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    Armenian "genocide" in The Washington Post
    Published: 3/8/2005
    BY YILMAZ OZTUNA

    Turkish Press
    8 Mar 2005

    TURKIYE - The Washington Post is one of the world's best-known
    newspapers. It became particularly famous back in 1974, when it
    forced President Richard Nixon to resign. Nixon's crime was that he
    had secretly taped conversations and denied knowledge of a matter
    which he actually knew full well about. Actually such things are
    considered common functions of the government in most countries.

    Sunday's Washington Post published a list of 'mass murder of
    civilians in acts of genocide.' Near the top of this list was
    the Holocaust. However, the article's assertion that 1.5 million
    Armenians were killed during the Ottoman reign is a political lie.
    It's an example of hostility against Turks, and it's purposeful.

    In 1915, the total number of Armenians living under Ottoman rule was
    1 million. During that time, Armenians living in Istanbul and western
    Anatolia were barely touched. Those living in the east, southeast and
    central parts of Anatolia were exiled to other regions of the empire
    such as Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. During their departure, Kurdish
    tribes, who had suffered great losses because of them, constantly
    attacked the Armenians. The number of Turkish soldiers assigned to
    guard the Armenians on their way was inadequate. Therefore, they could
    not prevent Kurdish assaults on the Armenians. Some 10,000-15,000
    Armenians died during those attacks. No more than that. However,
    the death toll reached 200,000 with losses due to epidemics and
    poor conditions. The rest of the Armenians settled in Arab lands.
    After World War I, they emigrated to France, America and the rest
    of the world. If all of them had been killed, there wouldn't be any
    Armenians in these countries now.

    Turkey has never had a governmental policy of ridding itself of any
    religion, sect, race or group. But our country treats people who
    challenge the state, assault its security forces and kill innocent
    citizens the same as any civilized country. True, 200,000 Armenians
    died during the exile. But the number of Turks, Circassians and
    especially Kurds that lost their lives was even greater. You don't
    come across events in our history similar to what the US did to its
    Japanese citizens during World War II, how Eisenhower treated the
    surrendering German Army, or what France did in Algeria.

    Looking over the last 90 years, the West has a great deal more
    slaughter, brutality and destruction to be ashamed of. If only we
    could prevent such tragedies from happening again~E

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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