Tag: ethocide

  • ALZ”HYE”MER’S DISEASE

    ALZ”HYE”MER’S DISEASE

    Not to be confused with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) which is the most common form of dementia. This degenerative and terminal disease was named after the psychiatrist and neuropathologist that first described it. In the early stages, the most commonly recognized symptom is memory loss. This is an incurable disease striking millions of aging people every year. This is not what I am talking about in ALZ”HYE”MER’S disease.
    ALZ”HYE”MER’S is more of a later stage, quirky disease that inexplicably develops in patients already suffering from BOGUS GENOCIDIS, a curable social disease with a commonly recognized symptom of severe “SELECTIVE MEMORY LOSS”. The ALZ”HYE”MER’S DISEASE sufferers will hate Turks, Muslims, and anyone who disagrees with Armenians, forget only those facts that refute their claims.
    For instance, ALZ”HYE”MER’S DISEASE sufferers will remember 1915, but not 1914 when the Armenians terrorists, revolutionaries, and ultra-nationalists took up arms against their own government, attacked the rear of their own army, garrisons, banks, schools, and even their neighbors causing wide spread death and destruction.
    ALZ”HYE”MER’S DISEASE sufferers will remember temporary resettlement order of May 1915 but not the Van Revolt Armenians staged, killing 40,000 Muslims, mostly Turks and Kurds, and turning the city over to the invading Russian armies. They cannot appreciate that this Van Revolt was the equivalent of 9/11 for the Ottoman Government and the April 24 decision to arrest the leaders of Armenian insurgency, terrorism, and fifth column as the equivalent of Guantanamo.
    ALZ”HYE”MER’S DISEASE sufferers will remember Morgenthau (who was a rabid Turk-hater allowing his Armenian secretaries to falsify events in diplomatic reports and who posed as a career diplomat, historian, and a writer, but in fact, he was none of those, other than a real estate agent and a developer who raised the most money for Wilson campaign in 1912 and was rewarded with an ambassadorial post) but not Bristol who replaced him and refuted his claims of one-sided massacres with no provocation. They will also not remember Harbord, Niles, and Sutherland, all honorable U.S. soldiers who were commissioned to tour the war torn areas and report on their findings and which findings also refuted Armenian tall tales of extermination.
    ALZ”HYE”MER’S DISEASE sufferers will remember Armenian women and children marching to scorching deserts but not Muslim women and children marching to freezing mountains under threat of death by Armenians and/or Russians just prior to former. They will remember their march but not others’ marches at the same time, same area, and due to same wartime conditions. They will also not remember Armenian complicity in war crimes and hate crimes that resulted in the TERESET (temporary resettlement). They will totally forget the six T’s of the Turkish-Armenian conflict: tumult (as in many bloody revolts), terrorism, treason, territorial demands, Turkish dead, and TERESET.
    ALZ”HYE”MER’S DISEASE sufferers will remember the fake claim of 1.5 million alleged Armenian dead, but not remember the March 29, 1919 Paris Peace conference report setting the loss of Armenians at “more than 200,000”. They will also not remember how, magically by a crooked Armenian printer, this number was tripled within two months, as seen in a poster soliciting American aid in churches claiming 600,000 Armenian dead. They will also forget how this shenanigans was further increased to 800,000 with the flick of a pen in a New York Times article and late to a million and even 1.5 million today. Armenian dead are the only known case in humanity where the DEAD MULTIPLY!
    ALZ”HYE”MER’S DISEASE sufferers will remember to tell the world the shameless lies of Turks burning the city of Izmir in 1922 but not the 22 Armenian Dashnak terrorists dressed up as Turkish soldiers who started the fires to avenge Turkish victory and to leave no prize behind for the Turkish victors.
    As the ALZ”HYE”MER’S DISEASE advances, symptoms include confusion, irritability, aggression, mood swings, language breakdown, threats, intimidation and even violence at the sight of a Turk. This disease, as strange and self-imposed as it is, is reversible if truth can be administered to aggressive, violent, and deceptive patients.
    First, shock the patient with the photos of Armenian murderers and their Turkish victims at www.ethocide.com and follow up with a generous dose of truth with the “Six T’s of the conflict”. Watch for signs of life. If the patient responds favorably, then introduce him to legendary Turkish hospitality. Watch for fake signs of recovery or early signs of relapse. Some patients can be very dangerous. That said, there is always hope for full recovery of the patients if they see Turkish doctors.
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    “HYE” IS THE CURSE
    Hye is “Armenian” in the Armenian language. This tiny word, “hye”, is almost always used in such embarrassing company, however, that the “hyes” prefer to call themselves some other word, Armenians, in English.
    When one takes the liberty to stretch the root “hy” fully as “hye”—as I am sure you will extend the courtesy to me to freely exercise of such an entertaining thought process—then one sees nothing but diseases, suffering, and morbid characters attached to the root “hye”. Check it out yourselves:
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    “HYE”STERIA
