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Turkification of, what I did not finish Turkization

September 29, 2014 By administrator

Zeynep TOZDUMAN PictureBy: ZEYNEP TOZDUMAN 

BROTHERS WE HAVE NEVER HAVE,    (translation from Turkish also see Turkish version at the end)
Turkification of, what I did not finish Turkization

WE have NEVER BE BROTHERS
Minorities in the Ottoman Empire, the so-called -mesut and equally happy to have lived MaVal staring into our eyes still say emphatically.
On the one hand happy-happy lived say that, while the national education textbooks for minorities hate and racist crime in 2014’s Turkey stubbornly still processing … by the State very young and tender minds, schools and all areas of life in the non-stop hatred and racism with the poison is washable. Once upon a time in Anatolia, one of every four people in the region called, consisted of non-Muslims. According to the 1924 Treaty of Lausanne, today we have the so-called minorities (Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks and Jews), and beliefs of ancient peoples in the Ottoman Empire; in politics, government and see what the acquisition of goods, what they lived …

The Ottoman Empire; Asia, at the crossroads of Europe and Africa for nearly 600 years has been dominated by expansionist and assimilation policies; on social, economic, cultural and political history of the world have been involved in many areas is one of the empire. Ottoman expansionist policies and assimilation continued reign spanning nearly 600 years.

Reused, in the first period of the Ottoman Empire müsellem consisting of pedestrians and meet the needs of soldiers and is a method which is referenced in order to strengthen. Murad established during the supply of the Janissary troops before the young non-Muslim prisoners of war in accordance with the statutory pen- cik is utilized, but over time the reduction of conquest, Ankara stop for a while after the war because of the way have resorted to recruiting.

For this purpose, taking children from Christian subjects, Müslümanlaştırılıp palace and other services are used. Re-used as places of business are always the Ottoman Empire.

1 Mehmet Celebi for the first time (have killed his brother for the throne) timely implementation of this method, court services and trucking services for use in Christian children forcibly taken from their families was first re-established studies. II. Murat (before the throne after his uncle, brothers Ahmed Mustafa Çelebi, Yusuf and Mahmut has boğdurt). In the time this method was developed further ‘reused Law’ has been removed. Re-used words in this process was used for Christian children. II. Murat from the time this was carried out as a system. Christian children, as well as prisoners of war captured in children, II. Murata established during “Janissaries,” called on the stove as they grew, the number is greater when Turkish and Turkish-Islamic traditions to learn in Anatolia to their families is given, then the Muslim families, these children by taking various jobs employment would have been.

Fatih Sultan Mehmet (the throne boğdurt for the sake of a brother was in swaddling clothes). time, this system was operated by the janissaries network. Children will be recruited primarily from Christian villages were selected. Villages and towns were made is called. How many towns and villages in which the child taken, and the fact that Islamisation was predetermined. In these places, and in the Enderun re-justification, religious and positive sciences etiquette to hold the system itself ought to be until it reaches every subject was given training and education. Back in the first period, which is planned to be used in the service of Christian children, due to their ability and success at every level then was given the task.

Forcibly removed from their families of these children; Muslim and Turkish culture as well as being taught the Koran, wrestling, running, rapier, shoot arrows, etc. was taught in cultural activities such as. Re grown here are; captain-i Derya, queens, banners gentleman, as big as a queen-i-Azam was raised as dignitaries. Anything can happen, but they were re-assigned from studies of ethnic and religious identities would not exist.

Children living in Anatolia at the beginning of the Christian; pastors, parents and baptized there were books. Baptism books, children would be choosing to believe that they are Christians. (Ottoman period in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as subsequent batches could be re-Islamization ones) where a committee established by the children had passed a medical check. Slaves to market … Boy, physical appearance, teeth are checked; Hot boys were sent to the central government in convoys. Recruited children who were brought to Istanbul in major security measures. Here’s tolerance shown to minorities in the Ottoman Empire …
Selected young children in groups of 100 to 200 “Rookie of the boys” were called. These children gathered in a central, to the Ottoman Turks converted to Islam with the so-called tolerance is grown according to the customs and traditions, handsome boys, which was used in the palace service. Reused according to the law of each one of his children Christian families to the Ottoman government was forced to. Like to give the children of families did not have a chance otherwise, was sentenced. In this system, “in Selected If you have been married, they would not have recruited.” Collected with a complete slave mentality, these children hold jobs in the palace gardens of the sultan’s various works to be seen, bakery, blacksmith, sailing, carpentry, gardening until it reaches such works were executed in a very large area.

