Turkish and Armenian teens?

Question

Ok so i am bulgarian/turkish, mostly bulgarian (75% bulgarian 25% turkish) and 15 years old, but there seems to be quite the number of armenians in my school. Not as much, but we have Mexicans, blacks, whites, asians, and armenians. Now i do hear alot of the armenian genocide and they say that turkish people killed off all their people, and my parents to bileave in the Armenian Genocide, but i do hear its fake and the armenians say its real. Now, when the teachers and my friends say whats your ethnicity, i say that i am bulgarian, and dont want to mention turkish because there are armenian kids in the class and im thinking if i say i was turkish they would start hate on me or something. I dont want to hide being turkey, but if i say it, i could start a problem with the armenians. Do they really care about the armenian genocide, since it happened a long time ago? and should i hide being turkish? i do hear that some people have problems with armenians but i dunno? any help or info about?

Answer 1

OK read this carefully, because this is the only right answer to your question, first of all go ask your parents and grandparents or any other elderly, ask them to tell the truth, I am sure they will let you know about the Armenian genocide and the crimes of turks in 1915 and way way before that.
About your Armenian schoolmate, I recommend you not to mention near Armenians that you have 25% traces, just stay Bulgarian, I am not saying they will harm you, no they are civilized people with thousands of years of history and reach culture, but.... they wont look at you the same as before.
Think about it and put yourself in their place and see how you would feel if all those crimes happened for your people.
as you can read most of the answers are from turk people who still hate Armenians and in return they want respect?
One day all the world will know the truth and justice will served.
Meanwhile you have fun and enjoy your school and teenage world.

Answer 2

And you and your parents also believe that there was a genocide huh???. Do me a favor and get on well with your TURKISH friends, coz Turks are the bravest nation you would ever have as a nationality.So, dont ever get scared of fake souls and always be brave and tell the truth whatever the prices will be, plus u r even tho. 25% Turkish still have the Noble Turkish Blood like ATATURK said.Like Eras and Tanju told ya the truth and also Irmak there was NO GENOCIDE against Armenians...

Answer 3

All right, I am getting tired of explaining what really happened back in 1915.
The Ottoman citizens of Armenian origin helped the attacking Russian army to stab Turkish soldiers in the back. Some Armenian village gangs even massacred thousands of innocent Turkish women and children. The Ottoman State was at war in many different fronts and could not afford to protect all its citizens. Therefore, they tried to take those Armenians living in the east to a safer place in the south. A lot of Armenians died during this journey. This was not a planned genocide, nor was the number of deaths as high as 1,5 million (this is what Armenians claim).
This accusation of 'genocide' was not talked about until 1970s when the Soviets decided to attack Turkey politically because of some problem between the Soviet block and the American block. After this, the Armenian diaspora began to accuse Turkey of a genocide. Some European (and American) politicians supported this because they wanted to get the votes of those Armenians living in their countries.
Let me tell you something. If the Armenians hate Turks so much, why do they still carry Turkish family names? Why do they still speak Turkish (very good) at home?
There are still Armenians living in Turkey today, and Turks do not hate them at all.
I remember when I was a child we had Armenian friends here in Cyprus. Very nice, friendly people. I especially liked their food.
This is all stupid politics. They are brainwashing people to hate each other. So Bulgarians killed many Turks in the past (so did the Turks). Are we going to hate each other now? Nonsense.

Answer 4

F*ck armenians and f*ck armeniam genocide ... of course it is fake ...

Answer 5

The genocide contract signed in the United Nations at the date of 9.12.1948, went into effect at the date of 12.01.1951 in accordance with 13. section of this law.

Armenian genocide has not been accepted in that time, therefore, Armenians have no right to want anything like land or indemnity from Turkish side. i dont know why the sounds have increased for the name of the Armenian genocide in recent years. Where were these people many years ago? Maybe, they want to create a political pressure against Turks and cause Turkiye to open their borders to Armenians and break the embargo of Turkiye on Armenia... However, we will never open our boundaries to them, as they dont apologize from us because of their lies!

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Even Turkish archieves are open (Armenians dont open their archieves!), many people believe in the genocide so that in their country, Armenians talk about a so-called genocide so much and for all over the years, Turks have not taken these claims seriously.

Why those countries accept this nonsense thing by their courts or laws and dont let historians talk about it?

However, if someone talks too much, that doesnt mean s/he tells the truth. Everybody has to be unprejudiced and make their comments after they read the history from every source.

And if someone claims the genocide, they have to prove it first, not the others have to prove there is no genocide.