    A state of extreme or exaggerated emotion such as excitement or panic, especially among large numbers of people. ( Does this description remind you of some people in an otherwise normal and beautiful city called Glendale? I don’t know about you, but it sure reminds me of perennial resolutions, deceptive memorials, and overall obsession with hate, vengeance, and death. Brrr. )
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    “HYE”PE
    To agitate; to create interest in dramatic methods; to intensify (advertising, promotion, or publicity) by questionable claims, methods; to trick; to gull, to deceive, to trick, or to cheat; as a noun: swindle, deception, or trick; but also: a drug addict, esp. one who uses a hypodermic needle. ( Agitation, cheating, swindle, deception, trick? Hmmm… Why do these terms always come up when Armenian claims are discussed?)
    There are more jewels in the history of the term “HYE”PE: “excessive or misleading publicity or advertising,” 1967, Amer. Eng. (the verb is attested from 1937), probably in part a back-formation of hyperbole, but also from underworld slang sense “swindle by overcharging or short-changing” (1926), a back-formation of hyper “short-change con man” (1914), from prefix hyper- meaning “over, to excess.” Also possibly influenced by drug addicts’ slang hype, 1913 shortening of hypodermic needle. In early 18c., hyp “morbid depression of the spirits” was colloquial for hypochondria (usually as the hyp or the hyps).
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    “HYE”POCHONDRIA
    Often referred to as health phobia or health anxiet refers to an excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness. Often, “HYE”POCHONDRIA persists even after a physician has evaluated a person and reassured them that their concerns about symptoms do not have an underlying medical basis or, if there is a medical illness, the concerns are far in excess of what is appropriate for the level of disease. Many people suffering from this disorder focus on a particular symptom as the catalyst of their worrying, such as gastro-intestinal problems, palpitations, or muscle fatigue or Turks.
    “HYE”POCHONDRIA is often characterized by fears that minor bodily symptoms may indicate a serious illness, constant self-examination and self-diagnosis, and a preoccupation with one’s body. (Preoccupation? Could it be the pre-occupation with genocide lies and slanders?)
    Many individuals with “HYE”POCHONDRIASIS express doubt and disbelief in the doctors’ diagnosis, and report that doctors’ reassurance about an absence of a serious medical condition is unconvincing. Many “HYE”POCHONDRIACS require constant reassurance, either from doctors, family, or friends, and the disorder can become a disabling torment for the individual with “HYE”POCHONDRIASIS, as well as his or her family and friends. Some “HYE”POCHONDRIACAL individuals are completely avoidant of any reminder of illness, whereas others are frequent visitors of doctors’ offices. (Could these doctors be Schiff, Palone, Menendez, and Berman, et. al.?)
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    “HYE”NA
    This one is my favorite because the definition fits like a glove the character of Armenian falsifier and Turk-hater. Here it is:
    “Carnivorous but only for carrion, these ugly, smelly animals with their raucous voices and hysterical-sounding laughter are offensive in most ways. Doglike nocturnal mammal that feeds chiefly on carrion. Famed scavengers and often dine on the leftovers of other predators. The Maasai people of Kenya and Tanzania actually leave their dead to be consumed by hyenas. In some areas they have been heavily hunted as destructive pests. Although hyenas appear similar to dogs, they are actually more closely related to cats. They live throughout much of Africa and eastwards through Arabia to India. Spotted hyenas live together in large groups called clans. Packs work together effectively to isolate a herd animal, sometimes one that is ill or infirm, and pursue it to the death. The victors often squabble over the spoils. Spotted hyenas are quite vocal and make a wide variety of sounds, including the “laughing resolutions” that has long been associated with their name.”
    (Wow, that’s what I call “hole in one”!)
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    THE ARMENIAN REVOLUTIONARY FEDERATION: DEEP TERROR & PSYCHOSIS
    PSYCHOSIS , a generic psychiatric term for a mental state often described as involving a ‘loss of contact with reality’, points to an abnormal condition of the mind. People suffering from psychosis are said to be psychotic.
    When I deal with Armenian falsifiers and Turk-haters (i.e. the AFATH community with some exceptions, of course) I am reminded of this psychiatric term. Loss of contact with reality is not a new phenomenon in the AFATH community. Even the first prime minister of the short-lived Armenia (1918-1920) described the same phenomenon in his address to the ARF convention in Bucahrest in July, 1923. Here are his words :
    “… We had created a dense atmosphere of illusion in our minds. We had implanted our own desires into the minds of others; we had lost our sense of reality and were carried away with our dreams. From mouth to mouth, from ear to ear passed mysterious words purported to have been spoken in the palace of the Viceroy; attention was called to some kind of a letter by Vorontzov-Dashkov to the Catholicos as an important document in our hands to use in the presentation of our rights and claims — a cleverly composed letter with very indefinite sentences and generalities which might be interpreted in any manner, according to one’s desire.

