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2730) London Turkish–Armenian Relations Conference Notes, 30Jan2009
1. Guest Speakers
2. About FTA UK
3. LSE Conference Programme
4. Biographies
5. Opening Speech by FTA UK
6. An Introduction By Prof. Belma Baskett
7. Armenian Question 1878-1918:On The Need For A Counter-Narrative By Jeremy Salt
8. Globalization? Yes, But Of Ethics, First! By Sukru Server Aya
9. Way Forward By Prof Belma Baskett
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London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London
Guest Speakers: Prof. Jeremy Salt, Sükrü Server Aya, Chaired By Prof. Belma Baskett, Organised by: The Federation Of Turkish Associations UK
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This conference has been organised in the memory of Turkish diplomats and other innocent victims who were murdered by various Armenian terrorist groups, while serving abroad between 1973 and 1994 and whose only crime was being born 'Turkish'. Most of the perpetrators have never been brought to justice, of the few that were, only some were imprisoned and given very light sentences.
About FTA UK
The Federation of Turkish Associations UK (FTA UK) was formed in 2002 consisting of sixteen independent and diverse Turkish associations to bring together the voice of their members on common issues. The FTA UK represents a large proportion of the Turkish community which is estimated at nearly 500,000 ethnic Turks who live mainly in London and its surrounding areas and includes Turkish Cypriots.
The Federation’s main aims and objectives are; to bring together the Turks living in Britain in solidarity and strengthen their relationship; to help the community to integrate better within the British system whilst maintaining their own culture and identity; to find solutions to their common problems and protect their common interests; to promote and enhance the British - Turkish friendship and to share the Turkish culture and history.
The Federation carries out its duties completely independently without being influenced by any political party, ethnic influence, religion or any form of discrimination and in the interest of the British-Turkish Community. It is a non profit - non governmental organisation and acts as an umbrella organisation and communication vehicle for the whole community.
turkishfederationuk at yahoo.co.uk
FTA UK, 41 Camberwell Church Street, London SE5 8TR
Telephone: + 44 (0)77 8890 8803
LSE Conference Programme
18.00 - Registration and refreshments
18.50 - Welcome speech by FTA UK and one minute silence in respect of the murdered diplomats
18.55 - Prof. Belma Baskett, “Introduction”
19.00 - Prof. Jeremy Salt, “The Armenian Question 1878-1918: a Counter-Narrative”
19.45 – Sükrü Server Aya, “Globalisation of Ethical and Humane Values”
20.25 - Questions and Answers
20.40 - Prof. Belma Baskett, “The Way Forward”
20.45 – End
BIOGRAPHIES
Chair : Prof. Belma Ötüs Baskett : Born in Istanbul and educated at Robert College, Istanbul; Faculty of Languages, Ankara University; University of California, Berkeley, has degrees in B.S., Honors Diploma, MA, PhD. Lecturer for 23 years at Middle East Technical University, Ankara; Michigan University(12 years), Visiting Prof. at University of Pittsburgh, Kansai Gakuin University and Kobe College, Japan; Bilkent University, Ankara; University of Surrey at Roehampton for 2 years. She has written and translated many books as well as monographs; Editor of Ufuk magazine and Turkish Area Studies Review, has more than 60 articles published in Turkey, USA, UK, Austria and Spain. President of International Society for Contemporary Literature and Theatre.
Prof Jeremy Salt: Jeremy Salt runs courses on the modern Middle East and media and propaganda in the Department of Political Science at Bilkent University, Ankara. He has taught at the University of Melbourne, where he took his PhD in Middle Eastern studies, and Boğazici (Bosphorus) University in Istanbul. His publications include Imperialism, Evangelism and the Ottoman Armenians 1878-1896 (Frank Cass, London, 1993), a study of the involvement of foreign governments and missionary organizations in the development of the ‘Armenian question’ in the late 19th century. He also writes on the politics of the modern Middle East, with an emphasis on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The Unmaking of the Middle East. A History of Western Disorder in Arab Lands (University of California Press, July 2008) studies the involvement of the ‘West’ in the Middle East over the past two centuries. He Journals in which his articles have appeared include The Muslim World, Current History, Middle Eastern Studies, Journal of Palestine Studies, Third World Quarterly and the International Journal of Turkish Studies.
Sükrü Server Aya: Born in 1930, he has been living in Istanbul since 1939. He is a graduate of the reputed Robert College founded in 1863 by Protestant Missionaries, now Bogazici University. After two years in engineering school, he had to quit and work abroad to support his family, he returned after two years of work with a Dutch and Swiss Company, and graduated in 1953 with a BA in Literature instead of Mechanical Engineering. By profession, he was an importer-distributor of engine rebuilding machinery and shop equipment and has been a globetrotter on business and pleasure visiting nearly all industrial countries. He had and has many friends of Armenian ethnicity and after 1985, being a fair history reader, started to read on the Turkish – Armenian history, in which his graduating school was instrumental in the past. In 2004, after a biased article was published in National Geographic Magazine, he started to put together various excerpts from mainly anti-Turkish English readings. His book “The Genocide of Truth” was presented in Istanbul in April 2008 as a publication of Istanbul Commerce University and has been distributed for free, mostly overseas. A shortened Turkish version of the same book was just presented in Istanbul in mid January 2009 under the title “Genocide Traders and Truth”.
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Opening Speech by FTA UK
Dear Guests, Dignitaries and Distinguished Panellists,
The Federation of Turkish Associations UK welcomes you to the 3rd Memorial Conference in London for the Turkish diplomats assassinated by various Armenian terrorist groups, between 1973 and 1994. They were subjected to a racist terrorist campaign while serving abroad and their sole crime was being born 'Turkish'.
Retired Ambassador Dr. Bilal Simsir who wrote extensive books on the matter believes that the Soviet Armenian Republic and the Armenian Republic of today are both responsible for the murders of the Turkish diplomats. He says “Huntchak and Dashnaktsutiun parties which were established in 1887 and 1890 respectively, had from the beginning adopted terror as their method”. If we had remembered it perhaps we would have been more cautious towards Armenian attempts and most probably some of our diplomats would still be alive today. He says “If Armenia wants to normalize its relations with Turkey; she needs to accept the principle of invariability of the borders; should apologise for the assassinations of the Turkish diplomats and finally hand over to Turkish justice their assassins some of whom live in Armenia today.”
Federation of Turkish Association UK is an umbrella organisation serving various needs of the Turkish community. We think the best way to solve these problems is through understanding and research. Every year we meet with some protests from Diaspora Armenians who try to prevent our conferences.
What are they afraid of? Why are they trying to silence us?
If we do not know what really happened in the past how are we going to shape the future? History is not gossip, made-up or hearsay stories; but facts. The reason we organize these conferences is to learn the truth and learn lessons from past experiences so we may prevent similar incidents in the future.
Michael M. Gunter described one of the main reasons for the Armenian terrorism in his study entitled “Armenian National Liberation” as follows: It is evident that one of the main reasons of Armenian terrorism today, is the explicit support provided to this struggle by many states and people”.
We believe the motive for these terrorists is the deep hatred against the Turks stemming from their upbringing. Today, we remember the events with great sadness and ask ourselves how we can prevent this happening again in the future.
The Federation of Turkish Association condemns all forms of terrorism and wishes a peaceful and better world for all human beings regardless of their race, colour or religious beliefs.
May I invite everyone to stand for one minute’s silence in respect of the murdered Turkish diplomats and all the innocent lives lost during that terrible terrorist campaign?
We wish everyone an informative conference.
Thank you!
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An Introduction By Prof. Belma Baskett
Today, we are gathered here to commemorate the 27 members of the Turkish Diplomatic corps who were assassinated by ASALA and other Armenian terrorist groups (JCAG, ARA and others) between 27 Jan 1973 and 14 July 1994.
In fact, during their terror campaign they did not just kill 27 diplomats; in some instances they also killed their wives, husbands, children and many other civilians. Among those killed were four ambassadors and four consul generals. Between 1973 and the present, Armenian terrorists have committed 239 acts of terrorism which have killed at least 70 and wounded 524 innocent person. They have taken 105 hostages, “executing” 12, one of them an American woman. In addition, the Armenian terrorist bombing campaign caused 160 incidents of property destruction, totalling several hundred million dollars in property damage in the United States, Europe, Middle East and Australia.
I am not a historian but during those years I was living in Ankara, teaching at the Middle East Technical University. Many of the diplomats assassinated and their families were my friends or friends of my friends. I remember them all. I remember the pain their assassinations caused. There is a Turkish saying “ Bir fincan kahvenin 40 yıl hatırı vardır”; a cup of coffee shared by friends is remembered for 40 years. I feel it my duty to honour the memory of those innocent Turkish diplomats killed in the line of duty. These assassinations were unjust, uncalled for and in no way can the events of 1915 excuse them.
There were unfortunate events in 1915. Those were the years of the 1st World War; a weakened Ottoman Empire was fighting enemies on many fronts. In the North East Ottoman armies were fighting the Russians; the Armenians living in Turkish villages near the front collaborated with the Russians. Young Armenians joined the Russian army, put on Russian uniforms and turned against their neighbours. A similar situation developed in the South East, Ottomans were fighting French occupation, Armenians of the area collaborated with the French army, putting on French uniforms and started fighting their Ottoman neighbours and fellow –villagers. Many people died on both sides. An Ottoman decision was taken to relocate the Armenians away from those war zones.
Armenians in big cities like Izmir and Istanbul continued their lives untouched. There were no orders, no decisions to kill anybody or exterminate a race. Archives, when examined reveal only a relocation order. The British court in Malta at the time that tried some of the officials involved in the relocation found no evidence of war crimes and had to free them. Those Armenians who were relocated were citizens of the Ottoman Empire ‘of the taba-i sadika’ faithful citizens, a significant number of whom had rebelled. Every country has the right to protect itself from enemies outside and within the country. The relocation of Armenians from war zones was a legitimate Ottoman response to protect both Muslim and Armenian citizens during a time when the Empire was under attack.
The events of 1915 should have been left in the pages of history books. Instead, so many years later some Diaspora Armenians decided on baseless revenge and the first ASALA shot was fired in Los Angeles and killed The Turkish Consul General, a young brilliant diplomat leaving his wife a widow and his small daughter an orphan. They were my friends. The murders of Turkish diplomats in various cities of the world continued for 21 years. The accompanying propaganda of hatred of Turks has been continuing to this day--for almost a century now. (Exactly 94 years)
Nobody in Turkey is insensitive to the events of 1915 or denies that both Turks and Armenians suffered. Everybody agrees that the troubles of 1915 were caused by imperialist powers colluding with Dashnak and Hunchack murder squads. In the German Genocide of Jews, no one blames the Germans as a nation but the decision making politicians of the time; the Nazis. The relocation decision was taken by Ottoman politicians of the Union and Development Party of 1915, but beginning with 1973, Turkish diplomats who were not even born then, were held responsible and murdered by Armenian assassins. Many of these murderers went scot-free, were never apprehended and some received very light sentences. Unfortunately, these murderers are considered as ‘heroes’ in today’s Armenia.
Finally, the Turkish and Armenian dead of 1915 were war casualties. The killing of Turkish diplomats and sometimes their families were perpetrated in peace time by professional Armenian assassins, all planned and pre-meditated murders. They can never be excused as retaliation for events during the 1st World War. The murders were unjust, uncalled for, unlawful and in no way can the tragic events of 1915 excuse them.
Now, our two speakers who are historians and scholars will give their detailed analysis of historical events regarding Turkish-Armenian relations.
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The Armenian Question 1878-1918: On The Need For A Counter-Narrative By Jeremy Salt
As it has been embedded in the ‘western’ cultural mainstream, the ‘Armenian Question’ raises more questions than it answers and stands in need of deconstruction, reconstruction and recontextualisation from beginning to end. Judgment on what happened in the Ottoman Empire during the First World is commonly passed by people who would have no idea of what happened in the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Nothing at all is known of the war as experienced by the civilian population of the empire beyond the suffering of Ottoman Christians. It is rare to find a book in which overall civilian casualties - more than three million of which about 2.5 million of which were Muslim – are even mentioned. The Ottoman Empire at war is a story that has never been told. Unless and until it is told the particular fate of the Armenians cannot be told in context.
Almost nothing is known in the western cultural mainstream of the military campaigns beyond Gallipoli and to a much lesser extent Mesopotamia. As the official military history of the war alone runs to 27 volumes we have some idea of the extent of the research that needs to be done. We need to know more about the conversations taking place in the general staff and the reasons being advanced for the decisions that were taken.
More work is being done all the time on Armenian uprisings but a lot more is needed. The recent work written by Justin McCarthy and others on the Van rebellion of 1915 greatly expands our knowledge the scale of the rebellion, the atrocities that were committed and our understanding of the impact this must have had on the military high command. We still know very little about the links between the Armenian revolutionary committees, and the extent to which Armenian uprisings may have been coordinated with the Russian High Command. Very little has been done on the commissions of inquiry set up by the Ottoman government to investigate the crimes committed against Armenians in 1915 and the courts martials and sentences, including terms of imprisonment, that followed. None of this is present in the western cultural mainstream and hardly exists yet even in Turkish sources. Armenians were perpetrators of great crimes as well as the victims of great crimes. The western mainstream account is built on atrocities or allegations of atrocities committed against Armenians but entirely empty of the atrocities or alleged atrocities committed by them.
The documentation here is far more substantial than British wartime propaganda. The British naval blockade of the eastern Mediterranean and the effects on the Ottoman civilian population has not yet been researched. Neither has the locust plague of 1915 and the famine which spread across Syria, causing, according to the Arab historian George Antonius, hundreds of thousands of deaths during the war. Yet despite these gaps, despite the mass of material still waiting to be researched, there is no shortage of people far from the eastern Mediterranean in space and time who presume to know what happened in the Ottoman Empire during the First World War and who do not hesitate to pass judgment. By contrast, Turks are denied space to tell their side of their story – just as they were denied the same space back in the 19th century. Orientalism has given way to neorientalism. The same ignorant and often racist clichés of the 19th century are still being repeated as if history has stood still. The ‘Armenian Question’ was never a question in isolation but an Ottoman question and this is the only context in which it can be studied in any balanced way. Unfortunately, the Ottoman side of it has been left out of the equation, just as the Muslims (Turks and Kurds) have been left out of it except as the perpetrators of violence. When so much is not known, when so much that is ‘known’ is based on propaganda stretching all the way back to the 19th century, and beyond, considering the role of anti-Islamic invective in the formation of western attitudes towards ‘the Turks’, it is clear that a reappraisal of the ‘Armenian question’ is long overdue.
J.Salt
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Globalization? Yes, But Of Ethics, First! By Sukru Server Aya, London, 30.01.2009
Esteemed Ladies and Gentlemen,
I thank you for sparing this bracket of your lifetime for sharing mutual sentiments and good wishes, which brought us all here.
I thank the Federation of Turkish Associations, for inviting and giving me this chance to offer you my opinions on a few world affairs, just before I end my life career!
Since I claim, or at least try to be fair and truthful, permit me to make some confessions to you as one might do, to a priest in the repentance booth.
Gentlemen, I am no speaker or preacher, nor a scholar or one with stiff-neck collar!
I have never thought I had any authority to deliver sermons, like many politicians, teachers or clergy who frequently do. I have visited this great country in the past 50 years maybe more than 50 times, since I used to sell workshop equipment and represented or distributed several British-made goods in Turkey. I did not try to use the British accent. I might have sounded even more awkward which would not help in the USA, a country I have been visiting even more frequently. I bear no resemblance to the other speaker, Dr. Jeremy Salt, reputed in several publications as the “scholar par excellence”. Well, then you wonder why I am here and what my message is.
Dear guests, I am just a good listener and a fair reader, interested in learning and defending the TRUTH like most of you! Just imagine that I was sitting next to you, but that suddenly I decided to change places for a short while to address the audience!
We are here to remember the crimes against the Turkish diplomats, killed by primitive instincts of taking REVENGE on innocent persons for something that has not even been proven that it truly happened! Yet, those who do not care to learn the truth may be instrumental to serve the goals of some “barons of criminality”!
As you probably know, during the period of say 1973 – 1985, Turks and their surroundings were subjected to some 240 acts of terrorism, in which 70 persons were killed and over 500 were wounded! 105 persons were taken hostage and 12 of them were murdered in cold blood. Death toll for Turks only was over 40 diplomats or their relatives. These assassinations were committed by so-called “idealist” Armenian youngsters, who were trained at Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, to kill “innocent people” on some illogical excuses, very much like the recent acts of fanatic terrorism in Britain, USA, Spain, Turkey, India, Pakistan and elsewhere. These acts may not have any relationship to the claimed justifications! Still, innocent persons are killed en masse, by villains who are made to believe that “they serve a sacred heroic purpose”! Such criminals believe that they will be rewarded in heaven, but usually with a cash down payment incentive in this world. Last year, a much-liked Armenian newspaper owner, was killed by a fanatic Turkish youngster, and although hundreds of thousands Turks protested this murder marching on streets in Istanbul, the world now speaks only of this one murder of Mr. Dink, and does not remember a thing about the forgotten 240 acts of terror and more than 70 deaths! There is a summary list of ten pages of these acts, which you can ask at the exit, if you want to know all them all!