Be re-cultivating the “Palace School” called “Enderun” was also used. The children taken to the Inner Palace, rather than smart and talented recruits Malard be able to enter into the state machine. Intelligence and skills of gifted children in the state’s most influential bodies, the audit was also appointed without hand. However, in the palace “Small Room, Large Room” places like, where they are trained in the first place be reused.

In this land of denial and assimilation policy, with the Republic of Turkey has not begun. From the Ottoman Empire, from even before the first spread of Islam until today (on the basis that the State continuity) continues.

With this system, the sway of the Ottoman Empire, so that the sword of Islam everywhere in the Turkish-Muslim population increased was happening. This law was determined depending on the needs. Usually 8 to 10, 18 to 15 to 20 years of age, these children were taken. Towards the end of the 16th century, together with the weakening of the Ottoman Empire began to deteriorate recruiting system. Be reused highest level of the system is the process by which the 17th century. In the mid 18th century, re-conditioning system was completely removed. In the 18th century, especially in Western Armenia in the area called Kurdistan, the Pontic Greeks called the Black Sea region and the Tur Abdin in the area called, 1842-1844 Çölemerik (Hakkari) Nestorian massacres started with the process in the 1890s Hamidie through the establishment of and İttihat- Progress continued with the mindset, and beliefs of the ancient people of this country to completely destroy are made ​​on the slaughter. Some of the survivors of the carnage, just as in Ottoman Turkish-Islamic synthesis or an appropriately trained to live in the regions where the number above the name of religion have changed society.

In 1915 genocide of Armenians, Pontic Greeks Syriac boys left, right, same mentality, ethnic and religious cultures have been destroyed. 1,915 victims in these children grow up according to the Turkish and Muslim culture, this time for “return,” he nitelenerek age limit were generally kept under 14-12.

In the Ottoman Empire was re-elected by the people, especially in Anatolia studies. The majority of these children in the Balkans; Albanians, Bulgarians, Hungarians, Greeks, Serbs and Bosnians in Anatolia Kurds, Persians, Russians, Jews, Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks were from subjects .. But they are especially preferred and Christian, as a gender boys were being more preferred.

1924 with the Balkans and the island brought from Turkey and the Kurdish region in the early Islam began to spread in the period, especially the genocide living in areas currently living genes map to take a look our chances though what interests who knows? (For example, in Mardin Mıhelmi 300 years ago, the ancestors of Syrian thought that if!) Experienced massacres, periodic mass apostasy hold the massacre of the surviving orphans, ethnic and religious identity of the destruction of a systematic way of assimilation and denial policy continues. Perhaps Pofa. Dr. In an article Baskin Oran-born Turkish origin living in Turkey at around 2% of the is that.

Number of about 70 thousand finds minorities in their own homeland, the land still live in the pigeon timidity.

These days the anti democratic education system; Kurdish people, Alevis, Arabs, Circassians, Bosnians, Turks and non-Sunni minorities, everyone shoots. Minorities hit the case altogether. Open mind as to one-two minority schools, foundations, giving a portion of their land, the system is oriental cunning. 70,000 comes from the hands of the minority will be completely Turkization. In particular, the AKP began the process of academic and scientific education in the education system are falling rapidly.

Which ran from the Ottoman conquest to conquest, even in times of anlı- glorious Christian peoples never had to live like brothers … brother to the throne of his own self boğdurt ba an Ottoman mentality, a brotherhood of Christian peoples How do you live? Now that we have brothers why the Turkish and non-Muslim ethnic and religious identities were changed? Why did the Turkish and non-Muslim brothers churches, monasteries, chapels, synagogues, mosques and minarets of sinogo could not be greater than? We have brothers! Why the houses of Christians from Muslims could not be higher? We have brothers! Why in the name of Christian crosses from the tax were getting? Brother why we did not eat in the house of a Christian and Kizilbash? Brother why we were sending them to exile and deportation? How the language of a fraternity brother that always prohibited? Why the sound of bells was forbidden since you have siblings? We have brothers! Why does it always was murdering them? Does your brother to brother Stocks?

We never have to be brothers. Turkifying Brotherhood has a secret plan in the word. This day the same pain as well as Muslim minorities are being made to the Kurdish people.