    “ We overestimated the ability of the Armenian people, its political and military power, and overestimated the extent and importance of the services our people rendered to the Russians. And by overestimating our very modest worth and merit we were naturally exaggerating our hopes and expectations.

    “ The deportations and mass exiles and massacres which took place during the Summer and Autumn of 1915 were mortal blows to the Armenian Cause. Half of historical Armenia —the same half where the foundations of our independence would be laid according to traditions inherited from the early eighties and as the result of the course adopted by European diplomacy — that half was denuded of Armenians: the Armenian provinces of Turkey were without Armenians. The Turks knew what they were doing and have no reason to regret today. It was the most decisive method of extirpating the Armenian Question from Turkey.

    Again, it would be useless to ask today to what extent the participation of volunteers in the war was a contributory cause of the Armenian calamity. No one can claim that the savage persecutions would not have taken place if our behavior on this side of the frontier was different, as no one can claim the contrary, that the persecutions would have been the same even if we had not shown hostility to the Turks. This is a matter about which it is possible to have many different opinions…” [1]
    That PSYCHOSIS, loss of touch with reality, a cultivated and treasured Armenian trait, has been evident in every phase of Armenian past and even more so at present. Armenia, a land-locked, poverty stricken, corrupt, aggressive and violent little regime still hopes to survive with all the Armenian war crimes and hate crimes unaddressed.
    They seriously believe that aggression in Karabakh, capture by brutal aggression of the seven provinces of Azerbaijan surrounding Karabakh, forcing a million Azeri men, women, and children out of their homes, into exile on their own soil, keeping the ethnically cleansed areas under a ruthless military occupation, passionately pursuing irredentist policies claiming territories of all neighbors (such as eastern Anatolia from Turkey, Javakheti region from Georgia, northwestern region from Iran, and who knows what from Russia and others) will somehow be kept away from the negations table just because Armenians says so. Dream on psychotics, dreaming is free. What is not free is breaking the isolation around Armenia. There is a cost for that: rollback to 1991. The Armenian aggression and ethnic cleansing will not stand, with or without protocols, and the sooner Armenia sees this, the better it is for Armenia. Otherwise Armenia will be relegated to dustbin of history soon as a distant, inaccessible, and inhospitable province of vast Russia. That possibility is not far fetched considering the facts that the Russians already own 80% of the country, including but not limited to transportation, energy, telecommunications, and more. Russians even stamp your passport as you enter the scary country and stand watch on its borders.
    [1] The Manifesto of Hovhannes Katchaznouni, First Prime Minister of the Independent Armenian Republic), Translated from the Original by Matthew A. Callender. Edited by John Roy Carlson (Arthur A. Derounian). Published by the Armenian Information Service, Suite 7D, 471, Park Ave., New York 22. 1955 Price 75c
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    Inflicted with ALZ”HYE”MER’S DISEASE, Armenians choose to selectively forget the other side of the story which involves Armenian revolts, terrorism, raids, assassinations, bomb attacks, treason, Turkish victims, and TERESET (temporary resettlements.) Then they display selective morality, grieving only for Armenian suffering, totally ignoring the suffering the Armenians caused others. Armenian psychosis , or ‘loss of contact with reality’, while pointing to an abnormal condition of the mind, will no longer be allowed to destroy peace in the Caucasus, the middle east, or the west.
    A healthy dose of truth and reality should spoil the free lunch of laughing hyenas still feeding on the Turkish corpses of the World War One after 100 years or precisely known Azeri corpses of Karabakh, the seven surrounding provinces of Azerbaijan, and Khodjaly, after 18 years.

