Year: 2010

  • News Alert from The Wall Street Journal

    News Alert from The Wall Street Journal

    A U.S. congressional panel has approved a resolution declaring that the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I was genocide.

    In Turkey, the government said it was recalling its ambassador
    from Washington in response.

    The House Foreign Affairs Committee endorsed the resolution with
    a 23-22 vote Thursday, even though the Obama Administration had
    urged Congress not to offend Turkey by approving it.

    The resolution now goes to the full House, where prospects for
    passage are uncertain.

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704187204575101420718337134.html?mod=djemalertNEWS

  • H. RES. 252 NARROWLY CLEARS THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

    H. RES. 252 NARROWLY CLEARS THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

    TURKEY CONDEMNS THE DEFAMATORY MOVE AND RECALLS ITS AMBASSADOR

    Ergun KIRLIKOVALI

    Passage of the Turkey-Armenia protocols in the Turkish parliament now definitely thrown into disarray.

    Rapprochement endangered by a self-serving move by irresponsible politicians designed only to appease a few greedy, arrogant, and deceptive Armenian extremists.

    Turkey-USA relations and American interests in Iraq and Afghanistan may ALSO be negatively impacted.

    4 March 2010 – Los Angeles, California :

    The House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) voted 23-22 to narrowly accept the H. Res. 252, an incredibly dishonest and racist resolution which seems to be penned by the Armenian lobby but known to be rammed through the political process via irresponsible politicians whose survival depend on the Armenian support. Chairman Berman seemed determined to pass the resolution as he extended voting time stretching the rules and even strong armed wandering members to come in and vote. As soon as the Yes votes surpassed the No votes by one, Berman called the passage and ended the voting.

    Always the strongest lobby in Washington DC, the administration, was conspicuously absent this year in opposing the ill-informed, ill-advised non-binding resolution. Obama administration, unlike his predecessors, did not act until the very end and it was too little to late when Hillary Clinton finally made that call to Berman urging defeat of the resolution—perhaps afterthought triggered by Turkish President Gul’s phone call to Obama yesterday.

    Also absent in opposing the racist and dishonest resolution was the Jewish lobby, arguably as a result of Erdogan’s strongly worded criticism of Israeli policies in Lebanon and Gaza.

    Given the nonappearance of the above major players this year in the opposing side, it was expected that the deceptive and fraudulent resolution would easily clear the HFA. The race, however, was surprisingly close. So close, in fact, that Berman pulled all his dirty tricks out of the bag to extend the voting time to strong arm a few wandering members of HFAC for a last second victory by only one vote. After seeing that dirty politicking, one is reminded why politicians score at the bottom of public confidence and trust scales.

    Here is a case where America’s interests are trampled upon to appease a few loud constituents. Perhaps Berman, Schiff, Pallone and others pushing this racist resolution would care to share now with the rest of us their future response to the grieving families of the next group of US soldiers needlessly coming home body bags because they had to take more treacherous routes during evacuations due to closing of the safe route through Turkey by Turks outraged by the passage of this defamatory and fraudulent resolution.

    Berman, Schiff, Pallone and others pushing this racist resolution can be proud of their misdeed now: they falsified history, demonized a friend and an ally, threatened a peace process, and hurt American interests, all in one shot. They deserve a medal: the most loyal servants of the hate-cultivating Armenian lobby. I am sure they will be properly rewarded now. When America has friends in selfish politicians like these, why does America need enemies?

    Make no mistake: this is a blow to American interests and those members of the HFAC who voted yes must be held accountable for putting Armenia’s interests over America’s to mindlessly serve a single interest, polarizing, and vindictive ethnic lobby.

    Make no mistake also that the passage of this malicious Armenian propaganda, thinly veiled in a political resolution, will prove to be a devastating loss to the arrogant and hateful Armenian diaspora lobby and aggressive, irredentist and boastful Armenia.

    This was a determined wait by Turkey, with retaliatory measures standing by, sadly watching the unfortunate defamation efforts by a few misguided members of HFAC unfold. Turkey, whose sons fought shoulder to shoulder and died together with Americans in Korea, Bosnia, Somalia, Kosovo, and elsewhere are demonized by a few irresponsible politicians who play historians with falsified Armenian input. How do you like that? Values like honesty, loyalty, courage, determination, and pride in heritage are very important for Turks and Turkey, but apparently, not so for others.

    We, the members of the Turkish American community coast-to-coast, worked very hard to educate our elected officials and defeat the dishonest and racist bill, as those who read this column very well know. Umbrella organizations like ATAA in Washington DC, FTAA in New York, and USTN in Washington DC, as well as charitable educational organizations like Turkish Coalition of America rained down letters, emails, faxes, and phone calls on all members of the HFAC, as well as other members of the Congress and big media. HFAC members, responsible ones, were visited by groups of Turkish Americans urging a No vote.

    Turkish government sent a small number of members of Turkish parliament who talked to their counterparts in Washington DC. At the last minute, Turkish president Gul called Obama and Obama administration entered the picture with a phone call from Secretary Hillary Clinton to Chairman Berman urging defeat of the bill. Too little, too late.

