"The Events of 1915 and the Turkish-Armenian Controversy" Topic

… over History: An Overview

"The final years of the Ottoman Empire was a tragic period for the people that made up the Empire. Turks, Armenians, and many others suffered immensely. This period needs to be understood in its entirety and the memory of so many lives lost has to be properly respected. Such an exercise requires a reliable factual basis, an open approach, and empathy.

The Armenian view of history, however, selects the Armenian suffering, embellishes it in several ways and presents it as a genocide – a crime defined in international law – perpetrated by Turks against Armenians. The acceptance of this version by others has become the national objective for Armenia and the radical groups within the Armenian Diaspora. Legitimate challenges to the Armenian narrative, even when based on scholarly research or personal histories, are brushed aside as propaganda, suppressed or attacked as "denial." This is often accompanied by anti-Turkish rhetoric and vilification of Turkish history and ancestry. During the 1970s and onwards, such nationalistic zeal led to a terror campaign that took the lives of 31 Turkish diplomats and their family members, as well as 43 people from Turkish and other nationalities, and wounded many…"
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Amicalement
Armand

Ok, just so we're clear here, sort of a "full disclosure" thing before others waste time reading it …. clicking on the link to this article, that whitewashes the Turkish/Armenian genocide events, takes you to the official website of the current Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, yep, of the current Turkish Government … yep, thats the government controlled by the Erdogan guy who's being doing all the stuff in the last few years … ummm, yeah! Totally reliable source of information, yep!

(Full disclosure: I'm not Armenian, or Turkish. I'm an Australian, 5th generation. Yes, we went to war in WWI with Turkey and over the century since we have healed the rift, resolved our differences and come to respect each other, (heck, we even fought side by side in Korea against Communist aggression) … well, at least until this Erdogan guy has come along and is now rattling his sabre about our war graves sites in Turkey and the ability of Australian tourists to visit Turkey and the cemeteries and memorials and commemorate the fallen of BOTH sides. Apparently we're infidel Christians and thats important to this dude! Notably perhaps, the Armenians were also infidel Christians to the Turks of 1915 but that wouldn't have a bearing on anything? Surely not?! Not mentioned in this article so of course it can't be relevant!!)

Glup!….

Amicalement
Armand

This is a load of nasty victim-blaming excrement and should be ranked right alongside holocaust denial.

Well it is holocaust denial…

Well I voted remain in spite of the lies about Turkey joining the EU and invading the UK with their kebab shops, Turkish baths and excellent barbers.