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Turkey denies 1915 Genocide to cover up 1895 Armenian massacres?

November 2, 2013 By administrator

November 2, 2013 – 15:44 AMT

172129 The 1st genocide of the 20th century – the Armenian Genocide – was preceded by the 1895 Turkish massacres of Armenians, journalist Hervé Roubaix said in his article published at Dreuz.info.

“For centuries the Turks simply lived like parasites upon these overburdened and industrious people. They taxed them to economic extinction, stole their most beautiful daughters and forced them into their harems, took Christian male infants by the hundreds of thousands and brought them up as Moslem soldiers. I have no intention of describing the terrible vassalage and oppression that went on for five centuries; my purpose is merely to emphasize this innate attitude of the Moslem Turk to people not of his own race and religion—that they are not human beings with rights, but merely chattels, which may be permitted to live when they promote the interest of their masters, but which may be pitilessly destroyed when they have ceased to be useful. This attitude is intensified by a total disregard for human life and an intense delight in inflicting physical human suffering which are not unusually the qualities of primitive peoples,” the journalist quotes the United States ambassador to the Ottoman Empire Henry Morgenthau.

Back then, Roubaix said, 2 000 000 Armenians had to leave their historic lands or die. This is what Europe has now in store for Jews in Palestine. “In 1894 to 1896, up to 400 000 Christian Armenians were killed in massacres orchestrated by special regiments of Sultan Abdul Hamid II, known as the Red Sltan.

In 1895, 300 000 Armenians, the richest and most educated citizens of the Ottoman Empire, were savagely murdered. Formally, massacres were meant to undermine “Armenian nationalistic moods,” with Armenian political parties stirring Hamid’s concern. According to the article, Hamid aimed to smother their activity, but contrary to Young Turks did not seek to exterminate the whole nation.

The article quotes representatives of France, Great Britain and Russia who slammed the Abdul Hamid II -period massacres as genocide. The article further quoted the U.S. President Grover Cleveland who stated in the December 2, 1895 address to Congress, “reports of the Armenian Christians’ massacres, fanatic animosity against them causes fear for the safety of people.”

“When in 1896, U.S. demanded that Abdul Hamid II stop the persecution of Armenians, the former, like his successor Erdogan, denied the charges, instead accusing Bulgaria and Russia of causing large-scale inflow of Muslim refugees, ” the article said.

And this is what signaled the onset of ‘Turkey for Turks’, the article concluded.

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Filed Under: Genocide, News Tagged With: Turkey denies 1915 Genocide to cover up 1895 Armenian massacres?

Geneva to unveil Genocide memorial despite Turkey’s resistance

November 1, 2013 By administrator

November 1, 2013 – 17:19 AMT

172094 Geneva municipality is determined to follow through with the construction of the Armenian Genocide victims memorial, Timeturk said.

The decision to build the Lamps of Memory authored by Melik Ohanian was passed in 2011. As the Armenian ambassador to Switzerland Charles Aznavour told local media, the memorial should not be viewed as an attempt at a condemnation. Instead, he said, the memorial will be dedicated to all the nations who went through genocide.

As a representative of the Geneva municipality in charge of the project, Sami Kanaan told a news conference, the memorial won’t bear the ‘Genocide’ inscription.

As Swiss Foreign Ministry spokesman told Cihan Turkish news agency amid Ankara concerns on the issue, the Genocide memorial construction can’t be discontinued. “We know that the issue is a painful one for Turkey. Keeping in touch with both sides, we’re working to promote improvement of ties between Armenia and Turkey,” the source quoted him as saying.

Filed Under: Genocide, News Tagged With: Geneva to unveil Genocide memorial despite Turkey’s resistance

Turkish MP dislikes ‘Van,’ suggests renaming it into ‘Wan’

October 31, 2013 By administrator

The MP is confident that current name of the city “is incurrent from the viewpoints of democracy and pronunciation.” One might wonder what a city name has to do with 172043the democracy. But the pronunciation point is clear enough: everything in Turkey that used to belong to Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians was declared wrong and was demanded to be corrected. Same is the case here: Van sounds too “Armenian” to the Turkish MP, so it has to be renamed. Seems like this is the way Ms Tuğluk interpreted Prime Minister Erdogan’s statement suggesting that historic sites will recover their old names. Strangely enough, the PM’s remark did not affect the cities listed in the catalogues and historical works. Also, by that logic, the village of Hissarlik should be re-given its ancient name, Troy.

As for Van and the Kingdom of Van, which was one of the most powerful ones back when the ancestors of the Turkish MP never even existed, our advice is a simple one – learn history. And not by Turkish textbooks, but serious world-acknowledged works.

And if renamed, the city should be called Tushpa, rather than Wan. Turks already renamed Ararat into Ağrı Dağı, Akhtamar into Akdamar, Smyrna into Izmir – the list is endless. Is Van the next?

