THINK ARMENIAN CLAIMS ARE TRUE? THINK AGAIN…. April 2015 PAST QUOTES FROM THE FIELD DON’T LIE A COMPLEX, POLITICAL WITCH HUNT… Reports are being freely circulated in the United States that the Turks massacred thousands of Armenians in the Caucasus. Such“ VIOLENT ARMENIAN UPRISING reports are repeated so many times it makes my blood boil. The Near East Relief have the reports from Yarrow and our own � The rst claim of an “Armenian Genocide” “It is a well- known fact that even in the last war the native American people which show that such Armenian reports are absolutely false. The circulation of such false reports in the United surfaced in 1965, 50 years after the alleged Christians [mostly Armenians], despite the Turkish cautions, armed event, when Soviet Union instigated Armenia States, without refutation, is an outrage and is certainly doing the Armenians more harm than good. … Why not tell the truth about themselves and fought on the side of the Allies. In these conicts, to hurt the Republic of Turkey, a member “the Armenians in every way? they were not idle, but they were well supplied with artillery, of NATO and a staunch ally of the US during —Admiral Mark L. Bristol, U.S. Ambassador to the Rep. of Turkey 1920 – 1926, March 28, 1921 letter to the post machine guns and inicted heavy losses on their enemies….” Cold War? (1) — George Lamsa, missionary (10) � Armenian sources note that the Russian army “ forcibly relocated about 300,000 Armenians It would seem as if an Armenian insurrection to help the Russians had broken out at Van. Thus a former deputy here, one “...When Turkey had not yet entered the war...Armenian volunteer groups began to be organized in Trans Caucasia… during WW I, half of whom perished during Pastormadjian who had assisted our proposed railway concessions some years ago, is now supposed to be ghting the Turks the Dashnagtzoutune actively helped the organization of the the process. Why haven’t Armenians with a legion of Armenian volunteers. These insurgents are said to be in possession of a part of Van and to be conducting guerilla aforementioned [Armenian rebel] groups, and especially arming (2) warfare…. Their [Armenian insurgents’] numbers have been variously estimated but none puts them at less than ten thousand accused Russia of ethnic cleansing? them, against Turkey. In the Fall of 1914, Armenian volunteer � At the end of WW I, Britain gained full control and twenty-ve thousand is probably close to the truth “ groups were formed and fought against the Turks...” of major Turkish cities, including Istanbul, —US Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Henry Morgenthau, Sr., to the US Secretary of State, May 25, 1915. —Hovhannes Katchaznouni, First Prime Minister of the Independent the capital of the Ottoman Empire, and Armenian Republic (11) conducted an exhaustive investigation of Ottoman archives to substantiate the HARMONIOUS HISTORY, During the Van rebellion conducted by the Armenian Armenians’ claim; the 2-year search yielded ONLY “The Court also agrees with [Perincek] that Revolutionary Federation (ARF) members and aliates between no evidence that could withstand the NOT HATRED ‘genocide’ is a clearly dened legal concept… April 18-May 19, 1915, 194,000 Muslims, mostly Turks, were killed or THE COURTS (12) scrutiny of a court room, resulting in the Genocide is therefore a very narrow legal con- perished (62% of Van’s Muslim population) � Turks and Armenians lived in CAN DETERMINE In 1914 alone, Armenians killed approximately 120,000 Turks in release of all 144 Turkish detainees on the cept which, moreover, is dicult to prove. The harmonious cohabitation for a GENOCIDE Court is not satised that the ‘general consen- Eastern Anatolia (which equated to 0.8% of the Ottoman Turkish island of Malta without trial; hence the Malta (16) millennium. (Yes, that is 1,000 years!) population at the time). What would the US Gov’t do if 2.5 million Tribunal of 1919-1921 was abandoned before sus’ to which the Swiss courts referred as a ba- sis for the applicant’s conviction can be relied of its citizens were killed by an internal threat? (13) it could start (3) � Armenians held critical positions on in relation to these very specic points of � The main piece of evidence for the genocide in the Ottoman Government (Photo source: Houshamatyan of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, Centennial, NOT PUBLIC law. The Court therefore considers that the Album-Atlas, Vol. I, Epic Battles, 