  • Soyak: Armenian Diaspora Ready for Cooperation with Turkey

    Soyak: Armenian Diaspora Ready for Cooperation with Turkey


    SATURDAY, 03 APRIL 2010 10:38
    Giving an interview to TurkishNY, Co-chairman of the Turkish-Armenian Business Development Council Kaan Soyak said that contribution that bilateral trade between Turkey and Armenia can make should not be ignored in the process of normalization of relations.

    Stressing that there is political will towards normalization of relations both in Armenia and Turkey, Soyak said, “The most important factors for normalization of relations between two countries are considered as genocide resolutions and Nagorno-Karabakh problem. We want the economical dimension of the ties to come to the surface in shaping the relations between two countries.”
    Pointing out that the volume of trade between two countries is about $200 mln despite closed borders, Soyak implied that Armenian diaspora is ready to cooperate with Turkey and said, “It is important that a big part of Armenian diaspora supports opening of borders. In that case, businessmen of Anatolia will be able to cooperate with Armenian diaspora in Russia, Middle Asia, Arabian countries, Europe, North and South America and even Far East without having any communication problem.” Stressing that volume of trade between Turkey and Armenia might reach to $1 bln with opening of state border, Soyak said, “It would be inevitable for the region to turn into a trade center with the opening of borders. Commercial relations will be the factor that provides reconciliation between two communities.”
    Underscoring that Turkey should not ignore influence of Russia over Armenia and Azerbaijan in its efforts towards resettlement of Nagorno-Karabakh problem, Soyak said, “In my opinion, resettlement of Nagorno-Karabakh problem may be achieved in two years. Russia may solve the problem in some extent to relieve Turkish community on Nagorno-Karabakh problem, which would make normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia possible. On the other hand, even if such formula can be implented, the comprehensive solution to the problem will be dependent to the other developments in Caucasus, especially to the resolution of S. Ossetia and Abkhazia issues. Such a temporary solution for Nagorno-Karabakh is towards the interests of Russia as investments of Russia in Armenia cannot be operated because of closed borders.”
    The full text of the interview of Co-chairman of the Turkish-Armenian Business Development Council Kaan Soyak can be found in Turkishny.com in Turkish language.
  • BEGINNING OF THE END FOR ARMENIAN PROPAGANDA AND “HYE”STERIA  ?

    BEGINNING OF THE END FOR ARMENIAN PROPAGANDA AND “HYE”STERIA ?

    THIS CITY HAS RESCINDED THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION
    DECLARING THE RESOLUTION NULL AND VOID

    According to the news article below that appeared on April 2, 2010, in the largest daily in Turkiye, Hurriyet, this Ukranian city of Izyum, population 60,000 and about 80 miles from the capitol of Harkov province, Ukraine, has rescinded on March 26, 2010 the genocide resolution that it passed in December 2009, thus no longer recognizing the Armenian claims at face value. Citing a report by the Crimean News Agency, the article heralds the first decision of its kind anywhere, which may indeed, be a turning point, a beginning of the end, for the diaspora Armenian propaganda efforts.