Karine Ter-Sahakian / PanARMENIAN.Net

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USA: Rep. Pallone Calls on White House to ‘Side with Historical Honesty’ (Video)

October 31, 2013 By administrator

It is difficult to express in words how deeply troubling it is that a historical and cultural treasure accepted by President Coolidge on behalf of the people of the frank_pallone2United States may be being kept behind closed doors because of Turkish desire to keep discussion of certain historical facts out of the public discussion.” – Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ)

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) urged President Obama to reverse an earlier decision and allow the display of the Armenian Genocide orphan rug, noting that the Turkish Government should not be allowed to dictate whether this cultural treasure is available to the public, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

In a letter send to the White House earlier today, Rep. Pallone stated that “the refusal of the White House’s to allow display of the rug without explanation denies the American people access to a national treasure and suggests that discussion of the events surrounding the Armenian Genocide is unwelcome. The Armenian American community continues to make valuable contributions to the United States and our government should be committed to helping the community explore their history, including the Armenian Genocide.”

“We want to thank Congressman Pallone for pressing the Obama Administration to do the right thing,” said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian.  “It is a truly tragic testament to the depths of our Administration’s deference to Ankara’s angry and irrational genocide denial campaign that our White House – having been gagged into silence by Turkey on the Armenian Genocide – is now allowing this foreign government to dictate which works of art – U.S. property and part of our American history – we are allowed to display at the Smithsonian Institution.”

The full text of Congressman Pallone’s letter is provided below.

Congressman Pallone joins Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) in pressing the White House to allow display of the Armenian Genocide Orphan rug through individual letters.  This week, Representatives David Valadao (R-CA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) launched a Congressional letter urging their colleagues to band together in petitioning the White House to release the rug for view.  Both Representatives Pallone and Sherman have cosigned the letter along with a growing bi-partisan list of House Members.

The ANCA launched a grassroots campaign last week calling upon the White House and Congress to secure a prominent and permanent public display of the historic rug, woven by Armenian Genocide orphans and presented to President Calvin Coolidge on December 4, 1925 in appreciation for U.S. humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of Turkey’s murder of over 1.5 million Armenians from 1915-1923.

Armenian Americans can take action by visiting anca.org/orphanrug.

The Armenian orphan rug measures 11′7″ x 18′5″ and is comprised of 4,404,206 individual knots. It took the Armenian girls in the Ghazir Orphanage of the Near East Relief Society ten months to weave. A label on the back of the rug, in large hand-written letters, reads “IN GOLDEN RULE GRATITUDE TO PRESIDENT COOLIDGE.”

According to Missak Kelechian, an expert on this topic, the gift of the Armenian Orphan rug was widely covered in U.S. media, including in the New York Times in 1925 and the Washington Post in 1926.  Kelechian describes the journey of the rug in the CNN clip below.

Additional information about the history of the Armenian Orphan Rug is available in Dr. Hagop Martin Deranian’s book, President Coolidge and the Armenian Orphan Rug, published on October 20, 2013, by the Armenian Cultural Foundation and soon to be available on Amazon.com.
 

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Text of Letter by Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) to the White House Urging Display of the Armenian Orphan Rug

October 30, 2013

President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear President Obama:

I am writing to express deep concern over recent news that the White House has refused to loan a rug woven by orphans and presented to President Calvin Coolidge in 1925 to be displayed at an event associated with the Smithsonian.  I understand that Paul Michael Taylor, director of the Smithsonian’s Asian cultural history program has informed Armenian American organizations that the White House has refused to lend the rug with no explanation as to the reason.

Rather than hiding this rug, we should be celebrating its origins and how it came to be presented to President Coolidge.  The rug, known as the Ghazir rug, was woven by children at the Near East Relief orphanage in Ghazir, Syria, present day Lebanon.  The Near East Relief was established in 1915 in response to calls from the U.S. Ambassador, Henry Morgenthau and others to assist in saving refugees from the attempted extermination of the Armenian people by the Ottoman Empire.  The Ghazir rug was presented to the White House as an expression of gratitude for U.S. assistance during the mass murder of 1.5 million Armenians resulting in the first genocide of the 20th century.

Considering the White House has refused to give a reasonable explanation for withholding this unique gift to the American people, the suspicion exists that the White House is once again capitulating to pressure from the Turkish government to prevent any discussion of the period in which the Armenian Genocide occurred.  It is difficult to express in words how deeply troubling it is that a historical and cultural treasure accepted by President Coolidge on behalf of the people of the United States may be being kept behind closed doors because of Turkish desire to keep discussion of certain historical facts out of the public discussion.

The Ghazir rug would be displayed along with a new book entitled, “President Calvin Coolidge and the Armenian Orphan Rug.”  This would be an entirely appropriate and meaningful display of the rug.  Yet, the refusal of the White House’s to allow display of the rug without explanation denies the American people access to a national treasure and suggests that discussion of the events surrounding the Armenian Genocide is unwelcome.  The Armenian American community continues to make valuable contributions to the United States and our government should be committed to helping the community explore their history, including the Armenian Genocide.

Each year on Capitol Hill we observe the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and reflect on the need to prevent such atrocities in the future.  While I remain disappointed that, as President, you have refused to refer to murder of 1.5 million Armenians as genocide, allowing the Ghazir rug to be displayed serves to facilitate academic discourse and commemoration of America’s strong role in saving lives during a dark period of history.  We cannot allow the government of Turkey to dictate whether this occurs.

