{"id":634279,"date":"2018-03-23T00:28:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T21:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/tr\/content\/?p=634279"},"modified":"2022-11-29T23:27:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T20:27:20","slug":"letter-to-wall-street-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2018\/03\/23\/letter-to-wall-street-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"LETTER TO WALL STREET JOURNAL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comment on the Wall Street Journal Article, title ;<br>\u201cWill Trump Tell the Truth About the Armenian Genocide?\u201d<br>By Robert M. Morgenthau<br>Jan. 25, 2018 7:11 p.m. ET<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Prepared by;<br>Dr. Yurdagul Atun \/ Sukru Server Aya\/ Prof. Ata Atun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WSJ &amp; Museum OPEN COVER LETTER (Feb.11, 2018)<br>To: a- The Wall Street Journal \u2013 Editors<br>b- The Washington Holocaust Museum Memorial Council Members and Management<br>c- The Office of the U.S.A. President (as supervisors of this state establishment)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">c.c: The U.S.A. Embassy, Ankara, Turkey (Press Attach\u00e9)<br>The Turkish Embassy, Washington<br>Turkish Foreign Affairs Ministry, Ankara<br>Press &amp; Academia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esteemed Gentlemen, February 13, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Re: WSJ Article of Jan. 25, 2018https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/will-trump-tell-the-truth-about-the-armenian-genocide-1516925489<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As private researchers and writers on the WW-1 and WW-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-634311\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/tr\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/soykirim-muzesi-washington-hitler-bunu-soyledimi.jpg\" alt=\"The Washington Holocaust Museum alleged Hitler Quote\" class=\"wp-image-634311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/soykirim-muzesi-washington-hitler-bunu-soyledimi.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/soykirim-muzesi-washington-hitler-bunu-soyledimi-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Washington Holocaust Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">History and events related to the \u201cmythomania of genocide\u201d (Erich Feigl) we are profoundly disturbed by the domineering tone of the author and feel compelled to refute the contents of this article from A to Z, since almost everything written by former New York District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau is untrue, not evidenced, and flawed with colossal deficiency of knowledge on past and present history. The \u201calleged Hitler Quote\u201d still standing on the wall of the Museum is a complete forgery, which undoubtedly has been known to the Museum from the very early days for more than twenty years. Regrettably, despite written applications and provided documentary as evidence, the Museum preferred or was probably told to \u201cremain quiet, hide and falsify history\u201d to the public. The Museum has become instrumental in propagating the \u201cgenocide palaver\u201d, despite all judicial requirements and verdicts of various authorized courts in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We attach our \u201cresearch refuting the article\u201d and the patronizing remarks of Mr. Morgenthau, who is presumably unaware of WW-2 Nazi Armenian Legion being complicit in rounding up Jews to be sent to death camps, or the books and articles on internet corroborating how Turkish diplomats saved over ten thousand Jews in Vichy France and Rhodes from Nazi persecution and arranging their transfer to Palestine by special chartered trains. This of course, is no surprise given the history of the Armenians and the Turks living in peace and harmony down the street from each other for centuries. We would like to invite Mr. Morgenthau to take time in his retirement to familiarize himself with the history of the Ottoman Empire which lasted over 600 years because of its policy of \u201clive and let live\u201d and mutual tolerance of its people reaching at one time more than thirty ethnic groups stretching from Europe to Indonesia. We attach as a reminder footnote, two excerpts from history for the treat of Jews by the Ottoman Turks which should be self-explanatory to Mr. Morgenthau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We believe we have answered the hearsay or prejudiced grandma stories in the attached research paper and hereby cordially ask you to tell the public if the \u201cquote on the Museum wall true?\u201d also keeping in mind to respect the U.N.\u2019s judicial requirements before saying so. If so, then the \u201cNuremberg Court decision of 1948 deleting this forgery, or the full definition of this alleged quote and meeting of 22.08.1939as narrated in William L. Shirer\u2019s book must be wrong\u201d, as well as the recent confirmation of the very same contents in the Documents of US Military.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gentlemen, you are ethically obligated to clarify the status and rectify the many \u201cempty, dominative and assertive allegations for which not even a page of legally valid document\u201d has ever been submitted to any competent tribunal, let alone any confirming verdict from the same. The US archives are full of official documents bearing references of the US Congress and Senate contradicting his article and yet, Mr. Morgenthau, a celebrity in law and justice, has either ignored or defied by \u201cacting as a persecutor, without hearing any defense, no evidence, and no obedience to nor respect for the laws of this land and as a judge or deity for eternity\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We submit that this cannot be accepted, and we respectfully request a statement from Wall Street Journal whether or not it subscribes to Mr. Robert M. Morgenthau\u2019s claims of \u201cArmenian Genocide.\u201d Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cordially yours,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Yurdag\u00fcl Atun<br>(Researcher) &#8211; International Aydin University<br>(yurdagulbeyoglu@hotmail.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u015e\u00fckr\u00fc Server Aya (Researcher) International Aydin University<br>(ssaya@superonline.com&amp;ssaya01@gmail.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prof. Ata Atun (Rector)<br>International Aydin University<br>(ataatun@gmail.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJewish communities in Anatolia flourished and continued to prosper throughout the Turkish rule. When the Ottomans captured Bursa in 1326 and made it their capital, Jews welcomed the Ottomans as saviors. Sultan Orhan gave them permission to build the Etz ha-Hayyim (Tree of Life) Synagogue, which remained in service until the 1940s.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chief Rabbi of Edirne between 1454-69, Isaac Sarfati wrote his famous \u201cEdirne Letter\u201d during this same period. It concerns several German Jewish families, which had immigrated to the Ottoman Empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have heard of the afflictions, more bitter than death, that have befallen our brethren in Germany, of the tyrannical laws, the compulsory baptism and the banishment, which are of daily occurrence.<br>\u2026Brothers and teachers, friends and acquaintances! I, Isaac Sarfati\u2026 I proclaim to you that Turkey is a land wherein nothing is lacking, and where, if you will, all shall yet be well with you\u2026 Here every man may dwell at peace under his own vine and fig tree\u2026 Here you are allowed to wear the most precious garments\u201d..<br># 1 . Bertrand Russell, Human Society in Ethics &amp; Politics, George Allen-Unwin Ltd. London 1954, pg.218.<br># 2. Courtesy, Museum of Turkish Jews, The Quincentennial Foundation, Istanbul pg.76-77 \u201cBernard Lewis, Jews of Islam\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/tr\/content\/2018\/03\/23\/wsj-muze-mektubu-turkce-tercumesi\/\">Mektubun T\u00fcrk\u00e7e \u00e7evirisi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comment on the Wall Street Journal Article, title ;\u201cWill Trump Tell the Truth About the Armenian Genocide?\u201dBy Robert M. MorgenthauJan. 25, 2018 7:11 p.m. ET (Prepared by;Dr. Yurdagul Atun \/ Sukru Server Aya\/ Prof. Ata Atun WSJ &amp; Museum OPEN COVER LETTER (Feb.11, 2018)To: a- The Wall Street Journal \u2013 Editorsb- The Washington Holocaust Museum [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":634311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[5213,10400,10398,10401],"class_list":["post-634279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-turkey","tag-sukru-server-aya","tag-wall-street-journal","tag-wsj","tag-yurdagul-atun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}