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If this is your first time here please read the summary of Turco-Armenian relations through history and then browse the documents presented below or dive into the allegations.

The History of the Armenian Turkish Conflict (testimony by Justin Mc Carthy in front of the USA House International Comittee). A letter to the Members of U.S. House of Representatives by 69 academicians who specialize in Turkish, Ottoman and Middle Eastern Studies disagreeing with Armenian claims.

In Search of Truth.
A Synopsis on the Turkish-Armenian Question. A Summary letter on the subject after Armenian claims were rejected by the British in 1999.

The Armenian File by Kamuran Gürün is a comprehensive study of the origins of the Armenian question and its relationship to the Great Game, policies of the Great Powers through the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish War of Independence. (You can also order a printed book)

Some tidbits of reality;

IN THE 19th CENTURY IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE:
29 Armenians achieved the highest governmental rank of pasha,
22 Armenians became ministers, including Ministers of Foreign Affairs,
33 Armenians were elected to the Parliament,
7 Armenians were appointed as Ambassadors, 11 as Consul Generals,
11 Armenians served in universities as professors.

There were 803 Armenian schools employing 2088 teachers with over 80,000 pupils within the Ottoman Empire in 1901-2.

BRITISH CONSUL IN ERZURUM, GRAVES replied to the question of New York Herald Reporter Sydney Whitman "If no Armenian revolutionary had come to this country, if they had not stirred Armenian revolution, would these clashes have occurred?" as follows;
"Of course not. I doubt if a single Armenian would have been killed."

Some documents/links of interest;

  • Ermeni Sorunu Another great site revealing the real Armenian question.
  • Ermeniler Tarafindan Yapilan Katliam Belgeleri (1914-1921) Ottoman documents of Armenian commited massacres in between 1914-1921.
  • Armenian aggresion towards Azerbaijan: Azeri Genocide
  • Russian aggresion towards Azerbaijan: Black January 20

      Ten Questions & Ten Answers to most frequent Armenian Diaspora allegations;
    1. WAS EASTERN ANATOLIA THE ORIGINAL HOMELAND OF THE ARMENIANS?
    2. DID THE TURKS TAKE THE LANDS OF THE ARMENIANS BY FORCE?
    3. HAVE THE TURKS ALWAYS ATTACKED AND MISRULED ARMENIANS THROUGHOUT HISTORY?
    4. DID THE TURKS REALLY TRY TO MASSACRE THE ARMENIANS STARTING IN THE 1890's?
    5. WHAT IS MEANT BY THE TERM "GENOCIDE" ?
    6. DID THE TURKS UNDERTAKE A PLANNED AND SYSTEMATIC MASSACRE OF THE ARMENIANS IN 1915?
    7. DID TALAT PASHA SEND SECRET TELEGRAMS ORDERING MASSACRES?
    8. DID l, 5 MILLION ARMENIANS DIE DURING WORLD WAR I?
    9. IS THE SEVRES AGREEMENT STILL IN FORCE?
    10. ARE THE ARMENIANS OF TURKEY BEING OPPRESSED TODAY?
      ( Biography Information )
      (The compressed (zip) versions of the above q&a are available in English and French feel free to copy locally and distribute around you.)

    "In this movement we took with us three thousand Turkish soldiers who had been captured by the Russians and left on our hands when the Russians abandoned the struggle. During our retreat to Karaklis two thousand of these poor devils were cruelly put to death. I was sickened by the brutality displayed, but could not make any effective protest. Some, mercifully, were shot. Many of them were burned to death. The method employed was to put a quantity of straw into a hut, and then after crowding the hut with Turks, set fire to the straw."
    page 133, first paragraph,
    "Men Are Like That" by Leonard Ramsden Hartill.
    The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis (1928)

    Patriotism Perverted, on Armenian Revolutionary movements part 1 , part 2 .
    Quotes on the operations of the Armenian Revolutionaries.

    The Anatolian Armenians 1912-1922, Armenians During The Last Years of Ottoman History

    Christian Anti-Semitism In The Ottoman Empire

    Historical background of Armeno-Turkish problems & the Armenian War Effort

  • History of the Ottoman Empire & Modern Turkey Vol.2 p314-317
  • The Diplomacy of Imperialism
  • Letter from Boghos Nubar, Armenian Leader To The Times of London
  • Armenian Figures During Ottoman Empire

    The enemy of my enemy is my friend, Greeks & Armenians.
    Historical turth and the confessions! Liar's candle & Congressman Bonior.

    "Hence it was important to prove to the Nazis that the Armenians were 'Aryans' ".
    p.357 of Christopher J. Walker's Armenia-The Survival of a Nation,
    ISBN:0-312-04230-2

    More on Armenian Nazi collaboration. In fact Armenian's supported Nazi up until the end of WW2. Download the zip compressed pictures of Armenian papers from 1945.

    Azerbaijan
    Armenians were tricked into being pawns in greater world politics (The Great Game) during and before World War 1. Today, after the fall of the Soviet Union blinded by their own ultra-nationalism are again falling for the same role, this time against the Turkic Azerbaijan nation:

  • Azerbaijan will present the international court in The Hague with documents of Armenian Massacre of Azeri Turks in 1992.
  • Armenian agression at Karabag
  • Historical background on the region of Karabag.
  • Read how Armenian racist fanaticism has spread to the net.

    • Related Links:

  • Our message board on the Armenian Question
  • Ermeni Sorunu
  • Armenian Atrocities & Terrorism (ATAA)
  • Institute for Armenian Research (ERAREN)

    "The great Turk is governing in peace twenty nations from different religions. Turks have taught to Christians how to be moderate in peace and gentle in victory."Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary