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Terrorist State of Turkey: Schools in crisis in south-east as conflict with Kurds flares up

October 24, 2015 By administrator

The renewed conflict in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish southeast has wreaked havoc on the schooling system in the region, Al Monitor reports.

Many teachers from western Turkey, appointed to schools in the region after a long wait, have refused to go to their places of duty, while those who did are working in a state of edginess.

In mid-September, the government made 35,563 new appointments to 37,000 teaching vacancies, and 67% of them were to schools in the southeast.

A survey by the Education and Science Laborers Union (Egitim-Sen), conducted early September among 1,087 teachers in 10 eastern and southeastern provinces, found that 32% of them consider quitting the profession. One in every three teachers in Hakkari and Sirnak, two of the provinces worst affected by the unrest, have already requested reappointment this year, according to Sakine Esen Yilmaz, secretary-general of Egitim-Sen, which has 127,000 members across Turkey.

The trade union’s report made available to Al-Monitor says 89% of teachers in the southeast believe the schooling process cannot function properly under the current conditions. A total of 83% are unhappy in the region, including 42% who are seeking reappointment to other provinces and 41% who say they are unwilling to work in the region.

Yilmaz told Al-Monitor that 38% of the respondents worried for their safety and that there was a quick turnover of teachers in the southeast.

“We tried to measure how the conflict has affected education practitioners and to show what consequences the crisis has had and can have in the coming days. This year, some 36,000 new teachers were appointed. Yet, these education workers, who had waited for years to be appointed, are now in the grips of anxiety. Many are unwilling to go to the region, while those who did want to leave,” Yilmaz said.

Egitim-Sen’s survey asked teachers seeking reappointment why they wanted to leave. The question generated some striking answers such as, “I don’t like the place,” “I don’t like the local people” and “I don’t want to work with the local people.”

The school year took place in Armenian schools in Syria

September 19, 2015 By administrator

Despite the raging violence, schools still active in the Armenian community in Syria have opened their doors for the school year 2015-2016. The Armenian newspaper of Syria, “Kantsassar” announces that the Armenian schools of the school year took place in Damascus, Aleppo, Lataquié, Ghamishli, Hassitché, Derik and Kessab. Efforts are also made to open the Armenian school of Ras-ul-Ayn. According to latest information, the number of the Armenian community in Syria is still remaining today estimated at nearly 15,000 members, against close to 80,000 before the events of 2011. Nearly 16,000 Syrian Armenians have found refuge in Armenia .

Krikor Amirzayan

Azerbaijan shells Armenian border villages, disrupting September 1 events

September 1, 2015 By administrator

On Monday evening and Tuesday morning, Azerbaijan’s defense forces opened fire on border villages in Armenia’s north-eastern region Tavush.
The communities Voskevan and Baghanis faced heavy shelling by the adversary ahead of the start of the new academic year.
“Well, with the onset of every holiday – be it September 1, New Year or whatever – it is a kind of habit with them to shoot us. It is on such days that they attempt to unmask their national character by spoiling everything,” Narek Sahakyan, the mayor of Baghanis. told our correspondent.
He said that that an interstate camp in the vicinities of the village’s school came under an armed attack, disrupting the September 1 celebration ceremony.
The village’s mayor added that the attack left no survivors, damaging only several school windows and building façade walls.
“The children came in the morning, received their assignments and left,” he said.
Voskevan Mayor Seryozha Alexanyan also confirmed the report on the armed attack, saying that the Azerbaijani forces had opened fire in the southern direction.

Source: tert.am

161 Syrian Armenians in Yerevan refugee students received school bags and supplies offered by the city of Yerevan

August 30, 2015 By administrator

On the eve of the new school year, the Municipality of Yerevan has done a nice gesture to Armenians refugees from Syria. The city of Yerevan has offered 161 Syrian refugee students from 1st to 4th grade school bags and school supplies. The head of public relations of the municipality of Yerevan, Gayane Soghomonian gave these gifts in the company responsible for the education of the city of Yerevan, Samvel Mertandjian. The delivery took place at a ceremony in the town hall of Yerevan. The students were accompanied by their parents. Samvel Mertandjian assured them that the municipal authorities in Yerevan in support of aid projects Armenian families Syrian refugees.

