I wonder, if anyone who believes
that what occurred then was not suppression of an uprising minority dreamed independence --relying on world great powers, despite comprised only about twenty percent of the population in the region--, but a genocide, those who think that Armenian Genocide is a reality, also
feels sorry for Turks who died or suffered during:
- Russo -Ottoman Wars[1] Armenians fought together with Russians against Turks,
- the First World War (1914-1918) as “in its congress, held in the Romanian town of Constanza shortly before the outbreak of the war, the Huntchak Party vowed to fight the empire and sabotage its war effort.”[2]
- occupation of Anatolia and Thrace by Allied Countries supported by local Armenians[3] and Turkish War of Independence (1919 – 1922)
- Several epidemics encountered during WWI and the War of Independence.[4],[5]
The photograph above has been taken from the web site titled Demirdjian The Armenian. Beneath it the caption reads: "Fedayee group fighting under
the ARF banner. Text in
Armenian reads "Azadoutioun
gam mah" (Liberty or Death)". I think it speaks for itself.
Let's remember also Anzacs, since this is also the ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand which was marked in Çanakkale with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and thousands of people from Australia and New Zealand and all who died or suffered in the First World War and wish them a peaceful rest.
[1]
Mihailov, Stanislav. “The Russian
Account of the Armenian Genocide,” Armenian Genocide Debate.
31.05.2010. http://www.armeniangenocidedebate.com/russian-account-armenian-genocide
/Accessed: 22.04.2012)
[2] Güçlü, Yücel. “Allied Landing Schemes on Cilicia and Armenian Subversion,” in Armenians and the Allies in Cilicia, 1914-1923. University of Utah Press, 2010. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost), EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=399217&site=ehost-live&ebv=1&ppid=pp_51 (accessed April 23, 2012).
[3] Güçlü, Yücel.” Attempts at Including Cilicia in the Proposed Armenian State” in Armenians and the Allies in Cilicia, 1914-1923. University of Utah Press, 2010. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost), EBSCOhost (accessed April 23, 2012).
[2] Güçlü, Yücel. “Allied Landing Schemes on Cilicia and Armenian Subversion,” in Armenians and the Allies in Cilicia, 1914-1923. University of Utah Press, 2010. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost), EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=399217&site=ehost-live&ebv=1&ppid=pp_51 (accessed April 23, 2012).
[3] Güçlü, Yücel.” Attempts at Including Cilicia in the Proposed Armenian State” in Armenians and the Allies in Cilicia, 1914-1923. University of Utah Press, 2010. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost), EBSCOhost (accessed April 23, 2012).
[i4] ÇALIK,
Ramazan; TEPEKAYA, Muzaffer. "Birinci Dünya Savaşı Esnasında Anadolu'daki
Salgın Hastalıklar ve Ermeniler," Selçuk Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler
Enstitüsü Dergisi, 2006,(16):205-228.
http://uvt.ulakbim.gov.tr/uvt/index.php?cwid=9&vtadi=TSOS&ano=75745_69c2665f1ef0e62c2cfe19347029a3ec
(Accessed: 07.03.2012)
[5] Ozdemir, Hikmet; Kardas, Saban (Translated
by). Utah Series in Turkish and Islamic Studies : Ottoman Army 1914-1918 :
Disease and Death on the Battlefield. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: University of
Utah Press, 2008. p 52. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/tobb/Doc?id=10509238&ppg=67
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