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  • Help Needed for a research – proof of document

    Help Needed for a research – proof of document

    If you have any information about the original copies please contact Turkish Forum

    Attention: below documents are for general information only. The exact sources of these excerpts are not located yet!

    [These excerpts reaffirms Chapter 21 of my book “The Genocide of Truth” in particular pages 433 > 435]

    (Translated from FRENCH text or translation into English)

    (Page  225) “HAYASTAN” No.2 – German paper in Armenian Language – (Text in Armenian speaks of definite German Victory)

    (Label on the face of the newspaper in French)  

    February 1945 – The newspaper of the Armenian volunteers always announces final victory (to the left above: their badge decorated of one symbol resembling the swastika)! There are not more than very few copies of these Nazi Armenian newspapers, the most copies  have been destroyed by the Armenians. Here is a copy of “Hayastan” which succeeded, survival!

    (Page 226) “HAYASTAN” German paper in Armenian Language, No. 1(125)    Year  1945

    Translation and summary of the Armenian newspaper ” Hayastan ”
    The newspaper has three pages

    First page

    An address to the officers and the soldiers of Armenian volunteers units:

    <Good wishes for the New Year, accompanied with the assurance of a certain victory and an absolute liberation of the country.>

    A. Mouradian

    Second page

    Best wishes of General Sarkisjan addressed to Armenian volunteers.

    < Congratulations and courage, to the volunteers who for many years, were forced to live far from the country, and those who are dear to them! However, everything depends on volunteers; happiness, as well as the freedom of motherland. It is the trust put in the bellicose ardor and weapons, which will bring freedom and will make possible to celebrate in the liberated country once again.>

    Armenian wishes to all volunteers!

    < The New Year will be placed under the signature of the battle, reinforced for the release of fatherland. Our volunteers cannot, receive like other friends, letters or parcels from their relatives who stayed at the home. Our parents and our friends in Soviet Union do not have celebration party; they are plunged in a state of distress, they hope and with beating hearts that we come back as liberators. Here, in Germany, the children have the bright eyes of joy in front of presents and decorated Christmas trees. Our children, in the country, have nothing similar. They are hungry and cold and ask their parents when the liberators will arrive. It is because of them that our primordial duty is to implement everything for the freedom of fatherland. They shout revenge for the injustice, which was made towards them, and towards their parents by Bolchevistes and it is our duty to avenge them. The old year is about to end, and a new begins. Something will happen once again!  Bolchévisme also comes near to its end, and something else will replace it. You, the Armenian volunteers must be the torchbearers of this new order; it is necessary that you must be victorious.

    Full of confidence, we enter the New Year. Victory will belong to us!  Long live Armenia! Long live Armenian people! > Saharuni

    (Page 241) (Photograp)

    ” DRO ” (Drastamat Kanajan), was born in 1884 in Igdir (which today is the favorable place of departure to the ascent of Ararat). Already at the age of 19 years he joined the party of Dashnaks and fought against Tatars in Sanzegur. He assasinated prince Nacashidsé and the General Alichanov and he ran away to the Ottoman Empire.

    After 6 years in security in Turkish banishment, he returns back to the Empire of Tsar, immediately after the start of war in 1914, to fight Turks there.  In 1918 he is the leader of the Armenian troops, which attack the neighboring country.

    Only 90 kilometers before Tblisi, the Giorgians could push back, the completely unjustified war and the Armenian attack. For the first time, the worldwide opinion was absolutely misinformed by news of massacres, acquainted with the true character of Armenian nationalism. At the end of 1920 Dro became the “Minister of the Defense” of Vratsian’s Armenian government! Together with Hovannes Terterian he signed the capitulation of his motherland in Bolsheviks, and was dictator of the military sovereignty for few weeks.

    Stalin was received in Moscow; some time before Dro would have obviously saved the life of the Giorgian Dshugashvili (Stalin).

    After a brief stay in Romania, he joined the Nazis and fought as commander of group of soldiers of an Armenian unit on the Crimea and in Caucasus and soon he became the leader of the Armenian Information Service.

    He was so-called,  the best informed perso about the third Reich.

    In April, 1945 Americans arrested him, but they soon released him, because American Dashnaks of Boston had intervened in his favor.  After a stay in Lebanon and many trips, he died in Boston in 1956.

    Because of his eventful and completely immoral life, which was exclusively orientated in an exaggerated and irrational nationalism, in which he submitted everything without having ever made sacrifices himself, “Dro” can be classified as one of the most tragic faces of wrong valuation which has ever existed in the bloody history of the Armenian people.

    A typical case of Armenian political madness: Hitler, Himmler and Henjakistes…

    This was not all of H.

    Political fanatics of all colors, camps of the political ghosts of  Armenians joined the “crusade” of the Nazis against their ancient Soviet confederates, with whom they had just shared in brothers Poland and Baltic countries, to die so for absurd phantasm to give rise by Hitlerian help  to a National Socialist Great Armenia under the shade of the Great Germany.

    The peak of the absurdity of this alliance was reached when in December 1942, General Armenian Dro (Drastamat Kanajan), who was considered to be the Armenian hero par excellence, and the writer Garo Kevorkian visited to the “leader of the Reich ”

    Mr. Heinrich Himmler and presented him a book of the pastor Lepsius:  “The walk to death of the Armenian people “.

    It is obvious to think that this upset neither “Dro” nor Himmler,  because they were themselves sending people in death!

    Himmler having given orders to kill millions, “Dro” nevertheless to thousands, appearing a priori on the list of death of Russians, and about 30.000 Armenians, who followed on the appeal of Mr ” Dro ” and affected to the Nazis!

    But Dro,  had practice and experience to kill without scruples and Himmler was so impressed by him as after a talk of one hour and a half in prisoners’ camp east of Berlin, that he made him drive in his own car, so that “Dro” could choose his men there.

    He visited Armenian units in the oriental front several times, to impress them by his eloquence.

    As he knew the Soviet situation particularly well, he was soon taken for the most important German spy, in Soviet matters.

    Precisely for his level of incomparable information, it is unpardonable that he forced his Armenian compatriots literally until the last minute in the battle that was a hopeless since a long time, and had no glory. While he was released already after a short time by American occupying force, thanks to his very good relations in United States and died very esteemed, even loved immoderately by his compatriots and after several world tours, in Boston, where the mighty party of Dashnaks still are in command.

    Armenian commitment for the national socialist Germany probably had the purpose to delimit Jews in a very clear manner from the Armenians in territories dominated by the Nazis, though many ignorant, among of those who shared… (Rest is unreadable)

    (Thanks to Mr. Taner Ertunc  for providing photos and French version, translated by A.B. into English)                  Sukru S. Aya

  • Germany Cannot Understand Closure Case

    Germany Cannot Understand Closure Case

    German Ambassador Says His Country Cannot Understand Closure Case Against Turkey’s Ruling Party

    German Ambassador in Ankara Eckart Cuntz says :

    “We cannot understand why a democratic party, which came to power with 47 percent of votes, is wanted to be closed.

    I hope that every institution in Turkey is aware of their responsibilities about European norms and values, such as the Venice criteria, democracy, human rights, rule of law, and secularism.

    We stand side by side with Turkey. We want a strong Turkey and we support its European Union membership.”

  • 3 German Climbers Kidnapped

    3 German Climbers Kidnapped

    Turkish troops have been sent to rescue three German climbers who were kidnapped by Kurdish rebels high on Mount Ararat, an official said. The official, Gov. Mehmet Cetin of Agri Province, told the news agency Dogan that the climbers, part of a 13-member German team, were abducted late Tuesday from their camp at 10,500 feet. The 10 other Germans on the team returned to the city of Agri, Mr. Cetin said. The separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party is banned in Germany, where the authorities have arrested and tried suspected supporters.

    The New York Times

  • European Commission awards €5m in scholarships to Turkish Cypriots

    European Commission awards €5m in scholarships to Turkish Cypriots

    By Maria-Christina Doulami

    AROUND 120 Turkish Cypriot students and teachers have been awarded scholarships by the European Commission, a press release announced yesterday.

    This allows them to study an undergraduate or postgraduate programme or engage in research in any of the other 26 Member States of the EU for the duration of maximum one year.

    The EU Scholarship programme will run for three consecutive academic years, from 2007-2010 and its total value amounts to €5 million. The grants are financed from the European Union Aid Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community.

    The aim of the programme is “to give Turkish Cypriot students and teachers additional educational opportunities that will increase their knowledge in their own technical field while giving them the experience of studying and living in another EU Member State” said the announcement.

    The main objective stated by the press release is “to bring the Turkish Cypriots closer to the EU and Europe closer to the Turkish Cypriot community.”

    This opportunity will allow the 122 grantees to return to Cyprus after the completion of their studies and “contribute to the social and economic development of the Turkish Cypriot community” said the press release.

    A former grantee summarises this unforgettable experience as “a new world” and says that “this scholarship gives me the opportunity of living at the standards of any other European citizen, makes me feel financially secure and lets me concentrate fully on my studies”.

    “I feel that I am exploring new horizons, questioning, gaining new perspectives, making new friends.”

    Copyright © Cyprus Mail 2008

    Source: Cyprus Mail, 5 July 2008

  • Who Are the Jews of Europe?

    Who Are the Jews of Europe?

     

     

    Who Are the Jews of Europe?

    The Istanbulian, Personal Chronicles of a Turkish Journalist, Emre Kizilkaya

    Turkish professor Faruk Sen, the head of the Center for Turkish Studies Foundation in Essen, had been temporarily suspended from his duties for describing Turks as the “New Jews of Europe” in an article he wrote for a Turkish business daily.