Krikor Amirzayan (Գրիգոր Ամիրզայեան)

Tourism in Turkey is so Bad Turkish resort municipalities call for delay of school opening over bad tourism season

August 17, 2015 By administrator

MUĞLA – Doğan News Agency

DHA photo

The mayors of three Aegean resort towns in Turkey have called on the Education Ministry and Culture Ministry to postpone the reopening of schools by two weeks, in order for the tourism sector to compensate for the losses it has suffered this summer.

The mayors of three districts in Muğla province issued a joint press statement calling for the school year opening date to be postponed by two weeks, in order to incorporate the Eid al-Ahda (Feast of Sacrifice) four-and-a-half-day official holiday.

Bodrum Mayor Mehmet Kocadon from the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Marmaris Mayor Ali Acar from the CHP, and Fethiye Mayor Behçet Saatcı from the Democratic Party (DP), had held a meeting to discuss the tourism situation amid a sharp drop in the number of visitors this season.

Stating that the 2015-2016 school year was due to start on Sept. 14, just one week before the Eid al-Ahda holiday, the three mayors urged the ministries to postpone the opening of schools so that local tourists have more time to travel freely and thus boost the flagging sector.

“We request that the opening of the schools be delayed until after the Eid al-Ahda holiday, believing that this will positively benefit our domestic tourism and economy, offer a partial recovery to the tourism enterprises that have undergone great loses, and allow families to plan their holidays beforehand,” the joint statement read.

The bad economic situation of Russia, the war in neighboring Syria, the recent terror attacks inside Turkey by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), and the Turkish military’s operations against PKK camps in northern Iraq and within Turkey have all had a negative effect on the income from tourism across the country.

Armenian school students show excellent results at international physics, mathematics Olympiads

July 16, 2015 By administrator

Armenian school students showed excellent results at the 56th International Mathematical Olympiad in Chiang Mai, Thailand, July 4-16.

The Armenian team won one silver and five bronze medals. report tert.am

At the 46th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) in Mumbai, India, July 5-12, the Armenian students won two silver and three bronze medals. Thus, the Armenian school students won 11 medals, with all the members of the Armenian mathematics team being winners.

The Armenian teams left the Azerbaijani and Georgian teams behind.

Overall, 577 schools students from 104 countries participated in the 56th International Mathematical Olympiad, and 263 school students from 71 countries participated in the 46th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) in Mumbai.

Information science, biology and geography Olympiads are ahead.

Bedrosyan: Searching for Lost Armenian Churches and Schools in Turkey

March 31, 2015 By administrator

By Raffi Bedrosyan

Armenian churches in Turkey before 1915

Armenian Weekly)—On July 21, the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee overwhelmingly adopted the Berman-Cicilline Amendment based upon the Return of Churches resolution spearheaded by Representatives Ed Royce and Howard Berman, with a vote of 43 to 1, calling on Turkey to return stolen Armenian and other Christian churches, and to end the repression of its Christian minorities.

Where are these lost or stolen Armenian churches in Turkey? How many were there before 1915, the turning point in the Armenians’ world, when they were uprooted and wiped out from their homeland of more than 3,000 years? How many churches are there now? Considering that every Armenian community invariably strove to build a school beside its church, how many Armenian schools were there in Turkey before 1915, and how many are there now? How many Armenian churches and schools are left standing now in Turkey is the easier part of the issue: There are only 34 churches and 18 schools left in Turkey today, mostly in Istanbul, with about less than 3,000 students in these schools. The challenging and frustrating issue is how many were there in the past.

Recent research pegs the number of Armenian churches in Turkey before 1915 at around 2,300. The number of schools before 1915 is estimated at nearly 700, with 82,000 students. These numbers are only for churches and schools under the jurisdiction of the Istanbul Armenian Patriarchate and the Apostolic Church, and therefore do not include the numerous churches and schools belonging to the Protestant and Catholic Armenian parishes. The American colleges and missionary schools, mostly attended by Armenian youth, are also excluded from these numbers. The number of Armenian students attending Turkish schools or small schools at homes in the villages are unknown and not included. Finally, these numbers do not include the churches and schools in Kars and Ardahan provinces, which were not part of Turkey until 1920, and were part of Russia since 1878.

