NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/soc/culture/turkish/11626

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From: [e-mail] (Serdar Argic)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.turkish,talk.politics.mideast,talk.politics.soviet,soc.culture.greek,soc.culture.europe,soc.history,talk.politics.cis
Followup-To: soc.culture.turkish
Subject: Re: Back to RUSSIAN politics
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 22:08:21 EST
Reply-To: [e-mail] (Serdar Argic)
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Artavazd Khachikian) writes:

>    In regards to the Russian-Armenian relations,
>I want to inform you that the current Armenian leadership attributes
>exceptional importance to that domain. It was repeatedly

You have altered the meaning of the word to the point that it has lost
all meaning. Today, x-Soviet Armenia covers up the genocide perpetrated
by its predecessors and is therefore an accessory to this crime against
humanity. x-Soviet Armenia must pay for their crime of genocide against
the Muslims by admitting to the crime and making reparations to the Turks
and Kurds. As McCarthy put it, the Armenian dictatorship was granted
a respite when the Ottomans admitted defeat and signed the Mudros
Armistice with the Allies (October 30, 1918). The Allies had decided
to create a Greater Armenia, including the old Russian province
of Yerevan and adjoining areas, as well as most parts of Anatolia
claimed by the Armenian fanatics. Only the area called Cilicia
(around the Ottoman province of Adana) was to be excluded, as it
had already been claimed by the French. The Allies quickly set
about attempting to disarm Ottoman soldiers and other Turks, who
could be expected to oppose their plans.

On April 19, 1919 the British Army occupied Kars, gave civilian
and military power over to the Armenians, then withdrew. The British
planned for Kars to be included in the Armenian Dictatorship, even
though the Russian pre-war census had shown Kars Province to be over
60% Muslim. The Turks of Kars were effectively disarmed, but the
British could not disarm the Kurds of the mountains. The fate of
the Turks was almost an exact replica of what had occurred earlier
in Eastern Anatolia. Murder, pillage, genocide and the destruction
of Turkish homes and entire Turkish villages drove the Turks of
Kars to the mountains or south and west to the safety afforded
by remaining units of the Ottoman Army. The British had left
the scene to the Armenian genocide squads. Therefore, few
Europeans were present to observe the genocide. One British
soldier, Colonel Rawlinson, who was assigned to supervise the
disarmament of Otoman soldiers, saw what was occurring.

Rawlinson wired to his superiors,

"in the interest of humanity the Armenians should not be left in
 independent command of the Moslim population, as, their troops
 being without discipline and not being under effective control,
 atrocities were constantly being committed."

No one but the Ottoman soldiers paid heeds to his analysis.

And the justice is long overdue.

Serdar Argic

                     'This war quickly developed into one of extermination.
                      We closed the roads and mountain passes that might
                      serve as ways of escape for the Tartars [Turks] and
                      then proceeded in the work of extermination.'
                                                       (Ohanus Appressian)