Well, we can mourn and hold religious ceremonies, offering prayers to the unknown for the perished souls, but truly relieving our own souls from the responsibility of the present bestiality still existing within the brains of “traders of grudge and hatred”. This profitable trade gives them a position of superiority and necessity within the community, which shares the same knowledge and objectives.
"This is a picture of boys and girls aged 11-12 years in an elementary school in Armenia dressed in soldier uniforms, taught how to kill and fill and use weapons! "
Just like one of you, I have noticed that many scholars are unfair, superficial and biased in their works, and hence bear serious responsibility for misguiding the public, by using selective sources or bluntly distorting or even falsifying realities!
I would rather forgive a “pickpocket” who takes some cash from my pocket, rather than a scholar who takes my “conscience and dedication to honesty” in this world.
I do not wish to take an easy refuge in some words of consolation, or prayers or empty wishes that go nowhere, to remember the innocent victims of grudge!
I wrote a book! In fact, I compiled a book, which has taken me some four years, scanning more than 30.000 pages. I have left out the rich Turkish archival documentation and some western historians or scholars, to name but a few like Andrew Mango, Justin McCarthy, Samuel Weems, Bernard Lewis, Stanford Shaw and others whom the Armenian Diaspora easily tags as “denialist” and immediately disqualifies all the authentic information and documentation submitted by these scholars! Well, as a “truth-seeking reader”, I went the opposite way and studied the evidence and comments written by anti-Turkish or neutral sources. These sources,
presented a multitude of “bragging, boasting and confessing treason in words of braveries” from the first-hand sources and highest authorities. Hence, the contents of my book, “The Genocide of Truth”, cannot be refuted by any person or authority. The sources are all in there in black and white from official documents and exhibit the dirt of the backstage.
The great Turkish philosopher Mevlana says in one of his poems: Yesterday is gone my dear with all that was said; let us have something new and fresh for today,
I wish to add my own sentence saying, let us think of what can we do for a better tomorrow! I am here to share my sentiments and my thoughts with you. If I am wrong, please correct me so that I will not err. If I am right, please share and support my compassion.
A prominent Armenian book writer living in Canada, with whom I enjoy a distant e-mail friendship [despite our minor differences], in one of his very last essays addressing diaspora, has quoted too many wise remarks, and I wish to share just a very few of them with you, as evidence that people so much away from each other, can embrace the same values of honesty and frankness:
* Explaining things to someone who has no desire to understand, is like trying to reason with the unreasonable.
* After they silence dissenters, brainwash children, and surround themselves with yes-men, tyrants assume God and the silent majority, to be on their side.
* To most of them and especially our Turcocentric columnists, the freedom to write about massacres in the Ottoman Empire is the Alpha and Omega of the free speech. And speaking of lawyers: a friend of mine, who happens to be a critic of the regime, tells me he is not allowed to enter Armenia, and no lawyers wants to take his case!
* At the turn of the last century, the Great Powers of the West were on our side and against our enemies. But no one ever bothered to ask them if they would be willing to sacrifice the life of a single soldier to save a hundred, a thousand or even a million Armenian lives. Had they asked, they would have been surprised at the answer!
* Nobody deserves to be told the truth, because nobody is equal to the challenge of facing reality. This is why at all times and everywhere propagandists have been more prosperous, popular and powerful thinkers, who more often than have not been treated like common criminals!
To support this correct observation, you may be stunned to watch a recent Half An Hour Documentary Video on the Turkish Armenians blogsite, in which American diplomats and a correspondent, take a close look to the Palestine-Israel conflict and give evidences of the biased attitude of the newspapers and TV media, in which the losses of the Palestinians are merely mentioned as minimal when they are gigantic and the Jewish losses are aggrandized hundred-fold distorting the realities to shameful or truly criminal limits! For those interested there is another 1 hour NBC documentary video, about a prominent Armenian businessman named Murat Topalian, who was a frequent visitor of the White House and was sitting almost next to President Clinton. He was the person who had trained all the ASALA assassins, and had saved all the arms, dynamites etc. used, which were discovered in a depot by accident, ready to explode due to crystallization over time. He was found guilty of “only storing dangerous weapons”, was sentenced to about 3 years imprisonment but was released after one year and now he still strolls around as a true hero!
What I am trying to convey to you esteemed guests are not my own revelations. They are thoughts inspired by others well ahead of me, like the following examples:
"We have been told that the tall tales of the Bible (or Genocide) are “revealed truth”. What we need now, is to have that “revealed truth” revealed, for as yet it never has been. "
(Preface, Deceptions and Myths of the Bible, Lloyd M. Graham)
" It seems even more clear to me that higher levels of civilization must depend even more heavily on conscientious respect for the importance of honesty and clarity in determining what the facts are ". ON TRUTH by Henry. G. Frankfurt
Now, let me show you again that I have made no discoveries, other than seeing some prophecies come true, about a century later. The following lines are from a news article in the American daily “Reno Evening Gazette” of Oct. 14, 1915.
“Having imposed a committee of well meaning but admittedly prejudiced American Missionaries, the same agencies that have been engaging in reporting Armenian outrages which never had been committed are now trying to mislead Christian charity in America and Switzerland into furnishing funds for the relief of the supposed victims of the unspeakable Turk.
It would not matter, so far as the country at large is concerned, but unfortunately there is danger that a self-sufficient person like President Wilson will accept these stories of atrocities as truth, with no further evidence than the statements of Armenians who are directly interested in raising money for the support of themselves. Professional beggars who have bled their own countrymen for years are now trying to induce kindly Americans to support them, not caring whether United States would or should not be embroiled with Turkey and through Turkey with Germany. Ambassador Morgenthau appears to have fallen a ready victim to the smooth rascals that, by apocryphal tales of outrages, have procured contributions from their Armenian countrymen abroad and in this country and have lived in luxury on the proceeds for the last 30 years.
The Ambassador seriously notified the state department that the Turks had slaughtered the “majority of the Armenians of Asia Minor”. This “majority” now turns out to be 32.000 known to be hostile to Turkey and therefore, dispossessed of their homes in Erzerum and Zeitun and interned in a district where they could be watched by Turkish troops – not killed, nor even dying. The English have done no more with German residents and even with English subjects of German birth and the Germans have done the same with English residents of the German states.
If this country, therefore, does not want to appear foolish before the whole world, it will refuse to be duped by impossible tales and will let the Armenians severely alone. “
My reaction today to the writer of these clever observations trying to warn the public a century ago would be:
“I have sensed that danger of becoming foolish or getting duped in the words of that correspondent and compiled a book squeezed into 700 pages, throwing out almost tenfold similar reference, because of shortage of space. I am trying to warn “decent, fair persons”(regardless of their nationality, race or ethnicity) of the high perils of the distance covered by such charlatans in the past century. These very ingenious charlatans are strong enough to buy or squeeze the throats of many politicians, public officials, writers, scholars, and all institutions that would otherwise resist such an extremity of bigotry, short of every element of logical justification.”
I have purposely avoided the bloody acts or actual “manure showers” of this episode presenting impossible fabrications as “factual news”. In 1915, during the process of the Armenian relocation, an American paper had carried the headline: “10.000 drowned in one day at Trabzon”. The world believed this. No one would tell them that the port of Trabzon was under blockade, it was impossible even to have a thousand persons in the few small boats then available, and that there were no floating corpses found or reported by the navy, and there are no sharks in the Black Sea to feast on 10.000 bodies!
Last month, a Turkish lady married to an Englishman and living in the USA, was complaining about a certain TV channel (Channel 21 in the USA) propagating the Armenian Genocide and presenting as evidence a letter written by a Yeniceri (Janissary) soldier to his mother in which he apparently was boasting that we Turks massacred 20.000 Armenians and Jews and fed them to dogs. Yes, esteemed guests, this is the type and scope of the slander freely publicized in the USA to escalate antagonism against the Turks! Allow me to clarify that, there were no Yeniceri soldiers left in the Turkish army because they had long been dissolved back in the early 1820s; that Jews were not subjected to any relocation, but that the few thousands living in the Caucasus were totally scraped by the Armenian volunteers. Also, where can you find a few hundred thousand dogs, to feed them 20.000 bodies?
Were they selling “canned dog food” 150 years ago in pet shops?
However, frenzied people do not stop to doubt or filter such shocking reports through their simple logic! So, you see how easy is to float lies and make people believe in them! The worse is that they are not ashamed or penalized for such lack of ethics!
Well, in the biblical words of Mathew: “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves”!
Dear guests! Written facts of several irrefutable sources show that the good benevolent Christians who donated large amounts of money and put even their wedding rings in the alms boxes of nearly all churches in Great Britain and the USA, and chanting songs such as “Forward Christian Soldiers”, were cheated for the large portion of their donations, truly intended for the needy ones! While only a small portion of the collections were spent for benevolent purposes, the great segment was used to buy arms, ammunition, medical supplies for war and even three airplanes! Large amounts of the collected money or food to be distributed were embezzled and some were feasting on wine and girls and women of the town, where thousands were dying of hunger on the same streets. Through the 26-month rule of the Dashnakist Armenian Republic, between May 1918 and November 1920, the Armenian population in Armenia was reduced from about 1 million to about 800.000 and during the same period, the larger Moslem population in the area was reduced to less than one quarter.
The young Armenian Republic was founded in May 1918, as a “protectorate of the Ottoman Empire” and the delegation they sent in August to Istanbul to thank the Ottoman Sultan was received in early September with reciprocal prayers and gestures of gratitude. Were there any complaints of any atrocities at that time? No; because it was the Ottomans who had forgiven the Armenians for the atrocities committed by the Armenian gangs themselves! Nevertheless, two months later the Ottoman Empire surrendered on Oct. 30, 1918, and only a month later Armenia declared independence cutting off the “protection” ties of the Ottomans, which was no longer needed and started a new war of land grabbing. The same delegation, which had kissed the Sultan’s hand, was in Paris in February 1919, boasting of all their belligerent sacrifices for Russians, British and French and demanding half of Eastern Turkey from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean, and most remarkably, “cleaned of the non-Christian elements” which formed 85% of the living population in the area!
In 1914, before the war started, the total Armenian population within the Ottoman Empire was 1.3 or at most 1.5 million! If 1.5 million people were killed during the relocation process in mid 1915, who was left to fill up this huge land? Were the dead reincarnated? Some prime Armenian sources (Prime Minister Katchaznuni, Soviet historian Lalaian) officially claim that they had 1 million living in 1918 but by 1921 one fifth died of starvation under their rule! Other sources, (such as US Relief Report) give even higher figures of 1.2 or 1.4 million living in early 1922! Do these figures make any mathematical sense? Alternatively, is it not that the “official authorities” are openly lying, gigantically distorting, or exaggerating? The figures are all there in official state documents that no one can deny!
The LIE is just TOO BIG! So big, that cannot FIT the simplest LOGIC!
Gentlemen, I wish to reassure you that some of my best friends happen to be of Armenian ethnicity, and I am proud of having such friends, not because of their ethnicity but their character and humane values we equally treasure and share!
I also wish to add that the greatest contribution to the discoveries behind this international money swindling by the “merry go round” operation, comes from the blogsite founded by three Armenians from Turkey living respectively in U.K., Australia, Canada and Argentina. They have a treasury of authentic original documents in their free E-book library that is available to every one going into that page, as well as several video tapes, almost 3.000 articles (maybe some 30 – 40.000 pages) they have posted in the past three years. There are also other French, Dutch, American people in search of the TRUTH and I hope that the British media and public will start realizing that they “could have been cheated and used” and that “being a Christian” is no proof or insurance policy of innocence.
The whole world is practicing the calamities brought on by idealistic principles such as “globalization of free trade”, which in the true sense is the “exploitation of the poor ones by the richer and cleverer ones”. Well, the “richness of the capital” had no limits and it went beyond the limits of “decency, respect for others’ rights and justice”.
Much like some Armenian ring leaders embezzling their own treasury and causing deaths of their countrymen in the past, nowadays several CEO’s have embezzled their own corporations or in fact the savings of the poor ones who trusted the companies and bought shares on the stock market. Given such experiences, should we honestly defend, “free trade without any rules or ethics” ?
The act of stealing is usually penalized for the little ones, trying to make an easier living to survive, but when it comes to gigantic corporations with millions of dollars, private airplanes and companies of lawyers to defend the rights of the thieves, they get away with it, saying “business is business” meaning that “stealing is part of it”.
Criminality, crookedness and similar social crimes are not limited to certain “races, nationalities, faiths”. A needy Armenian woman, working illegally in Turkey had given a simple reply when she was asked: “There can be no good or bad nation! There are only good and bad persons !”
Ladies and gentlemen, I think that what the world really needs as the top priority is not “free trade but globalization of ethical and humane values” everywhere, so that we can all respect, trust each other regardless of our ethnicity and penalize those who cheat humankind by incredible systems of swindling, lotteries, etc.
How would you feel if you were to be in a firing squad executing a person said to be guilty but without knowing if he was truly guilty or deserved such a punishment? Would your being one of the many persons who pulled the trigger, make you relaxed because it was not “your own action”, but “you simply shared it” with others? Dear guests, if you intentionally kill a person all by yourself or as one in the mob, your responsibility of guilt under law, do not change!
Luckily, the Armenian Diaspora do not always succeed in their distortions and stumble now and then, but the Turkish authorities fail to circulate such fiascos. Those who click on here may read a decision of European Court Of Justice in German, relative to a court case opened by Armenian Diaspora in France in which they demanded that Turkey should first accept the Genocide crime, before any membership status in the European Union can be granted. This request was made in 1999 with reference to a decision taken by the European Parliament on July 20, 1987 numbered C-190. However, Section 1 of the European Court of Justice rejected the court case on December 17, 2003 under ref.-346/03. The Armenian community objected to this decision and reapplied to the same court for “correction of the decision”.
Section 4 of the same Court too rejected this application on the date of April 17, 2004 under ref. C-18/04. Applicants were sentenced to pay Euro 30.000 expenses of the court. In principle, the Court resolved, “there can be no punishment, without a law enforced at time of action and that the European Parliament is a Political Assembly and has no authority to take or advise any judicial decision. This court case aimed condemnation of the Republic of Turkey for an unproven guilt or crime, but above and more important than all, restitution of indemnity for the families of the survivors!
In an article posted in the “TurkishArmenians” under no. 2644, I ridiculed this extravagance by naming my article “Free Consolation, versus Frail Compensation” and printed the photocopy of the letter of agreement exchanged between Republic of Turkey and USA. Under letter dated Sept. 8, 1937, no. 168, the sum and interests of all indemnities totaled to only about $ 900.000. This was paid in installments in full settlement of the benefits of all of the claimants, which were the United States and all her citizens. In other words, the Armenian Diaspora had applied to the European Court of Justice “for an indemnity” that was not possible to make any demand at least for all Armenian survivors of USA nationality. There was no Turkish judge or any involvement in this court case, but the judges were smart enough not to swallow this usual “Armenian bait with a hook for money reward”! This is only one of the many card tricks!
Dear Sirs and Ladies, as you are probably evidencing, in all my life I have sincerely tried to be just and straight. I resisted to be pulled by my neck by some opportunists or scoundrels. I am not sure how much I succeeded, but in this particular case, I resent this hypocrisy and try to fight my way all alone! Can I succeed? That may be a remote possibility, but more important is to side with and defend the TRUTH! Was I not cheated or mistaken? Of course I was! Yet, I think until the contrary is proven on this allegation, I could see the overall TRUTH clear and loud.
After all, when we are all dead, what is it we really leave behind? Wealth or a reputation as “a good person”, who always stood for justice and correctness?
I thank you for your patience and salute, all who will start doubting many accepted facts (without any physical proof) and who may join the honorable team of TRUTH SEEKERS and defending decency under all circumstances. I can live naked without robes! However, I do not want to be strip teased off my honor and respect, nor deal with charlatans or those ravenous wolves warned in the Bible.
A couple of days ago, when this speech was completed and printed, in one of the many e-mails I received, there was a video in three sections each of thirty minutes of a conference delivered on August 2006 in USA at the “Veterans for Peace National Convention”. The speaker was Mr. John Perkins, author of the book “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man”. I am giving the links of this unique evaluation or confession of an economic hit man, giving the backside story of how “the new USA Empire without an Emperor” establishes the global dominance by tactics of threat, bribing, and domestic coups or outside military force! I prepared the present speech on the basis of my own evaluations. It becomes peanuts the moment you start watching the videos:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3968544393356669182&hl=de ,
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3848716298990404813&hl=de ,
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7969424888680179897&hl=de ,
You then realize that this globe, all of a sudden has shrunk into less than a continent or practically ONE country common to all, where the same laws and ethical rules must prevail for the continuation of humanity and its best values, which are nowadays abused by huge corporations.
Now, before closing, I imagine some of you may ask why I made no clear reference to the GENOCIDE allegations, and what I think about them. I have written an essay “Genocide Lies, Need No Archives” consisting of three parts: I – II – III. You can have a complimentary printed copy for your reading pleasure and going deeper into the three documents exhibited in there. If you surf into the WEB site of Turkish Armenians, you can download my book, “The Genocide of Truth”, you can download and make prints of several authentic documents disclosing the scope of misinformation used by swindlers! Yes, Sir, they are all there waiting for you!
I have written over 145 articles in the past three years, defending truths only! It may take you as long, several years to learn the truth and JOIN THE TRUTH DEFENDERS.
I salute and ask you most cordially to volunteer for the “protection of humane ethics and values” and mobilize our personal intelligence, and self-respect instead of weapons!
Sukru Server Aya
________________________________________
THE WAY FORWARD By Prof Belma Baskett
I thank our well-informed speakers not only for presenting historical information but particularly for their compelling analyses.
Now, a few words about the future. At present there is a rapprochement between the Turkish and Armenian Governments. An unfortunate recent development in Turkey, however, was the call to ‘apologize’ by a handful of so-called intellectuals. There were immediate condemnations and rejections of this proposal by academicians, journalists, retired ambassadors and members of the public who regarded it as a provocation to impede the development of further peace between Turkey and Armenia.
As someone who has lived through the pain of losing friends and friends of friends to Armenian terrorism, I have no apologies to give. I am entitled to receive them, but I believe apologies will not solve problems of international terrorism.
The way forward is by dismantling the ‘genocide industry’ of the Armenian Diaspora. Armenia is a very poor country, and many Armenian citizens come to work in Turkey. I know Armenian women working as maids, housekeepers, carers in my friends’ homes at the present time. The relationship between the Turkish employers and Armenian employees is based on mutual respect and understanding. The atmosphere of hatred engendered by the Diaspora Armenians has no place as far as contemporary, honourable, peace-loving citizens of Turkey and Armenia are concerned in their contemporary lives.
The duplicitous wording of the apology was very unfortunate. The word ‘genocide’ was not used but ‘Büyük Felaket’ -- Great Disaster’. This is a translation of ‘MEDZ YEGHERN’ in Armenian-- literally ‘Great Disaster’ but in Armenian it is synonymous with ‘genocide’. There is no other word for ‘genocide’ in Armenian. So the wording of the apology may look innocent as expressing sympathy for a great disaster - a commendable human sentiment. Here, however, it is a word play, a cunning trick-- lost in translation a covert apology for genocide and thus totally unacceptable.
Neutral scholars such as Bernard Lewis, Stanford Shaw, Guenther Levy, Michael Guenter, Andrew Mango, Norman Stone, Justin McCarthy and (off course Jeremy Salt) have proven beyond doubt with archival material that the 1915 events did not constitute a ‘genocide’. The relocation decision was not based on ethnicity and racism but on distancing collaborators from the war zones as all commentators has shown.
The way forward should be through scholarly work by historians to set the record straight. All the archives in Turkey are open and truth can only emerge from honest scholarly research. It is immoral to perpetrate lies about something that was proven not to have happened. Many scholars including some Armenians have written refuting the idea of genocide.
It is time for the Armenians to agree to the offer from the Turkish government for an international or joint Turkish -Armenian committee of scholars to study all archival material and establish once and for all what really happened and stop the perpetuation of hatred as has been pointed out by our excellent speakers today.
THANK YOU!
16 Şubat 2009 Pazartesi
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2714) London Conference:Turkish–Armenian Relations: 30Jan 2009
You Are Kindly Invited To Attend An Evening Conference Entitled :
‘TURKISH – ARMENIAN RELATIONS’
Friday, 30th January 2009, 6 pm for 6.45pm*
Refreshments available from 6 pm in the Senior Dining Room
(Located in the Old Building, 5th Floor, opposite the East Building)
New Theatre, E171 East Building
London School of Economics
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
GUEST SPEAKERS . .
Prof. Jeremy Salt
The ‘Armenian Question’ 1878-1918: a Counter-Narrative
‘Somewhere between three and four million Ottoman civilians are thought to have died during the First World War. The causes of death of both Muslims and Christians - massacre, malnutrition, exposure and disease - were the same for all but while the suffering of Christians, and especially the Armenians, has been firmly embedded in the western historical, political and cultural mainstream, the fate of the Muslims, nearly a century later, remains invisible and unexamined. The need is long overdue for deconstruction and recontextualisation of the ‘Armenian question’. This talk will look at some of the issues involved’.
“The Ottoman archives remain largely unconsulted. When so much is missing from the fundamental source material, no historical narrative can be called complete and no conclusions can be called balanced.” Jeremy Salt
Sükrü Server Aya
Globalization of Ethical and Humane Values
The theme of the speaker is the huge distortion of information distributed by press and TV media, causing misjudgements for many incidents of the past and present. The speaker gives a few examples from the past and present and stresses the importance of a ‘global understanding and agreement of the same humane and ethical values’ for a happier peaceful future!
“This study may be interpreted as a token for humane values, common to all, such as decency, not lying - cheating - swindling - stealing - slandering etc. and promotes the need for trust, compassion, respect for other humans, disregarding their ethnicity, nationality or faiths, beyond their control or personal preferences!” Sukru S. Aya
Chaired By
Prof. Belma Baskett
The Way Forward
This conference has been organised in the memory of 34 Turkish diplomats and other innocent victims who were murdered by various Armenian terrorist groups, while serving abroad between 1973 and 1994 and whose only crime was being born ‘Turkish’.
Most of the perpetrators have never been brought to justice, of the few that were,
only some were imprisoned and given very light sentences.
Non – Members Welcome
Attendance is free but by registration only. Please register by 28th January at turkishfederationuk@yahoo.co.uk
or telephone 07788 908 803
*6.00 pm Refreshments (Senior Dining Room, Old Building, 5th Floor, opposite the East Building)
6.45 pm Conference (New Theatre - E171 East Building)
Organised by THE FEDERATION OF TURKISH ASSOCIATIONS UK
www.turkishfederationuk.com
LSE CONFERENCE GUEST SPEAKERS
Prof Jeremy Salt: Jeremy Salt runs courses on the modern Middle East and media and propaganda in the Department of Political Science at Bilkent University, Ankara. He has taught at the University of Melbourne, where he took his PhD in Middle Eastern studies, and Boğazici (Bosphorus) University in Istanbul. His publications include Imperialism, Evangelism and the Ottoman Armenians 1878-1896 (Frank Cass, London, 1993), a study of the involvement of foreign governments and missionary organizations in the development of the ‘Armenian question’ in the late 19th century. He also writes on the politics of the modern Middle East, with an emphasis on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The Unmaking of the Middle East. A History of Western Disorder in Arab LandsHe (University of California Press, July 2008) studies the involvement of the ‘West’ in the Middle East over the past two centuries. Journals in which his articles have appeared include The Muslim World, Current History, Middle Eastern Studies, Journal of Palestine Studies, Third World Quarterly and the International Journal of Turkish Studies.
Sükrü Server Aya: Born in 1930, he has been living in Istanbul since 1939. He is a graduate of the reputed Robert College founded in 1863 by Protestant Missionaries, now Bogazici University. After two years in engineering school, he had to quit and work abroad to support his family, he returned after two years of work with a Dutch and Swiss Company, and graduated in 1953 with a BA in Literature instead of Mechanical Engineering. By profession, he was an importer-distributor of engine rebuilding machinery and shop equipment and has been a globetrotter on business and pleasure visiting nearly all industrial countries. He had and has many friends of Armenian ethnicity and after 1985, being a fair history reader, started to read on the Turkish – Armenian history, in which his graduating school was instrumental in the past. In 2004, after a biased article was published in National Geographic Magazine, he started to put together various excerpts from mainly anti-Turkish English readings. His book “The Genocide of Truth” was presented in Istanbul in April 2008 as a publication of Istanbul Commerce University and has been distributed for free, mostly overseas. A shortened Turkish version of the same book was just presented in Istanbul in mid January 2009 under the title “Genocide Traders and Truth”.
Chair: Prof. Belma Ötüş Baskett : Born in Istanbul and educated at Robert College, Istanbul; Faculty of Languages, Ankara University; University of California, Berkeley, has degrees in B.S., Honors Diploma, MA, PhD. Lecturer for 23 years at Middle East Technical University, Ankara; Michigan University(12 years), Visiting Prof. at University of Pittsburgh, Kansai Gakuin University and Kobe College, Japan; Bilkent University, Ankara; University of Surrey at Roehampton for 2 years. She has written and translated many books as well as monographs; Editor of Ufuk magazine and Turkish Area Studies Review, has more than 60 articles published in Turkey, USA, UK, Austria and Spain. President of International Society for Contemporary Literature and Theatre.
2714) London Conference:Turkish–Armenian Relations: 30Jan 2009
You Are Kindly Invited To Attend An Evening Conference Entitled :
‘TURKISH – ARMENIAN RELATIONS’
Friday, 30th January 2009, 6 pm for 6.45pm*
Refreshments available from 6 pm in the Senior Dining Room
(Located in the Old Building, 5th Floor, opposite the East Building)
New Theatre, E171 East Building
London School of Economics
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
GUEST SPEAKERS . .
Prof. Jeremy Salt
The ‘Armenian Question’ 1878-1918: a Counter-Narrative
‘Somewhere between three and four million Ottoman civilians are thought to have died during the First World War. The causes of death of both Muslims and Christians - massacre, malnutrition, exposure and disease - were the same for all but while the suffering of Christians, and especially the Armenians, has been firmly embedded in the western historical, political and cultural mainstream, the fate of the Muslims, nearly a century later, remains invisible and unexamined. The need is long overdue for deconstruction and recontextualisation of the ‘Armenian question’. This talk will look at some of the issues involved’.
“The Ottoman archives remain largely unconsulted. When so much is missing from the fundamental source material, no historical narrative can be called complete and no conclusions can be called balanced.” Jeremy Salt
Sükrü Server Aya
Globalization of Ethical and Humane Values
The theme of the speaker is the huge distortion of information distributed by press and TV media, causing misjudgements for many incidents of the past and present. The speaker gives a few examples from the past and present and stresses the importance of a ‘global understanding and agreement of the same humane and ethical values’ for a happier peaceful future!
“This study may be interpreted as a token for humane values, common to all, such as decency, not lying - cheating - swindling - stealing - slandering etc. and promotes the need for trust, compassion, respect for other humans, disregarding their ethnicity, nationality or faiths, beyond their control or personal preferences!” Sukru S. Aya
Chaired By
Prof. Belma Baskett
The Way Forward
This conference has been organised in the memory of 34 Turkish diplomats and other innocent victims who were murdered by various Armenian terrorist groups, while serving abroad between 1973 and 1994 and whose only crime was being born ‘Turkish’.
Most of the perpetrators have never been brought to justice, of the few that were,
only some were imprisoned and given very light sentences.
Non – Members Welcome
Attendance is free but by registration only. Please register by 28th January at turkishfederationuk@yahoo.co.uk
or telephone 07788 908 803
*6.00 pm Refreshments (Senior Dining Room, Old Building, 5th Floor, opposite the East Building)
6.45 pm Conference (New Theatre - E171 East Building)
Organised by THE FEDERATION OF TURKISH ASSOCIATIONS UK
www.turkishfederationuk.com
LSE CONFERENCE GUEST SPEAKERS
Prof Jeremy Salt: Jeremy Salt runs courses on the modern Middle East and media and propaganda in the Department of Political Science at Bilkent University, Ankara. He has taught at the University of Melbourne, where he took his PhD in Middle Eastern studies, and Boğazici (Bosphorus) University in Istanbul. His publications include Imperialism, Evangelism and the Ottoman Armenians 1878-1896 (Frank Cass, London, 1993), a study of the involvement of foreign governments and missionary organizations in the development of the ‘Armenian question’ in the late 19th century. He also writes on the politics of the modern Middle East, with an emphasis on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The Unmaking of the Middle East. A History of Western Disorder in Arab LandsHe (University of California Press, July 2008) studies the involvement of the ‘West’ in the Middle East over the past two centuries. Journals in which his articles have appeared include The Muslim World, Current History, Middle Eastern Studies, Journal of Palestine Studies, Third World Quarterly and the International Journal of Turkish Studies.
Sükrü Server Aya: Born in 1930, he has been living in Istanbul since 1939. He is a graduate of the reputed Robert College founded in 1863 by Protestant Missionaries, now Bogazici University. After two years in engineering school, he had to quit and work abroad to support his family, he returned after two years of work with a Dutch and Swiss Company, and graduated in 1953 with a BA in Literature instead of Mechanical Engineering. By profession, he was an importer-distributor of engine rebuilding machinery and shop equipment and has been a globetrotter on business and pleasure visiting nearly all industrial countries. He had and has many friends of Armenian ethnicity and after 1985, being a fair history reader, started to read on the Turkish – Armenian history, in which his graduating school was instrumental in the past. In 2004, after a biased article was published in National Geographic Magazine, he started to put together various excerpts from mainly anti-Turkish English readings. His book “The Genocide of Truth” was presented in Istanbul in April 2008 as a publication of Istanbul Commerce University and has been distributed for free, mostly overseas. A shortened Turkish version of the same book was just presented in Istanbul in mid January 2009 under the title “Genocide Traders and Truth”.
Chair: Prof. Belma Ötüş Baskett : Born in Istanbul and educated at Robert College, Istanbul; Faculty of Languages, Ankara University; University of California, Berkeley, has degrees in B.S., Honors Diploma, MA, PhD. Lecturer for 23 years at Middle East Technical University, Ankara; Michigan University(12 years), Visiting Prof. at University of Pittsburgh, Kansai Gakuin University and Kobe College, Japan; Bilkent University, Ankara; University of Surrey at Roehampton for 2 years. She has written and translated many books as well as monographs; Editor of Ufuk magazine and Turkish Area Studies Review, has more than 60 articles published in Turkey, USA, UK, Austria and Spain. President of International Society for Contemporary Literature and Theatre.
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2703) Presentation Of The Turkish Version Of The Book ‘’Genocide Of Truth’’
Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gercekleri – Turk Aleytari ve Tarafsiz Yabanci Belgelerle Diaspora Yalanlarinin Icyuzu. By Turkish Businesman Sukru Server Aya
Istanbul Ticaret Odasi, 19 Ocak 2009, Monday
The program was on the presentation of a book in Turkish and the language of the program and the speakers were also in Turkish. This commentary on the book and the presentation is in English for the benefit of readers in America and other countries.
The primary purpose of Sukru Aya . .
in publishing his book in English was to inform the foreigners (students, media members, businessmen, legislators, the public, etc.) on a subject which has been told to the world through fabrications, distortions and out right lies. An example of this was a poster displayed at the university’s reception area was a manipulated photograph of Mustafa Kemal.
Tomorrow Senator Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States and judging from his campaign speeches, he will state that the Ottoman Turks committed genocide against Armenians, which is a lie as shown in Sukru Aya’s book.
The program started around 11:00 AM in the Conference Room of the Istanbul Commerce University where there were over 80 participants, including the Honorary Chairman of Koc Holding Rahmi Koc, Miss Europe of 1952, Gunseli Basar, Sami Kohen from Milliyet, Tufan Gunes from Hurriyet, Ruhat Mengi from Vatan and other media members and many dignitaries. There were also three Tarsus American High School graduates, Nabi Eren and Yucel. There were very few students and most of the participants were over the age of 50, an observation also noted by Commerce University Rector Ates Vuran during his opening remarks.
Opening Speeches
The first speaker was Lawyer Elif Derbeder representing the brave publisher of the book, Derin Yayinlari. She said that her company strives to publish books in different subjects.
The second speaker was Lawyer Kegam Karabetyan who also wrote the Preface to the book. He made a passionate speech, first stating that he was an Armenian Turks originally from Kastamonu and now lives in Istanbul, practicing law and getting involved in community projects. Referring to the sad events in the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, Karabetyan stated that some Armenians were used by the Western powers for their own purposes, specifically the Russians, the French and the British, and that he was here to tell the truth. He said that he met Sukru Aya at a conference where the former head of the Turkish Historical Society Yusuf Halacoglu was a speaker. He ended his remarks with Ataturk’s famous saying, ‘’Ne Mutlu Turkum Diyene.’’
The Rector of Commerce Universty, Ates Vuran, began his remarks with a reminiscence of an experience at the VIP Lounge at the JFK Airport, in fact in the WC, where he noticed Rahmi Koc. After saying hello to Rahmi Koc, Vuran told him how much he appreciated the service at his newly opened stored in the US and wanted to share this with him. After he arrived to Istanbul, he received a letter from Rahmi Koc with a copy of the note that he sent to the store owner, thanking for his remarks. Than the Rector told about his experience and the difficulties that he encountered in publish ‘’Genocide of Truth’’ which he sent to University libraries in Turkey, Europe and the US.
Rector Vuran stated that he read the book himself and also had it reviewed by the Turkish Historical Society. Finding the book to be very useful, he had the university sponsor the first printing of 3,000 and distributed to University libraries, media members and sent 500 copies to various universities and media groups in the US.