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Armenia continues to make propaganda against Turkiye, says 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 they 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 think there is an Armenian genocide, 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.

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 they focus on your existing problem first because of which thousands of families is still suffering ????

That wikipedia and the other armenian web sites are one-sided and the thing there are not real

http://www.turkisharmenians.faithweb.com

is a web page, which was made by Armenians. Please visit it.

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year: 1920s; there is nothing, but peace and agreements between turkiye and armenia and on their boundaries
year: 1950s; armenian racists claim = 300 thousands
year: 1980s; armenian racists claim = 1 million
year: 2000s; armenian racists claim = 1,5 million

so in 2050, what will these increments be? 5 million?

inside the whole ottoman boundaries, there were not even 1 million armenians. so how can they claim that 1.5 million armenians died in the east anatolia?

yes, many armenians died but not because of the genocide, they died because of the war, diseases and the cold like turkish people.

with russian incitements and commitments, some armenians burned turkish villages and those people's reaction was the same.

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An investigation of Justin McCarthy (a professor of history at the University of Louisville) will help you:

"The plan of the Armenian Nationalists has not changed in more than 100 years. It is to create an Armenia in Eastern Anatolia and the Southern Caucasus, regardless of the wishes of the people who live there. The Armenian Nationalists have made their plan quite clear. First, the Turkish Republic is to state that there was an "Armenian Genocide" and to apologize for it. Second, the Turks are to pay reparations. Third, an Armenian state is to be created.
If the Armenians were to be given what they claim, and if every Armenian in the world were to come to Eastern Anatolia, their numbers would still be only half of the number of those Turkish citizens who live there now. Of course, the Armenians of California, Massachusetts, and France would never come in great numbers to Eastern Anatolia. The population of the new "Armenia" would be less than one-fourth Armenian at best. Could such a state long exist? Yes, it could exist, but only if the Turks were expelled. That was the policy of the Armenian Nationalists in 1915. It would be their policy tomorrow.
We should be very clear on Armenian claims. Their claims are not based on history, because Armenians have not ruled in Eastern Anatolia for more than 900 years. Their claims are not based on culture: Before the revolutionaries and the Russians destroyed all peace, the Armenians and Turks shared the same culture. Armenians were integrated into the Ottoman system, and most of the Armenians spoke Turkish. They ate the same food as the Turks, shared the same music, and lived in the same sorts of houses. The Armenian claims are surely not based on a belief in democracy: Armenians have not been a majority in Eastern Anatolia for centuries, and they would be a small minority there now. Their claims are based on their nationalist ideology. That ideology is unchanging. It was the same in 1895 and 1915 as it is in 2005. They believe there should be an "Armenia" in Eastern Turkey-no matter the history, no matter the rights of the people who live there.
History teaches that the Armenian Nationalists will not stop their claims if the Turks forget the truth and say there was an Armenian Genocide. They will not cease to claim Erzurum and Van because the Turks have apologized for a crime they did not commit. No. They will increase their efforts. They will say, "The Turks have admitted they did it. Now they must pay for their crimes." The same critics who now say the Turks should admit genocide will say the Turks should pay reparations. Then they will demand the Turks give Erzurum and Van and Elazig and Sivas and Bitlis and Trabzon to Armenia.
I know the Turks will not give in to this pressure. The Turks will not submit, because they know that to do so would simply be wrong. How can it be right to become a member of an organization that demands you lie as the price of admission? Would any honest man join an organization that said, "You can only join us if you first falsely say that your father was a murderer?"
I hope and trust that the European Union will reject the demands of the Armenian Nationalists. I hope they will realize that the Armenian Nationalists are not concerned with what is best for Europe. But whatever the European Union demands, I have faith in the honor of the Turks. What I know of the Turks tells me that they will never falsely say there was an Armenian Genocide. I have faith in the honesty of the Turks. I know that the Turks will resist demands to confess to a crime they did not commit, no matter the price of honesty. I have faith in the integrity of the Turks. I know that the Turks will not lie about this history. I know that the Turks will never say their fathers were murderers. I have that faith in the Turks. "

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FINALLY, IF WE DEFINE WAR LOSTS AS THE GENOCIDE, THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOSE GENOCIDE THAT WAS; THESE EVENTS WERE STARTED BY ARMENIAN KILLERS. MUCH MORE TURKS HAVE BEEN KILLED BY THEM!

