Over 1.5 valuable Armenian souls were lost during the Armenian Genocide led by the Ottoman Turks,and yet, Turkey denies it! They claim that Armenian's killed them. I'm sure but only for SELF DEFENSE! We have pictures of killings taking place and dead armenians (ranging in different age groups: unborn babies-the elderly) as proof (they were taken by German soldiers secretly) yet...all we hear is DENIAL DENIAL DENIAL! My heart aches when i think about this.My ancestors lost their lives in hope for the best of Armenians.Please, stand up with me and protest against all of this denial!If we all work together and help one another out,the truth WILL be accepted!By not accepting this unfortunate truth, we give the opportunity for history to repeat itself as it already has done numerous times! One example of this would be the Holocaust. Even the lack of action led to the Holocaust....in one of his speeches Adolf Hitler freely said:"Who still talks nowadays of the extermination of the Armenians?
2006-07-26 17:03:59 · 15 answers · asked by Aniii 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
It is very sad, that you asked a question like this. I am an Armenian too, who lives in Istanbul. There is nothing here like that you are a Turk, you are an Armenian or you are a Kurd. We are living here as good neighbors. The people like you want to damage the relation between us. You, me and every Armenian knows the truth, that we cheated the Turks first and that the word "Genocide" is meaningless. The fact for now is that we should live together. The people like you in other countries should stop to insult the Turks. Because of people like you, the world knows us as liars, cheaters and sneaky. We are living here like brothers and sisters in Istanbul. Find another occupation for yourself.
2006-07-28 05:45:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Turkey denies the Armenian genocide because there is no such thing! Lots of Turkish people also lost their lives in their own land by the killings of Armenians. If there were deaths, they were on both sides.
And the world should stop about discussing Armenian genocide while there is one being done by Israel. Why wouldn't all those nations who accept the so-called genocide now help the ones losing their lives in Lebanon? The answer is easy; because of their interests.
I'm sorry for your relatives who lost their lives, but I'm also sorry for the Turks who were killed by Armenians.
PS: Get a dictionary and learn the meaning of genocide, really.
2006-07-30 08:08:02 · answer #2 · answered by Saskin B 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
The word genocide means The systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group. Did Turks did it, No. Did Armenians die, Yes. But how and why? Many armenians died that is true; but it was just after they were done killing, raping and torturing Turkish and Kurdish people with the power they took from the Russians who invaded North east part of Ottoman Empire. After Russians were kicked out, the armenians who betrayed their own country were forced to live by government, but the other peoples who were murdered raped and tortured wanted their revenge and unleashed their wrath upon the leaving armenians; so it was not the government who did it, if anything they tried to protect the armenians. It was the other comman peoples who were also citizen of Ottoman Empire. so it is not genocide it is a civil war and armenians started it. There are still mass graveyards being found in the eastern Turkey that are done by renegade armenians of the time. In Turkey, people do SPEAK and ACCEPT that armenians died but it was not done by the government and also the regular people know that armenians asked for it. And if you look for the explanations of actual "HISTORIANS" they also accept that fact not the ones accepted by lobbied "politicians" of the world.
2006-07-26 21:26:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Im Turkish-American and I acknowledge the Armenian Genocide. It was a horrible moment of history that deserves far more recognition than that which it has received. However, remember that The Ottoman Empire and Turkey are not one and the same. Therefore, politically it is a hard move for Turkey to apologize for something that Turkic people did, considering it was a different government with different leaders.
2006-07-26 17:11:19 · answer #4 · answered by Blah Blah Blah 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Turkish government offered Armenian government to establish an international committee in UN.
The Turkish government said that both governments should make all resources, historical documents available for this committee and this committee should be free to research in both countries and both countries should accept the decision and be liable to the final result.
Armenian government rejected it.
The European Parliament sent the Armenian president a letter, urging him to support the Turkish request. Probably they rejected again because I never heard about a EU, UN or any other international committee working on it yet.
Armenia continue to make propaganda against Tukey, say that there are lots of proofs, documents etc. but do not accept establishing an international committee which can finally come out with certain results. If you are so sure, why to hide then ?
The claimed genocide was in a time of a civil war that Armenians, Azeris, Turks and Kurds involved. Turkey accepts that thousands of Armenians was killed by Turkish gangs, militas but thousands of Azeris, Kurds and Turks were killed by Armenians also in the same period. So it is not so easy to name it as a genocide.
