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Human Rights are not protected by Turkey's Constitution
Human Rights are not protected by Turkey's Constitution
Sunday, November 05, 2006 KurdishMedia.com - By Dana Swartz It is important to remember that although Turkey is considered a democratic nation, its government is still controlled by the military regime. The Turkish Constitution, while an attempt to show democracy, allows for the violation of Human Rights towards the minorities that live in Turkey. This is proven everyday, when the Turkish government still attempts to deny the Armenian Genocide, and allows its military to continue to harass and murder innocent Kurds. Turkey claims that if Kurds, Armenians, or other minorities are allowed to have their identity it will destroy the republic. Well the United States, as you can read from its name, is the unity of 50 states, territories, and home to thousands of immigrants that are still arriving every year. Other Western nations also have immigrants who are recognized for their individuality, ethnic traditions, cultures, and languages, yet these nations are not destroyed. So, how can allowing the minorities in Turkey to be seen as distinct ethnic groups weaken Turkey? One has only to look at history to see that trying to change or assimilate a group of people, only leads to civil wars, deep hatred, and horrible atrocities to life. In addition, the laws that are made using the Turkish Constitution should apply to every citizen residing within Turkey's boarders, not just certain groups of people. Even though little changes have been made to the Constitution, these changes have not occurred in real life. Human Rights abuses are still occurring everyday, in direct violation, of the two greatest democratic organizations in the world, the United Nations and the European Union. Hitler was forcibly removed from power for his atrocities towards the Jews. The Khmer Rouge was tried over the ethnic cleansing in Cambodia. Saddam Hussein and his Ba'th regime were removed from power by democratic forces for his government's policy of genocide towards Kurds. When will Turkey be punished for its attempts to annihilate its own minority populations by hiding behind a Constitution that is legally and morally wrong? Who are the Kurds? Today, approximately 40 million Kurds make up the largest ethnic group of people without a recognized country. The Kurds live in the mountainous areas in southeast and east of Turkey, northwest of Iran, north of Iraq, and northeast of Syria. The Kurdish people can claim their heritage back to Ancient Mesopotamia. The mountainous regions they live in are harsh areas, which few people could live in and prosper; however the Kurds made it their home and have lived there for thousands of years. The major mountain regions they live in are the Taurus, Zagros, and Elburz Mountains. The Tigris and Euphrates rivers are the major source of water, not only for the mountains, but also for much of the Middle East. The Kurds are agricultural: raising sheep, goats, and cereals, such as wheat, barley, and oats. Another major crop of the Kurds is tobacco. Some of the finest "Turkish tobacco" is grown in the land of the Kurds. Kurds belong to clans, which are part of a tribe. The clans make up the immediate family groups, while the tribe makes up the extended family. Kurdish people are fiercely loyal to their family, clan, and tribe. (About the Kurds, History & Hemin Shekhani). Another important aspect of Kurdish life is the language that they speak. Kurdish language is in the Indo-European family of languages. Kurdish is broken up into four main dialects, Kurmanci (60%), Sorani (25%), Zazaki (10%), and Gorani (5%), with many smaller sub-dialects. According to Kemal Burkay, "Kurdish is a lively and rich language that has managed to survive despite all the oppression and bans to which is has been exposed." (Kurdistan's Homepage, Para 3). Kurdish is considered one of the few surviving original languages of the Mesopotamian people. Because the Kurdish language is so rich and vibrant, it has created beautiful traditions using songs and poetry. Before 1991, Kurds were not even allowed to speak their language in the privacy of their homes without fear of being arrested, or worse, killed. Since 1991, Kurds are now allowed to speak the Kurdish language inside their homes, but it is still illegal to write, read or teach the language. Today more than half of all Kurds living in Turkey cannot read or write Kurdish because of Turkey's brutal Constitutional laws concerning the language. In Turkey if minorities speak their "mother language" they are branded as traitors, terrorist, and enemies of the state. The country known as Kurdistan by the Kurds includes land from Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and small parts of Russia. According to census reports, approximately 50% of all Kurds live in Turkey, with smaller percentages living in the other areas of Kurdistan. After World War I, Kurds were promised a separate and independent country-state, in the Treaty of Servres, but then England and France, decide to divvy up the land and not give the Kurds their independence. "The Treaty of Lausanne formalized this division." (About the Kurds, History, Para 15). Since this time, Kurds all over the world have clamored for their rights of culture, language, traditions, and autonomy. But most importantly, the Kurds have asked to be recognized as a distinct people. Quoting directly from Hemin Shekhani's website, "the Turkish government also passed various laws forbidding the use of the Kurdish language and imposing other restrictions on manifestations of Kurdish nationalism. Although all Turkish Kurds possess full Turkish citizenship and millions of Kurds have assimilated into Turkish society, relations between Kurds and the Turkish government continue to be strained." (Hemin Shekhani, History of Kurdistan). Kurds in Turkey, for the last 80 years, were forced to be assimilated into Turks. By this, the Republic of Turkey has denied the existence of Kurds, their language, culture, ethnicity, and traditions. Since the 1980's Kurds "have waged a war of national liberation" against Turkeys governmental and military attempts to suppress all signs of Kurdish identity. (The Kurds & the Future of Turkey, Page 21). The Turkish government has been exceptionally harsh and repressive to its Kurdish population. The Washington Post stated in an article, "Turkish government, which tried to deprive them [the Kurds] of Kurdish identity by designating them "Mountain Turks, outlawing their language and forbidding them to wear traditional Kurdish costumes in the cities. The government also encouraged the migration of Kurds to the cities to dilute the population in the uplands. Turkey continues its policy of not recognizing the Kurds as a minority group." (Washington Post. Para 4). "The Kurds have been subjugated by neighboring peoples for most of their history. In modern times, Kurds have tried to set up independent states in Iran, Iraq and Turkey, but their efforts have been crushed every time." (Washington Post, Background: The Kurds Inset). While many Kurds want a separate and recognized