I urge you to allow the Ghazir rug to be loaned out for display.  In the event that there are practical challenges that would endanger preservation of the rug, I ask that you explain these obstacles to allowing its display.  In the event that failure to loan the rug for display is based on concerns from the government of Turkey, I strongly urge you to side with historical honesty and integrity and reverse course so that the rug may be part of an open and educational dialogue.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

FRANK PALLONE, JR.
Member of Congress

Filed Under: Genocide, News Tagged With: Congressman Pallone urges Obama to allow Armenian Orphan Rug display, USA: Rep. Pallone Calls on White House to ‘Side with Historical Honesty’ (Video)

Turkey Returned Some Church Effects After the Genocide: We Demand the Rest

October 30, 2013 By administrator

BY HARUT SASSOUNIAN

This is the amazing tale of the Turkish government handing over to Istanbul’s Armenian Patriarchate in the 1920’s some of the church effects looted during the Genocide.

harurt124-300x297According to attorney Loutfig Kouyoumjian’s book, Hay Hamankayin Antsoutartser: 1927-1950 [Armenian Community Happenings: 1927-1950], published in Istanbul in 1950, the Turkish government had turned over to the Armenian Patriarchate 64 large crates full of church effects. Kouyoumjian was a member of the Patriarchate’s Finance Committee.

The returned items included crowns inlaid with diamonds and pearls, vestments, garments with gold threads and silver crosses, a belt buckle from the famous Abousheikh Church with golden latches decorated by diamonds, emeralds and rubies, 72 rugs belonging to Sourp Garabed Monastery and Sourp Krikor Lousavorich Church of Gesaria, and churches in Talas and other regions, and a gold box covered with precious stones containing several saints’ relics. Another crate had the vestments of Gomidas Vartabed, his gold fountain pen, and valuable manuscripts of his musical arrangements of church liturgy. The Locum Tenens Archbishop Kevork Arslanian signed a receipt acknowledging his acceptance of these items and appointed Archpriest Drtad Boyajian as their guardian.

The list of the returned items prepared by the Patriarchate included “scrolls, manuscripts, and antique books. In keeping with the laws on antiquities, the books were delivered to the Istanbul Museum.”

These revelations raise several important questions. What happened to the returned church effects? Our investigation indicates that none of these items are currently in the custody of the Armenian Patriarchate. A few of them were handed to Armenian clergymen of Istanbul, while others were sent to Etchmiadzin. The overwhelming majority simply vanished several decades ago, most probably stolen and sold.

Mr. Kouyoumjian reported in his book that in the late 1920’s, Judge Haroutioun Mosdichian, Chairman of the Patriarchate’s Executive Committee, informed the Finance Committee that he had solid evidence that several of the returned silver pieces were sold at the Istanbul jewelry market. Mosdichian was a highly respected individual who had occupied important positions in the Turkish government.  The Finance Committee immediately sealed the room where the returned items were stored. The next day, Abp. Arslanian broke the seal and left the door of the storage room open. The Archbishop then dismissed the Committee members.

A special investigative committee, including Mr. Kouyoumjian, then conducted a thorough search and transmitted its findings to the Executive Committee. The latter blamed not only Mosdichian but also Abp. Arslanian of wrongdoings regarding the returned church effects. Abp. Arslanian in turn accused Patriarch Mesrob Naroyan of being responsible for the missing items. After Patriarch Naroyan formed a committee to update the list of the remaining church effects, he discovered that almost nothing was left of the contents of the 64 crates delivered earlier to the Patriarchate.

In his book, Kouyoumjian relates another strange tale regarding the rugs delivered to the Patriarchate by the Turkish government. On March 8, 1924, two Turks — Haje Ismail, the son of Molla Khalil of Gesaria, and Mehmet of Talas — presented to Abp. Arslanian a written demand, claiming that nine of the rugs had nothing to do with the Armenian Church and must be returned to them. When the Patriarchate rejected their request, the Turks filed a lawsuit against Abp. Arslanian, claiming that the nine rugs were worth 1,975 Ottoman gold pieces.

On January 26, 1924, attorney Kouyoumjian defended the Patriarchate’s interests in court. Strangely, the Patriarchate agreed to settle the lawsuit by paying 500 gold pieces to the two Turks. Several years later, when Mr. Kouyoumjian inquired about the disposition of those rugs, he was told that there were no such rugs at the Patriarchate.

In light of this newly found reference to the Turkish government’s return of church effects, the Armenian Patriarchate must now conduct a thorough investigation of its archives to review its records of the missing items.

More importantly, by having returned the 64 crates, the Turkish government had in effect admitted the theft of Armenian Church properties during the Genocide. A lawsuit must be filed not only against the Istanbul Museum for the antique books it improperly received in the 1920’s, but also against museums and libraries throughout Turkey for the return to the Armenian Patriarchate of the vast number of religious effects looted from several thousand Armenian churches!

Filed Under: Articles, Genocide Tagged With: Turkey Returned Some Church Effects After the Genocide: We Demand the Rest

ZEYNEP TOZDUMAN: KATLİAMLAR ÜZERİNE KURULAN BİR CUMHURİYET (October 29, massacres in the Turkish Republic established )

October 29, 2013 By administrator

See also Google translated English version after Turkish version.

