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I am sorry for what happened to your family. Armenians did commit some atrocities in response. I don’t condone those. I say this as an Armenian. The scale of t

I am sorry for what happened to your family. Armenians did commit some atrocities in response. I don’t condone those. I say this as an Armenian. The scale of those was small in comparison. That does not negate that the genocide happened, in which the Turk’s goal was to obliterate the Armenians as a people. WRT the documents you mention, those are probably from the contemporaneous disinformation campaign on the part of the govt. Even at the time many foreign observers noted that the govt was exaggerating the Armenian “threat”. The claims you are making are thoroughly debunked and not recognized by historians in mainstream academia outside turkey.

bayindirh 5y ago
Thanks for your sincere reply. Yes, some ugly things have happened after-that, but I see no point in digging these things and stirring up this comment section. We shall leave these behind, and get our very valuable lessons from it. > WRT the documents you mention, those are probably from the contemporaneous disinformation campaign on the part of the govt. I'm not sure. The disc is very old and I only remember the photos. I'm not saying it's not, but I just don't remember. Nevertheless, I use the family account as my information foundation. > That does not negate that the genocide happened, in which the Turk’s goal was to obliterate the Armenians as a people. I would like to discuss it in a civilized, and informed manner but as I replied in another comment, I'd like to prepare myself first by supporting my claims by 3rd party sources. The family account tells otherwise, but I can't get more details since nobody is alive from that times, and I don't want to lower the quality of this discussion by not backing my claims with references. As I've said numerous times, I come in peace and don't want to set the comments section ablaze unintentionally.
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bayindirh 5y ago

Thanks for your sincere reply. Yes, some ugly things have happened after-that, but I see no point in digging these things and stirring up this comment section. We shall leave these behind, and get our very valuable lessons from it. > WRT the documents you mention, those are probably from the contemporaneous disinformation campaign on the part of the govt. I'm not sure. The disc is very old and I only remember the photos. I'm not saying it's not, but I just don't remember. Nevertheless, I use the family account as my information foundation. > That does not negate that the genocide happened, in which the Turk’s goal was to obliterate the Armenians as a people. I would like to discuss it in a civilized, and informed manner but as I replied in another comment, I'd like to prepare myself first by supporting my claims by 3rd party sources. The family account tells otherwise, but I can't get more details since nobody is alive from that times, and I don't want to lower the quality of this discussion by not backing my claims with references. As I've said numerous times, I come in peace and don't want to set the comments section ablaze unintentionally.

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