gorgona

It looks like you are jealous, but I think it’s more accurate to say you have an inferiority complex.

I’m not sure what your point is. Are you saying that because Greek and Armenian Christians fought amongst themselves 1000 years earlier that it negates the Ottomans’ attempt to exterminate them? And yes, this is history, but the Pontian and Armenian genocides are inextricable from each other. The discussion at hand is that Turkey needs to stop hiding behind their finger (to paraphrase a Greek expression). And the rest of the world needs to help them into the 21st century by officially recognizing what happened to the Armenians, Greeks and Assyrians. They can’t just delete it from their history books and their national consciousness and expect the rest of the world to pretend it never happened.

It’s not really an issue of how many Greeks live in Armenia. The Greek government’s recognition of the Armenian genocide was not contingent upon how many Armenians lived in Greece. And I don’t think that Armenians living in Armenia aren’t aware of what happened to the Ponians. They seem to be very well educated to me. At any rate, Greeks certainly can do better in bringing attention to the matter. Who knows? Maybe when Turkey starts begging for EU membership again would be a good time to bring it up.

I was quite surprised that the Armenian government has yet to recognize the Pontian Greek genocide. Greece was among the first nations to recognize the Armenian genocide. And Greek-Americans have always been quite vocal in our support of the US government’s recognition of the Armenian genocide, and we will continue to do so until full acknowledgment is achieved. Armenians tend to know history very well. And although the Armenian people are empathetic to the Pontians, the politicians (being what politicians are) might not fully comprehend the will of the Armenian people. They must be made aware that acknowledging the Pontian genocide will not detract from the horror of what happened to the Armenians. It will broaden outsiders’ awareness of the hell Turkey was and might help to hasten Turkey’s acceptance of it’s past sins. I entreat you to demand that your government officially recognize the unspeakable inhumanity that befell the Pontians. Let them know that the Armenian people do not only decry the crimes inflicted on them, but they condemn all such atrocities.