The next speaker listed on the program was Bulent Akarcali who has been instrumental in convincing Sukru Aya to publish the book. Unfortunately he was not in attendance, probably working on his strategy to win the race for the Mayor of Cankaya as a candidate from AKP.. In his place, Prof. Dr. Orhan Cekic made an excellent presentation, including a summary of the decision of the European Council of Justice (Avrupa Adalet Divani) on the lawsuit brought against the EU by an Armenian organisation in France on the Armenian issue, denying their request that Turkey admit genocide as a condition for EU membership, asking them to bring forth a Court decision on the Genocide, which of course does not exist. Prof. Cekic also mentioned that bad things are taking place such as the murder of Hrant Dink on Jan 19, 2007 and the murder of Turkish diplomat Bahadir Demir in California on Jan 27, 1973.
Sukru Aya’s Presentation
Sukru Aya also made a very passionate speech, first stating that participants from Cyprus, Bursa, Adapazari and othet cities had come for the program. He presented background information on the publication of the English version of his book, which he said had not received the proper attention from the media or the public, stating that since April 14, 2008, only 4 review of his book has been published. Sukru Aya made reference to the Armenian revolts starting with the Zeytoon uprising in 1859, followed by many others including the revolt in Maras in 1895.
Question and Answer Session
Before the question and answer session, a short documentary was shown on the atrocities committed by Armenian rebels and the events that led to the re-location in 915. Afterwards, Ruhat Mengi from Vatan took to the podium and objected to Sukru Aya’s statement that the media has not shown enough involvement in the Armenian issue, giving her own struggle as an example, even having to defend her writings in court, especially in a case started by Halil Berktay. She referred to the efforts of Yusuf Halacoglu, wondering why he was dismissed as the head of the Turkish Historical Society who has invited Armenian historians for meetings but were ignored. Than Ruhat Mengi made reference to the ‘’Apology campaign’’, stating that those who started it had close connections with the Armenian diaspora.
After Ruhat Mengi finished her comments, I looked around to see if anyone from AGOS newspaper was in the room, the largest circulating Armenian weekly in Istanbul. Quite by coincidence, today was the 2nd anniversary of the murder of Hrant Dink, the founder and the publisher of the Armenian newspaper. There were commemoration services at his grave and other places and almost all newspapers covered the story, including Birgun with a full front page photograph of Hrant Dink and the funeral procession in the full back page, which I had also participated in. In an open letter to Turkish readers published in AGOS (9 Jan 2009), Jean Kehayan wrote that those who were signing the apology statement were ‘’Turkey’s Pride.’’
It will be interesting to see if Birgun and other newspapers will cover this very meaningful and important book presentation. I am sure Ruhat Mengi and others who came to the presentation will. I wonder if the Turkish Daily News (now known as the Hurriyet Daily News) will write about this as they had covered a conference at Bilgi University last year where Sarafian was the star attraction and was given a copy of ‘’Genocide of Truth’’ by Sukru Aya but never mentioned it in any of his endless papers.
The first question was by Rahmi Koc.. ‘’What do you think Barack Obama will do on the Armenian issue.’’ I missed the answer but yesterday, ANCA sent a letter to Senator Obama which should answer Rahmi Koc’s question. (copy of the letter si given below which shows how the Armenian diaspora works closely. I am afraid Senator Obama will support the Armenian Genocide Resolution when he is the 44th President of the USA.
Unfortunately I could not stay until the end of the program due to other commitments but took the box of borek and baklava with me which I enjoyed while driving to Esenyurt. Thank you Sukru Bey and his assistant Serpil Hanim for her contributions.
Yuksel Oktay
20 January 2009
________________________________________
January 17, 2009
The Honorable Barack Obama
The President-elect
Office of the President-elect
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. President-Elect:
We are writing, as the collective leadership of Armenian American advocacy, civic, religious, charitable, and educational organizations, to congratulate you on your historic election as President of the United States and to warmly welcome your inauguration to this high office. On behalf of some two million Americans of Armenian heritage, we look forward to working with you and your Administration to end the cycle of genocide, strengthen U.S.-Armenia relations, contribute to Armenia's economic growth, and work toward a fair and sustainable regional peace.
We have, as a community, long admired your principled commitment to ending genocide, including, of course, the need for urgent efforts to stop the ongoing slaughter in Darfur. As a vital part of the growing genocide-prevention movement, our community looks forward to working with you from the first day of your Administration to end the Darfur Genocide and to help bring peace to this troubled land.
As a community, we have been proud that you have stood with us as we have worked toward Congressional commemoration, Presidential recognition, and Turkish acknowledgment of the Armenian Genocide. As you have stated so eloquently and repeatedly, the facts of this crime are undeniable. The Armenian Genocide is not an allegation, as the Turkish government shamefully contends, but rather a widely documented mass crime supported by an overwhelming body of evidence. Confronting this denial represents an obligation for America and the entire international community. Our nation's commitment to the principles of the Genocide Convention, which just last year marked its 60th anniversary, is rooted in America's values and cannot be sincerely upheld in our relations with the rest of the world without an outright recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
Our government must clearly and unequivocally condemn the 1915 crime of race extermination by Ottoman Turkey that, during the course of eight years, killed one and a half million Armenians, emptied vast areas of the Armenian homeland, and inflicted grave material harm to every aspect of the Armenian people's cultural heritage, depriving it, to this day, of its right to exist on its native soil. Sadly, the inevitable consequence of Turkey's refusal to acknowledge this crime has been its inability to adapt to the changing realities in the region. Rather than being a factor for peace, Turkey has actively contributed to increased tension in the South Caucasus. Instead of demonstrating a willingness to honestly confront the past in the spirit of truth and justice, its leaders have sought to pressure other governments to underwrite Turkey's historic guilt. The United States should neither be a hostage to Turkey's fears, nor a victim of its moral failings. For its part, Armenia, which supports international recognition of the Armenian Genocide as a core element of its foreign policy, has called for the normalization of relations with Turkey without any preconditions.
As you have stated on several occasions, America deserves a leader who speaks truthfully about the Armenian Genocide and responds forcefully to all genocides. The clarity of your promise is particularly welcome in light of the unfortunate practice of past U.S. Presidents to use, under Turkey's pressure, evasive and euphemistic terminology rather than directly acknowledging the Armenian Genocide. The term, Armenian Genocide, is the only one that can meaningfully be used to characterize the crime committed by Ottoman Turkey. We look forward, in the coming weeks, to your firm and principled leadership in clearly and unambiguously ending the sad chapter of the U.S. Executive Branch's capitulation to pressure from Turkey.
We are particularly encouraged, in this regard, that you will be joined in your Administration by supporters of Armenian Genocide recognition, among them Vice President-elect Joe Biden, a 35-year champion of this human rights issue, and Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton, who, in January of last year, so eloquently stated that, "our common morality and our nation's credibility as a voice for human rights challenge us to ensure that the Armenian Genocide be recognized and remembered by Congress and the President of the United States." Others in your Administration, including incoming Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, and CIA Director Leon Panetta have also supported Congressional recognition of the Armenian Genocide. We are also pleased to see that the Congress will be led by two of the most longstanding advocates of the Armenian Genocide Resolution, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, both of whom have repeatedly called for full U.S. recognition of this crime against humanity. We look forward to your leadership with these officials and others in Congress, among them Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, John Kerry, and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Howard Berman, to help bring about Congressional recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
We look forward to continuing, over the next four years, the active engagement that we established with you and your leadership team during your service in the U.S. Senate, and more recently during your campaign for the Presidency. Among the issues that will, of course, remain as high priorities on our common agenda will be those that contribute to the growth of U.S.-Armenia relations, Armenia's economic development, and Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh's security. We welcome your commitment to expanding bilateral commercial, political, military, and cultural relations, and are eager to work with you to increase U.S.-Armenia trade and investment levels and to expand our development assistance programs, through the FREEDOM Support Act, the Millennium Challenge Account, and other avenues. We place, as well, a very high priority on U.S. leadership in lifting the Turkish and Azerbaijani economic blockades of Armenia and in ending the exclusion of Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh from regional commercial and infrastructure projects.
In terms of ensuring a durable regional peace, we echo your call for a Nagorno Karabagh settlement that respects democracy and self-determination and encourage you to ensure that these principles serve as the pillars of any agreement. As you know, a vital key to peace, in Nagorno Karabagh and around the world, is direct dialogue. For this reason, we encourage elimination of all artificial barriers to U.S.-Nagorno Karabagh contacts, communication, and other means of increasing our level of mutual understanding. With Azerbaijan's President once again threatening war, as recently as in his New Year's message, it is more important than ever for the United States to strengthen the current ceasefire, to work through the OSCE process to secure the commitment of all parties to the disavowal of force, and, as a matter of high priority for our government, to take concrete steps to prevent a renewed war in the South Caucasus. Our ability to advance these and our nation's many other interests in this strategically pivotal region would be substantially enhanced by a concerted effort on the part of our government to expand U.S.-Armenia relations.
Working with you and your White House, Department of State, and Pentagon staffs on all of these issues, we will, as you stated in your remarks this past January 19th, "build, in new and exciting ways, upon the enduring ties and shared values that have bound together the American and Armenian peoples for more than a century."
Thank you for your consideration of the priorities we have raised in this letter and for your years of friendship with the Armenian American community. The enthusiastic and broad-based support the Obama-Biden ticket received from Armenian Americans during the campaign, including endorsements from all our leading civic groups and newspapers, reflects our community's confidence in your leadership and ardent support for the real change that you have pledged in how our government acts on all these issues.
We join together in warmly welcoming your victory and look forward to working with your Administration. In this spirit, we stand ready to meet with you to discuss these issues in greater detail and also to address the challenges facing our nation both at home and abroad.
Sincerely,
Apostolic Exarchate for Armenian Catholics
Armenian Bar Association
Armenian Evangelical Union of North America
Armenian General Benevolent Union
Armenian International Women's Association
Armenian Missionary Association of America
Armenian National Committee of America
Armenian Relief Society
Armenian Rights Council of America
Armenian Youth Federation
Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern U.S.)
Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Western U.S.)
Hamazkayin Armenian Cultural & Education Association
Homenetmen Armenian General Athletic Union
Knights of Vartan
Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church (Eastern U.S.)
Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church (Western U.S.)
Tekeyan Cultural Association, Inc.
United Armenian Fund
U.S.-Armenia Public Affairs Committee
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2702) The Genocide Of Truth Turkish Edition Book Launch At The Istanbul Commerce University
Koc Holding's Honarary President Rahmi Koc, Istanbul Ticaret University Dean Prof. Dr. Ates Vuran, Prof. Dr. Orhan Çekic, Lawyer Kagam Karabetyan, several ex-ambassadors, scholars, reputed columnists such as Tufan Turenc, Sami Kohen, Ruhat Mengi, several persons from the business sector, or other book writers as well few Turkish Armenian friends were among the . . attendees.
The PP presentation in Turkish was followed by “open questions from the audience” which were read and answered. The presentation which started at 11 a.m. ended at 2 pm, with a light buffet of self-service “borek, baklava, ayran, coffee and tea”.
Sukru Server Aya says that “at this time, the foreign documents open to all in the web site of Armenians-1915.blogspot.com give evidence to the treason of Armenian gang leaders and exhibits the extravagant demands of the representatives of Armenian governments. Furthermore, the joint resolution of USA Senate-Congress of 1922 there is no sharp mention of bilateral atrocities and almost thanks Turks. This resolution was accepted unanimously and according to this document at the end of 1921 a total of 1.414.000 Armenians are declared to be alive. The total Armenian population in 1914 was about 1.3 to 1.5 millions and hence this document belies that 1 or 1.5 million Armenians were murdered by Turks by a genocide.
The book “Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gercekler” (Genocide Traders and Truths) published by DERIN publishing house, is an explanatory version in Turkish, of the book “The Genocide of Truth” (700 Pages) reduced to about 500 pages by omission of some sections.
The explanations given in the book based on overseas sources, as a thumb rule, have been excerpted from neutral or anti-Turkish books and documents mostly written in English and the source of each excerpt or commentary has been shown. A large majority of the foreign documents or sources used in the book, have not been used by other researchers and show the backstage of the incidents directly from their own documents or writings.
The overall picture exhibited by mosaic style documents and excerpts, give evidence that there was no aim – benefit – numbers – time – location – murder tools – neutral eyewitnesses – corpse – authentic document – legal investigations – decision of an authorized court and alike minimal evidences and that the incident is totally nothing but an unproven rumor.
Sukru Server Aya, as the writer of the two books, says that because of the insufficiencies and contradictions of the publications on this subject, and further to his knowledge of about twenty years on this topic, he has scanned some 30.000 pages in the past five years and submits the information on respective matters by presenting excerpts and foreign references, leaving the judgment to the reader, avoiding solid conclusions.
According to the writer, because of his attachment to several friends and beloved persons of Armenian ethnicity, he has elaborated the subject not from the standpoint of national ideology, but from the virtue of global ethics and decency. This study, in a sense shows that some scholars do not study matters in sufficient depth and width and exhibits a personal reaction of a reader and the difficulties and solitude of defending truths and leaves the conclusion to the reader.
We Congratulate Sukru Server Aya On His Book "Soykirim Tacirleri ve Gercekler" and would like him to continue to further his investigative research work.
The English Edition is freely available to Download Here
19.01.09 .
Photos are kindly provided by Milliyet Newspaper
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http://armenians-1915.blogspot.com/2009/01/2716-genocide-traders-and-truths.html
2716) Genocide Traders and Truths
Şükrü bey is 78 years old, but he authored such a book, that it is impossible not to admire him.
The book has been published both in English and in Turkish under the name “Genocide Traders and Truths”. The English version has been already distributed overseas. The Turkish version was introduced the other day to Turkish readers.
The special effect of the book is that Sukru bey has not used documents from Turkish sources. He explains this as follows: . .
“My aim was to put the stranger in a shameful status, with his own words. Since foreigners do not know Turkish and prefer no to see the evidences presented to them, I tried to enlighten the matter with documents that they can show no excuse”.
Şükrü bey’s following lines are striking:
“Diaspora Armenians, make earnings by selling hatred to the whole world and declaring all Turks killers and bad persons
We cannot retaliate in the same ethical level, because of our humane tenderness.
However, this danger should make us aware of this danger, and encourage us to protect our citizens of Armenian ethnicity within our community. I tried to approach the incidents as a neutral and decent person and presented all that I knew to you”
This is a very important document published by “Derin Yayınevi” and prepared by Sukru Server Aya with long time efforts, belying the slander of “genocidal killers”, which the Armenian diaspora is trying to label on the Turkish nation.
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Tufan Türenç Hürriyet 21.01.2009
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http://armenians-1915.blogspot.com/2009/01/2717-lies-of-armenian-diaspora.html
2717) Lies Of The Armenian Diaspora: Documents And Sources Based On Neutral Or Anti-Turkish Evidences
Nowadays, we are seeing better, that there is some type of “settling accounts” between our public organizations because of different reasons. Sometimes, few settle accounts totally on behalf of overseas centers and forget the benefits of their own country. In particular the investigation of Umraniye, uncovered this reality. Public organizations are supposed to be, parts complimenting the same body and not competing with each other. However, since the policy of the state, usually changes according to who holds the power and the fact that politicians change the bureaucrats in public administrations for simple political accounts, has turned the system very upside down! The separation as left and right nowadays has expanded with global or surrendering and/or local or national differentiations. Furthermore, the ridiculous protections made for the sake of being fellow citizens, the race between those elected and those appointed, is among our social ailments. The ex-president of YOK (High Education System) Kemal Guruz’s confession when he was inquired on Umraniye investigation, that “I am pro-American; American imperialism is a palaver” shows that such an important position are entrusted to very wrong persons. The statement of this person that “Turkish is not a scholastic language” and his praise for education in foreign languages, therefore should be no surprise.
Actually, I want to speak about a book presentation meeting. The book “The Genocide of Truth” which was published in English last year is now published in Turkish under the name “Genocide Traders and Truths”.
Sükrü Server Aya, being one of those “Crazy Turks”, has made it his duty to discover the truths, as an intelligent researcher, with ideals and worries about national values; therefore it is our duty to thank him. He has fulfilled his duty of citizenship, conscious of his Turkish identity when preparing his book; he has referred objectively to various documents and sources, and has displayed the lies of the Armenian diaspora based on neutral or anti-Turkish evidences. Istanbul Commerce University and DERIN Publishing house have supported these works.
During the meeting of book launching, there were several members of academia, retired persons from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, newspapermen, businesspersons, writers and persons from various professions. Those who are a shame for our community, who have souls of sufferings and offer apologies with support from outside, are not seen strolling around! It was explained, how some persons from this group had created barriers in USA avoiding the speeches of Yusuf Halacoglu and Gunduz Aktan, who died lately. It is understood that the presidency of Obama, will bring on the agenda, these superficial genocide claims. However, the writings of several US men on duty in the area around 1910 contradict these claims and the U.S. Senate has shown with a resolution accepted in 1922 that there was no genocide. USA Congress records are open. In 2004, Armenian groups have opened a court case in the European Court of Justice. This case was rejected by the court and the application for correction of the decision has been also refused. The decision taken by the E.U. parliament in 1998 is political and not been accepted by judicial authorities. It should not be forgotten, that the acceptance of Turkey into E.U. depends on the acceptance of genocide.