    The propaganda machine worked against historical facts all the time. Remember the misleading CBS 60 Minutes piece, the falsifications produced and/or broadcast at PBS using Armenian money, the tall tales published in big media and blogosphere, the harassment and intimidation fielded by the unprincipled, deceitful, and unscrupulous Armenian lobby? They all converged to hatch this evil egg…

    To show how determined the Turkish Americans were, it suffices to take a look at what TCA alone has been able to achieve and multiply that by many times to arrive at total mobilization. I guess I owe a debt of gratitude to the chauvinistic and fraudulent Armenian lobby, after all, for bringing the Turkish American community together in a manner not achieved before. This might also give a clue to those “hungry chickens dreaming to be in a grain silo” about a few of the magic attributes that allowed Turks to create empire after empire for millennia: resourcefulness, adaptability, and creativity. As the brutal invaders of Turkey and their equally atrocious and treacherous domestic proxies during and after WWI found out in a costly way back in 1915-1922, just when you think Turks are finished, a sure-shot, slam-dunk, victory within plain sight, Turks COME BACK BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER! And where do Turks draw from in these impossible situations to pull a last second victory from the mouth of a lion? Form their inner strength… Want more insight? Hint: study the five thousand years of Turkish history stretching over three continents.

    Summary of impacts of H.Res. 252 passage:

    America lost…

    Armenia lost…

    Turkey lost…

    But Berman, Schiff, and Pallone definitely won…

    ***

    TCA Raises Public Awareness on H.Res.252:

    H.Res. 252 Does Not Speak for America :TCA ad in Roll Call, Politico, and the Hill, March 3, 2010

    Congress Should Do Its Job: Galveston County, March 3, 2010

    Dissing an Ally: The Hill, March 3, 2010

    Genocide Vote Unneeded: Rockford Register Star, March 3, 2010

    Congress Wasting Time on Genocide Resolution: The Citizen, March 3, 2010

    It’s Not Up to Congress to Write History of Turkey and Armenia: NJVoices, March 3, 2010

    Don’t Write History, Congress: Inside NOVA, March 2, 2010

    Congress Should Do Its Job, Not Write History: The StarPress, March 2, 2010

    Oppose Resolution: Nortwest Herald, March 2, 2010

    Congress Shouldn’t Write History: Charlotte Sun, March 2, 2010

    A Waste of Washington’s Time: Journal Standard, March 1, 2010

    Once Again, Quest for Armenian Genocide Resolution Begins: McClatchy, February 19, 2010

    Armenian, Turkish Groups React to Protocols: The Hill, October 10, 2009

    ATAA, FTAA Public Message: , The Washington Post, Roll Call, March 3, 2010

    04/03/10 14:23

    Bu Makale ile ilgili yorumlar:


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    * MECLISIMIZ GERCEK ABD -KIZILDERELI KATLIAMI KANUNU GECIRMELI…..ve diger ABD-KATLIAMLARI da TAKIP ETMELI…..ACILIS ICIN ABD KIZILDERELI PAPAZ ve PUSKULLU KIZILDERELI RUHSAL DANS GURUBU DAVET EDILMELI (olen dedeleri icin hediye olsun dunyaya ve dunya ilk kez GERCEK KATLIAMIN NE OLDUGUNU TESCILLI ILK KEZ GOREBILSIN…)

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    * Turkish lawmakers has to pass True Amerikan -Indians Genocide Bill and abroad ones to follow additionally….. FOR THE OPENING PRAYINGS AMERIKAN INDIAN PRIST and SPIRUTAL INDIAN DANS GRUBU MUST BE INVITED

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    Yazarimizin Diger Yazilari


    DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER URGES DEFEAT OF H.RES. 252 03/03/10 14:41
    WHO WOULD INSIST ON TEACHING ONLY ONE SIDE OF A CONTROVERSY ? 03/03/10 11:10
    CBS 60 MINUTES TAKES SIDE IN “BATTLE OVER HISTORY” 01/03/10 14:59
    CBS 60 MINUTES AIRS “BATTLE OVER HISTORY”, A BIASED DOCUMENTARY ON FEBRUARY 28, 2010 28/02/10 16:12
    ARE YOU “TOO BUSY” TO STAND TALL FOR YOUR CULTURE & HERITAGE? 25/02/10 16:43
    TURKISH & TURKIC AMERICANS LAUNCH JOINT ACTION ALERTS AGAINST H.RES. 252 15/02/10 18:25
    ATAA IS AS VERSATILE, VIBRANT, AND RESOURCEFUL AS EVER 08/02/10 15:08
    WILL HISTORY’S LESSONS EVER BE LEARNED CORRECTLY? 05/02/10 13:41
    THE TRUTH IS NOT IN WHAT THE ARMENIANS SAY, BUT IN WHAT THEY DO NOT SAY 02/02/10 13:09
    LEMKIN’S LEGACY IS HIJACKED AND ABUSED; NOT UNHEEDED 19/01/10 13:50
    SASSOONIAN FALSIFICATION EXPOSED 08/01/10 14:11
    GENOCIDE ALLEGATIONS IGNORE “THE SIX T’S OF THE TURKISH-ARMENIAN CONFLICT” 09/12/09 20:57
    PROTOCOLS… BUT AT WHAT COST? 30/09/09 16:03
    FLASH NEWS! ARMENIA TAKES TURKEY TO INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE! 24/08/09 18:36
    FALSIFIERS OF TURKISH-ARMENIAN CONFLICT 23/08/09 19:26
    FEDERAL APPEALS COURT: NO GENOCIDE! 21/08/09 13:23
    GOOGLE LIMITS FREE SPEECH 12/08/09 08:34
    JOINT TURKIC LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA 04/08/09 17:45
    UTANÇ VERİCİ BİR EYLEM 04/08/09 13:04
    MANY SCHOLARS CHALLENGE THE ALLEGATIONS OF GENOCIDE: PART VII (FINAL) 27/07/09 17:42
    MANY SCHOLARS CHALLENGE THE ALLEGATIONS OF GENOCIDE: PART VI 25/07/09 16:05
    MANY SCHOLARS CHALLENGE THE ALLEGATIONS OF GENOCIDE: PART V 19/07/09 17:34
    MANY SCHOLARS CHALLENGE THE ALLEGATIONS OF GENOCIDE: PART IV 12/07/09 17:05
    MANY SCHOLARS CHALLENGE THE ALLEGATIONS OF GENOCIDE: PART III 10/07/09 13:34
    BOSTON TEA—RR—COFFEE PARTY… TURKISH COFFEE, THAT IS 26/06/09 16:29
    MANY SCHOLARS CHALLENGE THE ALLEGATIONS OF GENOCIDE: PART II 25/06/09 17:04
    MANY SCHOLARS CHALLENGE THE ALLEGATIONS OF GENOCIDE: HERE IS WHAT THEY SAY 19/06/09 12:29
    WEXLER-SHUSTER INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO REMOVE TRADE RESTRICTIONS ON AZERBAIJAN 04/06/09 14:53
    INTOLERANCE AT CANADA’S RYERSON UNIVERSITY TO REASONED, SCHOLARLY DEBATE 03/06/09 09:35
    TURKISH DAVID BEATS A.F.A.T.H. GOLIATH 02/06/09 10:08
    ARMENIAN CRIME AMNESIA? 29/05/09 12:24
    ARMENIAN CRIME AMNESIA? 29/05/09 12:22
    SOUTHERN CORRIDOR 08/05/09 16:23
    A MOVING TRIBUTE IN THE U.S. CONGRESS TO A TURKISH-AMERICAN: ALI CAYIR 30/04/09 12:33
    A TIMELESS, PEERLESS ADDRESS BY MCCARTHY 28/04/09 08:38
    TURKISH-AMERICANS SALUTE OBAMA’S VISIT TO TURKEY 07/04/09 12:31
    OBAMA VISIT TO BOLSTER THE TURKISH-AMERICAN ALLIANCE 04/04/09 12:01
    NEW YORK TIMES SHOWS ITS ANTI-TURKISH BIAS, AGAIN 14/03/09 09:28
    TCA’S “A NEW WORLD,” TO AIR ON BEST TV TONIGHT 12/03/09 15:02
    WILL THE DIASPORA ARMENIANS BE ALLOWED TO UNDERMINE THE THAW IN TURKISH-ARMENIAN RELATIONS? 12/03/09 11:07
    WORLD TURKISH ENTREPRENEURS ASSEMBLY 12/03/09 10:59
    RUSSIAN FINGER INSIDE CAPITOL HILL : THE ARMENIAN LOBBY 09/03/09 16:10
    CLINTON ANNOUNCES OBAMA VISIT TO TURKEY IN ANKARA 08/03/09 20:05
    SHOW YOUR SUPPORT TO CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON 07/03/09 13:54
    TURKISH AMERICAN SOLIDARITY AT CAPITOL HILL 06/03/09 08:27
    TURKISH AMERICAN COMMUNITY REACHES OUT TO AHISKA TURKS 05/03/09 15:40
    REP. FRANK PALLONE AND THE ALLEGED GENOCIDE 04/03/09 08:48
    HIGHLIGHTING OUR STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP WITH TURKEY 04/03/09 07:58
    MARCH 31 : THE DAY OF GENOCIDE OF AZERBAIJANIS 04/03/09 07:38
    TURKISH COALITION OF AMERICA AND UNIVERSITY OF UTAH ESTABLISH TURKISH PROGRAM 04/03/09 07:24