Zeynep_Tozduman-125By: ZEYNEP TOZDUMAN

KATLİAMLAR ÜZERİNE KURULAN BİR CUMHURİYET  (Turkish version)

29 Ekim’de ilan edilen Cumhuriyeti anlamak için öncelikle Büyük Millet Meclisinin açılışını ve devrimlerin niçin yapıldığını bilmek gerek.

23 Nisan 1920’de Ankara’da Büyük Millet Meclisi toplanarak, Mustafa Kemal’in ‘Meclis Başkanı’ seçilmesiyle kanlı bir tarih başladı. M.Kemal ilk iş olarak, savaş suçlusu Malta sürgünlerinin 30.04.1921’de 33 kişinin salıverilmesi ile ilgili bir süreç başlatmıştır. Bu süreç, savaş esirlerinin İngiliz’lerle değişim antlaşmasına ve davanın bitmesine neden olmuştur.

Bu antlaşma İstanbul’daki Sadrazamla değil, temsilcileri olan Bekir Sami Bey aracılığında Ankara hükümeti ile yapılmıştır.

Ardından da 1 Kasım 1922’de saltanat kaldırılarak dini ve siyasi yetkiler birbirinden ayrıldı. Saltanatın kaldırılmasının ana nedeni; ülke yönetiminde ve barış görüşmelerinde iki ayrı hükümetin bulunmasının uygun olmamasından ötürü çift başlılığı ortadan kaldırmak, TBMM’ni Türkiye’de tek yasal güç haline getirmek, yapılacak İnkılâplara zemin hazırlamak ve Ekonomiyi millileştirmektir.

20 Kasım 1922 tarihinde başlayan Lozan Barış Konferansı, aslında yeni Türkiye Devleti’nin sınırlarının çizilmesi içindir. 24 Temmuz 1923’de Lozan Barış Konferansında ağırlıklı olarak siyasal, mali- ekonomik konular ve mübadele görüşülmüştür. Mübadele Sözleşmesi Türkiye ile Yunanistan arasında imzalanmıştır. Türk-Yunan nüfus mübadelesi, her iki ülke için de “ulus devlet” oluşturmaya yönelik 2 milyon insanı ilgilendiren tarihsel bir trajedidir.

TBMM Hükümeti’nin mübadele isteğinin başlıca iki nedeni vardı. Öncelikli amaç, Batı’nın müdahalesine gerekçe oluşturan azınlıklardan tamamen kurtulmak, İkincisi ise Müslüman unsurların kolayca uyum sağlayabileceği düşüncesiyle, Misakı Milli sınırları içinde “ulus devlete giden yolu açabilmektir.

  Azınlıklar açısından Sevr’den daha kötü haklara sahip olan Lozan antlaşmasına göre III. Bölümü (Madde 37- 45) bu hakları düzenlemektedir. Anlaşma’nın 40. Maddesi şöyledir; “Gayrimüslim azınlıklara mensup olan Türk vatandaşları, hem hukuk bakımından hem de uygulamada diğer Türk vatandaşlarına uygulanan aynı muamele ve aynı güvencelerden yararlanacaklardır. Bunlar özellikle giderleri kendilerine ait olmak üzere her türlü hayır kurumuyla, dinsel ya da sosyal kurumlar, her türlü okullar ve buna benzer öğretim ve eğitim kurumları kurmak, yönetmek ve denetlemek ve buralarda kendi dillerini serbestçe kullanmak ve dini ayinleri serbestçe yapmak konularında eşit hakka sahip olacaklardır.”

Antlaşmanın 41. maddesi ise “gayrimüslim azınlıklara mensup Türk vatandaşlarının, önemli oranda bulundukları il ve ilçelerde, söz konusu azınlıklara devlet bütçesi, belediye ya da diğer bütçelerce, eğitim, din ya da hayır için ayrılan tutarlardan, hakkaniyete uygun ölçülerde pay ayrılacaktır” demektedir.

 Lozan antlaşmasından günümüze değin bu hakların hiç biri hayata geçirilmedi. Oysaki Sevr antlaşması Kürtlere ve Ermenilere daha geniş imtiyazlar veriyordu. Süryani halkı ise Sevr’de de yoktu. Sevr’de olmayan Süryani halkının Lozan antlaşmasındaki (Azınlık) hakları ise bu güne değin keyfi olarak uygulanmadı. Süryanilerin diğer azınlıklar gibi okul açma ve vakıf kurma hakları gasp edilerek, Türkleştirme politikalarını en acı yaşayanlardı.

 29 Ekim’de M.Kemal, milletvekilleri ile görüştükten sonra taslağı hazırlanan “Cumhuriyet” önergesini Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi’ne vermesiyle teokratik bir sistemden, kanla inşa edilen cumhuriyete geçilmiştir. TBMM, Teşkilât-ı Esasiye Kanunun (1921 Anayasası)’da yaptığı değişiklikle, devletin yönetim biçimini 29 Ekim 1923’de cumhuriyet olarak ilan edilince, Kemalist cumhuriyetin ilk cumhurbaşkanı da Atatürk olmuştur. 