Armenian schools in Turkey before 1915

The two maps show the wide distribution of Armenian churches and schools in Turkey before 1915. The two lists for the Armenian churches and schools are by no means complete, but should be regarded as a preliminary study that can serve as foundation for further research. The place names are based on the old Ottoman administrative system, instead of that of modern Turkey. They are ably assembled by Zakarya Mildanoglu, from various sources such as the Ottoman Armenian National Council Annual reports, Echmiadzin Journal, Vienna Mkhitarists, and studies by Teotig, Kevorkian, and Nishanyan.

Lost Churches

Adana: Center and villages, Yureghir, Ceyhan, Tarsus, Silifke, Yumurtalik, Dortyol, Iskenderun, 25 churches

Amasya: Vezirkopru, Mecitozu, Merzifon, Havza, Gumushacikoy, Ladik, 15 churches

Ankara: Center, Haymana, Sincan, 5 churches

Antakya: Center, Samandagh, 7 churches

Antep: Center, Nizip, Halfeti, 4 churches

Arapkir (Malatya): Arapkir and Kemaliye villages, 19 churches

Arganimadeni (Elazig): Erganis, Siverek, Bulanik, Kahta, 10 churches

Armash (Akmeshe): 2 churches

Artvin: Center and villages, 11 churches

Balikesir: Balikesir, Mustafakemalpasha, Biga, Bandirma, 6 churches

Bayburt: Bayburt center and villages, 34 churches

Beshiri (Diyarbakir): Beshiri and villages, 14 churches

Bilecik (Bursa): Golpazar, 4 churches

Bingol (Genc): Center and villages, 11 churches

Bitlis: Center and villages, 30 churches

Bitlis: Tatvan, Ahlat, Mutki, Hizan, 66 churches

Bolu: Duzce, Akyazi, 5 churches

Bursa: Center, Orhangazi, 11 churches

Charsancak ( Tunceli): Mazgirt, pertek, Pulumur, Hozat, and villages, 93 churches

Chemishgezek (Tunceli): 20 churches

Chungush (Diyarbakir): Chungush center and villages, 2 churches

Dersim: Hozat, Pertek, 28 churches

Divrigi (Sivas) Center and villages, 25 churches

Diyadin (Erzurum): Diyadin and villages, 4 churches

Diyarbakir: Center and villages, 11 churches

Edirne: Center and villages, 4 churches

Egin (Erzincan): Kemaliye, Ilic, and villages, 17 churches

Egin: 3 churches

Eleshkirt (Erzurum): Eleshkirt and villages, 6 churches

Ergani: Ergani and villages, 11 churches

Erzincan: Erzincan center and villages, 52 churches

Erzurum: Center, Aziziye, Yakutiye, Ashkale, Narman, Ispir, Oltu, Shenkaya, Horasan, Pazaryolu, and villages, 65 churches

Giresun: Tirebolu, 1 church

Gumushane: Center, 4 churches

Gurun (Sivas): Center and villages, 5 churches

Harput (Elazig): Harput center and villages, Karakochan, Palu, Keban, 67 churches

Hinis (Erzurum): Hinis and villages, 19 churches

Hoshap: Hoshap and villages, 14 churches

Istanbul: European/Trachean region, 36 churches; Asian/Anatolian region, 8 churches; total 44 churches

Izmir: Center and villages, Manisa, Turgutlu, Akhisar, Bergama, Nazilli, Odemish, 23 churches

Izmit: Gebze, Kocaeli, Sakarya, Kandira, Geyve, Karamursel, 50 churches

Kastamonu: Tashkopru, Boyabat, Inebolu, 7 churches

Kayseri: Center and villages, Nigde, Aksaray, Bor, Nevshehir, Tomarza, Develi, Bunyan, Talas, 57 churches

Kemah (Erzincan): Kemah and villages, 14 churches

Kighi (Bingol): Kighi and villages, 58 churches

Konya: Center, Bor, Burdur, Nevshehir, 7 churches

Kutahya: Center, Tavshanli, 7 churches

Lice: Lice and villages, 19 churches

Mardin: Center and villages, 3 churches

Mush: Center and villages, Batman, Malazgirt, Bulanik, Varto, Hizan, 148 churches

