whatever you say, the independence day of a country means a lot to the citizens and they have all the right in the world to celebrate it, so i find this nonsensical to stop people's celebration of their independence day just because of those matters which are not even totally true!

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    • #3
      emails should be sent to [email protected] ?

      i thought this is something serious, heh you guys

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      • #4
        Originally posted by disksoleil
        people whatever you say, the independence day of a country means a lot to the citizens and they have all the right in the world to celebrate it, so i find this nonsensical to stop people's celebration of their independence day just because of those matters which are not even totally true!
        Not even totally true? So you admit there is some truth?

        So Greeks, Armenians, and even Kurds are all liars, right?

        Yea those evil liars.
        Achkerov kute.

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        • #5
          diskoleil the whole truth is that your nation is hated around hte world.you are a nation of barbarians with no culture other htan the one you stole from the people you killed. while all of Europe was educated and smart and civilized the only thing your ancestors knew how to read was " 10 best ways to rape a christian woman on the battlefield and while burning down her village". Your nation has nothing to celebrate other than the blood on your hands and that is exactly what you are celebrating. Go and have a kebab you damn turk and keep your damn celebrations in turkey.

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          • #6
            Now now Tigran, her ignorance shouldn't be met with your ignorance.

            This is a platform for communication, not hatred and walls.

            Please folks, even you diskoliel, be more mindful of your statements, and lets all try to be reasonable here, not a bunch of emotional animals, as we so often are.
            Achkerov kute.

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            • #7
              there has never been a genocide of cypriots nor kurds, that is not true.

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              • #8
                Whether we call it "genocide" or killings, or relocation, or what have, there have behavior that has been based on persecuting someone that is not you.

                You don't have to have a political term like "Genocide" for something to be valid.
                Achkerov kute.

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                • #9
                  you tend to generalize every killing as genocide i guess... that is a very sensetive word, dont play with it.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by disksoleil
                    you tend to generalize every killing as genocide i guess... that is a very sensetive word, dont play with it.
                    You guess?

                    No dear living in denial is as generlized as one can get.
                    Achkerov kute.

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