end to hate

[endtohate]

Hello Armenian Friends,

Although I'm Turkish, I've used the word "friends" because I don't hate you. On the contrary I see you as our neighbours who share same pain, sufferings.

Yes, the Ottoman Turks have killed Armenians.
Armenians have killed Turks.
These happened in 1915.

I cannot remember 1915 since I was born in 1958. But I remember 1992.
Do you remeber 1992 ? Please click this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khojaly_Massacre

I think it was a revenge of Armenian. They have killed Azeri Turks. But still I don't hate Armenians. I hate only this feeling of 'hate'.

Why? Hate- hate- hate? To where? A vendetta? What's the use of a vendetta? If you are sincere about genocide, you should have protest Khojaly Massacre too. I'm very sorry about the Armenian babies, children, women, men who died on 1915. Ofcourse I'm very sorry. A baby ! A child ! A pregnant woman! Innocent and unarmed children. But you did the same in a very near future.
Maybe this was a revenge of 1915 maybe not. Whatever it will be, if you really sincere about your suffering of terrible conclusions of hate, war, then you should have suffer this event too. In Turkish we have an old saying: Don't do something (which you don't want them to do to you) to someone.

Please try to forget the past. Please don't turn this to a vendetta, don't raise your children with hate and revenge but love. Please end to hate, stop to hate. What happened is happened please look at the future. Try to heal our wounds together with the help of love not hate. Wounds will not heal by hate and revenge. Killing an innocent human being kills your humanity as well. Please stop hate. And to hate.

Regards from a Turkish woman.

[KanadaHye]

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There is a difference between revenge and justice. WE WILL NEVER FORGET THE PAST. “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”

[Mos]

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not until your government stops spreading its disgusting lies and accepts the fact of the genocide.

[Tali]

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From an outsiders point of view, this issue won't resolve until the Turkish government accepts the Armenian Genocide. For your example, regarding death tolls between the Armenian Genocide and Khojaly Massacre. Where in the Genocide, the death toll is roughly 1,500,000 ; the death toll for the Khojaly Massacre was 600. It did not nearly wipe out an entire race of people.

I see where you're going with your idea. Though you, yourself, are acknowledging it; I dare say you're not in the majority. 21 other countries recognize the event, but not the one who caused the Genocide.

Unless you have some sway in your government, I guess the best solution for now is to raise your children as you suggest. Likewise, I will raise mine that way. However, try not to stop there. Educate your fellow Turks. Forgetting the past is dangerous, acknowledging it is the first step to recovery - perhaps in the far future, there will be a healthy relationship between Turkey and Armenia, but it can't start on a blank state. What was wrong, must be righted.

I do give you credit for having the guts to come into an Armenian forum.

[Haykakan]

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I wonder how willing this guy would be to forgive and forget if we invaded his country, killed all the people, took their possessions and sent him on his merry way to some far off land with peanuts in his pocket. Yeh lets see him forget and forgive that.

[Mos]

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Turkey is a country and identity built on lies, its culture stolen from the natives of Anatolia, its lands stolen from the native people, ancient Churches turned into Mosques. Turks are the enemies of Armenia, they tried to eliminate us and no doubt they will like to finish the job. Anybody who thinks we should be friends with those murderers and liars is a true fool.

[Federate]

Re: end to hate

I cannot remember 1915 since I was born in 1958. But I remember 1992.
Do you remeber 1992 ? Please click this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khojaly_Massacre

I think it was a revenge of Armenian. They have killed Azeri Turks. But still I don't hate Armenians. I hate only this feeling of 'hate'.

From an outsiders point of view, this issue won't resolve until the Turkish government accepts the Armenian Genocide. For your example, regarding death tolls between the Armenian Genocide and Khojaly Massacre. Where in the Genocide, the death toll is roughly 1,500,000 ; the death toll for the Khojaly Massacre was 600. It did not nearly wipe out an entire race of people.

http://xocali.net/

[Yedtarts]

End to Hate?
Then stop the killings of Hrant Dinks

End to Hate?
-Stop desecrating our churches and give our small Armenian community equal rights as Turks have.
-Give us back what was stolen from us.
-Learn to apologize.

End to hate?
Then stop the killings of Gurgen Margaryans

http://budapest.sumgait.info/murder.htm

End to hate?
Then stop the cultural vandalism.

http://www.armenica.org/history/old-jougha/index.html

[Armanen]

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[KanadaHye]

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