In short, non-Sunni Turks in this country, the right to life no, no, no …

Zeynep TOZDUMAN

Bibliography;
About one-Uzunçarşılı ‘reused’, IE, c.3, Eskişehir 1997, s.563
2 All aspects of the Assyrians / Muzaffar Iris

Zeynep TOZDUMAN

Bibliography;
About one-Uzunçarşılı ‘reused’, IE, c.3, Eskişehir 1997, s.563
All aspects of the Assyrians 52 2 / Muzaffar Iris

Turkish Version:

ZEYNEP TOZDUMAN

TÜRKLEŞTİRE, TÜRKLEŞTİRE BİTİREMEDİKLERİMİZ

                                BİZLER ASLA KARDEŞ OLMADIK

Osmanlı’da azınlıklar, sözde mutlu -mesut ve eşit bir şekilde yaşadılar mavalını gözlerimizin içine baka baka ısrarla hala söylüyorlar.

Bir yandan mutlu-mesut yaşattıklarını söylüyorlar, öte yandan milli eğitimin ders kitaplarında azınlıklar için nefret ve ırkçılık suçu 2014 Türkiye’sinde inatla hala işleniyor… Devlet eliyle körpecik beyinler, okullarda ve hayatın her alanında durmaksızın nefret ve ırkçılık zehriyle yıkanıyor. Bir zamanlar Anadolu denilen coğrafyada her dört kişiden biri, Müslüman olmayan halklardan oluşuyordu. 1924 Lozan Antlaşmasına göre bugün azınlık diye tabir ettiğimiz ( Ermeniler, Süryaniler, Rum ve Yahudiler ) kadim halklar ve inançlar Osmanlıda; siyasette, yönetimlerde ve mal edinmede bakın neler , neler yaşadılar…

Osmanlı Devleti; Asya, Avrupa ve Afrika’nın kesişme noktasında yaklaşık 600 yıl boyunca yayılmacı ve asimilasyon politikalarıyla hüküm sürmüş; içtimai, iktisadi, kültürel ve siyasi pek çok alanda dünya tarihinde yer almış imparatorluklardan biridir. Osmanlı, yayılmacı ve asimilasyon politikalarıyla yaklaşık 600 yıla yayılan bir saltanat sürdürmüştür.

 Devşirme, Osmanlı Devleti’nin ilk dönemlerde sadece yaya ve müsellemlerden oluşan asker ihtiyacını karşılamak ve güçlendirmek maksadıyla başvurulmuş bir yöntemdir. I.Murad döneminde kurulan Yeniçeri Ocağına asker temini için önce pençik kanuni gereğince Müslüman olmayan genç savaş esirlerinden faydalanılmış, fakat zamanla fetihlerin azalması, Ankara Savaşından sonra da bir süre durması yüzünden devşirme yoluna başvurulmuştur.

Bu amaçla Hıristiyan tebaadan çocuklar alınarak, Müslümanlaştırılıp sarayda ve diğer hizmetlerde kullanılmıştır. Devşirme işinin yapıldığı yerler ise hep Osmanlı topraklarıdır.

İlk kez 1. Mehmet Çelebi (Tahta çıkmak için kardeşlerini öldürmüştür)  zamanında uygulanan bu yöntemle, saray hizmetleri ve bostancılık hizmetlerinde kullanılmak üzere Hıristiyan çocukları ailelerinden zorla alınarak ilk devşirmeler oluşturulmuştur. II. Murat ( Tahta çıkmak için önce amcası Mustafa Çelebi’yi sonra kardeşleri Ahmet, Yusuf ve Mahmut’u boğdurtmuştur). Zamanında ise bu yöntem daha da geliştirilerek ‘’Devşirme Kanunu’’ çıkarılmıştır. Devşirme kelimesi bu süreçte Hıristiyan çocukları için kullanılıyordu. II. Murat zamanından itibaren de bu bir sistem olarak yürütülmüştür. Hıristiyan çocukların yanı sıra savaşlarda ele geçirilen esir çocuklarda, II. Murat zamanında kurulan “Yeniçeri Ocağı” denilen ocakta yetiştirildikleri gibi, sayıları fazla olduğu zamanlarda Türkçeyi ve Türk-İslam geleneklerini öğrenmek üzere Anadolu’daki ailelerin yanına verilir, sonra Müslüman ailelerden bu çocuklar alınarak muhtelif işlerde istihdam edilirdi.

Fatih Sultan Mehmet  (Taht uğruna kundaktaki kardeşi Ahmet’i boğdurtmuştur) .        zamanında, bu sistem yeniçeri ağası tarafından işletiliyordu. Devşirilecek çocuklar öncelikle Hıristiyan köylerinden seçilirdi. Köy ve kasabalara çağrılır yapılırdı. Hangi kasaba ve köyden kaç tane çocuğun alınıp, Müslümanlaştırılacağı aslında önceden belirlenirdi. Bu yerlerde ve Enderun’da devşirmelere, görgü kurallarından tutunda dini ve müspet ilimlere varıncaya kadar sistemin kendisine lâzım olacak her konuda eğitim ve öğretim veriliyordu. İlk dönemlerde geri hizmetlerde kullanılması planlanan Hıristiyan çocuklara, yetenekleri ve başarılarından ötürü daha sonra her kademede görev verildi.

Ailelerinden zorla koparılan bu çocuklara; Müslüman ve Türk Kültürü öğretilmesinin yanı sıra Kuran-ı Kerim, güreş, koşu, meç, ok çekme v.b. gibi kültürel faaliyetlerde öğretilirdi. Buralarda yetişen devşirmeler; kaptan-ı derya, vezir, sancak beyi, vezir-i âzam gibi büyük devlet adamları olarak yetiştirilirdi. Devşirmeler her şey olabilirlerdi ama atadan gelen etnik ve dini kimlikleriyle var olamazdı.

Anadolu’da yaşayan Hristiyan çocukların başında; papazlar , babalar ve vaftiz defterleri bulunurdu. Vaftiz defterleri, çocukları seçerken Hristiyan olduklarına kanaat getirmek için tutulurdu. (Osmanlı döneminde, Bosna- Hersek’de olduğu gibi sonradan toplu halde müslümanlaşanlardan devşirme alınmıyordu) Burada kurulan bir komisyon tarafından çocuklar tıbbi bir kontrolden geçirilirdi. Adeta köle pazarı …Boylarına, fiziksel görünüşlerine, dişlerine bakılır; beğenilen çocuklar kafileler halinde hükumet merkezine gönderilirdi. Devşirilen çocuklar, büyük güvenlik tedbirleri içinde İstanbul’a getirilirdi.  İşte Osmanlıda azınlıklara gösterilen hoşgörü…

Seçilen bu genç çocuklar 100- 200 kişilik gruplar halinde ”Acemi Oğlanı” diye anılırlardı. Bir merkezde toplanan bu çocuklar, Osmanlı’nın sözde hoşgörüsüyle Müslümanlaştırılmak üzere Türk örf ve adetlerine göre yetiştirilir, yakışıklı olan oğlanlar saray hizmetlerinde kullanılırdı. Devşirme kanununa göre her Hristiyan aile kendi çocuklarından birini Osmanlı hükumetine vermek zorundaydı. Ailelerin çocuklarını vermeme gibi bir şansı yoktu aksi halde cezaya çarptırıldı. Bu sistemde”Seçilenler içinde evli olan varsa, bunlar devşirilmezdi”. Tam bir köle zihniyetiyle toplanan bu çocuklar, sarayda bahçe işlerinden tutun da padişahın çeşitli işlerinin görülmesine, fırıncılık, demircilik, gemicilik, marangozluk, bahçıvanlık gibi işlere varıncaya kadar çok geniş bir alanda çalıştırılırlardı.

Devşirmelerin yetiştirilmesi “Saray Okulu” denen “Enderun” da yapılmıştır. Enderun’a alınan çocuklar daha ziyade, devlet mekanizmasına girebilecek zeki ve kabiliyetli devşirmelerdi.  Zeka ve beceri konusunda üstün yetenekli çocuklar devletin en etkili organlarında, denetimi de elden bırakmadan görevlendirilirdi. Bununla birlikte sarayda bulunan “Küçük Oda, Büyük Oda” gibi yerler, devşirmelerin ilk etapta eğitim gördükleri yerlerdir.

Bu topraklarda inkar ve asimilasyon politikası, Cumhuriyet Türkiye’siyle başlamamıştır. Osmanlıdan, hatta daha önceden İslamiyetin ilk yayılışından günümüze değin (Devlette devamlılık esasıyla) devam etmektedir.

Bu sistemle Osmanlının yani İslamın kılıcının sallandığı her yerde Türk- Müslüman nüfusta artırılmış oluyordu. Bu, kanun ihtiyacına göre saptanıyordu. Genellikle 8- 10, 15- 18- 20 yaşlarında alınıyordu bu çocuklar. 16. Yüzyılın sonlarına doğru Osmanlının zayıflamasıyla birlikte devşirme sistemi bozulmaya başladı. Devşirme sistemin en yüksek seviyeye çıktığı süreç ise 17. yüzyıldır. 18. Yüzyılın ortalarında ise devşirme sistemi tamamen ortadan kaldırıldı.  18 yüzyılda özellikle Batı Ermenistan denilen bölgede, Kürdistan’da, Pontus Rum adı verilen Karadeniz bölgesi ve Turabdin denilen bölgede, 1842-1844 Çölemerik ( Hakkâri) Nasturi katliamlarıyla başlayan süreç 1890’lı yıllarda Hamidiye Alayların kurulmasıyla ve İttihat- Terakki ile devam eden zihniyet, bu ülkenin kadim halklarını ve inançlarını tamamen yok etmek üzerine yapılan kıyımlardır. Bu kıyımlardan sağ kurtulanlardan bazıları tıpkı Osmanlıda olduğu gibi Türk-İslam sentezine uygun bir şekilde yetiştirilmiş  ya da yukarıda adını saydığımız coğrafyalarda yaşamak için toplu din değiştirmişlerdir.

1915 Ermeni- Süryani- Pontus Rum soykırımında ise sağ bırakılan erkek çocukları, aynı zihniyetle etnik ve dini kültürleri yok edilmiştir. 1915 kurbanı bu çocuklarda Türk ve Müslüman kültürüne göre yetişmesi için bu kez ”’dönme ” diye nitelenerek yaş sınırını genelde 14- 12’nin altında tutmuşlardır.

Osmanlıda devşirmeler özellikle Anadolu’daki halklardan seçiliyordu. Bu çocukların çoğunluğu Balkanlarda; Arnavut, Bulgar, Macar, Yunan, Sırp ve Bosnalılar, Anadolu’da Kürt, Acem, Rus, Yahudi, Ermeni, Süryani ve Rum tebaasındandı.. Ama özellikle Hristiyan olmaları tercih edilip, cinsiyet olarak erkek çocuklar daha çok tercih ediliyordu.

1924 mübadelesi ile Balkanlardan ve adalardan getirilen Türklerin, Kürt coğrafyalarında ise İslamın ilk yayılmaya başladığı dönemlerde, özellikle soykırım yaşayan bölgelerde şu anda yaşayanların gen haritasına bir bakma şansımız olsa neler çıkar kim bilir? ( Örneğin Mardin’deki Mıhelmilerin 300 yıl önce atalarının Süryani oldukları düşünülürse !) Yaşanan katliamlardan, dönem dönem toplu din değiştirmelerinden tutun da katliamlardan sağ kalan yetimlerin etnik ve dini kimliklerin yok edilmesine kadar sistematik bir şekilde asimilasyon ve inkar politikaları devam ediyor. Belkide Pof. Dr. Baskın Oran bir makalesinde Türkiye’de yaşayan orjin asıllı Türklerin %2 civarında demesi bundandır.

Sayıları yaklaşık 70 bini bulan azınlıklar, kendi anayurdu olan bu topraklarda hala güvercin ürkekliğinde yaşıyorlar.

Bu gün uygulanan anti demokratik eğitim sistemi; Kürt halkını, Alevileri, Arapları, Çerkezleri, Boşnakları, azınlıkları Türk ve Sünni olmayan herkesi vuruyor. Azınlıkları ise hepten vurmuş durumda. Aklı sıra bir- iki azınlık okulu açmakla, vakıf arazilerinin bir kısmını vermekle sistem, şark kurnazlığı yapmaktadır. Ellerinden gelse 70.000 azınlığı da tamamen Türkleştirecekler.  Özellikle AKP süreciyle başlayan eğitim sisteminde akademik ve bilimsel eğitimden hızla uzaklaşılmaktadır.

Osmanlı fetihten fetihe koştuğu anlı- şanlı dönemlerinde bile Hristiyan halklarla asla kardeş gibi yaşamadı…Tahta geçmek için kendi öz be öz kardeşlerini boğdurtan bir Osmanlı zihniyeti, Hristiyan halklarla nasıl bir kardeşlik yaşayabilir sizce?  Madem kardeştik neden Türk ve Müslüman olmayanların etnik ve dini kimlikleri değiştiriliyordu? Kardeştik de Türk ve Müslüman olmayan tebaanın neden kilise, manastır, şapel, havra ve sinogoların minare boyları camilerden büyük olamazdı? Kardeştik! Neden Hristiyanların evleri Müslümanlardan daha yüksek olamazdı? Kardeştik! Neden Hristiyanlardan aşar adı altında vergi alıyorduk? Kardeştik neden bir Hristiyan ve Kızılbaşın evinde yemek yemiyorduk? Kardeştik de neden onları sürgün ve tehcire gönderiyorduk? Nasıl bir kardeşlik ki hep yasaklanan kardeşimizin dili? Madem kardeştik neden Çan sesleri yasaklanıyordu? Kardeştik! Neden hep onlar katlediyordu? Kardeş kardeşe kıyar mı hiç?