state called Kurdistan, much could be settle peaceable if Kurds were allowed their identity. Forcing a people to abandon their culture, traditions, language, music, and other ideals that make them unique, is cultural genocide. Basic Human rights are what each of us, as individuals require, so why deny the Kurds these same rights? Why should the Kurds be treated separately from any other ethnic group in the world? Kurds deserve to be recognized, allowed the freedom of identity, and the right to be the unique people that they are. Turkey's Constitution grants the right that all individuals should be allowed their identity so why are they killing Kurds for saying "I am a Kurd!" This is not freedom this is murder, this is genocide! The physical, linguistic, and cultural genocide committed by Turkey against the Kurds is treated with silence and/or considered controversial. The status of the Turkish government in denying their actions has created pressure on the United States and other Western Nations governments, universities, and media organizations to treat this holocaust as delusions of the Kurdish people. The Turkish government is in full control of media, and many attempts to let the outside world know what is really happening in Southeastern Turkey [Northern Kurdistan] are met with beatings, destroyed camera equipment, and imprisonment for reporters from all western nations. It is even worse for the Kurds who have tried to document the atrocities occurring, as they usually just disappear, never to be seen again. The denial of the Turks and their government in regards to this horrible time in their recent history suggests that any government that commits crimes against humanity will go unpunished and suffering of the people involved will continue. Turkish Constitutions Articles and Human Rights: The Turkish Constitution states that it is the law of the Republic of Turkey. The Constitution is a large document with many articles, polices, and rules. Only the articles, policies, and laws pertaining to Human Rights will be discussed in this paper. In this section of the paper you will see how the Constitution seems to allows for human rights, but examples will show how those same rights are being violated were Kurds are concerned. To begin, here is a quote from the Preamble of the Turkish Constitution, "they [the people of the Turkish Republic] have the right to demand a peaceful life based on absolute respect for one another's rights and freedoms, mutual love and fellowship, and the desire for, and belief in, 'Peace at home, peace in the world.'" (Constitution of the Republic of Turkey Page 2, Para 1). This sentence signifies that every citizen in Turkey has the right to live a peaceful and just life. If this is the case, then why has the Turkish government forcibly removed Kurds from the homes they have lived in for centuries? Do you think that having your house, business, and/or village destroyed and burned to the ground, allows for a peaceful life? Turkey's own human rights minister admitted that the military has been destroying Kurdish villages for years. He stated, "Some two million Kurds have been displaced, a dozen towns depopulated and five to six million Kurds forced into western Turkey by state terror and economic collapse." (A Test for Turkey, Page 1, Para 3). Yet when questioned by the United Nations, Turkey's government denies they are burning villages or forcibly removing minorities from their ancestral lands. Article 10, Section 10 of the Turkish Constitution states, "All individuals are equal without and discrimination before the law, irrespective of language, race, color, sex, political opinion, philosophical belief, religion and sect, or any such considerations." (Constitution of the Republic of Turkey, Page 3, Para. 3). This statement is a true democratic statement shared by all the democratic nations of the world. However, while this article gives equal rights to all citizens, it is not enforced where Kurds are concerned. The language of the Kurds is forcibly denied to the Kurdish people. The beginning of the Constitution says that Turkish is the national language, but Turkey has several languages that are unique to the individual groups that live within Turkey's boarders. What threat is it to the nation as a whole to allow these native languages to be used, taught, and spoken? How come military personal are allowed to shoot you in the street for speaking Kurdish or whistling a Kurdish tune. Outlawing a language because it belongs to a minority group is ludicrous. Forcing Kurds to give up their mother tongue is cultural genocide and Turkey's government has been doing this for over 80 years. Kurds are till not allowed to speak Kurdish in their own homes. In addition, the Turkish Constitution says everyone born in Turkey is Turkish, not a Turkish citizen, but Turkish. Well if both your parents are Kurdish and you are born in Turkey that makes you a Turkish citizen of Kurdish heritage, not a Turk. For the Turkish government there is no such thing and they prove this by making elementary children stand up and recite that they are Turks everyday. Kurds are not allowed to call themselves Kurds. Kurds are not allowed to recognize their identity without fear of dreadful repercussions. Why is it against the law, punishable by torture and death, to call oneself a Kurd? Does this sound like equality? Kurds are distinct race, with culture and traditions, which have a right to be recognized, respected, and treated without discrimination. While Turkey's constitution says all people are born equal, clearly, equal only applies to those who are willing to forget who they are and become Turks. Secondly, no one is allowed to speak out or mention the atrocities that are occurring everyday to the Kurds. While the Turkish Constitution guarantees the right to speak freely, that only applies as long as you talk about what the government wants you to speak about. To speak out against the government or the military actions taken against Kurds is tantamount to suicide and murder for your family. Leyla Zana, a member of the Turkish Parliament and a Kurd, was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for "bearing witness to the Kurdish people's immense tragedy in Turkey." (A Test for Turkey, Page 1, Para 1). Nor is Leyla Zana the only one, even today many journalists, newspaper printers/writers, radio stations producers, and academics are being arrested, imprisoned, or disappearing because they have talked about the Kurdish Problem, even citizens of other countries. Turkey's government refuses to admit there is a problem, one created by their own hatreds, so instead of trying to compromise and peacefully fix these issues, the government allows the Turkish military and state police to commit genocide. This is Turkey's idea of democracy; make a constitution then let the military interpret the way they want, even if it means killings thousands of innocent Kurds. Freedom of Religion and conscience is defined in Section IV, Article 24 of the Turkish Constitution as: "Everyone has the right to freedom of conscience, religious beliefs and conviction. Acts of worship, religious services, and ceremonies may be conducted freely -No one may be compelled to worship, or be blamed or accused because of his religious beliefs and convictions. Education and instruction in religion and ethics shall be conducted under State supervision and control." (Turkish Constitution, Page 5, Para. 4). This article shows, without a doubt, how double standard the government is when it comes to human rights. In one sentence it defines freedom of religion, and in another sentence it states the government has control over what you can believe. In Turkey, the religion is Islamic; the state runs strict educational programs that only cover the Islamic religion. The government therefore does not allow for the freedom of religion for those who follow the Yezidi religion, Christian religion, or any other religion. Those citizens who chose to follow a different religion will soon find themselves criminals of the Republic or Turkey and branded a terrorist. Article 28, Section 10 of the Turkish Constitution allows for the Freedom of Press and Publication. It states, "The Press is free, and may not be censored. The State shall take the necessary measures to ensure the freedom of the Press and freedom of information." (Turkish Constitution, Page 6, Para 4&5). Well, this sounds like a great Constitutional amendment, it has never been allowed when the newspapers or magazines are written in Kurdish. It is against the military law to publish any newspapers, magazines, radio programs, or other such informative materials in any language other than Turkish. All types of Press that have opened up and tried to publish in Kurdish have been forcibly put out of business, and the owners/writers imprisoned or killed. What kind of Freedom of Press is this? This is state censorship, and attempt by the government with military backing to ruin a minorities chance to read and be educated in their own language. Again, this stresses how Turkey is committing cultural genocide towards the Kurds while hiding behind a Constitution that is not worth the paper it is written on. Another thing to remember is that even the Turkish newspapers can only print what the government wishes it to print; all articles must coincide with what the government wants the public to know. United Nations Before there was a United Nations, there was the League of Nations. The League of Nations was founded during World War I under the Treaty of Versailles. Its mission was "to promote international cooperation and to achieve peace and security" (History of the United Nations, Par 4). Franklin D. Roosevelt, the United States President came up with the name United Nations during World War II. This name was officially used in 1942 when the Declaration by the United Nations was convened by 26 nations committed to continue fighting the hostile Axis Powers of the Second World War. The United Nations was not officially organized until 1945 when 50 countries met in San Francisco to work out the details on how this organization would function. The charter of the United Nations was signed on June 26, 1945 and the United Nations was officially open for business on October 24 1945. According to the United Nations website, the following words are the reason for it's [the United Nation] existence. "The only true basis of enduring peace is the willing cooperation of free peoples in a world in which, relieved of the menace of aggression, all may enjoy economic and social security. It is our intention to work together, and with other free peoples, both in war and peace, to this end." (History of the UN Charter, Par 4). The United Nations was the first organization to introduce human rights laws for all membership countries to follow. It is believed that the United Nations greatest achievement was the creation of Human Rights Laws and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Charter. This Charter defines human rights and what is included within those rights. The United Nations expects all its members to commit to this charter and not violate its decrees; the charter is "one to which all nations can subscribe and to which all people can aspire." (United Nations, Human Rights, Par 1). The United Nations has defined a wide range of rights that include, but are not limited to, economic, social, cultural, political, and civil rights. According to the UN the most important individual fundamental rights are as follows: 1) Dignity 2) Freedoms 3) Equality 4) Solidarity 5) Citizens' Rights 6) Justice Guidelines have been drawn to help all the membership nations to protect and assist their governments in being responsible towards its citizen's human rights. Human Rights law receives its foundation from the United Nations Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights. These laws are important internationally, as they are used to determine if a country is in violation of human rights. Individuals and nations can be tried and punished according to the human rights laws enacted by the United Nations. Over the years the United Nations has made amendments and adjustments to the Charter and Universal Declaration to allow more+ Specific standards for women, children, disabled persons, minorities, migrant workers and other vulnerable groups, who now possess rights that protect them from discriminatory practices that had long been common in many societies. Rights have been extended through groundbreaking General Assembly decisions that have gradually established their universality, indivisibility and interrelatedness with development and democracy (United Nations, Human Rights, Par 3). The United Nations has spent many man-hours and dollars on educational campaigns to make sure that every citizen or every country knows what their inalienable rights are. Also, the educational campaigns are designed to inform the general populations that a national judicial and penal system is available for grievances to be discussed. This branch of the United Nations has gained considered power among member and non-member countries as a champion of human rights issues. In addition, "the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights works to strengthen and coordinate United Nations work for the protection and promotion of all human rights of all persons around the world" (United Nations, Human Rights, Par 5). According to the Secretary-General of the United Nations the ideals surrounding peace and security, humanitarian assistance, and social affairs is the most important duty of the Organization's work. (United Nations, Human Rights, Par 5). These fundamental rights can be found and describe in detail on the United Nations website. Every individual should know what these rights are, there definitions, and every country should apply them to their populations. Basic Human Rights are guaranteed by the United Nations. Furthermore, any country that is a member of this great organization must also guarantee its citizens these fundamental rights. As a member of the United Nations, Turkey must demonstrate adherence to the laws provided by this multi-national group. However, Turkey still engages in cultural and physical genocide towards its minorities while the United Nations basically turns its head in the other direction. How can a country, like Turkey, who has proven it-self to be unreliable in allowing its minority citizens to have basic Human Rights, be allowed into the United Nations? Since Turkey is a member of the United Nations why does its Constitution allow for violations of Basic Human Rights? According to the United Nations own Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Turkey is not a country of democracy, but a military dictatorship that abuses its own citizens. Yet, the United Nations still allow the atrocities of human rights abuses to continue, without any kind of repercussions to Turkey. While the rest of the western world continues to look away from Turkey's excesses of military use against its own citizens, the horrors continue. Will we, the democratic nations, silently look the other way, while innocent people are abused, murdered, and annihilated? Will Turkey be allowed to continue its ideals of democracy, using its constitution as a weapon, and legal document to commit genocide to the Kurds? How can we live with ourselves, as a nation, as individuals, if we do not fight against this type of false democracy that Turkey is projecting to the world with its Constitution and violations of Basic Human Rights? Democratic nations cannot condemn Hitler and his Nazis, Saddam Hussein and his regime and give other governments like Turkey the right to continue committing genocide towards its minorities. We can't undo the past or raise the dead, but we can remember and learn from history, and stop the abuses that are occurring today. It is our [The United States] responsibility to show true democratic leadership and recognize genocide for what it is the annihilation of a people: their identity, cultures, language; and talk about it truthfully. In addition, we must hold each nation equally accountable for their sins and crimes against Human Rights. Turkey's constitution on paper sounds democratic, but its government and military follow a different set of rules and laws, bending the Constitution to support its atrocities towards the Kurds. When minorities, like the Kurds, are not allowed Basic Human Rights, which are guaranteed by the Constitution, how can Turkey be considered a democratic country, which is a member of the United Nations. The physical, cultural, and linguistic genocide of the Kurds in Turkey must be stopped! Bibliography About the Kurds. 4 October 2006. 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Retrieved 16 October 2006. < http://www.hemin.i8.com/index.html > United Nations. About the United Nations. Human Rights. More Information. 10 October 2006. < http://www.un.org/rights/morerights.htm > United Nations. About the United Nations. History of the UN Charter. History of the Charter. 10 October 2006 < http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter/history/ > United Nations. About the United Nations. UN History. History of the United Nations. 10 October 2006. < http://www.un.org/aboutun/unhistory/ > United Nations. Human Rights. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 10 October 2006. < http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html > WashingtonPost.com. 1999. Who are the Kurds? The Washington Post on the web. Retrived from < http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv...urdprofile.htm > Zana, Leyla. "A Test for Turkey: Liberty or Oppression for Kurds in Parliament?" International Herald Tribune. (7 December 1994). < http://www.hr-action.org/khr/IHT120794.htm > http://www.kurdmedia.com/ |
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"Ali Asker" the Greco-Armenian PKK propaganda poster financed from EU funds Greece gets from the EU
"Ali Asker" the Greco-Armenian PKK propaganda poster financed from EU funds Greece gets from the EU, wrote
> > KurdishMedia.com - By Dana Swartz > It is important to remember that although Turkey is considered a > democratic nation, its government is still controlled by the military > regime. The Turkish Constitution, while an attempt to show democracy, allows > for the violation of Human Rights towards the minorities that live in > Turkey. This is proven everyday, when the Turkish government still attempts > to deny the Armenian Genocide, and allows its military to continue to harass > and murder innocent Kurds. LOL! There was no genocide, only a deportation of Armenians who collaborated with the Russian and French enemy in WWI. PERIOD! Piss off with your Anti-Turkish propaganda! "Ali Asker", the Armenian Anti-Turkish propaganda poster, from behind... _______ .-"" '.' ""-. ." .'. ". /| Q | / | :|: |\ / / . . \"\ / / ,/: :\, \ "\ / / / (_i_) \ \ "\ / / /" '-' "\ \ | | / /" "\ \." || / |/ \ \ \ \ || ,'-./ \ |--. | | \ \ / | |\ \ | | / \_^-\ \ | / \ \ / / \ \ / / __\ \", / /__ /- | | \ / / ( -\ `~-._` ) / | -' _.-' """" ( _.-" """ ROTFL! :-))))))))))))))))))))) |
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Blahblah Bey, the lobotomized Turk, Proves how Brainwashed he is!!!
Blahblah Bey, the lobotomized Turk, writes:
> There was no genocide, only a deportation of Armenians who > collaborated with the Russian and French enemy in WWI. PERIOD! > Piss off with your Anti-Turkish propaganda! LMAO! The Armeninan Genocide is well documented and corroborated by eminent historians and scholars world wide! Here's a list of countries that recognize the Genocide, so far. The list keeps increasing: 1. Uruguay - (A Parliamentary Resolution was adopted in 1965, followed by a Law adopted in 2004) 2. Cyprus - (A Parliamentary Resolution was adopted in 1982) 3. European Union - (Parliamentary Resolutions adopted in 1987, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005) 4. Argentina - (A Senate Resolution was adopted in 1993, followed by a Law adopted in 2004) 5. Russia - (A State Duma Resolution was adopted in 1995) 6. Canada - (Resolutions were adopted in 1996, 2002 and 2004) 7. Greece - (A Parliamentary Resolution was adopted in 1996) 8. Lebanon - (Resolutions were adopted in 1997 and 2000) 9. Belgium - (A Senate Resolution was adopted in 1998) 10. France - (Parliamentary Resolutions were adopted in 1998 and 2000, followed by a Law adopted in 2001) 11. Sweden - (A Parliamentary report of 2000) 12. Vatican - (In 2000) 13. Italy - (A Resolution adopted in 2000) 14. Switzerland - (A Resolution adopted in 2003) 15. Slovakia - (A Resolution adopted in 2004) 16. The Netherlands - (A Resolution adopted in 2004) 17. Germany - (A Resolution adopted in 2005) 18. Poland - (A Resolution adopted in 2005) 19. Lithuania - (A Resolution adopted in 2005) US States Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Florida Georgia Illinois Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Virginia Washington Wisconsin Montana |
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Re: "Ali Asker" the Greco-Armenian PKK propaganda poster financed by EU funds Greece and S.Cyprus get from the EU
(From another "discussion" with this Panta Rhei idiot )