Ordu: Karaduz, Ulubey, 3 churches

Palu (Elazig): Palu center, Kovancilar, Karakochan, and villages, 44 churches

Pasinler (Erzurum): Pasinler and villages, 4 churches

Pulumur (Tunceli): Pulumur and villages, 6 churches

Rize: Yolusti, 1 church

Samsun (Canik): Center and villages, 43 churches

Samsun: Ordu, 1 church

Shebin karahisar: Shebinkaya center, Giresun, and part of Sivas, 32 churches

Silvan (Diyarbakir): Silvan and villages, 34 churches

Sivas: Center and villages, Hafik, Zara, Ulash, Yildizeli, Sariz, Bunyan/Ekrek, Gemerek, 110 churches

Tercan (Erzincan): Erzincan and Tercan villages, 33 churches

Tokat: Center and villages, 32 churches

Trabzon: Center and villages, Of, Machka, Surmene, Akchaabat, Fatsa, Yorma, Arakli, 89 churches

Urfa: Center and villages, Birecik, Siverek, Suruch, Hikvan, Harran, Bozova, Halfeti, 17 churches

Van: Center and villages, Edremit, Gurpinar, Edremit, ozalp, Ercish, Timar, muradiye, Tatvan, Bashkale, Gevash, Bahchesaray, Chatak 322 churches

Yozgat: Center and villages, Bogazliyan, Sarikaya, Cayiralan, Sorgun, Shefaatli, and villages, 51 churches

Yusufeli (Artvin): Center and villages 4 churches

Zeytun (Marash): Center and villages 14 churches

Lost Schools

Adana: 25 schools, 1,947 boys, 808 girls, 2755 students, 40 male, 29 female, 69 teachers

Akhtamar: 32 schools, 1,106 boys, 132 girls, 1238 students, 36 male teachers

Amasya-Merzifon: 9 schools, 1,524 boys, 814 girls, 2,338 students, 54 teachers

Ankara: 7 schools, 895 boys, 395 girls, 1,290 students, 20 male, 9 female, 29 teachers

Antakya; 10 schools, 440 boys, 47 girls, 487 students, 10 male teachers

Antep: 9 schools, 898 boys, 798 girls, 1606 students, 31 male, 27 female, 58 teachers

Arapkir: 18 schools, 713 boys, 223 girls, 936 students, 23 male, 2 female, 25 teachers

Armash: 2 schools, 190 boys, 110 girls, 300 students, 5 male, 1 female, 6 teachers

Bandirma: 8 schools, 700 boys, 644 girls, 1,344 students, 22 male, 13 female, 35 teachers

Bayburt: 9 schools, 645 boys, 199 girls, 844 students, 27 male, 5 female, 32 teachers

Beyazit: 6 schools, 338 boys, 54 girls, 392 students, 11 male, 2 female, 13 teachers

Bilecik: 10 schools, 1,120 boys, 143 girls, 1,263 students, 18 male, 3 female, 21 teachers

Bitlis; 12 schools, 571 boys, 63 girls, 634 students, 20 male teachers

Bursa: 16 schools, 1345 boys, 733 girls, 2078 students, 34 male, 20 female, 54 teachers

Charsancak: 12 schools, 617 boys, 189 girls, 806 students, 16 male, 2 female, 18 teachers

Chemishgezek: 12 schools, 456 boys, 272 girls, 728 students, 14 male, 1 female, 15 teachers

Cyprus: 3 schools, 63 boys, 37 girls, 100 students, 8 male, 1 female, 9 teachers

Darende: 2 schools, 260 boys, 70 girls, 330 students, 4 male, 1 female, 5 teachers

Divrigi: 10 schools, 757 boys, 100 girls, 857 students, 18 male, 2 female, 20 teachers

Diyarbakir: 4 schools, 660 boys, 324 girls, 1014 students, 18 male, 9 female, 27 teachers

Egin: 4 schools, 541 boys, 215 girls, 756 students, 13 male, 9 female, 22 teachers

Erzincan: 22 schools, 1389 boys, 475 girls, 1864 students, 54 male, 9 female, 63 teachers