Bizler asla kardeş olmadık. Kardeşlik kelimesinin içindeki gizli bir plandı Türkleştirmek. Bu gün aynı acılar azınlıkların yanı sıra Müslüman Kürt halkına da yapılmaktadır.

Kısacası, bu ülkede Sünni Türk olmayanlara yaşam hakkı yok, yok, yok…

ZEYNEP TOZDUMAN

 Kaynakça;

1-Hakkı Uzunçarşılı, ‘’Devşirme’’, İA, c.3, Eskişehir 1997,s.563

2- Bütün yönleriyle Süryaniler/ Muzaffer İris

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The September 19th & 19th: A Dark Mark on Armenian History Turkish crime repeated Dates often carry symbolism. For Armenians, two “19ths” stand as wounds carved into the nation’s soul: January 19, 2007 and September 19, 2023. On January 19, journalist and intellectual Hrant Dink was assassinated in front of the Agos newspaper office in […]

From Ankara to Yerevan: The Erdoğan Blueprint Behind Pashinyan’s Rise

By Wally Sarkeesian When Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited Istanbul earlier this year, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan handed him a copy of his book. To most observers, it was a symbolic diplomatic gesture. But to those watching closely, the moment carried a deeper meaning: Pashinyan’s political career had already followed Erdoğan’s blueprint step […]

A Nation in Peril: Anything Armenian pashinyan Dismantling

By Wally Sarkeesian A Nation in Peril This is not simply mismanagement. It is not mere corruption. What we are witnessing is a coordinated and systematic destruction of Armenia’s foundations—its land, its faith, its history, and its pride. No Armenian leader, not even in times of foreign invasion, has inflicted such comprehensive damage. For the […]

Draft Letter to Armenian Legal Scholars / Armenian Bar Association

Subject: Request for Legal Action Regarding Prime Minister Nikol PashinyanDear Esteemed Scholars and Members of the Armenian Bar Association, I am writing to you out of deep concern for the Republic of Armenia, the Armenian nation, and the future of our people. The actions of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan raise urgent legal, constitutional, and moral […]

“My Mother’s Tears: The Unending Genocide”

By Wally Sarkeesian Armenian Genocide, Artsakh Genocide, Now Gaza Genocide, by Turkey, Azerbaijan, Israel I created Gagrule.net in 2000, not because of politics, not even because I am Armenian, but because I grew up with my mother’s tears. Every time she heard a song, she would burst into tears. “This was my cousin’s song… this […]

Opinion | Haaretz Editorial Israel’s Fingerprints Are All Over the Ethnic Cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh

The Armenians fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh en masse still remember the first years after the Soviet Union fell apart, when their community suffered war and mass slaughter.  But they also remember the more distant history of the genocide perpetrated against their countrymen by the Ottoman Empire. Consequently, they are rightly unwilling to rely on the mercy of […]

Pashinyan Falsely Blames Armenia’s Problems On the Trauma from the Genocide of 1915

By Harut Sassounian, With each passing day, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s statements contradicting Armenia’s national interests are getting increasingly alarming Pashinyan started by denigrating Mt. Ararat, the preeminent Armenian symbol. He then mocked Armenia’s coat of arms, questioning why there is a lion on it, claiming that there are no lions in Armenia. With this […]

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIER NIKOL PASHINIAN, ANDRANIK KOCHARYAN

On April 24, the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, people’s thoughts and prayers always go to the martyrs of the genocide, to the year 1915, to the unquenchable fire of Tsitsernakaberd, to those fateful and difficult times that give reason to think about our current reality and forces to draw parallels with the past, […]

How Joe Biden Lost the Armenian American Vote

By Stephan Pechdimaldji, The 2024 presidential race is shaping up to be one of our country’s most hotly contested elections. With an electorate that has become more polarized than ever, independents and select demographic groups promise to play a more pivotal role in this year’s election. It is why Arab Americans in Michigan raised a lot […]

We Must Keep the Memory and Dream Alive To Recover Artsakh and Western Armenia

By Harut Sassounian, There is a dispute among those who want to struggle for the recovery of Artsakh and those who say that Artsakh is lost forever and that we should forget about it. The latter shameful position is promoted by the current regime in Armenia which is responsible for losing Artsakh and is now […]

