My apology from all the peoples and faiths of Anatolia subjected to

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My apology from all the peoples and faiths of Anatolia subjected to

04-27-2013, 08:02 PM

The following is the English translation (by Raffi Bedrosyan) of the
article written by Zeynep Tozduman, a columnist from Izmir. Also please
find enclosed the link and the pictures of today's 24 April commemorations
in Izmir.

http://www.yurtsuz.net/News.aspx?newsid=1542#.UXiUUEqERRp

My apology from all the peoples and faiths of Anatolia subjected to genocide

I apologize for every single day that we have remained silent since the
days of genocide.

I apologize for our grandfathers who cooperated with the murderers carrying
out the brutal massacre of 1.5 million people in Anatolia.

I apologize from your young girls for permanently burying their hopes into
their dowry chests.

I apologize from all your people left dead without a proper burial, shroud
or cemeteries.

I apologize for causing you to add the word 'converted - Donme' to your
vocabulary.

I apologize from all your girls and women abused and raped, forcefully
converted to Kurd, Turk, Alevi or Islam.

I apologize for forcing you to become the Diaspora and scatter like
pomegranate seeds to all corners of the world.

I apologize for forcing you to long for your homeland with broken hearts
from the faraway deportation points.

I apologize for preventing you from giving your children proper names and
education in your mother tongue, a basic human right.

I apologize for confiscating your houses, properties, lands, farms,
orchards, and shops to create our national economy, based on a disease of
racism in this country.

I apologize for denying even the very existence of the original peoples of
these lands after subjecting them to economic, cultural and political
genocide.

I apologize for confiscating your places of worship (monastery, church,
synagogue, Jem house, etc.), and converting them to mosques, museums,
community centres or stables.

I apologize from the survivors of the genocide for even forbidding them
from dreaming in their own language.

I apologize for forcing racism on you by making you repeat every morning
'So happy to be a Turk'.

I apologize for presenting your properties as gifts to your own murderers.

I apologize for transforming the Anatolian garden of different peoples to a
cemetery of different peoples.

I apologize for realizing too late that the sorrow expressed in the song
'Sari Gelin' was in reality the sorrow of the genocide.

I apologize for wiping out the various original peoples of Anatolia living
on these lands long before the arrival of the Turks, and for trying to
create a single nation state.

I apologize for creating a hell of murders in this country, instead of a
heaven of humanity.

I apologize for burying all the people named Agop, Kiriakos, Samuel, Ani,
Maria or Sarkis in my city Smyrna (Izmir) as well as the rest of the
country, and also burying our humanity in the process.

I apologize for committing crimes against humanity for one thousand and
four hundred years in these lands.

I apologize for not realizing that fascism would eventually arrive and
start killing us as well in these lands.

I apologize for not being able to put a stop to the denial and assimilation
policies for one hundred years.

I apologize especially for our inhumane behaviour during the genocides of
the Armenians, Assyrians, Pontic Greeks, Yezidis and Alevis.

And I apologize once again on this April 24 genocide commemoration day, for
our inability to protect you and preserve our humanity.

Zeynep Tozduman, Izmir, Turkey
April 24, 2013

SOYKIRIM YA�AYAN ANADOLU HALKLARINDAN VE �NAN�LARINDAN �ZR�MD�R -Zeynep
Tozduman

Sizlerden, soyk�r�mdan g�n�m�ze de�in, sessiz kald��m�z her g�n i�in
�z�r dilerim.

Anayurtlar�n�zdan, Deir-zor ��llerine tehcir ad� alt�nda s�rd�r�ld��n�z
i�in �z�r dilerim.

1,5 milyon insan Anadolu co�rafyas�nda hunharca katledilirken,
dedelerimizin katillerle i�birli�i yapt�� i�in �z�r dilerim.

K�zlar�n�z�n umutlar�n�n, �eyiz sand��na g�m�ld�� i�in �z�r dilerim.

Mezars�z ve kefensiz �l�leriniz i�in �z�r dilerim.

