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Dear and Honorable Member of the House of Commons,<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It is now public knowledge that Mr Tim Loughton, MP (Conservative) put forward a Bill on 9 November 2021 for the recognition of hardships experienced by Armenians in Eastern Anatolia during World War I as \u201cgenocide\u201d. In the light of this, I am writing to you, as well as to a number of other Labour MPs, to draw attention to some facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UK archival records, in particular the Malta Tribunal documents are the most credible reference source about what happened in Eastern Anatolia during World War I. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officially held at the British Foreign Office National Archives, these records are free from biased and backed up with first-hand facts, data, and evidence. They depict war  tragedy but offer no proof of Armenian genocide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British Foreign Office documents of the Malta Tribunal (1919-1921), conducted by Britain\u2019s highest legal prosecution authority, Her\/His Majesty\u2019s Attorney (Prosecutor) General for England, and Wales in London, was closed in judgement of with the \u201cevidence in hand<\/em>\u201d none of the Turks prisoned in Malta could be prosecuted on the grounds of the Armenian massacre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the UK archival records refute Armenian genocide claims judicially without any question, the House of Commons British Parliament is asked to accept a political genocide resolution that oft-cites  Armenian allegations derived from dubious and prejudicial sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Armenian allegations are habitually led by religious, racial, and surely political prejudices. Particularly religious based prejudices have turned the Armenian allegations to some sort of a one-sided pro-Christian story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prejudices are symptoms of a diseased political culture \u2013 in fact, a political culture that threatens the very concept of politics itself. In addition, using prejudices as a mirror for political purposes pose a grave threat to democracy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe, prejudices cannot lead the House of Commons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Britain is widely considered as the leading democracy i<\/s>n Europe. No other country has such a unique history with democracy as that of your country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consequently, every dignified honourable member of the House of Commons, in her\/his capacity as a leader and influencer, has the greatest historical and ethical responsibility, to call out racism, hate, and injustice from their decisions. This needs to cross-examine the proposed genocide resolution and dismiss the religious, racial, and political prejudices where found. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This attempt to search for the truth requests an educated way of thinking described by  the  futurist Alfred Toffler: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe illiterate of the 21<\/em>st<\/sup><\/em> century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m sure, if the UK archival records are learned, unlearned, and relearned,  this will  be a crucial chance to find where the truth lies on the  tragic events that took place during World War I in Eastern Anatolia.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yours sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ulu\u00e7G\u00fcrkan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ulu\u00e7 G\u00fcrkan
Lecturer in Politics
Opportunity for all,
Responsibility from all,
Community of all<\/p>\n\n\n\n