Ömer Can Şirikçi
1. INTRODUCTION Armenians emigrated to different countries and regions during history. For this reason the Armenian community exists in various states. The population of Armenia is about 3 million. The number of Armenians live in Diaspora is varying in different sources. In general about 800,000 Armenians live in the US, 100,000 in Canada. In Europe, the highest number of Armenians
Read moreEXAMPLES OF UK GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS ABOUT ARMENIAN CLAIMS (Excerpts from Parliamentary Records/Hansard) January 22, 2007 During a Parliamentary debate in the British House of Lords, Lord Bishop of Manchester submitted a question concerning the British Government’s position on Armenian allegations. On behalf of the British Government, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Parliamentary Affairs, Lord Triesman answered
Read moreThe main targets of Armenian terror organizations, ASALA in particular, were now being chosen from among Turkish diplomats abroad. The first of the series of terrorist attacks was carried out against Mehmet Baydar, the Turkish Consul General in Los Angeles and his Deputy, Bahadir Demir. The assassinations were perpetrated by an Armenian by the name of Gurgen Yanikan in 1973.
Read moreQUESTION 1: WAS EASTERN ANATOLIA THE ORIGINAL HOMELAND OF THE ARMENIANS? Even Armenian historians disagree on this question. Let us examine some of their contradictory theories while looking into Anatolian history. The Biblical Noah Theory. According to this idea, the Armenians descended from Hayk, great-great grandson of the Biblical patriarch Noah. Since Noah’s Arc is supposed to have come to
Read moreREPRODUCTION OF THE STATEMENT BY AMERICAN SCHOLARS AND HISTORIANS ADDRESSED TO THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (Published in New York Times on May 19, 1985) ATTENTION MEMBERS OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (May 19, 1985) The undersigned American academicians who specialize in Turkish, Ottoman and Middle Eastern Studies are concerned that the current language embodied in House Joint Resolution
Read moreDuring a 13-year period from 1973 to 1986, various Armenian terrorist organizations claimed responsibility for about 200 attacks on Turkish diplomatic and non-diplomatic institutions and murdered 58 Turkish and 16 non-Turkish people, of whom 34 were Turkish Diplomats, and wounded hundreds. Armenian terrorist organizations also targeted their own people who refused to make financial contribution to Armenian terrorism. Below is
Read moreINTRODUCTION As a bridge between Asia and Europe, with its straits connecting The Black Sea with the Mediterranean and its geopolitical situation at a point where the Central Asian, Caucasian and Middle Eastern natural energy sources intersect, Turkey draws the attention of the entire world. The Ottoman Empire in the past and Turkey at present has always been an arena
Read moreThe Armenian Allegation of Genocide: FACTS The issue: Whether during the collapse of the Ottoman Empire genocide was perpetrated against Ottoman Armenian citizens in Eastern Anatolia. The Ottoman Empire ruled over all of Anatolia and significant parts of Europe, North Africa, the Caucasus and Middle East for over 700 years. Lands once Ottoman dominions today comprise more than 30 independent
Read moreLAUSANNE PEACE TREATY I. Treaty of Peace Treaty with Turkey and other Instruments signed at Lausanne FINAL ACT The Governments of the British Empire, France and Italy, in agreement with the government of Japan, being desirous of finally re-establishing peace in the East, and having invited on the one hand Greece, Romania, the Serb-Croat-Slovena State, and also the United States
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