Yerevan a Turkish city... WHAT?

[CatWoman]

Whether to post it here, or in "Jokes & Humor"... THAT is the question!
From Turkish Weekly (duuuh ):

'All Turkish and Muslim Monuments Destroyed in Yerevan’

Dr. Erol Kurkcuoglu from Erzurum Ataturk University said that the Armenians had destroyed the Turkish and Muslim heritage in Armenia. “Once Yerevan was a Turkish city” Kurkcuoglu added.

Kurkcuoglu said “the name of the city was Revan until the 19th century. Gok, Kopru Kulagi, Tepebasi Mescits and Serdar Castle were destroyed by the Armenians. They destroyed all Turkish and Muslim traces in Armenia. 83 percent of Yerevan was Turkish during the 19th century, however the share decreased to 4.3 after the First World War”.

There is almost no Muslim or Turkish population in Armenia right now. More than 1 million Turkish people became refugee after the Karabakh Occupation. 20 percent of Azerbaijani territories have been under Armenian population for a decade.

JTW
6 May 2005
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=9640

Okay, I know Yerevan was part of the Persian Empire some 400 years ago... but was it ever Turkish ? NO....

83% of its population was Turkish during the 19th century? As far as I know, Yerevan was never part of the Ottoman Empire and always had a predominantly Armenian population.

Ohhh and here comes the best part... "More than 1 million Turkish people became refugees after the Karabakh Occupation" WHAT? Karabagh had a pre-war population of approximately 200,000 people, 75% of whom were Armenian... So where did the 1 million come from?

Who knows... we can even end up compensating Yerevan for the "Turkish genocide". Mwahahaha

[Genuine_Stud]

Dude.... where the hell are these Turks (who make these claims) so we can beat the crap out of them?

Even they know that what they're claiming is false.

How pathetic.

[Red Brigade]

Even if Yerevan was once occupied by the Turks that isnt making it a Turkish city.This person is called Doctor.If Turkish Doctors are as smart as him , then we have nothing to worry about.
Regarding the Garabakh issue the doctor is calling ethnic Azeris , as Turks.They were not deported from Garabakh.Armenians were the total majority in Garabakh.He is probably talking about the Azeris which run away from some Azeri parts which were not even part of Garabakh and they are now under Armenian control.Either way all these lands are Armenian , no Kurd or Turk will have them, as long as we are Armenians and we teach our kids to be Armenians.

Practicaly this is the Map of Armenia today and the place which we control

[TomServo]

Didn't you know? Tokyo and Los Angeles are Turkish cities as well.

[dstyle]

I heard so is London.

[Anonymouse]

I heard that everyone is Turkish and doesn't know it.

[dstyle]

The moon used to be a turkish city.

[Anonymouse]

The moon used to be a turkish city.

Although everyone is Turkish and doesn't know it, you, however, are a turkey.

[ArmoBarbi]

Hahahaha This is so absurd I'm almost not even annoyed by it. These people should get an award for best lying to other nations in the world...speechless.

[bell-the-cat]

Whether to post it here, or in "Jokes & Humor"... THAT is the question!
From Turkish Weekly (duuuh ):

Okay, I know Yerevan was part of the Persian Empire some 400 years ago... but was it ever Turkish ? NO....

The Ottoman Empire captured Yerevan from the Persian Empire in 1582, but it was recaptured by the Persians in 1604. There was another Turkish siege in 1615, but they did not capture it. After another invasion, they held it again briefly after 1635.

83% of its population was Turkish during the 19th century? As far as I know, Yerevan was never part of the Ottoman Empire and always had a predominantly Armenian population.

During the numerous invasions of Eastern Armenia by the Turks, they carried off tens of thousands of Armenians as slaves and caused hundreds of thousands of others to flee as refugees.

"Yerevan" was the name of a province as well as the name of a town. That province stretched all the way to Julfa, in todays Nakhchivan. As a result of genocidal policies of the Muslims, especially Turks, against Christians, about 80% of the population of Yerevan province was Muslim by the end of the 18th century. Muslim does not mean Turk of course, and the vast majority were not Turkish.