During the meeting a respected Turkish citizen, lawyer Kegam Karabetyan made an important speech. He said that he is proud being a Turk and a citizen of this homeland. Probably, his affection for his country was in excess of various persons who call themselves “from Turkey” and have no homeland or national identity. We have to refrain from simple and easy generalizations.
Everyone complains of each other for failing in performing duties, but the majority is unaware of what the other party is doing. Several young scholars, cannot voice realities in foreign publications because their articles are not printed. We cannot say that the press, as an important section, are doing their duty. During the meeting a retired ambassador who was in service of the Foreign Affairs, said that the U.S.A. Embassy has an important budget for normalizations of relations between Turkey and Armenia. However, he said that the U.S. Embassy in Armenia had no budget foreseen for this purpose. It was also stated that the books writing truths, are being stolen from overseas libraries, or purchased and burned.
Prof.Dr. Mustafa E. Erkal Yenicag Newspaper 25.01.2009
2703) Presentation Of The Turkish Version Of The Book ‘’Genocide Of Truth’’
Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gercekleri – Turk Aleytari ve Tarafsiz Yabanci Belgelerle Diaspora Yalanlarinin Icyuzu. By Turkish Businesman Sukru Server Aya
Istanbul Ticaret Odasi, 19 Ocak 2009, Monday
The program was on the presentation of a book in Turkish and the language of the program and the speakers were also in Turkish. This commentary on the book and the presentation is in English for the benefit of readers in America and other countries.
The primary purpose of Sukru Aya . .
in publishing his book in English was to inform the foreigners (students, media members, businessmen, legislators, the public, etc.) on a subject which has been told to the world through fabrications, distortions and out right lies. An example of this was a poster displayed at the university’s reception area was a manipulated photograph of Mustafa Kemal.
Tomorrow Senator Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States and judging from his campaign speeches, he will state that the Ottoman Turks committed genocide against Armenians, which is a lie as shown in Sukru Aya’s book.
The program started around 11:00 AM in the Conference Room of the Istanbul Commerce University where there were over 80 participants, including the Honorary Chairman of Koc Holding Rahmi Koc, Miss Europe of 1952, Gunseli Basar, Sami Kohen from Milliyet, Tufan Gunes from Hurriyet, Ruhat Mengi from Vatan and other media members and many dignitaries. There were also three Tarsus American High School graduates, Nabi Eren and Yucel. There were very few students and most of the participants were over the age of 50, an observation also noted by Commerce University Rector Ates Vuran during his opening remarks.
Opening Speeches
The first speaker was Lawyer Elif Derbeder representing the brave publisher of the book, Derin Yayinlari. She said that her company strives to publish books in different subjects.
The second speaker was Lawyer Kegam Karabetyan who also wrote the Preface to the book. He made a passionate speech, first stating that he was an Armenian Turks originally from Kastamonu and now lives in Istanbul, practicing law and getting involved in community projects. Referring to the sad events in the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, Karabetyan stated that some Armenians were used by the Western powers for their own purposes, specifically the Russians, the French and the British, and that he was here to tell the truth. He said that he met Sukru Aya at a conference where the former head of the Turkish Historical Society Yusuf Halacoglu was a speaker. He ended his remarks with Ataturk’s famous saying, ‘’Ne Mutlu Turkum Diyene.’’
The Rector of Commerce Universty, Ates Vuran, began his remarks with a reminiscence of an experience at the VIP Lounge at the JFK Airport, in fact in the WC, where he noticed Rahmi Koc. After saying hello to Rahmi Koc, Vuran told him how much he appreciated the service at his newly opened stored in the US and wanted to share this with him. After he arrived to Istanbul, he received a letter from Rahmi Koc with a copy of the note that he sent to the store owner, thanking for his remarks. Than the Rector told about his experience and the difficulties that he encountered in publish ‘’Genocide of Truth’’ which he sent to University libraries in Turkey, Europe and the US.
Rector Vuran stated that he read the book himself and also had it reviewed by the Turkish Historical Society. Finding the book to be very useful, he had the university sponsor the first printing of 3,000 and distributed to University libraries, media members and sent 500 copies to various universities and media groups in the US.
The next speaker listed on the program was Bulent Akarcali who has been instrumental in convincing Sukru Aya to publish the book. Unfortunately he was not in attendance, probably working on his strategy to win the race for the Mayor of Cankaya as a candidate from AKP.. In his place, Prof. Dr. Orhan Cekic made an excellent presentation, including a summary of the decision of the European Council of Justice (Avrupa Adalet Divani) on the lawsuit brought against the EU by an Armenian organisation in France on the Armenian issue, denying their request that Turkey admit genocide as a condition for EU membership, asking them to bring forth a Court decision on the Genocide, which of course does not exist. Prof. Cekic also mentioned that bad things are taking place such as the murder of Hrant Dink on Jan 19, 2007 and the murder of Turkish diplomat Bahadir Demir in California on Jan 27, 1973.
Sukru Aya’s Presentation
Sukru Aya also made a very passionate speech, first stating that participants from Cyprus, Bursa, Adapazari and othet cities had come for the program. He presented background information on the publication of the English version of his book, which he said had not received the proper attention from the media or the public, stating that since April 14, 2008, only 4 review of his book has been published. Sukru Aya made reference to the Armenian revolts starting with the Zeytoon uprising in 1859, followed by many others including the revolt in Maras in 1895.
Question and Answer Session
Before the question and answer session, a short documentary was shown on the atrocities committed by Armenian rebels and the events that led to the re-location in 915. Afterwards, Ruhat Mengi from Vatan took to the podium and objected to Sukru Aya’s statement that the media has not shown enough involvement in the Armenian issue, giving her own struggle as an example, even having to defend her writings in court, especially in a case started by Halil Berktay. She referred to the efforts of Yusuf Halacoglu, wondering why he was dismissed as the head of the Turkish Historical Society who has invited Armenian historians for meetings but were ignored. Than Ruhat Mengi made reference to the ‘’Apology campaign’’, stating that those who started it had close connections with the Armenian diaspora.
After Ruhat Mengi finished her comments, I looked around to see if anyone from AGOS newspaper was in the room, the largest circulating Armenian weekly in Istanbul. Quite by coincidence, today was the 2nd anniversary of the murder of Hrant Dink, the founder and the publisher of the Armenian newspaper. There were commemoration services at his grave and other places and almost all newspapers covered the story, including Birgun with a full front page photograph of Hrant Dink and the funeral procession in the full back page, which I had also participated in. In an open letter to Turkish readers published in AGOS (9 Jan 2009), Jean Kehayan wrote that those who were signing the apology statement were ‘’Turkey’s Pride.’’
It will be interesting to see if Birgun and other newspapers will cover this very meaningful and important book presentation. I am sure Ruhat Mengi and others who came to the presentation will. I wonder if the Turkish Daily News (now known as the Hurriyet Daily News) will write about this as they had covered a conference at Bilgi University last year where Sarafian was the star attraction and was given a copy of ‘’Genocide of Truth’’ by Sukru Aya but never mentioned it in any of his endless papers.
The first question was by Rahmi Koc.. ‘’What do you think Barack Obama will do on the Armenian issue.’’ I missed the answer but yesterday, ANCA sent a letter to Senator Obama which should answer Rahmi Koc’s question. (copy of the letter si given below which shows how the Armenian diaspora works closely. I am afraid Senator Obama will support the Armenian Genocide Resolution when he is the 44th President of the USA.
Unfortunately I could not stay until the end of the program due to other commitments but took the box of borek and baklava with me which I enjoyed while driving to Esenyurt. Thank you Sukru Bey and his assistant Serpil Hanim for her contributions.
Yuksel Oktay
20 January 2009
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January 17, 2009
The Honorable Barack Obama
The President-elect
Office of the President-elect
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. President-Elect:
We are writing, as the collective leadership of Armenian American advocacy, civic, religious, charitable, and educational organizations, to congratulate you on your historic election as President of the United States and to warmly welcome your inauguration to this high office. On behalf of some two million Americans of Armenian heritage, we look forward to working with you and your Administration to end the cycle of genocide, strengthen U.S.-Armenia relations, contribute to Armenia's economic growth, and work toward a fair and sustainable regional peace.
We have, as a community, long admired your principled commitment to ending genocide, including, of course, the need for urgent efforts to stop the ongoing slaughter in Darfur. As a vital part of the growing genocide-prevention movement, our community looks forward to working with you from the first day of your Administration to end the Darfur Genocide and to help bring peace to this troubled land.
As a community, we have been proud that you have stood with us as we have worked toward Congressional commemoration, Presidential recognition, and Turkish acknowledgment of the Armenian Genocide. As you have stated so eloquently and repeatedly, the facts of this crime are undeniable. The Armenian Genocide is not an allegation, as the Turkish government shamefully contends, but rather a widely documented mass crime supported by an overwhelming body of evidence. Confronting this denial represents an obligation for America and the entire international community. Our nation's commitment to the principles of the Genocide Convention, which just last year marked its 60th anniversary, is rooted in America's values and cannot be sincerely upheld in our relations with the rest of the world without an outright recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
Our government must clearly and unequivocally condemn the 1915 crime of race extermination by Ottoman Turkey that, during the course of eight years, killed one and a half million Armenians, emptied vast areas of the Armenian homeland, and inflicted grave material harm to every aspect of the Armenian people's cultural heritage, depriving it, to this day, of its right to exist on its native soil. Sadly, the inevitable consequence of Turkey's refusal to acknowledge this crime has been its inability to adapt to the changing realities in the region. Rather than being a factor for peace, Turkey has actively contributed to increased tension in the South Caucasus. Instead of demonstrating a willingness to honestly confront the past in the spirit of truth and justice, its leaders have sought to pressure other governments to underwrite Turkey's historic guilt. The United States should neither be a hostage to Turkey's fears, nor a victim of its moral failings. For its part, Armenia, which supports international recognition of the Armenian Genocide as a core element of its foreign policy, has called for the normalization of relations with Turkey without any preconditions.
As you have stated on several occasions, America deserves a leader who speaks truthfully about the Armenian Genocide and responds forcefully to all genocides. The clarity of your promise is particularly welcome in light of the unfortunate practice of past U.S. Presidents to use, under Turkey's pressure, evasive and euphemistic terminology rather than directly acknowledging the Armenian Genocide. The term, Armenian Genocide, is the only one that can meaningfully be used to characterize the crime committed by Ottoman Turkey. We look forward, in the coming weeks, to your firm and principled leadership in clearly and unambiguously ending the sad chapter of the U.S. Executive Branch's capitulation to pressure from Turkey.
We are particularly encouraged, in this regard, that you will be joined in your Administration by supporters of Armenian Genocide recognition, among them Vice President-elect Joe Biden, a 35-year champion of this human rights issue, and Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton, who, in January of last year, so eloquently stated that, "our common morality and our nation's credibility as a voice for human rights challenge us to ensure that the Armenian Genocide be recognized and remembered by Congress and the President of the United States." Others in your Administration, including incoming Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, and CIA Director Leon Panetta have also supported Congressional recognition of the Armenian Genocide. We are also pleased to see that the Congress will be led by two of the most longstanding advocates of the Armenian Genocide Resolution, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, both of whom have repeatedly called for full U.S. recognition of this crime against humanity. We look forward to your leadership with these officials and others in Congress, among them Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, John Kerry, and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Howard Berman, to help bring about Congressional recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
We look forward to continuing, over the next four years, the active engagement that we established with you and your leadership team during your service in the U.S. Senate, and more recently during your campaign for the Presidency. Among the issues that will, of course, remain as high priorities on our common agenda will be those that contribute to the growth of U.S.-Armenia relations, Armenia's economic development, and Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh's security. We welcome your commitment to expanding bilateral commercial, political, military, and cultural relations, and are eager to work with you to increase U.S.-Armenia trade and investment levels and to expand our development assistance programs, through the FREEDOM Support Act, the Millennium Challenge Account, and other avenues. We place, as well, a very high priority on U.S. leadership in lifting the Turkish and Azerbaijani economic blockades of Armenia and in ending the exclusion of Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh from regional commercial and infrastructure projects.
In terms of ensuring a durable regional peace, we echo your call for a Nagorno Karabagh settlement that respects democracy and self-determination and encourage you to ensure that these principles serve as the pillars of any agreement. As you know, a vital key to peace, in Nagorno Karabagh and around the world, is direct dialogue. For this reason, we encourage elimination of all artificial barriers to U.S.-Nagorno Karabagh contacts, communication, and other means of increasing our level of mutual understanding. With Azerbaijan's President once again threatening war, as recently as in his New Year's message, it is more important than ever for the United States to strengthen the current ceasefire, to work through the OSCE process to secure the commitment of all parties to the disavowal of force, and, as a matter of high priority for our government, to take concrete steps to prevent a renewed war in the South Caucasus. Our ability to advance these and our nation's many other interests in this strategically pivotal region would be substantially enhanced by a concerted effort on the part of our government to expand U.S.-Armenia relations.
Working with you and your White House, Department of State, and Pentagon staffs on all of these issues, we will, as you stated in your remarks this past January 19th, "build, in new and exciting ways, upon the enduring ties and shared values that have bound together the American and Armenian peoples for more than a century."
Thank you for your consideration of the priorities we have raised in this letter and for your years of friendship with the Armenian American community. The enthusiastic and broad-based support the Obama-Biden ticket received from Armenian Americans during the campaign, including endorsements from all our leading civic groups and newspapers, reflects our community's confidence in your leadership and ardent support for the real change that you have pledged in how our government acts on all these issues.
We join together in warmly welcoming your victory and look forward to working with your Administration. In this spirit, we stand ready to meet with you to discuss these issues in greater detail and also to address the challenges facing our nation both at home and abroad.
Sincerely,
Apostolic Exarchate for Armenian Catholics
Armenian Bar Association
Armenian Evangelical Union of North America
Armenian General Benevolent Union
Armenian International Women's Association
Armenian Missionary Association of America
Armenian National Committee of America
Armenian Relief Society
Armenian Rights Council of America
Armenian Youth Federation
Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern U.S.)
Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Western U.S.)
Hamazkayin Armenian Cultural & Education Association
Homenetmen Armenian General Athletic Union
Knights of Vartan
Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church (Eastern U.S.)
Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church (Western U.S.)
Tekeyan Cultural Association, Inc.
United Armenian Fund
U.S.-Armenia Public Affairs Committee
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2702) The Genocide Of Truth Turkish Edition Book Launch At The Istanbul Commerce University
Koc Holding's Honarary President Rahmi Koc, Istanbul Ticaret University Dean Prof. Dr. Ates Vuran, Prof. Dr. Orhan Çekic, Lawyer Kagam Karabetyan, several ex-ambassadors, scholars, reputed columnists such as Tufan Turenc, Sami Kohen, Ruhat Mengi, several persons from the business sector, or other book writers as well few Turkish Armenian friends were among the . . attendees.
The PP presentation in Turkish was followed by “open questions from the audience” which were read and answered. The presentation which started at 11 a.m. ended at 2 pm, with a light buffet of self-service “borek, baklava, ayran, coffee and tea”.
Sukru Server Aya says that “at this time, the foreign documents open to all in the web site of Armenians-1915.blogspot.com give evidence to the treason of Armenian gang leaders and exhibits the extravagant demands of the representatives of Armenian governments. Furthermore, the joint resolution of USA Senate-Congress of 1922 there is no sharp mention of bilateral atrocities and almost thanks Turks. This resolution was accepted unanimously and according to this document at the end of 1921 a total of 1.414.000 Armenians are declared to be alive. The total Armenian population in 1914 was about 1.3 to 1.5 millions and hence this document belies that 1 or 1.5 million Armenians were murdered by Turks by a genocide.
The book “Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gercekler” (Genocide Traders and Truths) published by DERIN publishing house, is an explanatory version in Turkish, of the book “The Genocide of Truth” (700 Pages) reduced to about 500 pages by omission of some sections.
The explanations given in the book based on overseas sources, as a thumb rule, have been excerpted from neutral or anti-Turkish books and documents mostly written in English and the source of each excerpt or commentary has been shown. A large majority of the foreign documents or sources used in the book, have not been used by other researchers and show the backstage of the incidents directly from their own documents or writings.
The overall picture exhibited by mosaic style documents and excerpts, give evidence that there was no aim – benefit – numbers – time – location – murder tools – neutral eyewitnesses – corpse – authentic document – legal investigations – decision of an authorized court and alike minimal evidences and that the incident is totally nothing but an unproven rumor.
Sukru Server Aya, as the writer of the two books, says that because of the insufficiencies and contradictions of the publications on this subject, and further to his knowledge of about twenty years on this topic, he has scanned some 30.000 pages in the past five years and submits the information on respective matters by presenting excerpts and foreign references, leaving the judgment to the reader, avoiding solid conclusions.
