3356) New York Times & Missionary Herald As Disreputable Sources For Armenian Issue

by Professor Türkkaya Ataöv This short article of mine is a rushed response to an e-mail message informing us that some Armenian quarters in the United States, who neither represent their brethren in that country nor the whole Armenian people, were planning to reprint the New York Times and Missionary . . . Herald news items pertaining to Armenian-Turkish relations around the year 1915. I am describing my present reaction as “short” because there...

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3355) The Filiations of Taner Akcam / Some Examples Of The Method Used By Taner Akcam

The Filiations of Taner Akcam by Attala AKINSome Examples Of The Method Used By Taner Akcam by Maxime GauinComments By Sukru Aya & League of Nations Sourced – REPLY on HOLOCAUST Charges Unlike his great-grand-son Taner, Communist leader of 70 years, the Armenian Agop does not believe in Marxism or communism ...We (Turkey Info News - www.turquie-news.com) invite you to discover the translation of an article that illuminates much about the profile...

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3354) François Hollande And The Turks

Maxime Gauin There is a historical trend in the main Socialist leaders of France alternating their attitudes vis-à-vis the Turks, especially if the Armenian question is involved. Jean Jaurès (1859-1914) diffused the Armenian nationalist propaganda in the 1890s, in ignorance, then . . . met the Young Turks and became, until his death, their loyal friend. The first years of François Mitterrand’s presidency were marked by a serious crisis (1981-1984),...

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3353) To Be Armenian In Turkey

By Klara Yeteroglu,25 May 2012 Update From time I realized myself, one part of mine is Turkish and Moslem, and my other part is ARMENIAN and Christian. The conflicts and arguments which are intended to be placed in our country lately bring questions to my mind. Why do they want to make enemies of these two friendly communities, who lived in peace for centuries? What side should I take or do I have to be on one side?. . . Today in Turkiye there...

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3352) Video: Untruth About Armenian Genocide With Sukru Server Aya, ART TV 4th May 2012, Strategy Special

Summary of the Discussion "Untruth About Armenian Genocide" with Sukru Server Aya This programme started with the presenter Ali Kulebi's introduction of SS Aya as an eminent researcher and a writer on the subject. In reference to the previously viewed video clip which showed the Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's speech in 2005, the question was asked about the current situation following the April 24th genocide commemorations all around the world....

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3351) Did The Ottoman Government Practice ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ Against Armenians?

Updated 11 May 2012 Maxime GauinJTW Columnist, 7 May 2012This column is a reaction to one of Mustafa Akyol’s in Hürriyet Daily News, published on April 25, 2012. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/armenian-ethnic-cleansing-as-de-islamization.aspx?pageID=449&nID=19180&NewsCatID=411There is absolutely nothing personal, or even ideological, in this response; I want only to respond to these precise points, as a historian working on the Armenian...

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3350) Faith, Freedom, And Flag The Influence Of American Missionaries In Turkey On Foreign Affairs, 1830-1880

Elizabeth W. Shelton, M.A. ABSTRACT From the early days of the American Republic, Protestant Christianity and the American values which derived from it have had a heavy influence on U.S. for-eign affairs. The initial 19 th century missionaries to Anatolia in the Ottoman Empire were highly-educated men steeped in Calvinistic and American values. In the period 1830-1880, when American official representation was slight and generally confined to...

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3349) Clearing Some Misconceptions About the Armenian Issue

Maxime Gauin, JTW Columnist, 5 May 2012The Armenian question comes onto the agenda every year, at the end of April of course, and also during crises like that of the recent liberticidal bill in France—the bill which was eventually suppressed by the Constitutional Council in the name of freedom of speech. In looking for a better approach, it is important to avoid confusion, some of which this article analyzes. . . . At first, the trials of 1919-1920...

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