Cumhuriyetin kuruluşundan sonra sıra, ülke içersinde Sünni Türk olmayan unsurları yani Kürtleri eğitim yoluyla asimile etmeye gelmişti. Tevhid-i Tedrisat Kanunu (Öğretim Birliği Yasası), TBMM tarafından, 3 Mart 1924 tarihinde kabul edilerek bir genelge ile mahalle mektepleri – medreseler keyfi olarak kapatılmıştır. Öğretim Birliği Yasasıyla, Misyoner ve azınlık okulları Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı’nın denetim ve gözetimine girmiş; dinsel ve siyasal amaçlı eğitim yasaklanmış; ders programlarına tarih, coğrafya, yurttaşlık bilgisi, Türkçe dersleri eklenmiştir. Bu dönemde azınlık okullarında okutulan kitaplardan aziz resimleri çıkarılıp, okul binalarındaki haçların indirilmesi istenmiştir. Din esaslarına dayalı eğitim ve din propagandası yapma yasaklarına uymayan yabancı okullar ise kapatıldı.

 Bu kanunla Kürtçe eğitimin de önü kesilerek, 1925’de gizlice hazırlanıp uygulamaya konan ‘’şark ıslahat planı’’ ile de Kürtçe konuşulması yasaklanıp, konuşanların cezalandırılması kararlaştırılmıştır.

Ermeni, Rum ve Yahudiler devlet denetiminde de olsa okulları ve eğitim kurumları olmasına rağmen bu haktan Süryaniler hiç yararlandırılmamıştır. Bu yüzden anavatanında yabancı muamelesi gören bir halktır Süryaniler.

Tevhid-i Tedrisat kanunu ile başlangıçta isteğe bağlı bir ders haline getirilmiş olan din dersi; ortaokullarda 1930’da, öğretmen okullarında 1931’de, şehir ilkokullarında 1933’de, köy ilkokullarında 1939’da tamamen müfredattan çıkarıldı. 1939-1948 yılları arasında din derslerinin hiç yer almadığı bir örgün eğitim deneyimi de yaşanmıştır. Bu yasayla Radikal İslamcılar yer altı örgütlenmesine gitmiştir.

M.Kemal, Şeyh Sait İsyanını gerekçe göstererek 5 Haziran 1925’te İ.İnönü’nün başbakanlığında Takrir-i Sükûn Kanunu çıkarıldı. Parti ileri gelenleri İstiklal Mahkemelerince yargılandılar Hıyanet-i Vataniye Kanunu’nun kapsamı genişletilerek İstiklal Mahkemeleri yeniden kuruldu. Malta sürgünlerinin yargılaması sırasında çalışmayan/yargılamadan uzak olan mahkeme; konu Kemalist rejimin diktatörlüğüne karşı çıkanlar için olunca, işlevsel hale getirildi. Atatürk’e suikast girişimine adları karışan birçok rejim karşıtı ve İttihat ve Terakki Cemiyeti eski üyesi İstiklal Mahkemelerinde yargılanarak cezalandırıldı.

 25 Kasım 1925’te “Şapka Giyilmesi Hakkındaki Kanun” çıkarılıp, Türkiye sınırları içersinde dinsel giysilerle sokakta gezilmesi yasaklanarak inanç özgürlükleri yok edildi. Bu yasayla Papazların sakallarına, kıyafetlerine, hocaların, şeyhlerin, dedelerin, kılık kıyafetine müdahale edilmiştir.

1925’de çıkarılan şark ıslahat planı, Fırat’ın batısında ve kuzeyinde bulunan Kızılbaş/Alevi Kürtleri öncelikle asimilasyona tabi tutmuştur.1925’ten sonra Kürt/Nakşibendî tekkelerinin yanı sıra Alevi tekkeleri de kapatılmış; ancak 1927’de Bektaşi tekkeleri üzerindeki baskı göreceli olarak yumuşatılırken; Alevi/ Kürt kimlikli Dersim ve çevre dergâhları ve de tekkeleri süresiz kapatılmıştır.

Kemalist devrim dedikleri şey aslında, kadim halklara karşı yapılan sosyal ve kültürel soykırımdır. Antidemokratik yasalarla kılıflanan yasakların ve farklı dilleri yok sayan anlayışların devrimle hiçbir ilgisi yoktur. Kemalist devrimler, az sayıda kalan azınlıklara, Radikal İslamcılara, Kürtlere ve Alevilere karşı yapılmıştır. M.Kemal’de tıpkı 1915 soykırımın mimarları Talat-Cemal-Enver üçlüsü gibi diktatörlük kurarak; Kürtleri, Alevileri, komünistleri ve İslamcıları katletmiştir.

Tek tipçilik ( Tek millet, Tek Bayrak, Tek din ) Bitmedi, sürüyor…

1 Kasım 1928’de,  Türk alfabesinin kabulü; çok dillicilikten, tek dilliciliğe geçişin miladıdır. Kemalist hükümet, Eğitimde tek tipçiliği yasalarla zorunlu hale getirip, Ana dilde eğitim hakkını, Türk olmayan halklara vermediği gibi Süryanilere, azınlık olmasına rağmen yasaklayarak 1928’de Süryani okullarını kapatmıştır.

