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ASHUR GIWARGIS: GENOCIDES DIDN'T MYSTERIOUSLY APPEAR OUT OF NOWHERE
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 26, 2011 - 09:16 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation
released an article by Assyrian politician Ashur Giwargis, covering
Genocides of Assyrians, Greeks and Armenians by the Ottoman
authorities.
"The massacres of World War I against the Assyrians, Greeks and
Armenians, in what's known today as Turkey, did not suddenly and
mysteriously appear out of nowhere," the author says.
"History tells us that the Turks themselves were the ones who first
allowed foreigners in, through the Treaty of the Capitulations in
1535 between the French King Francis the 1st and Sultan Suleiman the
1st; according to this treaty the French enjoyed the right to protect
Christians living in the Ottoman territories, this is how a part of the
Armenians became Roman Catholics, and a part of the Assyrians became
Roman Catholics under the Ottoman starvation policy and the Vatican
exploitation, the Catholic Assyrians have been called "Chaldeans"
by the Vatican in 1552. Hence, based on this historical fact, the
Ottoman Empire is the one who collaborated with the foreigners and
consented to their presence in that territory," he says.
"The international community's neglect of this issue is in essence a
second Genocide, not to mention disrespectful towards the concepts
of humanity. This silence and indifference is dangerous as it is
perceived as a green signal by those who would perpetrate more
genocides," Giwargis concludes.
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 26, 2011 - 09:16 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation
released an article by Assyrian politician Ashur Giwargis, covering
Genocides of Assyrians, Greeks and Armenians by the Ottoman
authorities.
"The massacres of World War I against the Assyrians, Greeks and
Armenians, in what's known today as Turkey, did not suddenly and
mysteriously appear out of nowhere," the author says.
"History tells us that the Turks themselves were the ones who first
allowed foreigners in, through the Treaty of the Capitulations in
1535 between the French King Francis the 1st and Sultan Suleiman the
1st; according to this treaty the French enjoyed the right to protect
Christians living in the Ottoman territories, this is how a part of the
Armenians became Roman Catholics, and a part of the Assyrians became
Roman Catholics under the Ottoman starvation policy and the Vatican
exploitation, the Catholic Assyrians have been called "Chaldeans"
by the Vatican in 1552. Hence, based on this historical fact, the
Ottoman Empire is the one who collaborated with the foreigners and
consented to their presence in that territory," he says.
"The international community's neglect of this issue is in essence a
second Genocide, not to mention disrespectful towards the concepts
of humanity. This silence and indifference is dangerous as it is
perceived as a green signal by those who would perpetrate more
genocides," Giwargis concludes.