Erzurum: 12 schools, 485 boys, 10 girls, 495 students, 12 male teachers

Erzurum: 27 schools, 1,956 boys, 1,178 girls, 3134 students, 44 male, 41 female, 85 teachers

Gurun: 12 schools, 736 boys, 78 girls, 814 students, 18 male, 2 female, 20 teachers

Harput: 27 schools, 2,058 boys, 496 girls, 2,554 students, 49 male, 9 female, 58 teachers

Hinis: 8 schools, 352 boys, 15 girls, 367 students, 11 male, 1 female, 12 teachers

Ispir (artvin): 3 schools, 80 boys, 3 male teachers

Istanbul: 40 schools, 3,316 boys, 2,327 girls, 5,643 students.

Izmir: 27 schools, 1,640 boys, 1,295 girls, 2,935 students, 55 male, 54 female, 109 teachers

Izmit: 38 schools, 5,900 boys, 3,385 girls, 9,285 students, 142 male, 82 female, 224 teachers

Kastamonu; 3 schools, 110 boys, 50 girls, 160 students, 2 male teachers

Kayseri: 42 schools, 3,795 boys, 1140 girls, 4,935 students, 107 male, 18 female, 125 teachers

Kemah: 13 schools, 646 boys, 28 girls, 674 students, 16 male teachers

Kighi: 9 schools, 645 boys, 199 girls, 844 students, 27 male, 5 female, 32 teachers

Konya; 3 schools, 213 boys, 137 girls, 350 students, 6 male, 6 female, 12 teachers

Kutahya: 5 schools, 825 boys, 349 girls, 1174 students, 16 male, 7 female, 23 teaches

Lim and Gduts Islands, Van: 3 schools, 203 boys, 56 girls, 259 students, 5 male, 1 female 6 teachers

Malatya; 9 schools, 872 boys, 230 girls, 1,137 students, 16 male, 3 female, 19 teachers

Marash: 23 schools, 1,261 boys, 378 girls, 1,669 students, 34 male, 10 female, 44 teachers

Mush: 23 schools, 1,034 boys, 284 girls, 1318 students, 31 male, 4 female, 35 teachers

Palu: 8 schools, 505 boys, 50 girls, 555 students, 14 male, 1 female, 15 teachers

Pasen: 7 schools, 315 boys, 7 male teachers

Samsun (Canik): 27 schools, 1,361 boys, 344 girls, 1,705 students, 44 male, 15 female, 59 teachers

Shebinkarahisar: 27 schools, 2,040 boys, 105 girls, 2,145 students, 38 male, 4 female, 42 teachers

Siirt: 3 schools, 163 boys, 84 girls, 247 students, 9 male, 2 female, 11 teachers

Sis/Cilicia: 7 schools, 476 boys, 165 girls, 641 students, 15 male, 4 female, 19 teachers

Sivas: 46 schools, 4,072 boys, 459 girls, 4,531 students, 62 male, 11 female, 73 teachers

Tokat: 11 schools, 1,408 boys, 558 girls, 1,966 students, 37 male, 13 female, 50 teachers

Trabzon: 47 schools, 2,184 boys, 718 girls, 2,902 students, 72 male, 13 female, 85 teachers

Urfa: 8 schools, 1,091 boys, 571 girls, 1,662 students, 19 male, 7 female, 26 teachers

Van: 21 schools, 1,323 boys, 554 girls, 1,877 students, 47 male, 12 female, 59 teachers

Yozgat: 12 schools, 1,179 boys, 557 girls, 1,736 students, 30 male, 13 female, 43 teachers

Zeytun: 10 schools, 605 boys, 85 girls, 690 students, 14 male, 1 female, 15 teachers

These churches and schools were the lifeblood of the Armenians in Turkey. These buildings witnessed countless Armenians’ baptisms, weddings, and funerals; they served as learning centers where eager teachers transferred knowledge to the children; and these buildings became community gathering centers for happy times and sanctuaries during troubled times, until the bitter end at 1915. As the Armenian population got wiped out of Anatolia in 1915, so did these churches and schools. Along with the hundreds of thousands of homes, shops, farms, orchards, factories, warehouses, and mines belonging to the Armenians, the church and school buildings also disappeared or were converted to other uses. If not burnt and destroyed outright in 1915 or left to deteriorate by neglect, they became converted buildings for banks, radio stations, mosques, state schools, or state monopoly warehouses for tobacco, tea, sugar, etc., or simply private houses and stables for the Turks and Kurds.

At present, out of the 34 active Armenian churches in Turkey, only 6 are left standing in Anatolia. The biggest of these buildings is Surp Giragos Church in Dikranagerd/Diyarbakir, the largest Armenian church in the Middle East, which is now being reconstructed as an Armenian church, under the jurisdiction of the Istanbul Armenian Patriarchate. The process of re-claiming more than 200 deeds of lost lands and property belonging to this church has also been initiated. The project funding and construction is already two-thirds complete, with an expected church opening and first Holy Mass to be performed on Oct. 23, 2011. At present, pilgrimage tours are being organized for this historic occasion, along with visits to other historic sites in Eastern Turkey such as Akhtamar/Van and Ani/Kars, continuing to Armenia and Javakhk. There will be more announcements about these tours in the near future.

Sources:

Zakarya Mildanoglu, Agos newspaper April 22, 2011, Istanbul, Turkey

Ottoman Armenian National Council, annual reports 1910-1914, Istanbul, Turkey

Echmiadzin Journal, Yerevan, Armenia 1965-1966 all journals

Dr. H. Hamazasp, Armenian Monasteries in Anatolia, 9 volumes, Vienna Mkhitarist Union, 1940, Vienna, Austria

Raymond Kevorkian and Paul Paboudjian, Les Arméniens dans l’Empire ottoman à la veille du génocide (Armenians in the Ottoman Empire before the Genocide), Paris, 1992

Teotig Lapjinjian, Hayots Koghkota (Armenian Golgotha), 1923, Istanbul, Turkey

Vijagatsuyts, Kavaragan Azkayin Varjaranats Turkiyo, Dedr A-B, Vicag 1901 Darvo (Report on Armenian Schools in Anatolia, Turkey, Booklets 1 and 2, 1901 Status) Armenian National Education Commission Central Directorate, Istanbul, Turkey

Sevan Nishanyan, Adini Unutan Ulke (The Country That Forgot Its Name), Everest Press, 2010, Istanbul, Turkey

Ozgur Cengiz, expose US-based Turkish Imam Fethullah Gulen’s schools worldwide

February 1, 2015 By administrator

Gulen’s Hizmet has no formal structure, no visible organisation and no official membership, yet it may have grown into the world’s biggest Muslim network. BBC

Its name means “service” and it promotes work for the common good, with advocates saying they simply work together in a loosely affiliated alliance inspired by the message of Imam Gulen.

Gulen Schools Worldwide
Ozgur Cengiz, With the growth of Gulen schools worldwide. We had requests from around the world to start a second blog on the Gulen Turkish Schools worldwide. From Mexico to Iraq, and Africa to Afghanistan we will post the news stories and as usual amuse you at the same time. To contrast and compare we invite you to

http://www.gulenschoolsworldwide.blogspot.ca
www.gulencharterschoolsUSA.blogspot.com
http://www.charterschoolwatchdog.com
http://www.charterschoolscandals.blogspot.com

Gulen didn't just waltz into foreign countries with his "charming" personality, he had Graham Fuller CIA helping a brilliant program.

— Ozgur Cengiz (@GooseNetworkUSA) February 1, 2015

If anyone believes Gulen Movement got thus far without "help" from the CIA they don't know who Graham Fuller is. or about Gladio B, #Gulen

— Ozgur Cengiz (@GooseNetworkUSA) February 1, 2015

Gulen Gladio B was a brilliant program of CIA Graham Fuller but it is all drawing to a closure and will evolve into Gladio C and dismantle

— Ozgur Cengiz (@GooseNetworkUSA) February 1, 2015

Turkish history textbooks for primary school, Denial to the school by Taner Akcam

October 20, 2014 By administrator

Taner Akcam

I had the opportunity to analyze the new history textbooks for primary school, middle school and high school. I limited my review everything about the Armenian question, but I really invite other journalists or researchers to do likewise on everything related to other Christians, Jews and Alevis. This would be very useful. In a context where the AKP to lay the foundations for a “new Turkey” campaign slogan of President Erdogan, it was interesting to see what the designers thought the Armenians of this “new Turkey.” We learn a lot in those history books about how these “visionaries” intend shape new generations. The message is very clear: it is to educate young people as part of a complotiste vision of society and the world, like the theories developed by the Ergenekon network [Turkish mafia network].

