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GEORGIAN MUHAJIRS WERE PRIVY TO MASS KILLINGS OF ARMENIANS AND GREEKS IN OTTOMAN EMPIRE
PanARMENIAN.Net
04.06.2008 14:50 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Georgian muhajirs were privy to mass killings of
Armenians and Greeks in the Ottoman Empire, a Turkish historian said
at "Georgian Muslims and the Ottoman Empire. The end of the 19th -
the beginning of the 20th centuries" conference in Tbilisi.
"Leader of Georgian Muslims Ali-Pasha Tavgerizade was involved in
forming armed groupings," Oktay Ozel said in his report titled "The
emigration of the Muslim population of Adjara to Anatolia and the
Russian-Ottoman war of 1877-78."
Touching on relations between Georgian Muslims and Christians in Asia
Minor, Dr Ozel said that Georgian Muslims were privy to mass killing
of Armenians and Greeks in Ottoman Empire. "It's hard to say when
Georgians were fulfilling the orders of the Ottoman government and
when they were driven by their bellicose spirit but they were killing
along with Cherkess and other muhajirs. Most likely, they wanted to
demonstrate their loyalty to the Sultan," he said.
PanARMENIAN.Net
04.06.2008 14:50 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Georgian muhajirs were privy to mass killings of
Armenians and Greeks in the Ottoman Empire, a Turkish historian said
at "Georgian Muslims and the Ottoman Empire. The end of the 19th -
the beginning of the 20th centuries" conference in Tbilisi.
"Leader of Georgian Muslims Ali-Pasha Tavgerizade was involved in
forming armed groupings," Oktay Ozel said in his report titled "The
emigration of the Muslim population of Adjara to Anatolia and the
Russian-Ottoman war of 1877-78."
Touching on relations between Georgian Muslims and Christians in Asia
Minor, Dr Ozel said that Georgian Muslims were privy to mass killing
of Armenians and Greeks in Ottoman Empire. "It's hard to say when
Georgians were fulfilling the orders of the Ottoman government and
when they were driven by their bellicose spirit but they were killing
along with Cherkess and other muhajirs. Most likely, they wanted to
demonstrate their loyalty to the Sultan," he said.