1890-1914, pg. 185 and 231) claim – the Blue Book – was found to be throughout its history including WW I. For example, between 1908 and 1913, method used by the domestic courts to secure a compilation of notes from Armenian the applicant’s conviction was questionable” – (4) Gabriel Noradunkian, an Armenian, OPINION revolutionaries and crusaders. European Court of Human Rights Judgment, served as the Minister of Commerce …WHERE DEBATE IS STILL Case of Perincek v. Switzerland ref. conviction and Foreign Aairs of the Ottoman of Dogu Perincek for having stated publicly that the Armenian genocide was an inter- NOT PERMITTED (17) Empire. national lie. (8) � In 2003, the Viennese Armenian Turkish � 350-400 thousand Armenians in The International Court of Justice (which the US, Armenia and Turkey are party to per (VAT) Platform - was created to be an Article 9 of the UN Genocide Convention) - in its verdict for the Bosnia v. Serbia case - independent, mediated review committee, Western Anatolia – including the vast majority of the 160,000 Armenians who concluded that the crime of genocide must be proven with conclusive evidence but the Armenian side inexplicably left and “dolus specialis” that oers high level of certainty appropriate to the seriousness the table immediately after the rst 100 lived in Istanbul- remained in their (9) (18) of the allegation, yet no such document exists to prove the Armenian claim. documents were exchanged between homes during WW I. parties. (6) � In 1915-1916, the Ottoman � As of 2015, Turkish archives are open to global Government courts martial 69 expert scholars came together to publish an ad on NY Times addressed research & scrutiny but the Republic of prosecuted & convicted many Turks- to the US Congress stressing that the term “Armenian Genocide” is not ac- Armenian Military Academy Armenia, as well as the ARF, refuse to open some of whom received the death curate, and the events were rather “inter-communal warfare between Chris- Armenian their archives, one of which is located in (5) penalty- for individual mistreatment of tian and Muslim irregulars. Weapon Massachusetts. (7) (19) Armenians. Smuggling Routes ViennaViennaVienna FORCEDFORCED DISPLACEMENTS DISPLACEMENTS OF OF 5 5 MILLION MILLION MUSLIMS MUSLIMS Vienna FORCED DISPLACEMENTS OF 5 MILLION MUSLIMS ANDAND 1.9 1.9 MILLION MILLION CHRISTIANS, CHRISTIANS, 1770-1923 1770-1923 THE ARMENIAN SIDE KNOWS ITS CLAIM HAS NO MERIT. BudapestBudapestBudapest AND 1.9 MILLION CHRISTIANS, 1770-1923 Budapest THIS IS WHY THEY HAVE NEVER ATTEMPTED NOR AGREED AUSTRIA AUSTRIA RUSSIARUSSIA TO FOLLOW DUE PROCESS REQUIRED BY THE 1948 UN RUSSIA arsss * * * aaattartar CONVENTION ON GENOCIDE (THE RIGHTEOUS PATH gggayayay T T T s * ooo atar s:s:s: N N N 606060 gay T 111888 o s: N CCC 60 FOLLOWED BY CLAIMANTS OF HOLOCAUST, RWANDA AND 18 000 C AAA 000 000 ,0,0,0 000 000 0 000,0,0,0 A SSS 555 0 111 10 10 10 0 ,0 sss 0 sss ararar ,0 S PPP BucharestBucharestBucharest rrr 0 aaattt 0 SREBRENICA). RATHER, THEY CONVENIENTLY LEVERAGE SarajevoSarajevoSarajevo aaa 5 T T T ...22mmiiilll... ttt 1 eeeananan s 10 11 III aaa s ar 000 sss P Bucharest TTT r rririmimm at 000 nn Sarajevo ::: a T ,0,0,0 2 mil. 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PUNISHMENT WITHOUT DUE PROCESS AMOUNTS 2 000 888666 r nnn 0 000 111 s: C s ,0 SofiaSofiaSofia 0 aaa EA 0 86 iiin 0 000 1912-3:1912-3:1912-3: Bulgarians Bulgarians Bulgarians 50,000 50,000 50,000 1 BLACKBLACK SEA SEA Sofia ,00,00,00 sssa 000 s s si TO PUBLIC LYNCHING AS OUTLINED BY THE UN UNIVERSAL 0 1912-3: Bulgarians 50,000 BLACK SEA 222 s a ,00 a a sss 5 55 s c 1878-80:1878-80:1878-80: Turks Turks Turks 100,000 100,000 100,000 0 c c s s * s * * rkrkrk 2 TiflisTiflisTiflis a r n r r nn 1913:1913:1913: Bulgarians Bulgarians Bulgarians 50,000 50,000 50,000 uuu a i aa s 5 i i i i i TH 1878-80: Turks 100,000 c s * :: : T TT Tiflis nnn rk r n C DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF 1948 AND THE 5 AND -9-9-9 C C 1913: Bulgarians 50,000 u a 777 i bababai 1878:1878:1878: Bulgarians BulgariansBulgarians 190,000190,000 190,000 0,,0,000000 l l l 777 : T zzz44400 n : a 888 : : :LLLaa C 2:: 111 -9 EdirneEdirneEdirne --8-8822 s : :A :A A 7 s s 8 ba 1878: Bulgarians 190,000 77788 ,000 l 7 888 z 40 1918-20:1918-20:1918-20: Turks TurksTurks 220,000 220,000220,000 : a TH -3-3-3 8 1912-3: Greeks 20,000 111 L 1912-3:1912-3: Greeks Greeks 20,000 20,000 0 0 0 2: 222 1 Edirne -8 : A s 8 BakuBakuBaku 14 AMENDMENTS OF THE US CONSTITUTION.