    AZERIS, TURKS, AND JEWS JOINTLY MEET POLITICIANS 03/03/09 07:45
    FIRST LADY OF MEXICO THANKS TURKISH-AMERICANS 01/03/09 17:47
    CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER OFFERS CONDOLENCE TO AZERBAIJAN ON KHOJALI GENOCIDE 24/02/09 13:24
    BAKINIZ ERMENI CETELER 1892 DE BILE NASIL CALISIYORDU 19/02/09 13:10
    ETHICS GROUP ASKS FOR FEDERAL INVESTIGATION OF ARMENIAN ORGANIZATION 19/02/09 07:50
    ERMENI MEZALIMINI BIR DE ERMENI KOMITACILARDAN OKUYUN 18/02/09 17:42
    DISCOVER THE RAT IN ARARAT 13/02/09 14:56
    A SCRUTINY OF AKCAM?S VERSION OF HISTORY 09/02/09 17:04
    BERNARD-HENRI LÉVY VERSUS RENÉ RÉMOND 07/02/09 23:02
    ARMENIAN THUGGERY & SKULLDUGGERY AIMED AT DEFAMING A COURAGEOUS POLITICIAN, JACK LANG 02/02/09 11:52
    ESREF ARMAGAN: THE BLIND TURKISH PICASSO 31/01/09 12:22
    MASSIVE ARMENIAN DEFEAT AT THE HIGHEST COURT IN EUROPE 28/01/09 08:44
    PRESENTATION OF THE TURKISH VERSION OF THE BOOK ?GENOCIDE OF TRUTH?? 21/01/09 09:25
    APPEL DE BLOIS (THE BLOIS APPEAL) 18/01/09 17:11
    BEYAZ PERDEDE ATATÜRK’Ü ALTI YAPIMDA CANLANDIRAN AKTÖR: YAVUZ HEKIM 15/01/09 10:12
    24 NiSANA KADAR BiR MiLYON OY 22/12/08 16:27
    I DO NOT APOLOGIZE 16/12/08 15:08
    MOSIN-GAFLAN-ÖZÜRCÜLER ÇIZGISINDE BITMEYEN HAYAL: BÜYÜK ERMENISTAN 12/12/08 13:09
    GUENTER LEWY SUES SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER 04/12/08 09:24
    GUENTER LEWY PROVED THERE IS NO GENOCIDE 01/12/08 16:22
    Turkish Republic Day Celebrated Coast to Coast 28/11/08 14:46
    GENOCIDE CROWDS ARE THE NEW KKK 14/11/08 15:30
    BIR ON KASIM YAZISI: MANGAL YUREKLI TURKIYE’M 10/11/08 17:51
    THE TURKISH AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE FUND (TALDF) 04/11/08 11:04
    COMMUNICATIONS WITH ARMENIAN DIASPORA: PART 9 01/11/08 18:32
    COMMUNICATIONS WITH ARMENIAN DIASPORA: PART 8 24/10/08 14:34
    COMMUNICATIONS WITH ARMENIAN DIASPORA: PART 7 20/10/08 14:36
    COMMUNICATIONS WITH ARMENIAN DIASPORA: PART 6 17/10/08 12:59
    COMMUNICATIONS WITH ARMENIAN DIASPORA: PART 5 15/10/08 16:54
    AH GAFLAN ! 13/10/08 16:46
    COMMUNICATIONS WITH ARMENIAN DIASPORA: PART 4 10/10/08 14:22
    COMMUNICATIONS WITH ARMENIAN DIASPORA: PART 3 07/10/08 10:41
    COMMUNICATIONS WITH ARMENIAN DIASPORA: PART 2 06/10/08 16:48
    MEET TURKISH-AMERICANS 30/09/08 11:31
    OSMANLI?NIN ISLEMEDIGI SUCU NEDEN ISLENMIS GIBI KABUL EDELIM? 28/09/08 15:09
    SOMETHING FOR SOMETHING; NOTHING FOR NOTHING 24/09/08 11:00
    HUMAN TRAGEDY FOR ALL; NOT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE 10/09/08 15:07
    COMMUNICATIONS WITH ARMENIAN DIASPORA: PART I 05/09/08 14:37
    PLEASE, TEACH THE CHILDREN WELL! 28/08/08 13:40
    ARMENIANS MAKE A DEATH THREAT TO A SITTING U.S. CONGRESSMAN FOR NOT SUPPORTING ARMENIAN CLAIMS 20/08/08 18:57
    ARMENIA MUST STOP ITS MILITARY AGGRESSION AND SMEAR CAMPAIGNS PRIOR TO ANY ATTEMPTS AT RECONCILIATION WITH ITS NEIGHBORS 04/08/08 15:33
    ONE PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS: ARMED ARMENIAN THUGS ATTACKING A MOSQUE IN 1895 18/06/08 07:03
    RECENTLY UNEARTHED RUSSIAN ARCHIVES REFUTE ARMENIAN ?GENOCIDE? CLAIMS 17/06/08 14:06
    ERMENILER GUNESI BALCIKLA SIVAYAMIYORLAR: ISTE BIR RUS BELGESI DAHA! 16/06/08 09:15
    TURKEY AND AZERBAIJAN?S POSITIVE ROLE IN THE CAUCASUS 12/06/08 08:56
    PHOTOS OF THE TURKISH VICTIMS OF ARMENIAN BARBARITY (1914-1920) 12/06/08 16:01
    REPLY OF TURKISH SCHOLARS TO THE ELIE WIESEL FOUNDATION LETTER 10/06/08 13:24
    INACCURACIES CONTAINED IN THE BOSTON GLOBE ARTICLE ON AKCAM 04/06/08 16:02
    TURKISH NATIONAL SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SAUDI ARABIA 30/05/08 09:52
    ISTANBUL ! 29/05/08 07:32
    COMMEMORATING MAY 19 AS ATATURK, YOUTH AND SPORTS DAY IN TURKEY 26/05/08 12:22