    In the article, he was passionately defending the rights of Turkish Jews, while making a parallelism between the current situation of Turks in Germany.

    German authorities, were very quick to react. They were alleging that Prof Sen was insulting Jews, but actually the real intention was solely political.

    So this was another cover-up, similar to “the ostrich dialectic” which is being systematically adopted by German authorities after every xenophobic arson in the country.

    Social democrat Prof Sen was being a victim of such a political conspiracy, mainly organized by CDU politicians who can do anything to stop the staining of Germany’s image especially about its rising xenophobia, even when its all based on facts.

    The comparison of Prof Sen was surely using an exaggeration to make its article’s headline more shocking, but when some opportunist politicians made him a scapegoat, it becomes a necessity for every sane people to defend him at all costs. Good that Jewish communities of Germany and Turkey have intervened to do it and now there is a chance that he would protect his chair.

    As a conservative politician and the authority whose vote would be crucial for the fate of Prof Sen Armin Laschet, Integration Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, has already voiced his opinion: He wants to sack Prof Sen, but this can be changed.
    * * *
    It is reported today that Britain’s first Muslim minister has used a similar expression.

    Shahid Malik, the minister in the Department for International Development (Dfid), attacked the growing culture of hostility against Muslims in the United Kingdom, saying that many feel targeted like “the Jews of Europe”.

    Proving that the situation of Muslims in Britain in general is similar to Turks in Germany in particular, he says something important:

    “Somehow there’s a message out there that it’s OK to target people as long as it’s Muslims. And you don’t have to worry about the facts, and people will turn a blind eye.”

    Herr Armin Laschet should read Malik’s sentences and understand that if he punishes Prof. Sen, restricting his freedom of expression wrongly, there would be more blind eyes in Germany.

    But even if Prof Sen is ultimately fired, I strongly believe in German courts which would most likely to reinstate him to his job anyway.

  • Bosnian War Crimes Sentence Blocked

    Bosnian War Crimes Sentence Blocked

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    Published: July 3, 2008
    Filed at 6:17 a.m. ET

    Pool photo by Zoran Lesic

    Naser Oric at the court house of the UN war crimes tribunal on Thursday in The Hague.

    THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A U.N. appeals court on Thursday overturned the war crimes conviction of Naser Oric, a Bosnian Muslim considered a war hero by many in his country for fighting Serbs in the embattled Srebrenica enclave during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war.

    Oric, 41, was convicted two years ago by the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal of failing to prevent the murder and torture of Serb captives in Srebrenica. But judges gave him a lenient two-year sentence and ordered his immediate release because of time spent in custody.

    But appeals judges went even further, overturning both convictions because the original trial failed to establish that Oric had control over forces responsible for the crimes.

    ”The appeals chamber has no doubt that grave crimes were committed against Serbs detained in Srebrenica,” said presiding judge Wolfgang Schomburg. ”However, proof that crimes have occurred is not sufficient to sustain a conviction of an individual for these crimes.”

    Under those circumstances, ”the appeals chamber finds that the appropriate course of action can only be a reversal of Naser Oric’s convictions,” Schomburg added.

    Oric stared ahead without showing any emotion as the judgment was read and then bowed briefly to judges before sitting down. Outside court, he hugged friends and his lawyer before walking out the front door a free man.

    ”Of course I am very happy,” he said.

    His lawyer, Vasvija Vidovic, said the acquittal was no surprise.

    ”Anyone who followed the trial could expect the result that he is not guilty,” she said.

    Oric said he was not bitter about spending nearly three years in pretrial custody, only to ultimately be found not guilty on all charges. ”It was my destiny,” he said.

    Oric led the dogged defense of the Srebrenica enclave against attacks from Bosnian Serb forces from early in the war. In 1995, Serb forces stormed a U.N.-declared ”safe haven” in Srebrenica and slaughtered some 8,000 men in Europe’s worst civilian massacre since World War II.

    Oric defended the actions of Muslim fighters in the enclave, saying they were in a desperate situation.

    ”I don’t think they really committed crimes,” he said outside court. ”We were under siege. We were just fighting to survive and fighting for our lives.”

    Some Bosnian Serbs claim the 1995 massacre was an act of revenge by uncontrolled troops because Oric’s troops killed thousands of Serbs in the villages surrounding Srebrenica.

    Judges at his original trial acquitted Oric of the most serious charges against him, including direct involvement in the murder of Serb prisoners and wanton destruction of Serb villages before the fall of Srebrenica.

    One of the Serb commanders found responsible for the massacre of Muslims, Radoslav Krstic, has already been sentenced to 35 years after a conviction on genocide charges.

    The commander of the Bosnian Serb Army, Gen. Ratko Mladic — also charged with genocide for the Srebrenica killings — is still in hiding and is believed to be in neighboring Serbia.