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The Ottoman Armenians, a Still-Unfolding History

terranova — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:15:33 -0800

A devastating document is met with silence in Turkey. "According to a long-hidden document that belonged to the interior minister of the Ottoman Empire, 972,000 Ottoman Armenians disappeared from official population records from 1915 through 1916." A View from Many Angles: 1915 reportage by the New York Times about the Armenian massacres France, Great Britain, and Russia Joint Declaration, 1915 BBC News: Q&A Armenian 'genocide.' "Why put genocide in inverted commas?" Armenian National Institute site. An Armenian Myth Babacan Warns Obama Against Recognizing Genocide U.S. Department of State March 9, 2009 Daily Press Briefing (regarding Obama's upcoming visit to Turkey next month): QUESTION: Did Mrs. Clinton discuss the Armenian issues of genocide with the Turks? MR. WOOD: All right, look, that issue certainly was a subject that was discussed, but I’m not going to get into the details of the discussion. Previously

Remember the Armenian Genocide

jenleigh — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 10:39:52 -0800

"Between 1915 and 1918 the Ottoman Empire, ruled by Muslim Turks, carried out a policy to eliminate its Christian Armenian minority. This genocide was preceded by a series of massacres in 1894-1896 and in 1909, and was followed by another series of massacres beginning in 1920. By 1922 Armenians had been eradicated from their historic homeland." Since the early 1920s, successive Turkish governments have maintained an ostentatious silence on the subject, broken only to issue denials that the genocide ever occurred, and denunciations of those who assert that it did. In 1990, for example, the Turkish ambassador to the U.S. dismissed the holocaust as resulting from "a tragic civil war initiated by Armenian nationalists."

This Sunday in NYC, thousands will gather to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the genocide and protest the Turkish denials.

revbrian — Mon, 04 Jun 2001 17:46:49 -0800

Armenian Holocaust - This was discussed earlier this year. I ran across this very well done flash site and was amazed at how presentation can affect one's views on a subject. Although aware of the story, it seems more real presented this way.