    TURKISH COALITION OF AMERICA DONATES TWO AMBULANCES TO MEXICAN RED CROSS 20/05/08 15:55
    U.S. CONGRESS URGES THE ADMINISTRATION: PROMOTE ENERGY SUPPLY DIVERSITY & SECURITY 19/05/08 07:24
    SANTA BARBARA: BIRTH PLACE OF CONTEMPORARY ARMENIAN TERRORISM 13/05/08 09:11
    AMERICAN TEACHERS WILL VISIT TURKEY 12/05/08 08:24
    It is Official: TANER AKCAM IS PAID BY ARMENIANS 08/05/08 21:46
    PROTESTING THE CONTINUING OCCUPATION OF SHUSHA, AZERBAIJAN 02/05/08 07:13
    CONVICTED TERRORIST MAKING ROUNDS: NEXT STOP, A UNIVERSITY CAMPUS 01/05/08 13:39
    U.S. Congressman Meets Convicted Terrorist 26/04/08 00:08
    NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND CHILDREN’S DAY IN TURKEY 25/04/08 14:18
    CALL TO CIVIC DUTY: SAY NO TO RACIST RESOLUTIONS SJR-24 & SJR-26! 04/04/08 10:58
    NO to SJR-24 & SJR-26 ! 03/04/08 12:09
    TURKISH AMERICAN COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES 24/02/08 17:56
    MCCAIN REFUSES TO PLEDGE RECOGNITION OF ‘ARMENIAN GENOCIDE’ 06/02/08 14:41
    ??TE TÜRK?YE?NIN LAHEY PLANI 04/02/08 18:39
    HILLARY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER 29/01/08 13:39
    OBAMA ERRED 29/01/08 17:37
    LET HISTORIANS DECIDE ON SO-CALLED GENOCIDE (by Prof. Justin McCarthy) 29/01/08 16:28
    ?THE FIRST SHOT? (by Prof. Justin McCarthy) 28/01/08 12:33
    28/01/08 07:51
    ARMENIAN GREED HITS U.S. LAW: GENOCIDE CLAIMS DISMISSED 02/01/08 18:12
    NUMBERS DON?T LIE; LIARS DO! 04/11/07 19:38
    GENOCIDE ? LAW AND DOUBLE STANDARDS 24/10/07 12:13
    A SHORT STORY 23/10/07 11:37
    PKK KURDISH TERRORISM: “SEHITLER OLMEZ, VATAN BOLUNMEZ!” 23/10/07 15:24
    LA CITY COUNCIL POLITICS AT ITS WORST 19/10/07 11:38
    WARTIME TARGEDY FOR ALL OTTOMANS OR A GENOCIDE FOR JUST THE OTTOMAN-ARMENIANS? 18/10/07 11:36
    HOW DO YOU REASON WITH A LYNCH MOB? 15/10/07 10:29
    WRITE YOUR CONGRESSMAN TODAY: NO TO H.R. 106 06/10/07 16:11
    Turkish State Archives Are Open: Scholars From 80 Countries Have Already Conducted Studies There Since 2003 22/05/07 12:51
    THE ARMENIAN LOBBY THREATENS THE LOS ANGELES TIMES 12/05/07 20:21
    INACCURACIES CONTAINED IN THE HOUSE RESOLUTION 106 19/03/07 17:22
    NO TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 106 11/02/07 19:13
    TURKEY’S COMPASSIONATE REACTION TO HRANT DINK’S MURDER SHATTERS MYTHS ABOUT TURKS 24/01/07 00:06
    Hrant Dink’s Assassination – Hrant Dink Suikasti 19/01/07 11:26
    STANFORD J. SHAW, PREEMINENT HISTORIAN, HONEST RESEARCHER, AND OMNIPOTENT SCHOLAR (1930-2006) 28/12/06 13:46
    STANFORD JAY SHAW: TARIHCILER YETISTIREN TARIHCI, DURUST ARASTIRMACI VE BUYUK BILIM ADAMI (1930 – 2006) 27/12/06 15:19
    “CENSORADOS” ARE LEARNING THE LAW 18/10/06 16:50
    ERECTING A HATE MONUMENT IN LAS VEGAS IS HIGHLY IMPROPER 27/09/06 14:35
    ARMENIAN SCHOLAR AT EASE WITH CENSORSHIP 12/05/06 18:12
    PRESENTING ONLY ONE SIDE OF A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE WHILE CENSORING THE OTHER SIDE IS UNSCHOLARLY, UNFAIR, UNETHICAL, AND UNCIVILIZED 09/05/06 14:17
    MISREPRESENTATION ON THE “ALLEGED” GENOCIDE CONTINUES UNABATED 30/04/06 08:25
    PARTISAN COVERAGE OF THE TURKISH-ARMENIAN CONFLICT AT KOCE-TV 19/04/06 15:33
    SETTLING HISTORY THE ARMENIAN WAY: BY HARASSMENT, CENSORSHIP, AND LEGISLATION 14/04/06 11:29
    BIASED COVERAGE OF “THE LAWSUIT” 07/02/06 15:35
    ONE MIND AT A TIME : HOW THE TRUTH CHANGES ATTITUDES IN AMERICA 07/02/06 15:23
    TURKS ARE THE PLAINTIFF, NOT THE DEFENDANT, IN THE ALLEGED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE (AAG) CASE 20/11/05 00:37
    A NEW TURKISH MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON D.C. FEATURING 10,000+ YEARS OF ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS ? 17/10/05 16:21