"Panta Rhei", the Greco-Armenian hate propaganda poster financed by EU funds Greece and S.Cyprus get, wrote > > LMAO! The Armeninan Genocide is well documented and corroborated by eminent > historians and scholars world wide! There was no genocide, only a deportation of Armenians who collaborated with the Russian and French enemy in WWI. PERIOD! There was no Armenian genocide! It's all propaganda! It was the Armenians who committed genocide crimes against Turks and others by ethnically cleansing the region for their promised independent "Greater Armenia", promised mainly by France and Russia. In 1915 during WWI we Turks have deported them from the region since they were collaborating with the Russian enemy. Read these books to learn the truth: Popular books by historians and researchers on the so called "Armenian Genocide": --------------------------------------------------------------------- Guenter Lewy "The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey - A Disputed Genocide" Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: University of Utah Press; New edition (November 21, 2005) Language: English ISBN: 0874808499 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/cus...ws/0874808499/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Samuel A. Weems "Armenia - Secrets of a 'Christian' Terrorist State" Hardcover: 370 pages Publisher: St. John's Press (June 2002) Language: English ISBN: 0971921237 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/cus...ws/0971921237/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Justin McCarthy "Death and Exile: The Ethnic Cleansing of Ottoman Muslims, 1821-1922", Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Darwin Press, Incorporated (March 1996) Language: English ISBN: 0878500944 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/cus...ews/0878500944 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Justin McCarthy "The Ottoman Peoples and the End of Empire (Historical Endings)", Paperback: 248 pages Publisher: A Hodder Arnold Publication (April 1, 2001) Language: English ISBN: 0340706570 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/cus...ews/0340706570 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Justin McCarthy "The Ottoman Turks: An Introductory History to 1923" Paperback: 424 pages Publisher: Longman (March 4, 1997) Language: English ISBN: 0582256550 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/cus...ews/0582256550 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Kamuran Gurun "The Armenian File: The Myth of Innocence Exposed" Hardcover: 323 pages Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (January 1986) Language: English ISBN: 0312049404 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/cus...ews/0312049404 -------------------------------------------------------------------- See also "Tall Armenian Tale - The Other Side Of The Falsified Genocide" Language: English http://www.tallarmeniantale.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Even the educated Armenians don't buy the Genocide tale, see here: http://www.diplomaticobserver.com/news_read.asp?id=1387 "... The well-known Armenian author Levon Panos Dabagyan said as follows: "In 1915 genocide was not committed in Ottoman Empire. Those who claimed that genocide was committed must learn history much better. Armenian issue is very important fort he West Because it has been used against Turkey. At that time people was exiled but not massacred. These operations must be regarded as issues originating from political aims and Kaiser's Germany lied behind these issues". According to Dabagyan, Armenians and Turks had lived together within the framework of good neighborhood for centuries until these events. But in 1915 Armenians who revolted in eastern Turkey were exiled. Armenian author said that "Russian and the West's empty promises led Armenians to uprising. In fact Turks always saw us to be close to themselves. Thus they divided Armenians internally and forced them in opposition against Turks. We must understand this. We must stop things like "you massacred me, I massacred you" and must establish normal relations with Turkey". .... " Even the first prime minister (!) of the Armenian state founded in July 1918 says that there was no genocide in 1915 but war. Hovannes Katchaznouni was in power as the head of government until August 1919, for thirteen months. The Armenian 'genocide industry' tries hard to hide this and similar historical facts... Hear (read) it even from the mouth of Hovhannes Katchaznouni, the first Prime Minister of the Independent Armenian Republic, who too said that there was no Armenian genocide! For details see: http://www.tallarmeniantale.com/1923...sto-record.htm http://www.tallarmeniantale.com/1923...FULLrecord.htm But it was the Armenians who committed real genocide against the Turks and Azeris in 1914-1915 and later again in 1917-1920, and in 1992 (!) again. Here's the real genocide committed by the Armenians in the year 1992, yes, just 14 years ago! : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khojaly_massacre "The Khojaly Massacre was the killing of a large number of ethnic Azerbaijani civilians in the town of Khojaly on 25 February 1992 during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. According to the Azerbaijani side, as well as Memorial Human Rights Center, Human Rights Watch and other international observers, the massacre was committed by the ethnic Armenian armed forces, reportedly with help of the Russian 366th Motor Rifle Regiment. The official death toll provided by Azerbaijani authorities is 613 civilians, of them 106 women and 83 children. .... International reaction The Khojaly Massacre was described by Human Rights Watch as "the largest massacre to date in the conflict" over Nagorno-Karabakh. Memorial, the Moscow-based human rights group, stated in their report that the mass killing of civilians in Khojaly could not be justified under any circumstances and that actions of Armenian militants were in gross violation of a number of basic international human rights conventions. Estimating the number of the civilians killed in the massacre, Human Rights Watch stated that "there are no exact figures for the number of Azeri civilians killed because Karabakh Armenian forces gained control of the area after the massacre". A 1993 report by Human Rights Watch put the number of deaths at least 161, although later reports state the number of deaths as at least 200. According to Human Rights Watch, "while it is widely accepted that 200 Azeris were murdered, as many as 500-1,000 may have died". In Written Declaration No. 324, members of the PACE from Albania, Azerbaijan, Turkey and the United Kingdom, along with individual members from Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Macedonia and Norway stated that "On 26 February 1992, Armenians massacred the whole population of Khodjaly and fully destroyed the city", and called on the Assembly to recognize the massacre in Khojaly as part of "genocide perpetrated by Armenians against the Azerbaijani population". " In depth: http://www.karabakh.gen.az/contents.php?cid=303 So, then why are _you_ still lying, you Armenian P.O.S.?! > about your falsifications ("Turkish history" versions) Of which "falsification" do you speak, idiot? We are not Armenians, who fabricate, doctor, and manipulate the facts, as was proved many times. We are proud of our history, which one can say neither of the Armenians nor the Greeks: the Armenians