It is same every where, my friend. The actual history and national history that tought in schools,family etc. is different in every country. If you are an Armenian, may be it is time for you to check other side of the story. For instance, you may start with the Azeris killed by Armenians.
You are lucky that you have a government which have strong lobby activities in other countries, means to reach international media. Armenia is capable of making enough noise about genocide claims and trying to make the world feel pity about them. On the other hand, claims of Azeirs about mass killings and international human rights crimes that done by Armenia cannot find any audience in the world today.
The claimed armenian genocide was almost a century ago. The claimed first Azeri genocide was almost a century ago, and then again and then again. Today there are still thousands of refugees because of the conflict between Azerbaycan and Armenia. Why don't you focus on your existing problem first because of which thousands of families is still suffering ????
2006-07-26 21:22:16 · answer #5 · answered by dr_aybarskirgin 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
This Armenian tale is very tall. Initially I didn't care about these lies. Bu now I think our fathers made really mistake. They should really have killed all the armenians. You can ask it to REAL historians or you can investigate it in national librarys to learn how they cheated the Turks in World War I. I have an armenian neighbor. There is no such lies between us. Do you know how many armenian people are still living in Turkey? Is it possible with the hate of this so-called genocide. We love eachother here in Turkey. But this stupid people, who asks so stupid questions, want to ruin this relationship. Except my neighbor I think the armenians are mostly the sneakiest people!!!
2006-07-26 21:42:53 · answer #6 · answered by aaaturquoise_eyed 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
There's some immediate action that you can take now. The US Ambassador to Armenia, John Evans, was fired recently due to pressure by the Turkish government over his public remarks recognizing the Armenian Genocide and Nagorno Karabagh.
Even now, the current nominee for his replacement is being grilled to see if he will be able to adhere to the Turkish government's gag-order. Here's an excerpt from a statement that is part of an organized protest by the Armenian National Committee of America:
"Amb. Evans has been recalled for simply speaking honestly about the Armenian Genocide. His remarks, made in February of 2005, reflect the overwhelming consensus of scholarly opinion and are thoroughly documented in the U.S. National Archives. Moreover, the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA), a union of current and former State Department employees, had chosen to honor Amb. Evans for his remarks with the “Christian A. Herter Award,” recognizing creative thinking and constructive dissent within the Foreign Service. AFSA reportedly rescinded the award in June 2005 following pressure from the State Department a few days before Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan traveled to Washington, DC to meet with President Bush.
Amb. Evans is, in effect, being punished for honoring his President's pledge to properly recognize the Armenian Genocide - a promise that George W. Bush made on the campaign trail in February of 2000 but abandoned once in the White House. Amb. Evans should be praised, not dismissed, for rejecting "gag-rules" imposed by the Turkish Government on the discussion of the Armenian Genocide by America's leaders at home and diplomats abroad. "
If you would like to add your voice to this and do something TODAY about the continuing denial of the Armenian Genocide, click onto this link:
http://capwiz.com/anca/issues/alert/?alertid=8896316
2006-07-29 20:17:15 · answer #7 · answered by shukuken 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
There no need to be heartless, because there is no genocide.You should first learn what genocide means. You should buy a dictionary first. I think you are related with the armenian terrorists who tries to damage the respect of Turkish government. Don't make propaganda without any strong basis. The world is saturated enough with the lies of armenians. You should speak to your mother and father (if you know them) to learn the truth. Don't corrupt the world anymore!!!
2006-07-26 21:35:43 · answer #8 · answered by kalkan 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think, you are aware of the history or you have really bad feelings for the Turks. Besides, I want to know where have you been? After 90 years, what do you want to do? Do you think Armenians are so innocent like babies? Aren't you the murderers of Turks, Kurds, Azeries and of many nations? I saw the same pictures of your "dead armenians pictures" in Auschwitz (Oswiecim). You are a f.... liar my friend.
2006-07-27 00:30:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Most people couldn't find Armenia on a map if you pointed it out to them
I had one person correct me and tell me it's pronounced "Argentina".
I knew an Armenian who had relatives killed in the April 1915 attack.
The problem is since it didn't happen in America, it's of no importance. And it happened so long ago. And that is the real tragedy.
It DID happen.
Genocide is genocide, whether it involved Jewish people or Armenian people. And to make things worse, do we even care about Darfur?
2006-07-26 17:11:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