    A FUTURE WEAPON IN ARMENIAN ARSENAL : A MUSEUM OF DECEPTION 07/10/05 11:33
    THE ARMENIANS ARE OPENING A MUSEUM TO HONOR THE ?BOGUS? GENOCIDE 29/09/05 13:53
    THE A.F.A.T.H. PRESSURE ON THE SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER 10/09/05 19:09
    DISTORTION OF TURKISH HISTORY AT A CYBER-MUSEUM FEATURING THE SHOAH 06/09/05 00:30
    MISREPRESENTATION OF TURKISH HISTORY AT THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM OF WASHINGTON D.C. 30/08/05 15:54
    BIASED TREATMENT OF TURKISH-ARMENIAN HISTORY AT THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM OF HOUSTON 20/08/05 23:44
    INTOLERANCE AT THE MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE IN LOS ANGELES 07/08/05 01:45
    THREE HISTORICAL PERSONALITIES ; THREE INCREDIBLE DECEPTIONS 24/06/05 15:31
    ARMENIA: PUT UP OR SHUT UP! (Part III) 18/06/05 16:41
    ARMENIA: PUT UP OR SHUT UP! (Part II) 18/06/05 09:51
    ARMENIA: PUT UP OR SHUT UP! 12/06/05 21:55
    ??ARMENIAN SEPARATISTS WERE PLANNING ALLEGATIONS OF GENOCIDE EVEN IN THE 1890S?? 05/06/05 08:19
    CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS SURROUNDING THE AAG AND 100 BOOKS REVIEWED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TRUTH-SEEKERS 29/05/05 23:32
    CONNECTING THE DOTS ON THE ?ALLEGED” ARMENIAN GENOCIDE 20/05/05 19:17
    ARMENIA AND CHRISTIANITY : THE HOLY MESS (Epilogue) 16/05/05 21:17
    ARMENIA AND CHRISTIANITY : THE HOLY MESS (Part III) 14/05/05 21:06
    ARMENIA AND CHRISTIANITY : THE HOLY MESS (Part II) 09/05/05 18:32
    ARMENIA AND CHRISTIANITY : THE HOLY MESS (Part I) 08/05/05 20:59
    TOLERANCE OF THE TURKS TO ALL RELIGIONS THROUGHOUT HISTORY 08/05/05 00:06
    THE PSYCHOLOGY OF “ARMENIAN HATE “ 05/05/05 14:36
    TURKISH LAST NAMES : HONEST STORY TELLERS 02/05/05 17:55
    THE FORGOTTEN CALAM?TY THAT BEFELL TURKS 30/04/05 00:33
    ARMENIAN TERRORISM: THEN AND NOW – Part IV 21/04/05 17:07
    ARMENIAN TERRORISM: THEN AND NOW – Part III 19/04/05 15:59
    ARMENIAN TERRORISM: THEN AND NOW – Part II 18/04/05 13:41
    ARMENIAN TERRORISM: THEN AND NOW 17/04/05 08:28
    RACISM OVERTLY PRACTICED BY THE ARMENIAN REVOLUTIONARIES 13/04/05 12:40
    GENOCIDES AROUND THE WORLD 11/04/05 11:47
    THE SUPREME TREASON BY THE OTTOMAN-ARMENIANS DURING WWI 10/04/05 21:24
    THE A.F.A.T.H. PROPAGANDA DURING W.W.I. 07/04/05 17:30
    FOUR MASTERS OF DISINFORMATION DURING WWI: TOYNBEE (1916), MORGENTHAU (1918), LEPSIUS (1918), ANDONIAN (1920) 05/04/05 15:07
    GERMAN SOURCES THAT REFUTE THE AAG 26/03/05 13:35
    ATROCITIES AND POGROMS PERPETRATED BY THE ARMENIANS IN THE CAUCASUS 22/03/05 14:24
    ATROCITIES AND POGROMS COMMITTED BY THE ARMENIAN NATIONALISTS IN ANATOLIA 20/03/05 21:23
    OTTOMAN & TURKISH SOURCES THAT REFUTE THE AAG 15/03/05 14:53
    ISRAELI & JEWISH SOURCES THAT REFUTE THE AAG 12/03/05 17:36
    SWEDISH SOURCES THAT REFUTE THE AAG 04/03/05 19:05
    RUSSIAN SOURCES THAT REFUTE THE AAG 02/03/05 11:43
    FRENCH SOURCES THAT REFUTE THE AAG 27/02/05 00:16
    BRITISH SOURCES REFUTING THE AAG 25/02/05 18:58
    ARMENIAN SOURCES REFUTING THE AAG 21/02/05 18:13
    AMERICAN SOURCES THAT REFUTE THE AAG 20/02/05 08:38
    ARMENIAN HISTORIAN SAYS THE HITLER QUOTE IS A HOAX 18/02/05 18:35
    THE INFAMOUS HITLER QUOTE : A FORGERY 16/02/05 09:25
    SWORN STATEMENT BY EDWARD TASHJI 12/02/05 17:56
    SWORN STATEMENT BY ALBERT J. AMATEAU 11/02/05 22:22
    THE MALTA TRIBUNAL : CASE CLOSED DUE TO LACK OF EVIDENCE 05/02/05 12:49
    PUBLIC DECLARATION BY 19 TURKISH ASSOCIATIONS 01/02/05 19:18
    THE MANIFESTO OF HOVHANNES KATCHAZNOUNI,
    30/01/05 10:55
    IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS THAT REFUTE THE AAG: #3 BOGHOS NUBAR?S LETTER TO THE TIMES OF LONDON DOCUMENTING SUPREME ARMENIAN TREASON