fought the Turks from inside out, and the Greeks by invading Turkey in a proxy war. Both doing this for their French, Biritish and Russian masters who promised them land on Turkish soil (see Treaty of Sevres, which never took place, and see the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916 (and later extensions) which was a secret understanding between the governments of Britain and France defining their respective spheres of post-World War I influence and control in the Middle East). > about your unreliability, your breaking of treaties, etc! Which of the treaties do you mean, idiot? > It's not just me who claims that you Turks got no credibility. Explain what you mean. You are just unlucky because you have hard time to bring us to the knees. You never will succeed, idiot! > And the EU is just about to learn about your character, too! <BG> Explain what you mean. Our character is glass clear, but I'm not sure one can say the same of France, Austria and South Cyprus too... And: You are just a P.O.S. Armenian who can only post propaganda and hate speech to the net. Snippets of messages of this Armenian low-life Panta Rhei, who endlessly posts Anti-Turkish hate propaganda to the net, that show how "educated", how "european", how racistic, and how dumb he is: ************************************************** ************************** * * * THE PERSONALITY OF "PANTA RHEI", THE OBSCENE GRECO-ARMENIAN USENET TROLL * * Vol. 1 * * Compiled by "Baba", 10/23/2006 * * * * FYI: Panta Rhei is a racist and serial Turk hater! * * He gets paid for this propaganda from EU funds Greece gets from the EU for development.... * * The following snippets are from his recent Usenet postings. * * You can find them also in the Usenet archives at * * http://groups.google.com/group/soc.c...h&q=Panta+Rhei ************************************************** ************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Aww, the little idiot has to suck again on his pacifiers, some dumb-ass links, to make himself feel just a BIT better in his miserable "life"! LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- As they say: a picture is worth more than a thousand words, asshole Sean Ruttledge! So remember, instead of sick hallucinations, as in your case, we got many pictures of you and your weird-looking asshole family! The link will be posted probably soon again on Usenet! LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yeah, asshole Sean Ruttledge, tell him what you know! You are the expert in pounds! You haven't got any, but you get constantly pounded here by everyone! LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You do come across as a defeated and deranged sicko who has lost his mind completely after being bitchslapped senseless by most people on Usenet over the last seven years! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Aww, poor, bitchslapped Sean Ruttledge has to adopt the name of his MASTER Panta Rhei again who beats the shit out of him EVERY DAY. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BTW, asshole Sean Ruttledge: you CAN'T win that game! You are tooo dumb! LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Living the life of a ridiculed, bitchslapped loony on usenet helps Beanie Tinfoil forget the failures in his life. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- No Asian monkey language in European newsgroups, please! Thank you, monkey! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Then learn some English first, before you post to English speaking forums, you backward, primitive Turkish pig! You are so abysmally stupid, some of your compatriots in your stinking Turkish newsgroup start out looking almost "intelligent", suddenly! LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You assume he doesn't know it, you primitive dimwit? LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Just so that everyone knows: the creep above is simply a Turk! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Where is your voice against the injustices in your OWN country, you Turkish Nazi pig? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for exposing Turkish retardation so competently on Usenet, abysmally stupid Blahblah! LOL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Never mind, that problem of discerning is quite natural for an asshole like you, asshole Sean Ruttledge, who managed to get a special place on Usenet because of his constantly abused anus! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The only thing you can do, lobotomized Blahblah, is make an ass of yourself constantly on Usenet! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- But you ARE a Turk, and we do call you Blablah! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yeah, well said, stupid cow! <pat> <pat> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You must be either a cow or a Turk! Hard to tell! LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Folks, check the blooming psychosis of asshole Sean Ruttledge: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Talking about yourself again, eh, you miserable sicko! LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- seems we have to declare this lobotomized creep Blablah as the new official village idiot in these groups! LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Let's just wait and see how this nation of idiots will look in maybe 10 or 20 years, forever outside of the EU, with a flourishing, oil-rich Kurdistan as a new neigbour, with Western folks completely fed up with retrograde, hoodlum, fascist Turkey! <G> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *LOL*! Thank you for exposing your Turkish retardation so willfully in: soc.culture.europe, soc.culture.british and soc.culture.usa! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is not fascist Turkey here where you can try to shut up people, you primitive Turkish Nazi pig! You Turkish lowlives are still in need of eductation from the West! <BG> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tell us more about all the things you "know", you sick, depraved, delirious clown! Will contribute to everyone's entertainment here! LOL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yeah, slimy choro-sick, "refrain" from opening your stupid gab in the future. It's the best thing for you to do, if you don't want to continue to make a complete ass of yourself! <G> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- choro-sick, the Turkish perverted swine, is an insult to HUMANITY!!! If you are unable to see that, it shows you can only be another Turk with a similarly depraved mind-set like him. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Still struggling with your inability to say something intelligent, psychopath? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- As you are clearly lobotomized, you will never be able to understand the difference! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Try to get a brain! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Oooh.... the dumb Turk gives an example of his "Turkish wit" again! Off with you to alt.hopelessbores! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yeah, I find that too, Blablah! I'm for anything that makes Turkey appear as the world's laughing stock! LOL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Who cares what a depraved piece of shit like you really thinks! It's obvious for most educated people what you are! Your lengthy statements about yourself and what you "think" only confirm that you are just a blathering piece of Turkish shit! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- What you can't see, as you are a lobotomized stupid cunt, is that people SEE what depraved, backward Turks are hanging out in these groups. It's all about the victory of Western values over fascist retards of your sort! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PROJECTION again, asshole Sean Ruttledge!!!! ;-) It's obvious, YOU need a lot of professional help!!!! We also know, you can't afford it!!!!! Buahahahaaaaaaa....! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <BG> Yeah, just say what you mean, dumb cow!!! LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Is that storm getting there perhaps from your stinking place, you hilarious, pathetic dumb troll? Was that what you were implying, you pathetic, abused keyboard rambo? LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Seems, you found finally someone to actually "talk" to, asshole Sean Ruttledge! But look: it's just another asshole, it's Blahblah!! LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- All the more fun for me to keep mistreating you, asshole Sean Ruttledge, till I manage, AGAIN, to make you peep out from behind your killfile for a short time, full of anguish and blind, impotent rage and with your predictable psychotic fits! HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA.....!!!! You are and will always simply be: my PUNCHING BAG! LOL!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <BG> You don't mind making a complete ass of yourself, eh, dumb Blahblah! LMAO! Seems to be your special Turkish "talent"! Hahahaaaaa.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I admit, I misuse backward, dumb, primitive and fascist idiots of your sort just for my personal entertainment on Usenet! There is not much you can do about it, except stop posting with your sort of primitive mind on Usenet! LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- And you, did you CHOOSE to be born an asshole, aashole Sean Ruttledge? I bet you did! Buahahahaaaaaa..... but you are free to correct me, if you didn't! LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen, stupid! We can't here explain everything to a subnormal idiot like you, every time you don't understand something with your limited Turkish mind, you backward creep! <G> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Buahahaaaa.... those dumb Turks with computers sure know how to become the laughing stock quickly in every group on Usenet with their abysmal stupidity! LOL! Keep proving what "mental" talents you Turks got, dumb Blahblah! LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- King Seanie, MASTER of all grik slaves, a full-blown psychopath, as you can see ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <BG> You mean, being polite to a primitive, backward, fascist yokel, such as you are? Never heard about that! LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <BG> Keep guessing, little idiot! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <BG> Tell us something about the "massive strap-on" that you prefer for your huge asshole, asshole Sean Ruttledge!! LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Still fighting with your inability to say something intelligent, asshole Sean Ruttledge? LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- When's your next appointment with your psychiatrist, asshole Sean Ruttledge? You can't even afford one? Figures! LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yeah, right on, little Turkish nazi pig! Keep crossposting your Turkish mind to soc.culture.europe! We really ALL want to see rotten Turkey's cheeky EU bid spoiled! Hahahahaaaaaa.....! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- What's there you don't understand, asshole Sean Ruttledge? "We all", means we, the civilized folks, in contrast to you, the backward, primitive, fascist Nazi types (or simply Turks)! <G> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I doubt that a demented Turkish nazi swine like you is able to see that. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Are you wearing make up when your fat, ugly Turkish wife does you with her "massive strap-on", asshole Sean Ruttledge? LOL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Of course you don't, you lobotomized idiot! Hahahaaaaaaa.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LOL! You think the Dutch aren't smart enough to have realized by now that you are nothing but a sick asshole, asshole Sean Ruttledge? You really think so? LMAO! Priceless!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LMAO! More and more I get the impression you get some sick kick out of presenting yourself, in as many newsgroups as possible, as the officially acknowledged asshole of Usenet, asshole Sean Ruttledge, you masochistic, dumb bitch! Buahahahaaaaaaaa... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You consider yourself to be the concept of free speech, you abused, dumb, little Turkish nazi pig? LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LOL The poor dolt is probably even proud of being the stupid animal that he is! Hahahahaaaaaa....! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Aww! Dumb Blahblah, the retarded, fascist Turk is unable to understand! LOL Poor, dumb, primitive, fascist Turks can't understand what civilization really means! LOL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- And yes! alt.asshole.sean-ruttledge, your newsgroup under your REAL name EXISTS! LOL But please keep denying, twisting and hoping it's not there! Will add to our entertainment, you struggling little idiot! LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yeah, complain, you sad psycho, your full name on Usenet being: asshole Sean Ruttledge with his own asshole group under his REAL name! LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- How's life outside Usenet? You got no idea what I'm talking about, you dumb asshole? LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Think about it! But take a painkiller first, asshole Sean Ruttledge! <BG> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hahahaaaaaaa..... asshole Sean Ruttledge turned completely paranoic lately! No surprise what with all the bitchslapping he's receiving every day from all sides! LOL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA..... this is priceless: this abused, dumb troll is still completely UNABLE to accept the existence of his own asshole group under his REAL name! Well, it IS a shame, too, isn't it, bleeding Sean Ruttledge! Hahahaaa... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- But, everyone on Usenet can see that you are a swine, choro-sick! And you prove it with every second post of yours, too! <VBG> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Buahahahaaaaaaaa...... yes, you REALLY are an asshole, Sean Ruttledge! And.... you are not ashamed of it, too, it seems! Muahahaaaaaaa.