According to the writer, because of his attachment to several friends and beloved persons of Armenian ethnicity, he has elaborated the subject not from the standpoint of national ideology, but from the virtue of global ethics and decency. This study, in a sense shows that some scholars do not study matters in sufficient depth and width and exhibits a personal reaction of a reader and the difficulties and solitude of defending truths and leaves the conclusion to the reader.
We Congratulate Sukru Server Aya On His Book "Soykirim Tacirleri ve Gercekler" and would like him to continue to further his investigative research work.
The English Edition is freely available to Download Here
19.01.09 .
Photos are kindly provided by Milliyet Newspaper
*****
http://armenians-1915.blogspot.com/2009/01/2716-genocide-traders-and-truths.html
2716) Genocide Traders and Truths
Şükrü bey is 78 years old, but he authored such a book, that it is impossible not to admire him.
The book has been published both in English and in Turkish under the name “Genocide Traders and Truths”. The English version has been already distributed overseas. The Turkish version was introduced the other day to Turkish readers.
The special effect of the book is that Sukru bey has not used documents from Turkish sources. He explains this as follows: . .
“My aim was to put the stranger in a shameful status, with his own words. Since foreigners do not know Turkish and prefer no to see the evidences presented to them, I tried to enlighten the matter with documents that they can show no excuse”.
Şükrü bey’s following lines are striking:
“Diaspora Armenians, make earnings by selling hatred to the whole world and declaring all Turks killers and bad persons
We cannot retaliate in the same ethical level, because of our humane tenderness.
However, this danger should make us aware of this danger, and encourage us to protect our citizens of Armenian ethnicity within our community. I tried to approach the incidents as a neutral and decent person and presented all that I knew to you”
This is a very important document published by “Derin Yayınevi” and prepared by Sukru Server Aya with long time efforts, belying the slander of “genocidal killers”, which the Armenian diaspora is trying to label on the Turkish nation.
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Tufan Türenç Hürriyet 21.01.2009
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http://armenians-1915.blogspot.com/2009/01/2717-lies-of-armenian-diaspora.html
2717) Lies Of The Armenian Diaspora: Documents And Sources Based On Neutral Or Anti-Turkish Evidences
Nowadays, we are seeing better, that there is some type of “settling accounts” between our public organizations because of different reasons. Sometimes, few settle accounts totally on behalf of overseas centers and forget the benefits of their own country. In particular the investigation of Umraniye, uncovered this reality. Public organizations are supposed to be, parts complimenting the same body and not competing with each other. However, since the policy of the state, usually changes according to who holds the power and the fact that politicians change the bureaucrats in public administrations for simple political accounts, has turned the system very upside down! The separation as left and right nowadays has expanded with global or surrendering and/or local or national differentiations. Furthermore, the ridiculous protections made for the sake of being fellow citizens, the race between those elected and those appointed, is among our social ailments. The ex-president of YOK (High Education System) Kemal Guruz’s confession when he was inquired on Umraniye investigation, that “I am pro-American; American imperialism is a palaver” shows that such an important position are entrusted to very wrong persons. The statement of this person that “Turkish is not a scholastic language” and his praise for education in foreign languages, therefore should be no surprise.
Actually, I want to speak about a book presentation meeting. The book “The Genocide of Truth” which was published in English last year is now published in Turkish under the name “Genocide Traders and Truths”.
Sükrü Server Aya, being one of those “Crazy Turks”, has made it his duty to discover the truths, as an intelligent researcher, with ideals and worries about national values; therefore it is our duty to thank him. He has fulfilled his duty of citizenship, conscious of his Turkish identity when preparing his book; he has referred objectively to various documents and sources, and has displayed the lies of the Armenian diaspora based on neutral or anti-Turkish evidences. Istanbul Commerce University and DERIN Publishing house have supported these works.
During the meeting of book launching, there were several members of academia, retired persons from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, newspapermen, businesspersons, writers and persons from various professions. Those who are a shame for our community, who have souls of sufferings and offer apologies with support from outside, are not seen strolling around! It was explained, how some persons from this group had created barriers in USA avoiding the speeches of Yusuf Halacoglu and Gunduz Aktan, who died lately. It is understood that the presidency of Obama, will bring on the agenda, these superficial genocide claims. However, the writings of several US men on duty in the area around 1910 contradict these claims and the U.S. Senate has shown with a resolution accepted in 1922 that there was no genocide. USA Congress records are open. In 2004, Armenian groups have opened a court case in the European Court of Justice. This case was rejected by the court and the application for correction of the decision has been also refused. The decision taken by the E.U. parliament in 1998 is political and not been accepted by judicial authorities. It should not be forgotten, that the acceptance of Turkey into E.U. depends on the acceptance of genocide.
During the meeting a respected Turkish citizen, lawyer Kegam Karabetyan made an important speech. He said that he is proud being a Turk and a citizen of this homeland. Probably, his affection for his country was in excess of various persons who call themselves “from Turkey” and have no homeland or national identity. We have to refrain from simple and easy generalizations.
Everyone complains of each other for failing in performing duties, but the majority is unaware of what the other party is doing. Several young scholars, cannot voice realities in foreign publications because their articles are not printed. We cannot say that the press, as an important section, are doing their duty. During the meeting a retired ambassador who was in service of the Foreign Affairs, said that the U.S.A. Embassy has an important budget for normalizations of relations between Turkey and Armenia. However, he said that the U.S. Embassy in Armenia had no budget foreseen for this purpose. It was also stated that the books writing truths, are being stolen from overseas libraries, or purchased and burned.
Prof.Dr. Mustafa E. Erkal Yenicag Newspaper 25.01.2009
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34 Şehit diplomatımız londra'da anıldı
İngiltere Türk Dernekleri Federasyonu tarafından 3’üncüsü düzenlenen anma konferansında Prof. Jeremy Salt ve araştırmacı yazar Şükrü Server Aya, “ Türk- Ermeni İlişkilerini” irdeledi.
Prof. Belma Baskett’in yönettiği, LSE (London School of Economics)’de düzenlenen konferansta Bilkent Üniversitesi profesörlerinden Jeremy Salt, 1,5 milyon Ermeni’nin katledildiğinin kocaman bir yalan olduğunu belirterek, gerçeklerin ortaya çıkması için Osmanlı tarihinin o dönemlerine ait daha çok kapsamlı araştırma yapılması gerektiğini vurguladı. Prof. Salt, Osmanlı’nın savaş öyküsünün bugüne kadar hiç anlatılmadığını öne sürdü. Salt, ABD Başkanı Obama’nın Ermeni soykırımı tanımayacağını tahmin ettiğini söyledi
“Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gerçek”, “ Gerçeğin Soykırımı” adlı kitapların yazarı Şükrü Server Aya ise, Ermenilerin 4 büyükelçi, 4 başkonsolosun da aralarında bulunduğu 70 kişiyi öldürüp, 240 terör saldırısında bulunduğunu, ancak tüm dünyanın sadece Hrant Dink’in katlini hatırladığını vurguladı. Aya, yabancı arşivlerden topladığı gerçek belgelerin herkese açık olduğunu hatırlatarak, bu konudaki mevcut yalanların mantığa sığmayacak kadar büyük olduğunu söyledi.
Mihrişah Safa
İngiltere Türk Dernekleri Federasyonunun Londra’da düzenlediği “ Türk – Ermeni İlişkileri” konulu konferansta , Ermenilerin öldürdüğü 34 diplomatımız ve kurbanları anılırken, Prof. Jeremy Salt ve araştırmacı yazar Şükrü Server Aya, bu konudaki son çalışmaları ve gelinen durumu değerlendirdiler.
London School of Economics’de düzenlenen ve 300’e yakın kişinin katıldığı konferasta, Bilkent Üniversitesi öğretim görevlilerinden Prof. Jeremy Salt, “Ermeni Sorusunun”, cevaplarından çok soru ortaya çıkarttığına dikkati çekerek, “ Bu konuda, 2,5 milyonu Müslüman olan toplam 3 milyon savaş kurbanı sivilden bahseden kitabı bulmak çok zor. Osmanlı’nın savaş öyküsü ise bugüne kadar hiç anlatılmadı. Ermeni bölümü yeniden baştan sonra yazılıp, şekillendirilmeli” dedi.
Ermeni konusunda 40 yıllık araştırmaları, son 4 yılda yazdığı 200’e yakın makalesi ve piyasaya yeni çıkan “Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gerçek” ve “ Gerçeğin Soykırımı” adlı kitaplarıyla Şükrü Server Aya , “ İnsani değerler ve ahlaki küreselleşme” çerçevesinde konuyu ele alarak, irdeledi.
Prof. Belma Baskett’in yönettiği ve büyük ilgi gören konferansa Elçi Müsteşar Atılay Ersan, Azerbeycan Büyükelçisi Fahrettin Kurbanov, Siyasi Müsteşar Serra Kaleli, Başkonsolos Bahadır Kaleli, Federasyon Başkanı Şener Sağlam, Büyükelçilikten katipler Ahmet Sadık Doğan, Subutay Yüksel, Uygar Mustafa Sertel, askeri ataşeler, diplomatlar, akademisyenler, işadamları, sivil toplum örgütleri temsilcileri, öğrenciler katıldı.
Konferansı yöneten Prof. Belma Baskett, 1973 ile 1994 yılları arasındaki 21 yıl içinde 4 büyükelçi, 4 başkonsolos 34 Türk diplomat ile toplam 70 kişinin Ermeni terör örgütü ASALA ve başka kuruluşlarca öldürüldüğünü, bu süre zarfında Türklere yönelik 240 terör saldırısını gerçekleştirdiklerini hatırlattı. Ayrıca, bomba kampanyalarında da Ermeni terör örgütlerinin, ABD, Avustralya, Orta Doğu, Avrupa’da yüz milyonlarca dolarlık zarar-ziyana yol açtıklarını belirtti. Konferans, şehit diplomatlar ve hayatını kaybedenler için bir dakikalık saygı duruşuyla başladı.
Şehit diplomatlar, ailelerinin fotoğraflarının ekrana geldiği slayt gösterisi, salonda bulunan diplomatlara kaybettikleri arkadaşlarını bir kere daha hatırlattı.
Konferansta ilk konuşmacı Bilkent Üniversitesi öğretim görevlilerinden Prof. Jeremy Salt oldu.
Prof. Salt, Ermeni sorununun 1878-1918 yılları dönemini değerlendirerek, o tarihlerde Osmanlı İmparatorluğu sınırları içinde yaşayan Ermeni nüfusunun yerleşimi, bulundukları coğrafik bölgeleri geniş şekilde ele alıp, değerlendirdi. Savaş sırasında Ermenilerin, çeşitli nedenlerle yaşantısını kaybettiğini, bu arada 2,5 milyon Osmanlı nüfusunun da savaşta hayatını kaybettiğini belirten Prof. Salt, “ Osmanlı’nın savaşını anlatan bir öykü, bugüne kadar anlatılmadı. Ayrıca, “Ermeni Sorusu” cevaplarından çok daha fazla soru ortaya çıkartıyor. Ermeni konusu, yeniden ele alınıp, her yönüyle yeniden yazılmalı, yapılanmalı, içeriği şekillenmeli. “ dedi. Prof. Salt, 1915 savaşından bahseden , hele 2,5 milyonu Müslüman 3 milyon kişinin yaşamını kaybetmesinden söz eden kitap bulmanın zorluğuna da değindi, Bilinmeyenlerin çok olduğuna, bilinenlerin ise propagandaya dayanarak ortaya çıktığına vurgu yapan Prof. Salt, şöyle devam etti;
“ Doğu Akdeniz’de Osmanlı İmparatorluğunun o tarihlerinde ne olduğunu bildiğini varsayanların sayısında hiç eksiklik yaşanmıyor. Aradan geçen zamana ve araştırılacak bu konuda geniş materyale rağmen, hala aynı konuda fikir beyan etmek isteyenler bolca etrafta. Türkleri kendi tarihlerini anlatmaktan, 19’uncu yüzyılda men edildikleri gibi hala bu konuda kendilerine fırsat verilmiyor. Sanki tarih yeniden yaşanıyor, kendini tekrarlıyor. Ermeni sorusu, hiçbir zaman izole edilmiş bir konu değildi, Osmanlı konusuydu. Ancak ne yazık ki Osmanlı konusu, aynen Müslümanlar ( Türk ve Kürtler) konusu gibi dışarıda bırakılmıştı. Ancak, o tarihlerde Ermeni nüfusun azlığı, 1,5 milyonun katledildiği iddialarını tamamen asılsız çıkartmaktadır. O tarihlerde milyonlarca müslüman Osmanlı nüfusu da yaşamını kaybetmiştir. Ölenlerin birçoğu açlıktan, salgın hastalıktan, savaştan ölmüştür. Bunların daha çok irdelenmesi gerekir”
Prof. Salt, bir soru üzerine ABD Başkanı Barack Obama’nın “Ermeni soykırımını” tanıyan yasayı geçirmeyeceğini, kampanyalardaki söylemiyle, uygulamasının farklı olacağını tahmin ettiğini söyledi.
“YALAN, MANTIĞA SIĞMAYACAK KADAR BÜYÜK”
Hayatının 40 yılını Ermeni konusunu araştırmaya adayan , 78 yaşındaki araştırmacı yazar Şükrü Server Aya, “ Küreselleşme, Evet, Fakat önce ahlak” başlıklı sunumuyla değişik şekilde konuya yaklaştı. Son kitabı “ Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gerçek” ve bir önceki yapıtı “ Gerçeğin Soykırımı”na atıflarda bulunan Aya, şunları dedi;
“ Son kitabımdaki tüm alıntıları, referansları Türk olmayan kaynaklardan, yabancı kaynaklardan aldım. Asıl amacım yabancıları kendi sözleriyle utandırmaktı. Ermenilerden çok sevdiğim, uzun yıllardır görüştüğüm yakın dostlarım var. 21 yılda Ermeni teröristler 240 terör saldırısı düzenledi, 70 kişiyi öldürdü, 500 kişiyi yaraladı. 105 kişiyi rehin aldı, bunların 12’sini öldürdü. 40’dan fazla diplomatımız hayatını kaybetti. Geçen yıl, çok sevilen bir Ermeni gazeteci, fanatik bir Türk genci tarafından öldürüldü. Yüzbinler protesto etti, ayağa kalktı Türkiye’de.. Dünya şimdi bir tek bu cinayeti hatırlıyor, diğer 240 terör olayını hatırlamıyor bile. “
Ermenistan’da son birkaç yıl içinde çekilen ve çocuk askerleri eğitim yaparken görüntüleyen fotoğrafları gösteren Aya, şöyle devam etti;
“- Arşivlere gitmeye, araştırmaya gerek yok.. Benim sunduğum arşiv ortada. Herşey siyah-beyaz burada. Internetten herkes istediği gibi bunları kaydedebilir. Tüm kaynakların da yabancı, kimse yalan diyemez. Birçok araştırmacının, bazılarımız gibi adil olmadığını, çalışmalarında taraf tuttuğunu, yapmacık olduğunu , halkı sorumsuzca yanılttığını farkettim. Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gerçek kitabımı 4 yıllık çalışma sonunda yazdım, 30 binden fazla sayfa okudum Türk arşivlerini , Andrew Mango, Justin McCarthy, Samuel Weems, Bernard Lewis gibi tarihçileri es geçtim. Ermeni Diasporasının “ inkarcı” damgası yapıştıracağı yazarlara hiç gitmedim. Tam tersi anti- Türk görüşleriyle tanınan veya tarafsız olan kaynaklara gittim. Onlardan topladığım belge ve bilgilerle bu kitabı ortaya çıkarttım. Yalan o kadar büyük ki, mantığa sığacak gibi değil.. “
Soru-cevap bölümünde zengin Ermenilerin, fakir vatandaşlarını umursamadığını belirten Aya, çoğunun para peşinde olduğunu öne sürdü.
02.02.2009
34 Şehit diplomatımız londra'da anıldı
İngiltere Türk Dernekleri Federasyonu tarafından 3’üncüsü düzenlenen anma konferansında Prof. Jeremy Salt ve araştırmacı yazar Şükrü Server Aya, “ Türk- Ermeni İlişkilerini” irdeledi.
Prof. Belma Baskett’in yönettiği, LSE (London School of Economics)’de düzenlenen konferansta Bilkent Üniversitesi profesörlerinden Jeremy Salt, 1,5 milyon Ermeni’nin katledildiğinin kocaman bir yalan olduğunu belirterek, gerçeklerin ortaya çıkması için Osmanlı tarihinin o dönemlerine ait daha çok kapsamlı araştırma yapılması gerektiğini vurguladı. Prof. Salt, Osmanlı’nın savaş öyküsünün bugüne kadar hiç anlatılmadığını öne sürdü. Salt, ABD Başkanı Obama’nın Ermeni soykırımı tanımayacağını tahmin ettiğini söyledi
“Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gerçek”, “ Gerçeğin Soykırımı” adlı kitapların yazarı Şükrü Server Aya ise, Ermenilerin 4 büyükelçi, 4 başkonsolosun da aralarında bulunduğu 70 kişiyi öldürüp, 240 terör saldırısında bulunduğunu, ancak tüm dünyanın sadece Hrant Dink’in katlini hatırladığını vurguladı. Aya, yabancı arşivlerden topladığı gerçek belgelerin herkese açık olduğunu hatırlatarak, bu konudaki mevcut yalanların mantığa sığmayacak kadar büyük olduğunu söyledi.
Mihrişah Safa
İngiltere Türk Dernekleri Federasyonunun Londra’da düzenlediği “ Türk – Ermeni İlişkileri” konulu konferansta , Ermenilerin öldürdüğü 34 diplomatımız ve kurbanları anılırken, Prof. Jeremy Salt ve araştırmacı yazar Şükrü Server Aya, bu konudaki son çalışmaları ve gelinen durumu değerlendirdiler.
London School of Economics’de düzenlenen ve 300’e yakın kişinin katıldığı konferasta, Bilkent Üniversitesi öğretim görevlilerinden Prof. Jeremy Salt, “Ermeni Sorusunun”, cevaplarından çok soru ortaya çıkarttığına dikkati çekerek, “ Bu konuda, 2,5 milyonu Müslüman olan toplam 3 milyon savaş kurbanı sivilden bahseden kitabı bulmak çok zor. Osmanlı’nın savaş öyküsü ise bugüne kadar hiç anlatılmadı. Ermeni bölümü yeniden baştan sonra yazılıp, şekillendirilmeli” dedi.
Ermeni konusunda 40 yıllık araştırmaları, son 4 yılda yazdığı 200’e yakın makalesi ve piyasaya yeni çıkan “Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gerçek” ve “ Gerçeğin Soykırımı” adlı kitaplarıyla Şükrü Server Aya , “ İnsani değerler ve ahlaki küreselleşme” çerçevesinde konuyu ele alarak, irdeledi.
Prof. Belma Baskett’in yönettiği ve büyük ilgi gören konferansa Elçi Müsteşar Atılay Ersan, Azerbeycan Büyükelçisi Fahrettin Kurbanov, Siyasi Müsteşar Serra Kaleli, Başkonsolos Bahadır Kaleli, Federasyon Başkanı Şener Sağlam, Büyükelçilikten katipler Ahmet Sadık Doğan, Subutay Yüksel, Uygar Mustafa Sertel, askeri ataşeler, diplomatlar, akademisyenler, işadamları, sivil toplum örgütleri temsilcileri, öğrenciler katıldı.
Konferansı yöneten Prof. Belma Baskett, 1973 ile 1994 yılları arasındaki 21 yıl içinde 4 büyükelçi, 4 başkonsolos 34 Türk diplomat ile toplam 70 kişinin Ermeni terör örgütü ASALA ve başka kuruluşlarca öldürüldüğünü, bu süre zarfında Türklere yönelik 240 terör saldırısını gerçekleştirdiklerini hatırlattı. Ayrıca, bomba kampanyalarında da Ermeni terör örgütlerinin, ABD, Avustralya, Orta Doğu, Avrupa’da yüz milyonlarca dolarlık zarar-ziyana yol açtıklarını belirtti. Konferans, şehit diplomatlar ve hayatını kaybedenler için bir dakikalık saygı duruşuyla başladı.
Şehit diplomatlar, ailelerinin fotoğraflarının ekrana geldiği slayt gösterisi, salonda bulunan diplomatlara kaybettikleri arkadaşlarını bir kere daha hatırlattı.
Konferansta ilk konuşmacı Bilkent Üniversitesi öğretim görevlilerinden Prof. Jeremy Salt oldu.
Prof. Salt, Ermeni sorununun 1878-1918 yılları dönemini değerlendirerek, o tarihlerde Osmanlı İmparatorluğu sınırları içinde yaşayan Ermeni nüfusunun yerleşimi, bulundukları coğrafik bölgeleri geniş şekilde ele alıp, değerlendirdi. Savaş sırasında Ermenilerin, çeşitli nedenlerle yaşantısını kaybettiğini, bu arada 2,5 milyon Osmanlı nüfusunun da savaşta hayatını kaybettiğini belirten Prof. Salt, “ Osmanlı’nın savaşını anlatan bir öykü, bugüne kadar anlatılmadı. Ayrıca, “Ermeni Sorusu” cevaplarından çok daha fazla soru ortaya çıkartıyor. Ermeni konusu, yeniden ele alınıp, her yönüyle yeniden yazılmalı, yapılanmalı, içeriği şekillenmeli. “ dedi. Prof. Salt, 1915 savaşından bahseden , hele 2,5 milyonu Müslüman 3 milyon kişinin yaşamını kaybetmesinden söz eden kitap bulmanın zorluğuna da değindi, Bilinmeyenlerin çok olduğuna, bilinenlerin ise propagandaya dayanarak ortaya çıktığına vurgu yapan Prof. Salt, şöyle devam etti;
“ Doğu Akdeniz’de Osmanlı İmparatorluğunun o tarihlerinde ne olduğunu bildiğini varsayanların sayısında hiç eksiklik yaşanmıyor. Aradan geçen zamana ve araştırılacak bu konuda geniş materyale rağmen, hala aynı konuda fikir beyan etmek isteyenler bolca etrafta. Türkleri kendi tarihlerini anlatmaktan, 19’uncu yüzyılda men edildikleri gibi hala bu konuda kendilerine fırsat verilmiyor. Sanki tarih yeniden yaşanıyor, kendini tekrarlıyor. Ermeni sorusu, hiçbir zaman izole edilmiş bir konu değildi, Osmanlı konusuydu. Ancak ne yazık ki Osmanlı konusu, aynen Müslümanlar ( Türk ve Kürtler) konusu gibi dışarıda bırakılmıştı. Ancak, o tarihlerde Ermeni nüfusun azlığı, 1,5 milyonun katledildiği iddialarını tamamen asılsız çıkartmaktadır. O tarihlerde milyonlarca müslüman Osmanlı nüfusu da yaşamını kaybetmiştir. Ölenlerin birçoğu açlıktan, salgın hastalıktan, savaştan ölmüştür. Bunların daha çok irdelenmesi gerekir”
Prof. Salt, bir soru üzerine ABD Başkanı Barack Obama’nın “Ermeni soykırımını” tanıyan yasayı geçirmeyeceğini, kampanyalardaki söylemiyle, uygulamasının farklı olacağını tahmin ettiğini söyledi.
“YALAN, MANTIĞA SIĞMAYACAK KADAR BÜYÜK”
Hayatının 40 yılını Ermeni konusunu araştırmaya adayan , 78 yaşındaki araştırmacı yazar Şükrü Server Aya, “ Küreselleşme, Evet, Fakat önce ahlak” başlıklı sunumuyla değişik şekilde konuya yaklaştı. Son kitabı “ Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gerçek” ve bir önceki yapıtı “ Gerçeğin Soykırımı”na atıflarda bulunan Aya, şunları dedi;
“ Son kitabımdaki tüm alıntıları, referansları Türk olmayan kaynaklardan, yabancı kaynaklardan aldım. Asıl amacım yabancıları kendi sözleriyle utandırmaktı. Ermenilerden çok sevdiğim, uzun yıllardır görüştüğüm yakın dostlarım var. 21 yılda Ermeni teröristler 240 terör saldırısı düzenledi, 70 kişiyi öldürdü, 500 kişiyi yaraladı. 105 kişiyi rehin aldı, bunların 12’sini öldürdü. 40’dan fazla diplomatımız hayatını kaybetti. Geçen yıl, çok sevilen bir Ermeni gazeteci, fanatik bir Türk genci tarafından öldürüldü. Yüzbinler protesto etti, ayağa kalktı Türkiye’de.. Dünya şimdi bir tek bu cinayeti hatırlıyor, diğer 240 terör olayını hatırlamıyor bile. “
Ermenistan’da son birkaç yıl içinde çekilen ve çocuk askerleri eğitim yaparken görüntüleyen fotoğrafları gösteren Aya, şöyle devam etti;
“- Arşivlere gitmeye, araştırmaya gerek yok.. Benim sunduğum arşiv ortada. Herşey siyah-beyaz burada. Internetten herkes istediği gibi bunları kaydedebilir. Tüm kaynakların da yabancı, kimse yalan diyemez. Birçok araştırmacının, bazılarımız gibi adil olmadığını, çalışmalarında taraf tuttuğunu, yapmacık olduğunu , halkı sorumsuzca yanılttığını farkettim. Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gerçek kitabımı 4 yıllık çalışma sonunda yazdım, 30 binden fazla sayfa okudum Türk arşivlerini , Andrew Mango, Justin McCarthy, Samuel Weems, Bernard Lewis gibi tarihçileri es geçtim. Ermeni Diasporasının “ inkarcı” damgası yapıştıracağı yazarlara hiç gitmedim. Tam tersi anti- Türk görüşleriyle tanınan veya tarafsız olan kaynaklara gittim. Onlardan topladığım belge ve bilgilerle bu kitabı ortaya çıkarttım. Yalan o kadar büyük ki, mantığa sığacak gibi değil.. “
Soru-cevap bölümünde zengin Ermenilerin, fakir vatandaşlarını umursamadığını belirten Aya, çoğunun para peşinde olduğunu öne sürdü.
02.02.2009
Basın Haberlerinin İngilizce yayınlanmış hali
Vatan Gazetesi 30.1.2009
Ruhat Mengi
http://haber.gazetevatan.com/haberdetay.asp?detay=Tribunlere_oynamanin_bedelini_Turkiye_odeyecek&tarih=30.01.2009&Newsid=220803&Categoryid=4&wid=4
SOYKIRIM TACİRLERİ “GENOCIDE TRADERS”!
A short while ago, I attended the presentation of a very detailed book on 1915 relocation and Armenian incidents at the Istanbul Commerce University.
The book named “Genocide Traders and Truths” (Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gercekler) has been prepared by Sukru Server Aya in several years’ long researches with many documents. This book is also translated in English and shows very clearly, how history has been distorted with diaspora lies. I think that this book, further to books such as Armenian Prime minister Katchaznuni’s speech, Kamuran Gurun’s “Armenian File” and Yusuf Halacoglu’s “Ermeni Tehciri ve Tarihi Gerçekler” (Armenian Relocation and Historical Truths), is a book of quality, worthy to be sent to EU and USA politicians. I suggest that you too, read it!.
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“HÜRRİYET” 21.01.2009
TUFAN TÜRENÇ
Şükrü Server Aya
Şükrü bey is 78 years old, but he authored such a book, that it is impossible not to admire him.
The book has been published both in English and in Turkish under the name “Genocide Traders and Truths”. The English version has been already distributed overseas. The Turkish version was introduced the other day to Turkish readers.
The special effect of the book is that Sukru bey has not used documents from Turkish sources. He explains this as follows:
“My aim was to put the stranger in a shameful status, with his own words. Since foreigners do not know Turkish and prefer no to see the evidences presented to them, I tried to enlighten the matter with documents that they can show no excuse”.
Şükrü bey’s following lines are striking:
“Diaspora Armenians, make earnings by selling hatred to the whole world and declaring all Turks killers and bad persons
We cannot retaliate in the same ethical level, because of our humane tenderness.
However, this danger should make us aware of this danger, and encourage us to protect our citizens of Armenian ethnicity within our community. I tried to approach the incidents as a neutral and decent person and presented all that I knew to you”
This is a very important document published by “Derin Yayınevi” and prepared by Sukru Server Aya with long time efforts, belying the slander of “genocidal killers”, which the Armenian diaspora is trying to label on the Turkish nation.
Ruhat Mengi
http://haber.gazetevatan.com/haberdetay.asp?detay=Tribunlere_oynamanin_bedelini_Turkiye_odeyecek&tarih=30.01.2009&Newsid=220803&Categoryid=4&wid=4
SOYKIRIM TACİRLERİ “GENOCIDE TRADERS”!
A short while ago, I attended the presentation of a very detailed book on 1915 relocation and Armenian incidents at the Istanbul Commerce University.
The book named “Genocide Traders and Truths” (Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gercekler) has been prepared by Sukru Server Aya in several years’ long researches with many documents. This book is also translated in English and shows very clearly, how history has been distorted with diaspora lies. I think that this book, further to books such as Armenian Prime minister Katchaznuni’s speech, Kamuran Gurun’s “Armenian File” and Yusuf Halacoglu’s “Ermeni Tehciri ve Tarihi Gerçekler” (Armenian Relocation and Historical Truths), is a book of quality, worthy to be sent to EU and USA politicians. I suggest that you too, read it!.
*****
“HÜRRİYET” 21.01.2009
TUFAN TÜRENÇ
Şükrü Server Aya
Şükrü bey is 78 years old, but he authored such a book, that it is impossible not to admire him.
The book has been published both in English and in Turkish under the name “Genocide Traders and Truths”. The English version has been already distributed overseas. The Turkish version was introduced the other day to Turkish readers.
The special effect of the book is that Sukru bey has not used documents from Turkish sources. He explains this as follows:
“My aim was to put the stranger in a shameful status, with his own words. Since foreigners do not know Turkish and prefer no to see the evidences presented to them, I tried to enlighten the matter with documents that they can show no excuse”.
Şükrü bey’s following lines are striking:
“Diaspora Armenians, make earnings by selling hatred to the whole world and declaring all Turks killers and bad persons
We cannot retaliate in the same ethical level, because of our humane tenderness.
However, this danger should make us aware of this danger, and encourage us to protect our citizens of Armenian ethnicity within our community. I tried to approach the incidents as a neutral and decent person and presented all that I knew to you”
This is a very important document published by “Derin Yayınevi” and prepared by Sukru Server Aya with long time efforts, belying the slander of “genocidal killers”, which the Armenian diaspora is trying to label on the Turkish nation.
Şükrü Server Aya'nın yazdığı "Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gerçekler" kitabının basında çıkan haberleri
http://www.milliyet.com.tr/Yasam/HaberDetay.aspx?aType=HaberDetay&ArticleID=1049268&b=Soykirim%20Tacirleri%20ve%20Gercekler%20artik%20Turkce
Milliyet Gazetesi 20.1.2009
‘Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gerçekler’ artık Türkçe
HALUK ATALAY İstanbul güncellenme zamanı 20.1.2009
kitap tanıtım Şükrü Servet Aya
Araştırmacı yazar Şükrü Servet Aya’nın ‘Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gerçekler’ kitabı düzenlenen toplantıyla kamuoyuna ve basına tanıtıldı.
İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi’nin Eminönü Yerleşkesi’ndeki Konferans Salonu’nda düzenlenen toplantıya Koç Holding Şeref Başkanı Rahmi Koç, İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi Rektörü Prof. Dr. Ateş Vuran, Prof. Dr. Orhan Çekiç, Araştırmacı yazar Şükrü Server Aya, Gazeteci Ruhat Mengi, Prof.Dr. Türkkaya Ataöv, Günseli Başar ve çok sayıda dinleyici katıldı. ‘Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gerçekler’ adıyla Derin Yayınları tarafından basılan kitabın, Nisan 2008’de İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi yayını olarak İngilizce basılan 700 sayfalık “The Genocide of Truth” kitabının bazı kısıntılarla 500 sayfaya indirilmiş Türkçe anlatım şekli olduğu açıklandı
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http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/yazarlar/10819209.asp?yazarid=39&gid=61
Hürriyet Gazetesi 21 Ocak 2009
Tufan TÜRENÇ tturenc@hurriyet.com.tr
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Şükrü Server Aya
ŞÜKRÜ Bey 78 yaşında. Ama öyle bir kitap çıkarmış ki, kendisine hayranlık duymamak olanaksız.
İngilizce ve Türkçe ayrı ayrı baskıları yapılan kitabın adı "Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gerçekler".
İngilizce baskısı yurtdışında dağıtılmış. Türkçe baskısı da önceki gün Türk okurlarına tanıtıldı.
Kitabın özelliği şu: Şükrü Bey Türk kaynaklı belgeleri kullanmamış.
Kendisi bunu şöyle anlatıyor:
"Esas amacım, yabancıyı kendi sözleri ile utandırmaktı. Yabancılar Türkçeyi bilmediklerinden ve sunulan delilleri görmemeyi tercih ettiklerinden bahane bulamayacakları belgelerle konuya ışık tutmaya çalıştım."
Şükrü Bey'in şu satırları da çarpıcı: "Diaspora Ermenileri bütün Türkleri kötü ve katil ilan ederek ve dünyaya nefret satarak kazanç sağlamaktadırlar.
Bizler, insancıl zaaf göstererek aynı etik düzeyde mukabele edemeyiz. Ancak bu tehlike, bizleri bilinçlendirmeli, içimizdeki Ermeni vatandaşları korumaya özendirmelidir. Ben bu olaylara dürüst ve tarafsız bir insan olarak yaklaşmaya çalıştım ve bildiklerimi sizlere sundum."
Şükrü Server Aya'nın uzun emeklerle hazırladığı, Ermeni diasporasının Türk milletine atmaya çalıştığı "soykırımcı" iftirasını yabancıların belgeleriyle ortaya çıkardığı, Derin Yayınları'ndan çıkan kitabı çok önemli bir belge.