It is thus explained to young students in their final year of primary school that Turkey faces three major threats. The Armenian issue is presented as the first of these threats, then comes terrorism and finally the Christian missionaries, who pose a serious threat to national security! You read that right. The designers of the new Turkey share with the supporters of Ergenekon network an idea of threats to the nation that led to the murder of Hrant Dink [intellectual Istanbul Armenian killed in 2007] and that of three Christian missionaries in Malatya the same year [they had been slain; their alleged killers were released this year]. That is what these “innovators” want to pass on to our children. Armenians are portrayed in these books as separatist manipulated by foreign powers who attack the Turks and Muslims who are desperate to impose their lie about the genocide. Nothing new in that speech, which is only a repetition of the arguments of the most famous Turkish denialists.

“Events Armenian” .. An important place is given to the genocide, designated as the “Armenian events of 1915” in the history book for middle school handbook. It repeats all the cliches about “Armenians collaborated with the Russians,” the Armenian organizations “who fomented uprisings in Anatolia” and did not hesitate to “kill those of their compatriots who did not want to follow up. “ Armenians, “who were ordered to kill their Turkish neighbors took advantage of the absence of men gone to the front to attack the defenseless Turkish villages and massacring the population there, sparing the children.” According to these books, they do not stay there and “hit the Ottoman army in the back by sabotaging their supply lines, destroying roads and bridges.” “By spying on behalf of Russia and causing unrest in the cities, they also facilitated the occupation [of eastern Anatolia] Russia.” When you read these sentences, we must have in mind that, even if they are not very numerous, there are still Armenians in Turkey and that their children will also have to read such allegations to school [including the Armenian community schools] ! You can still read this manual a thesis about which we do not know whether to laugh or cry, that “the deportation of Armenians was organized to ensure their safety.” But who then threatened? The Armenians of course, that “thus killing all of them who refused to participate in the uprising.” On the figures, these books evoke 300,000 Armenians died “because of war and disease,” while Armenians “massacred 600,000 Turks and 500,000 others forced to leave their homes” … And do s’ Is it here that in 1915 [the date of the Armenian genocide]. What we can conclude is that, to embody a paradise, it seems necessary to first define hell. Those who claim to have a vision [the AKP] and feel the need to define the type of enemy that would prevent the implementation of this vision. It must therefore be noted in reading these books, that Armenians are enemies of the “new Turkey.”

Taner Akcam

Posted on September 17

Taraf (excerpts) Istanbul

shocking news from Serbia, they will teach Turkish in there schools after what Turkey did to Serbia?

September 11, 2014 By administrator

It is unbelievable what serbian Government is doing, it was the Turkish government who train the KLA Kosovo liberation terrorist organization and created atrocity in Kosovo, Bosnia And led to NATO destroying Serbia.

Now Anadolu Agency reporting,

The Association of Turks in Serbia has launched an initiative to introduce the Turkish language as an elective subject, starting in the country’s elementary schools’ fifth grade classes.

Ali Sahovic, the president of the association, said there was a huge level of interest, primarily in the Novi Pazar region in southwest Serbia and the surrounding municipalities. Sahovic added that his association had held discussions with members and directors of a number of schools already.

The Association of Turks in Serbia is headquartered in Novi Pazar, a city in the Raska district, which is the cultural center of the Bosniaks in Serbia’s historical region of Sandzak. Sahovic said the association would also launch the initiative in other parts of Serbia.

“The town of Tutin in the Raska district is an example of where this initiative has already been implemented, and this will trigger the Turkish language’s becoming an elective subject in schools,” he said.

The association is conducting a survey with students and parents. If a sufficient number of students show interest, the schools’ directorates will notify the Ministry of Education on the need for the Turkish language to be offered as an elective subject.

In Serbia, elementary school is divided into two stages: lower grades (grades 1-4), and higher grades (grades 5-8). Starting from lower grade 1, it is compulsory for children to learn English as a foreign language.