Hrant Dink is commemorated at the place where he was shot

Hrant Dink, the founder and editor-in-chief of our newspaper, is commemorated at the place where he was shot on the 17th anniversary of his murder. There are also commemoration events in different cities and countries. The commemoration will take place on January 19 at 15.00 in front of the old Agos office, as every year. […]

Irvine, California Great Park, an Armenian Genocide memorial is in the works

The Orange County Armenian Genocide Memorial Committee hopes to start construction in the first half of 2026, By HANNA KANG, Irvine is getting closer to erecting a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian genocide within the Great Park. Early plans for the memorial, approved by the Great Park Board on Tuesday, Jan. 9, include a potential […]

Investigation: Armenian Fears of a ‘Concentration Camp’ in Nagorno-Karabakh May Have Been Warranted

Newly available satellite imagery suggests a possible basis for rumors Azerbaijan was preparing to imprison the region’s residents. Late last spring, Armenian residents in the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh heard the clamors and loud noises of construction work. At night, from their sleepy village of Khramort, they could see bright lighting and hear screeching noises […]

Armenian Christians attacked in Jerusalem, some in serious condition. “Armenian clerics in Jerusalem are fighting for their lives.”

Over 30 armed provocateurs wearing ski masks and some carrying lethal weapons attacked a group of Armenian bishops, priests, deacons, and other citizens on Thursday morning in the Old City of Jerusalem, according to the Armenian Patriarchate. “A mass and coordinated physical attack was launched,” the Patriarchate wrote in an official letter to the Police and […]

How could one man do so much damage to a nation? and How could such a nation remain muted? video

How could one man do so much damage to a nation?How could such a nation remain muted?How could such a nation endure so much Crime?

BREAKING: Ogun Samast, the Turkish assassin of Agos Newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief, Hrant Dink, released

BREAKING: In a turn of events, Ogun Samast, the individual responsible for the assassination of Agos Newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief, Hrant Dink, in a heinous attack on January 19, 2007, has been released from Bolu F-Type prison. Samast, who was 17 years old at the time of the murder, was apprehended at Samsun bus station on January […]

CSI calls for U.S. action to prevent a new Armenian Genocide

Says it is not too late to combat the malign influence of Azerbaijan and Turkey Christian Solidarity International (CSI) is urging the United States to put its words into action and call the perpetrators of ethnic cleansing in Nagorno Karabakh to account. In a letter to President Joe Biden dated November 9, CSI International President Dr. John […]

“Two Turkish agents with radical views discussing strategies to undermine their own nation’s stability.

A former Georgian president, Mikheil Saakashvili, who was involved in a conflict with Russia that resulted in the loss of significant territory, is currently advising Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia. Pashinyan, too, experienced a loss in the Artsakh region during his tenure. They are seeking guidance on managing their relations with Russia. Critics […]

Reuters: Azerbaijan has a list of hundreds of Karabakh Armenians it wants to detain

Azerbaijan has a list of several hundred Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh whom it wants to detain on charges of various crimes, Reuters reports, citing a “senior diplomat”. “Azerbaijan has a list of “several hundred” Armenians in Karabakh whom they want to detain on charges of various crimes,” the agency reported. Azerbaijan has already detained Ruben Vardanyan, […]

Artsakh: 88,780 forcibly displaced persons arrived in Armenia from Karabakh as of 10 am Friday

As of 10 a.m. Friday, 88,780 forcibly displaced persons have entered Armenia from Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). Nazeli Baghdasaryan, press secretary of the Armenian prime minister, informed about this during the press conference presenting the activities of the respective humanitarian centers that has been set up. “It can be seen from the numeric dynamics that a certain […]

“Vito stays in Artsakh, Samvel Babayan is in Armenia how did he manage to live? Video

Samvel Babayan, a deceptive liar watched the video when he said I am the last one to live but he is first to run now he is the first he is in Armenia. “As if I came to Africa, you are surprised, I came to my country. The journalist asked me: when will you come, […]

Righteous Jews Urge Pro-Azeri Rabbis To Cancel Planned Conference in Baku

By Harut Sassounian, Shortly after I wrote a column two weeks ago condemning European pro-Azerbaijan Rabbis for planning to hold their conference in Baku, I was pleasantly surprised to receive an email from 18 mostly Jewish prominent individuals, including eight righteous Rabbis, who condemned the trip to Azerbaijan and called for its cancellation. In a […]