Bu ülkenin kadim halkları olan azınlıklar ve anadili Türkçe olmayan halklar ,’’ Türkçe konuş vatandaş ‘’ kampanyaları ile psikolojik ve kültürel baskılar sonucu anadillerinde isim koymaya bile korktular, dahası ana dillerini kullanamaz hale geldiler.  Süryaniler ise Lozan haklarından yararlandırılmadığı gibi çocuklarına çoğunlukla Türkçe isim vermek zorunda kaldılar.

 Bu ülkede Hıristiyan halklara katliamlar 1914’de başlamadı elbet. 1915’i baz alırsak 1924 Süryani/Nasturi katliamına kadar sistematik olarak genocid devam etmiştir. Azınlıklara yapılan katliamlar üzerine kurulan cumhuriyet, daha sonra da Kürt ve alevi katliamları ile varlığını idame ettirmiştir. 1915’den,Cumhuriyete ve günümüze değin soykırım şekil değiştirse de devam ediyor.  1.5 milyon insanın kanı üzerine kurulan cumhuriyet,  bu ülkenin en kadim halklarını ya yasalarla asimile etmeye ya da korkutup ülkeyi terk etmeye zorladı.

 Cumhuriyet, işte bu ahval ve şartlarda kuruldu. 1915’den günümüze değin yaşatılan tüm katliamlar; vicdani ve hukuksal olarak bu ülkede yargılanmadığı, eşit yurttaşlık hakkı hayata geçirilmediği sürece bizler ‘’Bayram gelmiş neyime, kan damlar yüreğime’’ türküsünü daha çok söyleyeceğiz.

Zeynep_Tozduman-125 ZEYNEP TOZDUMAN

The following are English version Translated by Google

Massacres in the Republic established

Announced on October 29 the opening of the Grand National Assembly of the Republic and the revolutions in order to understand the need to know was why .
Gathered in the Grand National Assembly in Ankara on 23 April 1920 , Mustafa Kemal ‘ Speaker ‘ election began a bloody history . M.Kemal first job as a war criminal in Malta 04/30/1921 shoots in a process that started with the release of 33 people . This process depletes the case of prisoners of war , and has been İngiliz’lerle treaty change .
This treaty is not the Grand Vizier in Istanbul , with representatives of the government in Ankara , which was brokered by Bekir Sami Bey .

November 1, 1922 abolished the sultanate and then separated from the religious and political powers . The main reason for the abolition of the Sultanate , the government’s management of the country and the presence of two separate peace negotiations because it is not appropriate to eliminate double duality in the National Assembly the power to become the only legal in Turkey , to prepare the ground for Reforms and millileştirmektir economy .

Lausanne Peace Conference began on 20 November 1922 , in fact, is to define the limits of the State of New Turkey . Lausanne Peace Conference on 24 July 1923 mainly political, financial and economic issues discussed and exchanged . Exchange Agreement was signed between Turkey and Greece . Greek-Turkish population exchange , for both countries ” nation-state” is a tragedy of historical interest for creating 2 million people .

There were two main reasons why the Government Parliamentary exchange request . The primary aim of the intervention of the West minorities constitute grounds completely get rid of the idea of ​​second Muslim groups can adapt easily , within the boundaries of the National Pact ” açabilmektir way to the nation-state .

The Lausanne Treaty of Sevres rights for minorities worse by the III . Section ( Article 37 – 45) regulates the rights . 40 of the Agreement Which reads : ” Turkish nationals belonging to non-Muslim minorities , both in law and in practice applied in other Turkish citizens will benefit from the same treatment and the same collateral . These are all types of charities , especially at their own expense , religious or social institutions, any schools and other education and training institutions to establish , manage and control around freely use their language and religious rites shall have an equal right to freely make the issues . ”
41 of the Treaty Article in the ” Turkish citizens belonging to non-Muslim minorities , towns and districts where a significant proportion of these minorities, the state budget , municipal , or other bütçelerce , education , religion, or the amounts allocated for charity , will be devoted to an equitable share of the appropriate size ,” he says .

One of these rights to the Lausanne Treaty was not carried out until today . Whereas the Treaty of Sevres, giving the Kurds and the Armenians larger concessions . There was also the Syrian people at Sevres . Assyrian people do not Sevres treaty of Lausanne ( minority ) rights are not implemented until this day arbitrarily . Assyrians, like other minorities, establishing the foundation of the school opening and extortion by law , the most painful yaşayanlardı Turkify policies .

M.Kemal on October 29 , drafted after consultation with representatives of “Republican ” motion of a theocratic system vermesiyle Grand National Assembly of Turkey , which was built with blood, the republic was adopted. Parliament , the Law of Fundamental Organization (1921 Constitution ), the change in the state government form October 29, 1923 when it was declared as a republic , Kemal Atatürk, who was the first president of the Kemalist republic .

After the establishment of the Republic as the country that elements within the Sunni Kurds in Turkey do not come to assimilate through education . Unification of Education Law ( Education Union Act) , by the Parliament , was adopted on 3 March 1924 with a circular neighborhood schools – madrassas arbitrarily closed. Education Act of Union , the control and supervision of the missionary entered the minority schools and the Ministry of Education , religious and political purposes prohibited by training , curricula history, geography, civics , Turkish lessons are added. During this period, cherished photos removed from the books taught in minority schools , the school buildings were asked to reduce crosses . Do not comply with the principles of religion -based education and the prohibition of proselytism in foreign schools were closed.