Answer 6

here we go again ErAs and his broken links, man get a proper links those ones don't work for me.Armenian genocide is like those things Turkey does and walks away whistling and portending it never happened, e.g. Armenian genocide. yess my friend it did happen, how can we just lie to the world and say 1million man woman and children have died if it hasn't happened. Turkish people are very Blind to the world so they too also say it never happened, but the truth is it did. as answer for you question, well you are not Turkish nor Bulgarian, i imagine you live in USA and i Imagine you have citizenship to the country, so you are American, unless you would rather not be. besides you are only 25% Turkish, everybody has a combination of different countries and places in their family or at least most people do. its not a big deal.

Answer 7

Hi,

In fact, I am not teens. But I wanted to write something.

So-called Armenian Genocide is an absolutely lie.
And Please ask their Armenian Friends, what happened on 24 April 1915 ?

No one can be answer to you clearly .
I will explain to you. Decision depend on you .
The Ottoman government, against numerous rebellions that began after 1890 and promptly following Armenian massacres which resulted in the murder of tens of thousands of Turks, contented with informing most important persons of Armenian congregation and Armenian deputies that "Government will take the necessary precautions if Armenians continue to stab in the back and assassinate the Turks". However, it became a necessity to secure behind the borders because the army was in war at various fronts, the events did not stop but increased and assaults towards defenseless Turkish women and children increased.

I am also giving that adress for you . Please read and after if you want another question ask me. I am here.

http://www.ermenisorunu.gen.tr/english/intro/index.html
http://www.tallarmeniantale.com/

Of course, lots of Armenian and Turkish People died at this war.
But this is not Genocide. Armenian Government want to divide Turkiye Republic. But they will never succesfull.

And then I will say something.
We came from Greece- Thessaloniki. In 1920, My Big GrandFather and his wife and their relatives killed by the Greek Bandit. Do you guess, how ?
Closed in the mosque, no food and no water. Starvation!
Did you understand it ? And, now, am I accuse all of Greek People who did Balkanian Turkish Genocide ?
Which one ?

( Eras, If you are reading, I copied from you, Thank you.)
And Please also asked this question ? If you take any answer would you please write it.
Even Turkish archieves are open (Armenians dont open their archieves!), many people believe in the genocide so that in their country, Armenians talk about a so-called genocide so much and for all over the years, Turks have not taken these claims seriously.

Why those countries accept this nonsense thing by their courts or laws and dont let historians talk about it?

And saying again, if you receive any answer or question, please asked this section or please welcome to Travel - Turkiye Section. You can ask any question.

Because everyone says something, and when we asked replay question, unfortunately there is no answer.
I do not know why ?

Kind Regards,

Answer 8

And I'm a 14 years old Turkish teen.

Don't believe them. The thing they call 'genocide', was just a war. Also they killed lots of Turkish people too but these aren't important.

Because past is the past..If we always think about past we can't live in peace and this world needs peace.

My opinions about this aren't because of my nationality.I searched and decided to think this.

Answer 9

turks never had any unjustified blood on their hands.wherever they go they were always brought justice and behaved in this way.i have a lot of friends from whom ottomans in their country.but they love us so much.cause they never treated anybody in an unfair way.you should be proud of yourself being a turk.an should not be afraid of telling other people.times are changing and the days we will be administrating the world is not very far. regards.

Answer 10

Although you want to believe in an innocent world I would suggest not mentioning you are Turkish to Armenians. If you want to find out how incredibly ignorant and hateful the Armenian culture can be just tell your Armenian friends that you have a Turkish friend you "hang out" with and see where it goes. You'll understand soon...and after that you can post another question: Why are Armenians, Greeks, Italians, many eastern Europeans,etc. very racist and hateful of anyone different....or a shade darker. Fortunately their hate keeps them down. They are too busy hating to advance their own culture.HA HA HA. As you get older you'll be able to answer these questions yourself.

Answer 11

You are Bulgarian, forget the "turk" part for good relations with Armenians. Armenians and Turks have a lot in common, including food, music, and culture. For some reason Yahoo Answers is dominated by fascist Turks always talking with hate against Armenians. Dont get carried away, just be yourself. The European Nations overwhelmingly accepted the Armenian Genocide so just by USA, and Turkey's denial wont make much difference. My point is how would you feel if your race was at war with neighboring countries for thousands of years just because your the only one Christian surrounded with Muslims countries? But Armenia lived through those years and never changed religion. But the worst thing happened in 1915 when the young turks decided that they no longer can live peacefully with Christians.... the Armenians paid the price for it, with 1.5 million souls, historical motherland, and thousands of churches.