    24/01/05 19:30

    IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS THAT REFUTE THE AAG: #2 DECLARATION, SIGNED BY 125 TURKISH ACADEMICIANS

    22/01/05 08:59

    IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS THAT REFUTE THE AAG: #1 DECLARATION, SIGNED BY 69 PROMINENT AMERICAN ACADEMICIANS

    17/01/05 21:07

    SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE TURKISH-ARMENIAN ISSUE, “A to Z” 05/01/05 21:32
    SOYKIRIM DEGIL, ?AHLAKKIRIM? ! 24/12/04 18:54
    THE ?SIX APOLOGIES? TURKS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR SINCE WW1

    20/11/04 18:56

    ETHOCIDE, NOT GENOCIDE! 23/10/04 23:47
    BIAS IS ALIVE AND WELL AT LOS ANGELES TIMES, THANK YOU!

    10/10/04 17:46

    BIR SPOR SOHBETI 21/09/04 23:46
    THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY CANNOT BE SILENCED 25/07/04 09:46
    Kanada Parlamentosu?nu Bilgilendirme ve Protesto 07/07/04 06:57
    ALLEGATIONS OF AN “ARMENIAN GENOCIDE” IS POLITICAL PROPAGANDA, NOT HISTORICAL TRUTH 04/07/04 20:18
    DARE WE CALL IT BIASED?

    27/06/04 07:43

    Teach The Children Well ! 30/05/04 19:43

    Peace-Lovers Everywhere 25/05/04 23:57

  • Broke Greece should sell islands: Merkel allies

    Broke Greece should sell islands: Merkel allies

    AFP – Bankruptcy-threatened Greece should sell some of its uninhabited islands to raise cash, two allies of Chancellor Angela Merkel were quoted as saying Thursday.

    “The Greek state must sell stakes in companies and also assets such as, for example, unpopulated islands,” Frank Schaeffler, a member of parliament for the pro-business Free Democrats, Merkel’s coalition partner, told the Bild daily.

    A member of Merkel’s own conservative CDU party, Marco Wanderwitz, said Athens should provide collateral for any money it receives from the European Union to help it out of its debt crisis.

    “In this case, certain Greek islands also come into question,” added Wanderwitz.

    “We give you cash, you give us Corfu,” the Bild commented.

    Greece has around 6,000 islands off its coast, of which only 227 are inhabited, according to the country’s National Tourism Office website.

    The cash-strapped country Wednesday launched a fresh round of draconian austerity measures in a bid to rein in a ballooning budget deficit that is more than four times above EU limits.

    The Socialist government increased sales, tobacco and alcohol taxes and cut public sector holiday allowances to save 4.8 billion euros (6.5 billion dollars), equal to about two percent of gross domestic product (GDP).

    Pensions in the public and private sector were also frozen.

    Merkel is set to hold talks with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Friday to discuss the situation in Greece.

    France 24

  • It’s not up to Congress to write history of Turkey and Armenia

    It’s not up to Congress to write history of Turkey and Armenia

    By NJ Voices Guest Blogger/For NJ.com

    March 03, 2010, 12:30PM

    By G. Lincoln McCurdy/NJVoices Guest Blogger

    The United States is currently confronted with a daunting number of challenges in our nation’s foreign relations. America is managing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and trying to find ways to bring our troops back safely and without compromising our national security. We are working to maintain a nuclear-free Iran, secure our energy sources and prevent the growth and spread of international terrorist networks.

    In all these and many other areas affecting Americans and millions of others around the world, we have an ally in Turkey. Our trade with Turkey topped $10 billion in 2009, leaving the United States with a $3.5 billion trade surplus, supporting thousands of valuable jobs in critical industries.

