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internationalgirl
United States
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@ SantiagoC
“armenian, greek, assyrian genocides, armenian, greek, assyrian genocides denial, kurdish repression, lack of human rights, lack of freedom, nationalism, self-centris”
As a girl who has traveled the world and made an effort to read and learn the history of various countries I am here to tell you you are WRONG. Writing ignorant comments on a forum without legitimate knowledge and sources to back up your jibberish is quite pathetic. You list armenian, greek, conflict, denial, kurds, lack of human rights, lack of freedom, nationalism and self-centrism and I will sit here and talk about how incredibly wrong you are in everything you have said.
When it comes to the Armenians, please please please go open up a book that is not written by neither Turk nor Armenian. Read, read and read some more. Why did the conflict between what was then the Ottoman empire and the Armenian tribes arise? The Armenian tribes located on the EASTERN part of the empire were AIDING the enemy (RUSSIA). They were revolting against the Ottoman empire during the heated times of war. These revolts began the first of many casualties, both Turkish and Armenian. The Ottomans tried to stop the Armenians from assisting the enemy so that they could fight the other big sources in hopes of saving their empire. But what did the eastern armenian tribes do? CONTINUE to try to weaken the empire from within. As a last resort did the Ottoman Empire relocate those Armenians in the east, YES, is that a genocide NO! The definition of genocide is indiscriminantly killing individuals of a particular ethnicity, ethnic cleansing if you will. Well my dear ignorant friend, these Armenian descendants lived ALL THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE. Isnt it ironic that ONLY armenians in the east were affected by this so called “genocide”??? It what happened was in fact a genocide then wouldnt those in the south, north and western regions of the empire ALSO have been killed? The answer is YES. Did that happen? The answer this time is NO! It was a tragedy for both groups but to humiliate a country with something that really was not a genocide is in itself disgusting. It is time people stop fabricating historical events.
Lets come to the kurds. The issue with the kurds began with the rise of the terrorist group known as PKK. Any smart human being after learning the facts would 100% side with Turkeys actions against the kurds. As a new country, Turkey is forced to stand its ground, to fight relentlessly for her land. The kurds have benefitted from being citizens of Turkey and yet seem to constantly want more and more and more. In their ideal world the Kurds hope to conquer a specific region of Turkey and to then make it their own Republic of Kurds. No before we go any further I just want you to stop reading, think, grasp what I just said and hopefully produce a response like WTF? What country in their right mind would be willing to give a portion of their land to a different ethnic group? The tip of Florida is bombarded with non-white individuals so using the mentality put forth by the Kurds, the non-white American citizens should fight for their right to break off Florida and make it their own non-white republic. Would this EVER happen? NO! So why the heck should Turkey succumb to such a ridiculous request. I say stay strong Turkey! That land is yours, it is the land of your ancestors, of your great grandfathers, of those who fought passionately in order to provide their lineage a country to live in. This is in a sense why Turkish citizens are so nationalistic. The success of the Turkish Republic was astonishing. Those men had no fear, only passion and a desire to keep their land. Nationalism is nothing to look down upon, it is what makes a country strong, it is what makes a country persevere.
I hope you read this with an open mind and learn that reading and educating yourself is one of the main things that is crucial for our growth and development.
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