Luis Moreno Ocampo the USA, France, and Russia can stop the Karabakh Genocide By Azerbaijan in one minute detail in a Video

It’s like a shock, but it’s obvious, it’s a #genocide today, and the question is not to debate the genocide but to prevent the killings in Nagorno Karabakh. (First Prosecutor of Intl. Criminal Court – Luis Moreno Ocampo) #ArtsakhBlockade #AzerbaijanIsATerroristState

Aliyev Genocide can’t be said in public, State Department official Yuri Kim: Video

Bob Menendez։ Azerbaijan’s Blockade of Artsakh has Hallmark of Genocide Unreal. I’ve never witnessed anything like this. Yuri Kim, a State Department official, says she can’t publicly answer why Azerbaijan’s dictator has kept the Lachin corridor closed — meaning she knows his plans are to starve Artsakh into coercion. A deeply troubling non-answer that speaks […]

Genocide is About to Unfold in Artsakh, and the West Has Secured a Front-Row Seat

by Karnig Kerkonian  For seventeen days, Azerbaijani special forces and military personnel—masquerading as “environmentalists”—have blocked the only road connecting Artsakh to Armenia. They have effectively severed the only lifeline the Artsakh Armenians have to the outside world—a lifeline guaranteed by the Trilateral Statement of November 10, 2020. With 120,000 Artsakh Armenians now completely encircled and isolated, Azerbaijan is […]

US senator urges sanctions on Azerbaijan to prevent ‘genocide’

A top senator on Tuesday urged the United States to impose sanctions on Azerbaijan’s leader, accusing him of starting a campaign of “genocide” against an ethnic Armenian enclave, charges rejected by Baku. Armenia has accused Azerbaijan of spurring a humanitarian crisis by closing Armenia’s only road link into Nagorno-Karabakh, although the enclave’s separatist authorities said […]

In an effort to whitewash its criminal record, Azerbaijan unilaterally decides to send ‘aid’ to victims of its blockade

At the behest of the #Azerbaijani regime associated with terrorism, there is a pattern of altering the attire of terrorists to align with their propagandistic narrative. These individuals, who are consistently identified as terrorists, exhibit a versatile facade. They might portray themselves as members of the Red Crescent on one occasion, only to swiftly transform […]

Turks are well taught that the Diaspora should be defeated first so that the issue of Armenia can be easily resolved. Yunona Hakobjanyan

People in Armenia have become a little more desperate and indifferent. But at the same time, people understand well what is happening around them. Los Angeles-based doctor and public figure Yunona Hakobjanyan said on the air of 168TV’s “Review” program, talking about the impressions she got from her visit to Armenia this time. According to […]

Understanding Azerbaijan’s Blockade of the Lachin Corridor as Part of a Wider Genocidal Campaign

The Tip of the Iceberg Understanding Azerbaijan’s Blockade of the Lachin Corridor asPart of a Wider Genocidal Campaign against Ethnic Armenians. IntroductionAs the world condemns Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin Corridor, we must not lose sight ofthe deeper threat fueling the humanitarian catastrophe: the full-scale ethnic cleansing and potentialgenocide of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh 1 and […]

Why Do We Expect the World to Care?

By now, most informed Armenians have digested the results of the emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on the closure of the Berdzor (Lachin) Corridor and the dire situation in our beloved Artsakh—the humanitarian disaster that is unfolding before our eyes. The result is the same that Armenians have grown accustomed to over the […]

Surprisingly few people know these two Aliev sixes in Armenia.

By Aleksander Lapshin, Surprisingly few people know these two Aliev sixes in Armenia. Meanwhile, all the evil that Ilhamostan is doing against Armenia and Artsakh comes from these two. On the left head of the SGB, General Ali Nagiev, and on the right head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, General Vilayat Evazov. All abductions, […]

In the year 626 Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem Abraham traveled to Mecca and met with Prophet Mohammed

By Hay Wanderer In the year 626 Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, Abraham traveled to Mecca and met with Prophet Mohammed. After the meeting, Prophet Mohammed issued a declaration that recognized and respected the Armenian Church with its Patriarch and followers. Prophet Mohammed commanded all Muslims to respect his declaration. In the year 1187 Salah al […]

Righteous Jews Appeal to Israel To Help Open the Lachin Corridor

By Harut Sassounian, There are pro and anti-Armenian individuals of every nationality. Jews are no exception. There are Jews who support us and those who oppose us. We should not generalize and paint everyone with the same brush. Armenians should not treat every Jew as an opponent just because the Israeli government denies the Armenian […]

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