    Rehim Hümbetov, president of the Crimean-Azerbaijani Association, they worked hard to get the Armenian propaganda annulled, by suing the resolution on grounds that it violated Ukranian law, that it should be reviewed and rescinded, and won after intensive efforts.

    Rehim Hümbetov stated that the time has come to wage an international effort to overturn all such resolutions misrepresenting Armenian propaganda as settled history.

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    Wow! I wonder if the days of “hye”nas feeding on Turkish corpses of WWI may be over…

    Who knows?

    Anyway, Here is the original article:

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    BU KENT TANIDIĞI ‘SOYKIRIMI’ IPTAL ETTI

    A.A. / hurriyet.com.tr , 2 Nisan 2010

    Ukrayna’nın Harkov bölgesindeki bir yerel belediye meclisi, 1915 olaylarına ilişkin Ermeni iddialarıyla ilgili daha önce kabul ettiği kararını iptal etti.

    Kırım Haber Ajansı’nın haberine göre, İzyum Şehir Belediye Meclisi, Aralık 2009’da kabul ettiği Ermeni iddialarıyla ilgili kararı, 26 Mart’ta yapılan toplantıda iptal etti.

    Haberde, Ukrayna’da alınan bu iptal kararının, dünyada 1915 olaylarıyla ilgili ilk iptal örneği olduğu belirtildi.

    Karara ilişkin açıklama yapan ve iptal kararının alınması için çok çalıştıklarını belirten Kırım Azerbaycanlılar Derneği Başkanı Rehim Hümbetov, “Artık Ermeni iddialarına ilişkin kabul edilen kararların iptali için uluslararası düzeyde mücadele etme vaktinin geldiğini” söyledi.

    Hümbetov, belediye meclisinin daha önce aldığı kararın, Ukrayna kanunlarına aykırı olduğunu belirterek, incelenmesi ve iptali için İzyum savcılığına da başvurduklarını ve yoğun çabalar sonucunda kararın iptal edilmesini sağladıklarını belirtti.

    Yaklaşık 60 bin nüfuslu şehir, Harkov’un merkezinden 120 kilometre uzaklıkta bulunuyor.

  • Turkish Lobby Distributes Brochures In Washington DC Against Armenian Allegations

    Turkish Lobby Distributes Brochures In Washington DC Against Armenian Allegations

    Thursday, 25 March 2010

    Turkish lobby in Washington DC, holds efforts to inform Congressmen against Armenian allegations to prevent so called Armenian genocide resolution which was passed in the Foreign Affairs Committee of U.S. House of Representatives to go further. Turkish lobby has prepared a brochure entitled “Armenian Fabrications, can you believe this?” to inform Congressmen and related circles in Washington against so called Armenian genocide.

    The first page of the brochure shows the piece of artwork by the famous Russian artist Vasily Vereshchagin entitled “Apotheosis of war” (1871 Prussia-France war). It is told that the painting of Russian artist is used by Armenians as a propaganda materialto deceive the unsuspecting public. The following page in the booklet shows how the photograph of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is used by Armenian lobbies. It is proved that how Armenians changed the photo by photomontage and placed human corpses before Ataturk’s feet by cutting of little puppies from the scene.

    What did Hitler tell?
    The brochure also shows how Nazi leader Hitler, who committed a genocide against Jews, is also used by Armenians to falsify the historical truth. It is stressed that there is no historical proof that Hitler said, “There is no one that remembers genocide of Armenians today”, alhough it is used by Armenian authors very often as a support to their allegations.
    Numbers Game
    In the section entitled as “Numbers game”, it is shown how Armenian lobbies increased the number of “genocide” victims constantly. While the number of victims of so called genocide was “1 million” in 2000, today it is told that 1,5 million Armenian people were massacred by Turks. Refering to Ottoman Empire’s census data, booklet states that population of Armenians in all over the empire was 1,294,851. It is asked that how it could be possible to massacre more Armenians than Armenian population.
    Turkish Victims
    The brochure also commemorates Turkish diplomats and their families who are murdered by Armenian terrorists. The booklet provides information about Armenian terror in 1970 and 80’s and Turkish people that are murdered by Armenian terrorists.
  • Dear Turkic-Americans in California,

    Dear Turkic-Americans in California,


    Senator Simitian, an Armenian legislator in California, introduced yet another anti-Turkish bill, SJR 26. Help oppose it by sending sample  letter below (AS PREPARED BY US TURCIC NETWORK), OR YOUR OWN LETTER.

    If you are a California resident, please send this letter, and urge everyone else you know in California to do the same. Thank you.

    Dear California Assembly and Senate members,

    I am deeply concerned by the introduction of SJR 26 (so-called “Armenian genocide” resolution), which would further contribute to a one-sided approach of a genuine historical controversy to which the United States is not even a party. (To read more about the bill, click this link here).

    The resolution in question would spur a historical allegation of “Armenian genocide” that has not been historically or legally substantiated to this date. In fact, on August 20, 2009, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reached an important verdict, that an obscure California law from 2000 which codified the allegations of “Armenian genocide”, was unconstitutional, and interfered with the federal government’s foreign affairs powers. Hence, both the Executive and the Judicial Branches are of the opinion that the allegations of “Armenian genocide” are neither helpful, nor correct.

    Numerous American scholars, all experts in the history of the Ottoman Empire, dispute Armenian allegations, leading to the conclusion that while Armenian civilian losses during World War I were tragic, the events of 1915 were not tantamount to genocide. Armenians did not suffer alone, millions of Turks and others also lost their lives during the same period from similar causes, including being massacred by Armenian rebel bands.

    It also flies in the face of the recent history, when it was Armenia that committed an undeniable crime against humanity on February 25-26, 1992, in the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly, where hundreds of innocent civilians were viciously massacred in one night by the Armenian army. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has even deported Armenian combatants from US soil on the grounds of committing “crimes against humanity” against Azerbaijani civilians. Armenia to this day ethnically cleansed and occupies 16% of Azerbaijan.

    As a Turkic-American, I must question how would SJR 26’s passage foster peace, tolerance and dialogue among the many ethnic communities represented in our state. If anything, it would create tensions among the  strong Turkic-American community and the Armenian community.

    SJR 26 also jeopardizes American national interests and security, as it damages US-Turkish relations. Turkey, a NATO member, is a key strategic and military ally of the US. Turkey is the United States’ 39th largest trading partner, with bilateral trade totaling some $15 billion last year. A chunk of that growing trade turnover affects our state, too.

    Ultimately, the message is clear: complex history of faraway lands from a century ago ought not to be legislated – especially in the current state of our jobless economy. Only through genuine dialogue can Turks and Armenians reconcile their diametrically opposed narratives in a mutually acceptable manner, and that is up to Turkey and Armenia, not any third party to decide.

    In light of the above, I would respectfully urge you to OPPOSE the SJR 26, which not only defeats the goal of inter-ethnic harmony but also runs counter to the foreign, trade and national security policy of the United States. Let us instead concentrate on jobs, taxes, deficit, healthcare, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Palestine-Israel conflict, and other truly important issues that require consideration and action from state legislature, as well as often require cooperation from such allies as Turkey.

    Sincerely,

  • Advice to Prime Minister Erdogan:

    Advice to Prime Minister Erdogan:

    Continue Denying the Armenian Genocide

    Mr. Erdogan, please keep up the good work. Armenians need your kind assistance to pursue their cause until justice is done.

    By Harut Sassounian

    Publisher, The California Courier

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    It is a well-known fact that Turkish leaders are exceptional diplomats. However, as soon as they hear the words Armenian Genocide, Greece, Cyprus or Kurdistan, these diplomats lose their “cool” and resort to emotional outbursts and undiplomatic actions that harm their own interests.

    Realizing that this is the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Turkish officials have been nervously preparing themselves for the upcoming tsunami of commemorations that would remind the international community of the crimes against humanity committed by Ottoman Turks.

    The first unexpected shot was fired on February 26 by the Parliament of the Autonomous Government of Catalonia, Spain, when it unanimously recognized the Armenian Genocide. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu immediately contacted his Spanish counterpart and Catalonian officials venting his anger and demanding an apology!