    In a bizarre move during such turbulent times members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, including Representative Donald Payne, are preparing to vote on March 4 on House Resolution 252, which will recognize as “genocide” tragic events that took place nearly 100 years ago in the now defunct Ottoman Empire, despite many holes in the historical argument.

    This begs the question: why are the 48 members of the committee, at a time when we are dealing with pressing international and domestic issues, all of which require Turkey’s support and active participation, squandering their time on an issue that has no relevance to America’s foreign relations and interests?

    The answer is simple: Lobbying.

    Despite much bravado about limiting the influence of special interests, groups with money and manpower still control Washington’s agenda. In the United States there are nearly one million Armenian Americans, concentrated in a number of congressional districts, who support a lobby that spends an estimated $40 million annually on furthering its agenda, which revolves around recognition of an “Armenian Genocide.”
    Their efforts have also made Armenia, a small landlocked country, the second largest per-capita recipient of US foreign aid.

    Proponents of the Resolution frequently admonish its opponents by pointing to a moral obligation of Congress to pronounce that the now-defunct Ottoman Empire, committed “genocide” against Armenians. In doing so, they choose to ignore the many well-regarded historians who dispute this claim. Still, Armenian resolutions persist year after year due to the efforts of a well organized Armenian lobby that has turned hating Turkey into an existential cause.

    To roaring cheers at a 2005 Armenian rally in New York, Congressman Frank Pallone of New Jersey, Co-Chair of the Congressional Armenian Caucus, proclaimed: “The Turkish envoy said that not only did the Genocide never occur, but he suggested that the reason why Armenians want to recognize the Armenian Genocide today – want the Congress and the other countries to be on record – is because they wanted restitution and they wanted reparations. And I say to that ‘Yes, we do!’ It is important not only to recognize the genocide but we have to make it clear that those who committed it pay restitution … There must be recognition, there must be restitution, there must be reparations for the Armenian Genocide.”

    The resolution comes up for a vote at a particularly strange time. Armenia and Turkey are trying to work through a diplomatic process, with the active backing of the United States, which lays out a road map to normalizing relations. This effort includes the establishment of a joint historical commission of scholars and experts. Turkey’s leadership time and again has stated that it will accept the findings of such a commission. It is telling that the Armenian lobby and its supporters in Congress not only oppose the normalization process, but, with even greater zeal, the establishment of this commission.

    This issue, ultimately, should not be on the docket of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Congress is neither the “conscience” of the world, nor its revisionist historian. It’s time to put an end to an dangerous game, played year after year when Congress is taken for a ride by a single-issue lobby at the expense of America’s national interests. This is that time, but it will only end when Americans pay attention and raise their voice and tell Representative Payne to oppose this resolution on March 4, and every time it comes up in the future.

    Lincoln McCurdy is President of the Turkish Coalition of America and a former U.S. diplomat.

    Source: blog.nj.com, March 03, 2010

  • Ex-Turkish MP detained in Belgium PKK raids

    Ex-Turkish MP detained in Belgium PKK raids

    Some 300 Belgian police raided 25 addresses across the country on Thursday in an operation against a militant PKK group.

    Former parliamentarian of the pro-Kurdish banned Democracy Party (DEP) Remzi Kartal and his assistant Zubeyr Aydar were detained in a wide-scale operation launched in Belgium against PKK organization, Anadolu news agency said.

    Some 300 Belgian police raided 25 addresses across the country on Thursday in an operation against a militant PKK group, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a high-placed police source told Reuters news agency.

    Residences in Brussels, Antwerp, Charleroi, Namur and Verviers were searched as well as the offices of Kurdish television broadcaster ROJ in the town of Denderleeuw.

    Belgian prosecutors said they planned to release information later in the day.

    Police also raided studios of ROJ TV, broadcast organ of the PKK, in Denderleeuw town near Brussels and detained four people.

    Police investigation continues at the studios.

    Meanwhile, it was reported that PKK called its supporters to launch a protest in front of ROJ TV offices.

    Broadcast of ROJ TV was halted after the raid.

    The PKK, which launched an armed attacks against the Turkish state in 1984 for a Kurdish homeland in southeastern Turkey, is branded a terrorist organisation by Ankara, the European Union and the United States.

    Agencies

    , 04.03.2010

  • PKK suspects, Roj TV studio raided in Belgium

    PKK suspects, Roj TV studio raided in Belgium

    Belgian police on Thursday detained 30 people for suspected links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, after conducting raids on 25 locations, including a studio of Kurdish broadcaster Roj TV.

    Belgium initiated several simultaneous searches in Brussels, Antwepen, Charleroi and other Belgian cities, Turkish broadcaster NTV reported on its Web site Thursday. The studios of Roj TV were also subject to investigation by tax officials.

    Several PKK-related raids took place across Europe last week.

    Belgian federal police detained 30 people, including two leading figures, Zübeyir Aydar and Remzi Kartal, Thursday, according to Bloomberg. Belgian police are expected to gain insights into the PKK’s structure within the country. Around 300 police officers took part in Thursday’s raids.

    The PKK is recognized as a terrorist organization by Europe, Turkey and the United States.

    , 04.03.2010