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Vatan Gazetesi 30.1.2009
http://haber.gazetevatan.com/haberdetay.asp?detay=Tribunlere_oynamanin_bedelini_Turkiye_odeyecek&tarih=30.01.2009&Newsid=220803&Categoryid=4&wid=4
Ruhat Mengi
Soykırım tacirleri!Kısa süre önce İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi’nde 1915 tehciri ve Ermeni olaylarıyla ilgili yeni ve son derece detaylı bir kitabın tanıtımında bulundum.“Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gerçekler” isimli, Şükrü Server Aya tarafından yıllar süren araştırmalar ve birçok belge ile hazırlanan ve İngilizce’ye de çevrilen kitap tarihin diaspora yalanlarıyla nasıl saptırıldığını çok net ve açık şekilde anlatıyor.Bence Ermenistan’ın ilk Başbakanı Kaçaznuni’nin konuşması, Kâmuran Gürün’ün “Ermeni Dosyası”, Yusuf Halaçoğlu’nun “Ermeni Tehciri ve Tarihi Gerçekler” gibi kitapları yanında AB ve ABD siyasetçilerine gönderilebilecek kalitede bir kitap.Size de okumanızı öneririm.
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http://www.yenicaggazetesi.com.tr/a_haberdetay.php?hityaz=6890
Yeniçağ gazetesi Mustafa ERKAL
merkal@istanbul.edu.tr
Yazı Tarihi: 25/01/2009
"Soykırım tacirleri ve gerçekler"
Birçok kamu kuruluşumuzda ve çeşitli kamu kuruluşları arasında çeşitli sebeplerle bir hesaplaşmanın olduğu bugün daha iyi ortaya çıkıyor. Bazen tamamen yabancı merkezler adına hesaplaşanlar, kendi ülkelerinin çıkarlarını unutanlar var. Özellikle Ümraniye soruşturması bu gerçeği ortaya çıkardı. Kamu kuruluşları birbirine rakip değil; birbirini tamamlayan ve bir bütünün parçalarıdır. Ancak, devlet politikasının çoğu kere iktidarlara göre değişmesi, siyasilerin kamudaki kadrolarla basit siyasi hesaplar uğruna uğraşmaları, yapıyı allak bullak etmiştir. Sağ ve sol şeklindeki tasnife günümüzde küreselci-teslimiyetçi ve milli-yerli ayrımı ilâve olmuştur. Ayrıca, hemşerilik adına yapılan gülünç kollamalar, seçilenlerle tayin edilenler arasındaki yarış, başka sosyal hastalıklarımızdandır. Ümraniye soruşturmasıyla ilgili gözaltılarda eski YÖK Başkanı Kemal Gürüz’ün “Ben Amerikancıyım. Amerikan emperyalizmi palavradır” şeklindeki beyanları YÖK gibi bir kuruluşun ne kadar yanlış kişilere bir dönem teslim edildiğini göstermektedir. Bu zatın “Türkçe ilim dili değildir” şeklinde yabancı dille eğitim öğretimi savunmasını da yadırgamamak gerekirdi. İster sağdaki, ister soldaki Amerikancı çizgi önemli farklar göstermemektedir. Aslında ben size bir kitap tanıtma toplantısından bahsedeceğim. İngilizce baskısı geçen yıl yayımlanan “The Genocide of Truth” isimli eser, bu defa “Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gerçekler” adıyla Türkçe neşredildi. Milli endişe sahibi, idealist bir araştırmacı ve aydın olarak gerçekleri ortaya çıkarmayı bir görev bilen “Çılgın Türkler”den biri olan Sayın Şükrü Server Aya’ya teşekkürü bir borç biliriz. Türk olmanın şuuru ile vatandaşlık görevini yerine getirmiştir. Kendisi eseri hazırlarken objektif birtakım belge ve kaynaklara gitmiş, aleyhte ve tarafsız yabancı belgelere de dayanarak Ermeni diasporasının yalanlarını ortaya koymuştur. Eserin basılmasına İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi Rektörlüğü ve bizim kitaplarımızı da basan DER’İN Yayınevi destek olmuştur.Tanıtma toplantısına öğretim üyeleri, Dışişleri mensupları, gazeteciler, yazarlar ve işadamları dahil değişik kesimlerden iştirakler oldu. Bizim için yüz karası teşkil eden, vicdanı tek taraflı sızlayan, malum özürlü ve dıştan destekli grup artık pek ortalarda dolaşamıyor. Bu gruptan bazı kişilerin ABD’de rahmetli Gündüz Aktan ve Yusuf Halaçoğlu’nu konuşturmamak için nasıl engellemeler yaptıkları ibretle ortaya kondu. Obama’nın başkanlığa seçilmesiyle beraber yapay soykırım iddialarının tekrar gündeme getirileceği anlaşılmaktadır. Oysa; gerek 1910’lu yıllarda bölgede bulunan, gerek daha sonra ABD’li resmi görevlilerin ifadeleri bugün soykırımı tanıma eğilimiyle ters düşmektedir. ABD Senatosu 1922’de aldığı kararla sözde soykırımın olmadığını ortaya koymuştur. ABD Kongre zabıtları açıktır. Yine 2004 yılında bazı Ermeni gruplar Avrupa Adalet Divanı’nda dava açmışlardır. Bu dava reddedilmiş ve temyiz edilmesine rağmen; mahkeme kararı onaylanmıştır. AB Parlamentosu’nun 1998 yılında aldığı karar siyasidir ve mahkemeler tarafından kabul görmemiştir. Türkiye’nin AB üyeliğinin soykırımın kabul edilmesine bağlı olduğu da unutulmamalıdır. Toplantıda, değerli bir Türk vatandaşı olan avukat Keğam Karabetyan’ın konuşması da oldukça önemliydi. Kendisi Türk olmakla övündüğünü ve bu vatanın bir çocuğu olduğunu ifade etti. Herhalde kendisini Türkiyeli gören birçok vatansız ve milli kimliksiz insanımıza göre daha fazla ülkesine bağlıydı. Kolay ve basit genellemelerden daima kaçınmak gerekiyor. Herkes gerekli hizmeti yapmadığı için birbirinden şikâyetçi; ama çoğunluk da biri diğerinin ne yaptığını bilmiyor. Birçok genç bilim adamı gerekli puanı alabilmek için yabancı bir yayın organında gerçekleri ortaya koyamıyor; çünkü makaleleri yayımlanmıyor. Basının da önemli bir bölümüyle görevini yaptığını söyleyemeyiz. Toplantıda Dışişleri’nde önemli görevler yapmış bir büyükelçi; Türkiye ve Ermenistan ilişkilerini düzeltmek uğruna ABD Büyükelçiliği’nin önemli bir bütçe ayırdığını söyledi. Ancak, Ermenistan’daki ABD Büyükelçiliği bu konuda ayırdığı bir bütçenin bulunmadığını belirtti. Gerçekleri ortaya koyan eserlerin yurtdışındaki kütüphanelerden çalındığı, birçoğunun satın alınarak yakıldığı da işin ayrı bir yönüdür.
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Milliyet Gazetesi 20.1.2009
‘Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gerçekler’ artık Türkçe
HALUK ATALAY İstanbul güncellenme zamanı 20.1.2009
kitap tanıtım Şükrü Servet Aya
Araştırmacı yazar Şükrü Servet Aya’nın ‘Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gerçekler’ kitabı düzenlenen toplantıyla kamuoyuna ve basına tanıtıldı.
İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi’nin Eminönü Yerleşkesi’ndeki Konferans Salonu’nda düzenlenen toplantıya Koç Holding Şeref Başkanı Rahmi Koç, İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi Rektörü Prof. Dr. Ateş Vuran, Prof. Dr. Orhan Çekiç, Araştırmacı yazar Şükrü Server Aya, Gazeteci Ruhat Mengi, Prof.Dr. Türkkaya Ataöv, Günseli Başar ve çok sayıda dinleyici katıldı. ‘Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gerçekler’ adıyla Derin Yayınları tarafından basılan kitabın, Nisan 2008’de İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi yayını olarak İngilizce basılan 700 sayfalık “The Genocide of Truth” kitabının bazı kısıntılarla 500 sayfaya indirilmiş Türkçe anlatım şekli olduğu açıklandı
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http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/yazarlar/10819209.asp?yazarid=39&gid=61
Hürriyet Gazetesi 21 Ocak 2009
Tufan TÜRENÇ tturenc@hurriyet.com.tr
…
Şükrü Server Aya
ŞÜKRÜ Bey 78 yaşında. Ama öyle bir kitap çıkarmış ki, kendisine hayranlık duymamak olanaksız.
İngilizce ve Türkçe ayrı ayrı baskıları yapılan kitabın adı "Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gerçekler".
İngilizce baskısı yurtdışında dağıtılmış. Türkçe baskısı da önceki gün Türk okurlarına tanıtıldı.
Kitabın özelliği şu: Şükrü Bey Türk kaynaklı belgeleri kullanmamış.
Kendisi bunu şöyle anlatıyor:
"Esas amacım, yabancıyı kendi sözleri ile utandırmaktı. Yabancılar Türkçeyi bilmediklerinden ve sunulan delilleri görmemeyi tercih ettiklerinden bahane bulamayacakları belgelerle konuya ışık tutmaya çalıştım."
Şükrü Bey'in şu satırları da çarpıcı: "Diaspora Ermenileri bütün Türkleri kötü ve katil ilan ederek ve dünyaya nefret satarak kazanç sağlamaktadırlar.
Bizler, insancıl zaaf göstererek aynı etik düzeyde mukabele edemeyiz. Ancak bu tehlike, bizleri bilinçlendirmeli, içimizdeki Ermeni vatandaşları korumaya özendirmelidir. Ben bu olaylara dürüst ve tarafsız bir insan olarak yaklaşmaya çalıştım ve bildiklerimi sizlere sundum."
Şükrü Server Aya'nın uzun emeklerle hazırladığı, Ermeni diasporasının Türk milletine atmaya çalıştığı "soykırımcı" iftirasını yabancıların belgeleriyle ortaya çıkardığı, Derin Yayınları'ndan çıkan kitabı çok önemli bir belge.
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Vatan Gazetesi 30.1.2009
http://haber.gazetevatan.com/haberdetay.asp?detay=Tribunlere_oynamanin_bedelini_Turkiye_odeyecek&tarih=30.01.2009&Newsid=220803&Categoryid=4&wid=4
Ruhat Mengi
Soykırım tacirleri!Kısa süre önce İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi’nde 1915 tehciri ve Ermeni olaylarıyla ilgili yeni ve son derece detaylı bir kitabın tanıtımında bulundum.“Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gerçekler” isimli, Şükrü Server Aya tarafından yıllar süren araştırmalar ve birçok belge ile hazırlanan ve İngilizce’ye de çevrilen kitap tarihin diaspora yalanlarıyla nasıl saptırıldığını çok net ve açık şekilde anlatıyor.Bence Ermenistan’ın ilk Başbakanı Kaçaznuni’nin konuşması, Kâmuran Gürün’ün “Ermeni Dosyası”, Yusuf Halaçoğlu’nun “Ermeni Tehciri ve Tarihi Gerçekler” gibi kitapları yanında AB ve ABD siyasetçilerine gönderilebilecek kalitede bir kitap.Size de okumanızı öneririm.
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http://www.yenicaggazetesi.com.tr/a_haberdetay.php?hityaz=6890
Yeniçağ gazetesi Mustafa ERKAL
merkal@istanbul.edu.tr
Yazı Tarihi: 25/01/2009
"Soykırım tacirleri ve gerçekler"
Birçok kamu kuruluşumuzda ve çeşitli kamu kuruluşları arasında çeşitli sebeplerle bir hesaplaşmanın olduğu bugün daha iyi ortaya çıkıyor. Bazen tamamen yabancı merkezler adına hesaplaşanlar, kendi ülkelerinin çıkarlarını unutanlar var. Özellikle Ümraniye soruşturması bu gerçeği ortaya çıkardı. Kamu kuruluşları birbirine rakip değil; birbirini tamamlayan ve bir bütünün parçalarıdır. Ancak, devlet politikasının çoğu kere iktidarlara göre değişmesi, siyasilerin kamudaki kadrolarla basit siyasi hesaplar uğruna uğraşmaları, yapıyı allak bullak etmiştir. Sağ ve sol şeklindeki tasnife günümüzde küreselci-teslimiyetçi ve milli-yerli ayrımı ilâve olmuştur. Ayrıca, hemşerilik adına yapılan gülünç kollamalar, seçilenlerle tayin edilenler arasındaki yarış, başka sosyal hastalıklarımızdandır. Ümraniye soruşturmasıyla ilgili gözaltılarda eski YÖK Başkanı Kemal Gürüz’ün “Ben Amerikancıyım. Amerikan emperyalizmi palavradır” şeklindeki beyanları YÖK gibi bir kuruluşun ne kadar yanlış kişilere bir dönem teslim edildiğini göstermektedir. Bu zatın “Türkçe ilim dili değildir” şeklinde yabancı dille eğitim öğretimi savunmasını da yadırgamamak gerekirdi. İster sağdaki, ister soldaki Amerikancı çizgi önemli farklar göstermemektedir. Aslında ben size bir kitap tanıtma toplantısından bahsedeceğim. İngilizce baskısı geçen yıl yayımlanan “The Genocide of Truth” isimli eser, bu defa “Soykırım Tacirleri ve Gerçekler” adıyla Türkçe neşredildi. Milli endişe sahibi, idealist bir araştırmacı ve aydın olarak gerçekleri ortaya çıkarmayı bir görev bilen “Çılgın Türkler”den biri olan Sayın Şükrü Server Aya’ya teşekkürü bir borç biliriz. Türk olmanın şuuru ile vatandaşlık görevini yerine getirmiştir. Kendisi eseri hazırlarken objektif birtakım belge ve kaynaklara gitmiş, aleyhte ve tarafsız yabancı belgelere de dayanarak Ermeni diasporasının yalanlarını ortaya koymuştur. Eserin basılmasına İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi Rektörlüğü ve bizim kitaplarımızı da basan DER’İN Yayınevi destek olmuştur.Tanıtma toplantısına öğretim üyeleri, Dışişleri mensupları, gazeteciler, yazarlar ve işadamları dahil değişik kesimlerden iştirakler oldu. Bizim için yüz karası teşkil eden, vicdanı tek taraflı sızlayan, malum özürlü ve dıştan destekli grup artık pek ortalarda dolaşamıyor. Bu gruptan bazı kişilerin ABD’de rahmetli Gündüz Aktan ve Yusuf Halaçoğlu’nu konuşturmamak için nasıl engellemeler yaptıkları ibretle ortaya kondu. Obama’nın başkanlığa seçilmesiyle beraber yapay soykırım iddialarının tekrar gündeme getirileceği anlaşılmaktadır. Oysa; gerek 1910’lu yıllarda bölgede bulunan, gerek daha sonra ABD’li resmi görevlilerin ifadeleri bugün soykırımı tanıma eğilimiyle ters düşmektedir. ABD Senatosu 1922’de aldığı kararla sözde soykırımın olmadığını ortaya koymuştur. ABD Kongre zabıtları açıktır. Yine 2004 yılında bazı Ermeni gruplar Avrupa Adalet Divanı’nda dava açmışlardır. Bu dava reddedilmiş ve temyiz edilmesine rağmen; mahkeme kararı onaylanmıştır. AB Parlamentosu’nun 1998 yılında aldığı karar siyasidir ve mahkemeler tarafından kabul görmemiştir. Türkiye’nin AB üyeliğinin soykırımın kabul edilmesine bağlı olduğu da unutulmamalıdır. Toplantıda, değerli bir Türk vatandaşı olan avukat Keğam Karabetyan’ın konuşması da oldukça önemliydi. Kendisi Türk olmakla övündüğünü ve bu vatanın bir çocuğu olduğunu ifade etti. Herhalde kendisini Türkiyeli gören birçok vatansız ve milli kimliksiz insanımıza göre daha fazla ülkesine bağlıydı. Kolay ve basit genellemelerden daima kaçınmak gerekiyor. Herkes gerekli hizmeti yapmadığı için birbirinden şikâyetçi; ama çoğunluk da biri diğerinin ne yaptığını bilmiyor. Birçok genç bilim adamı gerekli puanı alabilmek için yabancı bir yayın organında gerçekleri ortaya koyamıyor; çünkü makaleleri yayımlanmıyor. Basının da önemli bir bölümüyle görevini yaptığını söyleyemeyiz. Toplantıda Dışişleri’nde önemli görevler yapmış bir büyükelçi; Türkiye ve Ermenistan ilişkilerini düzeltmek uğruna ABD Büyükelçiliği’nin önemli bir bütçe ayırdığını söyledi. Ancak, Ermenistan’daki ABD Büyükelçiliği bu konuda ayırdığı bir bütçenin bulunmadığını belirtti. Gerçekleri ortaya koyan eserlerin yurtdışındaki kütüphanelerden çalındığı, birçoğunun satın alınarak yakıldığı da işin ayrı bir yönüdür.
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