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Turkey accused of hiding Ottoman-era evidence of the Armenian Genocide

Feb 17, 2020 8:00 am By Robert Spencer

The Turks continue to deny that they committed genocide of the Armenian, Greek and Assyrian Christians of the nation. Here, however, is more proof that the Ottoman government knew what was happening and approved. The Christians were kuffar harbi — Infidels at war with Islam — for wanting independence, and hence under Islamic law their lives were forfeit.

“Turkey hiding Ottoman-era evidence of Armenian Genocide: Historian,” by Joanne Serrieh, Al Arabiya, February 13, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

A Turkish historian said the Turkish government is hiding historic telegrams which could provide information about the Armenian Genocide, based on his findings.

Armenia says the killing of up to 1.5 million Armenian people between 1915 and 1917 was a genocide. The events are recognized as a genocide by 30 other countries, and US Congress passed a measure in December last year to formally recognize the killings as a genocide.

Turkey strongly denies the accusation of genocide and puts the death toll in the hundreds of thousands.

According to historian Tanar [sic] Akcam, the Turkish government is deliberately hiding evidence of the genocide even today.

Akcam told Al Arabiya that the Turkish government knew of the existence of telegrams related to the genocide because they were used in state military tribunals in Istanbul in the year 1919.

“In these military tribunals, public prosecutors wrote an indictment and verdicts … they quoted from these telegrams,” he said in a video interview….

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  1. Frank Anderson says

    Feb 17, 2020 at 8:10 am

    So, “hundreds of thousands” of killings is okay? We do not have bases in China or North Korea, or Russia. We can do without bases in Turkey. Cut them loose from NATO and US secrets.

    • Ray Jarman says

      Feb 17, 2020 at 1:44 pm

      +++++++++++++++1

  2. Templer says

    Feb 17, 2020 at 8:24 am

    Turkey as killed over 4 million chirstains since the death off Turkish stain islam is not a reason off peace

  3. jca reid says

    Feb 17, 2020 at 8:45 am

    It’s right up there with the Holocaust Deniers. Another forgotten action/s by the Ottomans of the slaughter of Middle Eastern & North African Arabs – fellow Muslims – during the reign over those Territories. That’s why it was fairly easy for the British to stir up the Arab tribes to Revolt in the Middle East during WW1. Lawrence of Arabia & all that. No sensible person really wants to live under Islamic Rule – not even Muslims.

  4. Spiro says

    Feb 17, 2020 at 8:48 am

    and this is news
    Islam lies and covers up its evil as a matter of practice
    Greece was occupied for 400+ years
    By ottoman Turks they suffered greatly until they were able to gain their independence
    The slaughter. Of Armenian is carefully
    Covered up and ignored by the West
    The followers of this false profit can’t be trusted
    Turkey needs to be out of NATO

  5. janwog says

    Feb 17, 2020 at 10:47 am

    In case of supporting Turkey in its conflict with Orthodox Christian Russia will be a crime against Christianity as it was the case of the West at the beginning of the 20th century. Do not forget the Turkish genocide against the Christian Arameans who never sided against Turkey.Erdogan goes together with Pakistan very active persecuting Christians.

  6. libertyORdeath says

    Feb 17, 2020 at 12:49 pm

    Only a few hundred thousand? No big deal you islamophobe!

  7. mortimer says

    Feb 17, 2020 at 1:00 pm

    No doubt, Erdogan is sanctioning the destruction of incriminating documents, many of which will be in the unreadable Ottoman script using Arabic letters. Only scholars are able to read them.

    There is however enough existing evidence to convict the Ottomans … much from their own lips.

    – Mustafa “Ataturk” Kemal
    Founder of the modern Turkish Republic in 1923 and revered throughout Turkey, in an interview published on August 1, 1926 in The Los Angeles Examiner, talking about former Young Turks in his country… ‘These left-overs from the former Young Turk Party, who should have been made to account for the millions of our Christian subjects who were ruthlessly driven en masse, from their homes and massacred, have been restive under the Republican rule.’ (quote from Ataturk)

    – Talat Pasha, in a conversation with Dr. Mordtmann of the German Embassy in June 1915… ‘Turkey is taking advantage of the war in order to thoroughly liquidate (grundlich aufzaumen) its internal foes, i.e., the indigenous Christians, without being thereby disturbed by foreign intervention. What on earth do you want? The question is settled. There are no more Armenians.’

    – Mustafa Arif, Minister of Interior stated on 13 December 1918…
    “Surely a few Armenians aided and abetted our enemy, and a few Armenian Deputies committed crimes against the Turkish nation… it is incumbent upon a government to pursue the guilty ones. Unfortunately, our wartime leaders, imbued with a spirit of brigandage, carried out the law of deportation in a manner that could surpass the proclivities of the most bloodthirsty bandits. They decided to exterminate the Armenians, and they did exterminate them.’

  8. mortimer says

    Feb 17, 2020 at 1:11 pm

    Turkish professional historian Tanar Akcam should be praised for bringing the world’s attention to the shocking disregard of the Turkish government for the work of serious historians on Ottoman genocides.

    History has its own set of ethics and standards of academic excellence. The politicization of history is always an evil that professional historians try to identify and denounce. At least, they should, if they have the guts to do so. Akcam is commendably courageous.

    The ‘history crimes’ committed by the current Turkish government will not go uncommented by professional historians. It’s their job.

  9. keith says

    Feb 17, 2020 at 5:08 pm

    Wake up and smell the bullshit. Almost every country has done nasty crap in the name of their own advancement, even the good old USA.
    It’s only the fact that Turkey is in a strategically powerful location that has meant that their actions have been tolerated.
    In this case, as much as I loathe to admit it, Turkey getting away with this for so long has bugger all to do with Islam and a shit load to do with western nations kissing their arse due to them being a buffer against the Russians.
    Don’t believe me? Ask anyone with strategic battle training and you will get a similar answer.

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