Cut in the front of this law, education in Kurdish , secretly prepared and implemented in 1925, orient the reform plan” with ” banned Kurdish language , decided to punish speakers .
Armenians, Greeks and Jews, although state control despite the fact that schools and educational institutions are denied their right to the Syrians . Therefore, the homeland of the Assyrians a people treated as foreign .
Beginning with the Unification of Education Law , which has been converted into an optional religious education course , in 1930, secondary schools , teacher training colleges in 1931 , the city primary schools in 1933 , the village was the curriculum of primary schools in 1939, completely . Between the years 1939-1948 does not include religious instruction in a formal educational experience to the experienced. This law regulates the organization of radical Islamists went underground .

M.Kemal , 5 June 1925 , citing the Sheikh Said Rebellion I.İnönü giving rise to the premiership of Law, dated Calm removed . Treason to the Country Party elders tried Courts Act expanded the scope of Independence Independence Tribunals were re-established . Malta exiles working in a trial / trial court is far from the topic when to oppose the dictatorship of the Kemalist regime , was made functional . Many of the names involved in the assassination attempt against the regime of Atatürk and National Courts, Tribunals for former members of the Committee of Union and Progress Party received .

25 November 1925 ” Law on troop Hats ” were removed within Turkey’s borders, freedom of religious belief prohibiting visited there were no clothes on the street . This law beards priests , clothes , teachers , sheiks , grandfather , has been interfered dress themselves .
Orient the reform plan issued in 1925 , and located in the north west of the Euphrates Kizilbash / Alevi Kurds to assimilate tutmuştur.1925 primarily from the Kurdish / tekkes Naqshbandi lodges were closed down , as well as Alevi , but softened in 1927, relative to the pressure on the Bektashi lodges , Alevi / dergâhları Kurdish identity and the environment , and the lodges Dersim was closed indefinitely .

What they call the Kemalist revolution , in fact, the ancient social and cultural genocide against the peoples . Kılıflanan law bans anti-democratic revolution and the different understandings of language has nothing to ignore . Kemalist reforms , the few remaining minorities , radical Islamists have been made against the Kurds and Alevis . M.Kemal ‘ architects of the genocide in 1915 , just as the trio of Talat , Enver , Cemal – establishing the dictatorship , Kurds , Alevis , the Communists and the Islamists massacred .

Single tipçilik ( one nation , one flag, one religion) over, in progress …

November 1, 1928 , the adoption of the Turkish alphabet ; very dillicilikten single dilliciliğe miladıdır transition . Kemalist government , education becomes mandatory to bring one tipçiliği law , the right to education in the mother tongue , the non-Turkish peoples , nor Assyrians, Syriacs minority schools closed in 1928 , although banning .

The ancient peoples of this country whose mother tongue is not Turkish minorities and peoples, ” ” campaigns speak Turkish citizens in their mother tongue as a result of psychological and cultural pressures were afraid to even put the name , moreover, have become the main language use . Lausanne enjoy none of the rights of children , such as the Assyrians were forced to give the mainly Turkish name .

Massacres of Christian peoples in this country certainly did not start in 1914 . 1924 1915 If the base Assyrian / Nestorian genocid systematically continued until the massacre . Republic founded on the massacres of minorities , then the existence of the Kurdish and Alevi massacres maintained maintenance . In 1915 , the Republic , and may change the shape of genocide continues to this day . Republic founded on the blood of 1.5 million people , or the law of this country’s most ancient peoples to assimilate or scare forced to leave the country .

Of the Republic , that established ahval and conditions . Kept alive until today all the massacres of 1915 , conscientious , and not tried in this country legally , have equal citizenship rights was implemented as long as we tip of the iceberg ,” Bayram , blood drips say more than the song of my heart ” .

Zeynep TOZDUMAN

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New bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial being developed in France

October 29, 2013 By administrator

Genocide bill moving in FranceA new bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial is being developed in France, French Ambassador to Armenia Henri Reynaud told a press conference in Yerevan.

“The bill is being brought in line with the French Constitution,” he added.

“I cannot mention any exact date. But I assure you that you will be informed of any new initiative concerning this matter,” the Ambassador said.

Filed Under: Genocide, News Tagged With: New bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial being developed in France

French envoy talks Karabakh, Customs Union, Genocide bill

October 29, 2013 By administrator

October 29, 2013 – 15:36 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs never ignored the issue of the Nagorno Karabakh’s involvement in the conflict settlement talks, French envoy to Armenia noted commenting on former co-chair Bernard Fassier’s statement.

“Fassier, who earlier stressed the necessity of Karabakh’s involvement in the talks, is an experienced diplomat and has extensive knowledge of the issue, so I cannot really question his words,” Henri Reynaud said.

“I can only add that the OSCE MG will take every effort to promote the settlement. However, the MG is a mediatory mission and can only offer the settlement options to the conflicting parties, with the latters responsible for final decision.”

According to the envoy, with elections completed both in Armenia and Azerbaijan, the countries might come up with new suggestions. The ambassador also stressed the necessity of rapid settlement of the conflict, which prevents the development of the region, Armenia Today said.

According to Panorama.am, the envoy said that Armenia’s sovereign decision to join the Customs Union was accepted, with the country’s leadership having expressed a wish to continue relations with the EU.

“EU, as well, did not close its doors to further partnership with Armenia in a number of sectors and formats, such as administration, legal, etc., which are not covered by the Customs Union,” he noted.

The envoy offered no comment on reports suggesting Armenia was pressured by Russia into joining the Customs Union.

As he further noted, a new bill on criminalization of the Armenian Genocide hasn’t yet been submitted to the French parliament, according to Novosti-Armenia.171918

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Public figure: Holocaust survivors mustn’t use Genocide for political gain

October 28, 2013 By administrator

October 28, 2013 – 15:30 AMT

171874The head of Ararat Armenian Community of Israel slammed the statement by the leader of the Association of Turkish Jews in Israel who urged Turkey to normalize ties with Israel before the centennial of the Genocide, or risk the Jewish lobby to “stay neutral” on that issue.

In his Facebook post, David Galfayan panned certain Israeli officials for lacking courage to face the “big brother,” Turkey in recognizing the 1915 Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. “Instead, Israel is turning the tragedy of 1,5 million people into a tool for political gain in achieving their petty goals,” Galfayan said.

Galafyan slammed the Israeli politicians for an attempt to “preserve a monopoly” to the biggest tragedy of the 20th century: “a nation that survived the Holocaust cannot use the memory of 1,5 million victims to play political games with Turkey.”

“Remember, those who do not speak up against the crime become accomplices to it,” Galfayan stressed in his harshly-worded statement.

Earlier, speaking to Today’s Zaman, the leader of the Association of Turkish Jews in Israel Zali De Toledo said : “As 2015 is approaching, Turkey should take into account its interests and should normalize relations with Israel by appointing an ambassador to Israel as soon as possible. If both countries miss the opportunity to mend the ties, the Israeli lobby will likely stay neutral when 2015 comes.”

De Toledo told Today’s Zaman that she had done her utmost to pressure the Israeli lobby in the U.S. to refrain from labeling mass killings of Armenians at the hands of the Ottomans in 1915 as Genocide, adding: “I was the strongest supporter of the Turkish position. And now I am really disappointed to see Turkish-Israeli relations at this point.”

Source: PanARMENIAN.Net –

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Dink murder suspect Tuncel met Pope’s assassin Ali Ağca who attempted to assassinate the late Pope John Paul II in 1981.: Report

October 25, 2013 By administrator

Erhan Tuncel, the suspected instigator of the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, recently met with Mehmet Ali Ağca, who attempted to assassinate Dink-murder-suspect-Tuncelthe late Pope John Paul II in 1981.

Tuncel was fugitive at the time but “hiding” in Istanbul’s coastal town of Kumburgaz, although locals and police were aware of his identity, according to a report published by daily Hürriyet on Oct. 25.

Tuncel, who was arrested by Istanbul’s 14th High Criminal Court on Oct. 24, first met Ağca in a café during his recent period in hiding and told him, “I am one of your biggest fans,” according to an eyewitness whose name was kept anonymous by the daily.

The duo then met on a number of subsequent occasions in the same place, witnesses said.

The cafe by the sea was being managed by Tuncel’s fellow townsmen from the southeastern Turkish province of Elazığ, and Tuncel generally spent his days in Kumburgaz reading books by the sea, according to reports.

Ağca and Tuncel had “long hours of talks” at the café, according to the witness.

“He had two mobile phones, his cigarettes and books. He would not talk too much. We would see him talking to his fellow townsmen from Elazığ and occasionally with the police. Policemen would call him ‘Mr. Erhan,’” an eyewitness told the daily.

Tuncel was captured by police on Oct. 23 as he was out doing his “daily jogging.” The court decided to arrest him the next day.

He had spent 38 days on the run, but he claims that he was hiding out in order to prepare his defense.

Tuncel moved to Kumburgaz after being released by the court on Jan. 12, 2012. He rented a villa by the sea and spent the summer in the town, but Kumburgaz locals said he had been away from his house after a new arrest warrant was issued for him. The villa’s owner is still unknown.

The trial concerning the murder of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink restarted in Istanbul on Sept. 17 this year following an overturning from the Supreme Court of Appeals after six years of legal procedures. The court had issued an arrest warrant for Tuncel. On the same day, Tuncel went to Kumburgaz State Health Center and he said he was suffering from a back illness, Doctor Sinan Önder said. Tuncel got a rest day report from the doctor and sent it to the court.

The case history

Tuncel was an informant in the Black Sea province of Trabzon ahead of the murder of Dink, the editor-in-chief of Armenian-Turkish newspaper Agos who was shot dead in broad daylight in Istanbul on Jan. 19, 2007.

The trial concerning the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink restarted in September, and the court subsequently issued an arrest warrant for Tuncel.

Tuncel is seen as key in linking the murder to the state institutions, as members of the police department in Trabzon, the hometown of the suspects, have been accused of failing to relay intelligence provided by Tuncel to the Trabzon Gendarmerie Command, in a report prepared by Turkey’s State Supervisory Council (DDK).

Filed Under: Genocide, News Tagged With: Dink murder suspect Tuncel met Pope’s assassin Ali Ağca

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