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'NO JUSTICE, EQUALITY OR FREEDOM FOR ARMENIANS' - RADIKAL BLOGGER
18:03 19.07.13
Senan Porteron, a blogger for the Turkey-based Radikal newspaper,
who spend his childhood in Baku, Azerbaijan, tells about attitude to
Armenians both in Baku and in Turkey.
Below are excerpts from his article.
"I was eleven. There was a very old building in our neighborhood in
those days. That was a historical building, and no one lived there.
One day, my father and I went to see the building. There were
inscriptions in Armenian on the rear of the building. My father told
me the building was left by Armenians.
"A few months later that building was destroyed, and a new 16-story
building was constructed on the site. I was upset when I saw it
destroyed. That must have been the only thing to remind you of
Armenians. The day it was pulled down my father told me about their
Armenian neighbors. They were very kind and hospitable people. They
were on the same wave.
"Years passed. You can feel only hatred for Armenians in Baku,
mainly among young people. Ramil Safarov is a glaring example. He
got a life term for murdering a sleeping Armenian officer. However,
justice did not triumph because the victim was Armenian. On August 31,
2012, Safarov was extradited to Azerbaijan and pardoned by President
Ilham Aliyev.
"In Turkey the situation is not much different that in Azerbaijan.
Everyone is speaking of 'Armenians' in an insulting manner. As years
pass, the number of Armenians is decreasing, their culture is being
destroyed. Armenians are pressed and called 'strangers'. Armenians
have not seen justice, equality or freedom. Unfortunately, they do
not see it now either.
"Almost 100 years have passed since the 1915 Armenian Genocide,
but the society has not changed. Some people are still seeking to
wipe out Armenian culture. An action has been launched to save the
remaining 20 Armenian houses in Mus.
"The destruction of Armenians' property is a continuation of the
genocide. Property of Armenians and Greeks is being plundered both
in Mus and in other cities."
According to the book entitled 'Les Armeniens dans l'Empire ottoman
a la veille du genocide' by Raymond Haroutioun Kevorkian and Paul B.
Paboudjian, in 1915 Mus had 299 churches, 94 monasteries, 53 places
of sacred places, 135 Armenian schools and a cemetery. The Armenian
population in 355 villages totaled 75,000.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/07/19/mush/
From: A. Papazian
18:03 19.07.13
Senan Porteron, a blogger for the Turkey-based Radikal newspaper,
who spend his childhood in Baku, Azerbaijan, tells about attitude to
Armenians both in Baku and in Turkey.
Below are excerpts from his article.
"I was eleven. There was a very old building in our neighborhood in
those days. That was a historical building, and no one lived there.
One day, my father and I went to see the building. There were
inscriptions in Armenian on the rear of the building. My father told
me the building was left by Armenians.
"A few months later that building was destroyed, and a new 16-story
building was constructed on the site. I was upset when I saw it
destroyed. That must have been the only thing to remind you of
Armenians. The day it was pulled down my father told me about their
Armenian neighbors. They were very kind and hospitable people. They
were on the same wave.
"Years passed. You can feel only hatred for Armenians in Baku,
mainly among young people. Ramil Safarov is a glaring example. He
got a life term for murdering a sleeping Armenian officer. However,
justice did not triumph because the victim was Armenian. On August 31,
2012, Safarov was extradited to Azerbaijan and pardoned by President
Ilham Aliyev.
"In Turkey the situation is not much different that in Azerbaijan.
Everyone is speaking of 'Armenians' in an insulting manner. As years
pass, the number of Armenians is decreasing, their culture is being
destroyed. Armenians are pressed and called 'strangers'. Armenians
have not seen justice, equality or freedom. Unfortunately, they do
not see it now either.
"Almost 100 years have passed since the 1915 Armenian Genocide,
but the society has not changed. Some people are still seeking to
wipe out Armenian culture. An action has been launched to save the
remaining 20 Armenian houses in Mus.
"The destruction of Armenians' property is a continuation of the
genocide. Property of Armenians and Greeks is being plundered both
in Mus and in other cities."
According to the book entitled 'Les Armeniens dans l'Empire ottoman
a la veille du genocide' by Raymond Haroutioun Kevorkian and Paul B.
Paboudjian, in 1915 Mus had 299 churches, 94 monasteries, 53 places
of sacred places, 135 Armenian schools and a cemetery. The Armenian
population in 355 villages totaled 75,000.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/07/19/mush/
From: A. Papazian