    Two days later, an expose of the Armenian Genocide was aired by CBS’s 60 Minutes, showing bones of Armenian victims still protruding from Syrian desert sands, almost a century later! The Turks were livid, accusing Armenians of unduly influencing the CBS network and questioning, as usual, the authenticity of the bones and the sand!

    Four days later, the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee adopted a resolution acknowledging the Armenian Genocide. Turkey lost despite:

    n      Pressuring the Obama administration to oppose the resolution;

    n      Hiring multi-million dollar lobbying firms;

    n      Sending teams of Turkish parliamentarians to Washington;

    n      E-mail campaigns by Turkish and Azeri Americans; and

    n      Threatening to boycott U.S. defense contractors if they did not oppose the resolution.

    Immediately after losing that vote, Turkey recalled its Ambassador from Washington, indicating that he may be kept in Ankara until after April 24. State Minister Zafer Caglayan postponed his U.S. visit, intended to develop economic ties, “until the United States corrects its mistake.” A scheduled trip by the executive board of the Turkish Industrialists’ & Businessmen’s Association to Washington on March 16 and 17 was also canceled, and anti-American protests were held in Turkish cities. More importantly, Prime Minister Erdogan indicated that he might cancel his planned participation in the global summit on nuclear security to be held in Washington next month.

    Before Turkish passions had cooled down, Sweden’s Parliament dealt a second devastating blow to Ankara on March 11, by reaffirming the genocide of Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks, by a vote of 131-130. Once again, Turkey recalled its Ambassador, and Prime Minister Erdogan canceled his upcoming trip to Stockholm which was to be accompanied by a large trade delegation. And, anti-Swedish demonstrations were held in several Turkish cities.

    These overly dramatic reactions prompted Turkish and foreign commentators to have a field day, speculating that if more countries recognize the Armenian Genocide, Turkey won’t have ambassadors left anywhere in the world, and Turkish officials won’t be visiting other countries, having to cancel their overseas trips. Furthermore, Turkey would be left without any imported goods and a weakened military, having canceled all purchases from the outside world. Turkey’s isolation is a just retribution for its denialist policy. By trying to punish others, Turkey is simply punishing itself.

    Vahe Magarian of Cincinnati, Ohio, sent a pointed letter to the New York Times last week, suggesting that Turkey’s recalled Ambassadors, “rather than flying home, should be made to march home on foot. Forced marches were the preferred means of travel during the dying days of the Ottoman Empire.”

    Prominent Turkish commentator Can Dundar wrote in Haber1 an article titled: “Are we going to recall all our Ambassadors?” He stated that, at this rate, by the time the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide rolls around in 2015, there won’t be a single country left not accusing Turkey of genocide. Isn’t it about time that we search out what dirty work our fathers did 95 years ago? Shouldn’t we ask what did we do wrong, Dundar implored.

    The main reason why Turkish officials panic every time the Armenian Genocide is acknowledged by yet another country is their fear of being asked to pay compensation for Armenian losses and return the occupied lands. Prime Minister Erdogan and his colleagues don’t seem to understand that Genocide recognition by itself does not lead to legal claims. How many inches of land have Armenians managed to liberate from Turkey as a result of such recognition by more than 20 countries? If Turkish leaders would only understand that parliamentary resolutions have no legal effect, maybe they would not get so excited over them!

    Nevertheless, there should be no doubt that Armenians still demand the return of their ancestral lands located in Eastern Turkey. Such claims have to be pursued in various courts, unless an unexpected cataclysmic event occurs first, causing the collapse or dismemberment of the Turkish State.

    In the meantime, we advise Mr. Erdogan to continue denying the Genocide at every opportunity, in order to encourage Armenians to persist in their efforts to expose Ankara’s lies. Were it not for Turkish officials’ vehement denials, there would not have been a worldwide outcry to reaffirm the facts of the Armenian Genocide by airing TV documentaries and adopting genocide resolutions.

    Mr. Erdogan, please keep up the good work. Armenians need your kind assistance to pursue their cause until justice is done.