Kelime dara�ac�n�za "d�nme" s�zc��n� soktu�umuz i�in �z�r dilerim

K�zlar�n�z�n, kad�nlar�n�z�n namuslar� kirletildi�i,
zorla
K�rtle�tirilip, T�rkle�tirildi�i, Alevile�tirildi�i ve M�sl�manla�t�r�ld��
i�in �z�r dilerim.

Ya�amak i�in sizleri nar taneleri gibi Diaspora'ya ve ABD'ye g��
ettirmek
zorunda b�rakt��m�z i�in �z�r dilerim.

S�rg�nde anavatan hasretiyle, y�reklerinizi da�lad��m�z
i�in �z�r
dilerim.

�ocuklar�n�za, en temel insan hakk� olan, kendi anadilinizde isim-soy
isim ve e�itim verdiremedi�imiz i�in �z�r dilerim.

Evlerinize, ba�, bah�elerinize, arazilerinize, ticarethanelerinize el
koyup sermayeyi millile�tirip; bu �lkeye �rk��l�k hastal��n� in�a
ettirdi�imiz i�in �z�r dilerim.

Ekonomik, k�lt�rel, siyasal soyk�r�m ya�ayan yerli halklar� yok sayarak,
g�rmemezlikten geldi�imiz i�in �z�r dilerim.

�nan� ve kutsal mabetlerinizi (Manast�r, Kilise, Sinagog, Cem evi v.b.
Gibi) zorla kamula�t�r�p, camiye, ah�ra, m�zeye, K�lt�r merkezine v.b.
Gibi, �evirdi�imiz i�in �z�r dilerim.

Soyk�r�mdan sa� kalanlar�n�z�n Ana dilinde r�ya g�rmesini engelledi�imiz
i�in �z�r dilerim.

Y�zy�ld�r bu �lkede her sabah sizlere "Ne Mutlu T�rk�m" diye
�rk��l�k
yapt��m�z i�in �z�r dilerim.

Varl��n�z�, celltlar�m�za zorla arma�an ettirdi�imiz i�in �z�r dilerim.

Anadolu halklar bah�esini, halklar mezarl��na �evirdi�imiz i�in �z�r
dilerim.

Bir "Sar� Gelin" t�rk�s�ndeki h�zn�n, soyk�r�m�n h�zn� oldu�unu �ok ge�
anlad��m�z i�in �z�r dilerim.

Biz T�rklerden �ok evvel ''bu topraklarda ya�ayan'', �lkenin en yerli
halklar�n� ve inan�lar�n� yok ederek, �lkeyi tek tip�ili�e
kurban etti�imiz
i�in �z�r dilerim.

Bu �lkeyi insanl�k cenneti de�il, katliamlar cennetine �evirdi�imiz i�in
�z�r dilerim.

Ba�ta �lke genelinde ve ya�ad��m �ehir Symrna (�zmir)'de olmak �zere
Agop'lar�, Kuryakos'lar�, Samuel'leri, Ani'leri, Maria'lar�, Sarkis'leri,
isimleriyle birlikte, insanl��m�z� DA tarihe g�md��m�z i�in �z�r dilerim.

Bin d�rt y�z y�ld�r nefret ve insanl�k su�u i�ledi�imiz i�in �z�r dilerim.

Fa�izmin bir g�n gelip de, bizi de bu �lkede vurmak isteyece�ini
bilemedi�imiz i�in �z�r dilerim.

Ret - inkr ve asimilasyon politikalar�na y�zy�ld�r dur diyemedi�imiz
i�in �z�r dilerim.

�zellikle, son y�zy�ld�r Ermenilere, S�ryanilere, Pontus Rumlara,
Yezidilere, Alevilere yap�lan soyk�r�mlarda insan olamad��m�z i�in �z�r
dilerim.

Soyk�r�m yap�ld��nda sizlere ve insanl��m�za sahip
��kamad��m�z i�in,
24 Nisan soyk�r�m kurbanlar�n� anma g�n�nde, bir kez daha sayg�yla e�ilip
�z�r dilerim.

ZEYNEP TOZDUMAN

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