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes, the RICH EU! So why would the Third World Turks want to join the EU? <BG> Just to keep cleaning the Europeans' toilets, perhaps? LMAO! BTW, one major reason for not letting rotten Turkey in the EU, is its immense POVERTY! Sorry, you creeps are just too poor to be allowed to join! What a cruel world! LOL! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (to be continued :-) *************** ADDITIONS 1 *******************: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry, stupid cow, I never click on any links some official asshole of Usenet provides. But looks like the link might reflect some of your "intelligence", moo cow! Buahahahaaaaaaa.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <BG> Anytime, stupid cow! <pat> <pat> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yeah, seems someone KNOWS how to deal with those three retarded Turkish trolls on Usenet: Sean Ruttledge, the subnormal psychopath, who managed to get his own asshole group dedicated to him under his REAL name, Blahblah, the lobotomized Turk and primitive hoodlum, and slimy choro-sick, the notorious perverted, abnormal Turkish swine! LOL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tell us more about all the things you "know", you sick, depraved, delirious clown! Will contribute to everyone's entertainment here! LOL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <BG> You a Turk, right? Buahahaaaaaaaa..... Dumb Turks with computers! Hahahaaaaa.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <BG> Come on, do your moo trick again, Turkish retard! It's the only time when you manage to sound a bit "intelligent"! LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <BG> Folks, check, above, two Turks engaging in a conversation a la Turca! LMAO! No wonder these creeps are despised by most people that got to know them! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Goes to show that an idiot like you shouldn't start wondering in the first place! If one sees YOUR posts one KNOWS that stupidity has no limits, Blahblah, dumb Turk! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <BG> The dumb Re'vr''nerd feels the need to expose his widely known retardation again! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <BG> Trying hard to come across as the retard that you are, dumb Re'vr''nerd? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <BG> Seems, you still aren't quite convinced that you are already widely known as a retard on Usenet, dumb Rev'nerd! Just keep up your effort of convincing everyone of your retardation! We will be watching your efforts in that regard! LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <BG> Keep up your effort, dumb Re'vr'nerd! LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Oh, you do NOT consider yourself to be a psychopath, asshole Sean Ruttledge? LMAO! So you are getting wrongly abused all the time? Buahahaaaaaaa....!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yeah, of course, no other two idiots known all over the place like the two of you and obviously vying for the number one position as Usenet's village idiot! LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Still trying hard to spread the old "news" about you retardation, dumb Rev'r'nerd? Sure is funny as hell to see you putting in so much effort! LMAO! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (to be continued of course :-) |
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Turkish Propaganda Lies Spread by a Brainwashed Turk!
Blahblah Bey, the lobotomized Turk, writes:
> There was no genocide, only a deportation of Armenians who > collaborated with the Russian and French enemy in WWI. PERIOD! LMAO! The Armenian Genocide is well documented and corroborated by eminent historians and scholars world wide! Here's a list of countries that recognize the Genocide, so far. The list keeps increasing: 1. Uruguay - (A Parliamentary Resolution was adopted in 1965, followed by a Law adopted in 2004) 2. Cyprus - (A Parliamentary Resolution was adopted in 1982) 3. European Union - (Parliamentary Resolutions adopted in 1987, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005) 4. Argentina - (A Senate Resolution was adopted in 1993, followed by a Law adopted in 2004) 5. Russia - (A State Duma Resolution was adopted in 1995) 6. Canada - (Resolutions were adopted in 1996, 2002 and 2004) 7. Greece - (A Parliamentary Resolution was adopted in 1996) 8. Lebanon - (Resolutions were adopted in 1997 and 2000) 9. Belgium - (A Senate Resolution was adopted in 1998) 10. France - (Parliamentary Resolutions were adopted in 1998 and 2000, followed by a Law adopted in 2001) 11. Sweden - (A Parliamentary report of 2000) 12. Vatican - (In 2000) 13. Italy - (A Resolution adopted in 2000) 14. Switzerland - (A Resolution adopted in 2003) 15. Slovakia - (A Resolution adopted in 2004) 16. The Netherlands - (A Resolution adopted in 2004) 17. Germany - (A Resolution adopted in 2005) 18. Poland - (A Resolution adopted in 2005) 19. Lithuania - (A Resolution adopted in 2005) US States Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Florida Georgia Illinois Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Virginia Washington Wisconsin Montana |
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Turkish Propaganda Lies Spread by a Brainwashed Turk!
Blahblah Bey, the lobotomized Turk, writes:
> There was no genocide, only a deportation of Armenians who > collaborated with the Russian and French enemy in WWI. PERIOD! LMAO! The Armenian Genocide is well documented and corroborated by eminent historians and scholars world wide! Here's a list of countries that recognize the Genocide, so far. The list keeps increasing: 1. Uruguay - (A Parliamentary Resolution was adopted in 1965, followed by a Law adopted in 2004) 2. Cyprus - (A Parliamentary Resolution was adopted in 1982) 3. European Union - (Parliamentary Resolutions adopted in 1987, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005) 4. Argentina - (A Senate Resolution was adopted in 1993, followed by a Law adopted in 2004) 5. Russia - (A State Duma Resolution was adopted in 1995) 6. Canada - (Resolutions were adopted in 1996, 2002 and 2004) 7. Greece - (A Parliamentary Resolution was adopted in 1996) 8. Lebanon - (Resolutions were adopted in 1997 and 2000) 9. Belgium - (A Senate Resolution was adopted in 1998) 10. France - (Parliamentary Resolutions were adopted in 1998 and 2000, followed by a Law adopted in 2001) 11. Sweden - (A Parliamentary report of 2000) 12. Vatican - (In 2000) 13. Italy - (A Resolution adopted in 2000) 14. Switzerland - (A Resolution adopted in 2003) 15. Slovakia - (A Resolution adopted in 2004) 16. The Netherlands - (A Resolution adopted in 2004) 17. Germany - (A Resolution adopted in 2005) 18. Poland - (A Resolution adopted in 2005) 19. Lithuania - (A Resolution adopted in 2005) US States Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Florida Georgia Illinois Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Virginia Washington Wisconsin Montana |