Eternally Civilized?

[Arpa]

I hate to go to that category GENOCIDE, as if it were something to be proud of.

So! Hang me!!

Therefor I'll post this under the catgoryof National.

A bitch at an Armenian den of lion cub.

Halide Edib, (her name means Halide-eternal, Edib-civilized, both from Arabic, as there is no such thing as Turkish(language)).

A neo-Turk modernist/feminist/activist (search the web to see her) was a frequent denizen at the Ocak/Ojakh in Istanbul and was intimately acquainted, an intellectual bosom buddy with the likes of Zohrab and Komitas. Some time ago I read where she had said this; Let me see if I remember correctly.

At one of the sessions she had asked Koumitas( her spelling) to sing something. Komitas must have sung something very nostalgic and painful, like “Antuni“, and she describes it, as if, all of a sudden (pardon my paraphrase) “Koumitas”’s face turned gray, contorted out of shape, and his voice sounded like a bleat of a sheep who had lost her lamb”.

Then she goes adding- “If we only would embrace THEM, rather than persecute, they would be Turks by now”.

We read in Groong:

http://groong.usc.edu/news/msg136826.html

“Such a new page in the history of the Armenian Genocide was recently discovered by Missak Keleshian, who is an avid collector of all kinds of photos of the Armenian Genocide. This is how he speaks about this most recent discovery: "A few months ago I was reading a book entitled "The Lions of Marash" by Stanley E. Kerr, (President of the American Univerity of Beirut) who tells about his personal experiences with Near East Relief during the years 1919-1922. In the book I came across a shocking photo with the following caption: "Jemal *****...on the steps of the French College at Aintoura, Lebanon. Jemal ***** had established an orphanage for Armenian children in the college building and had appointed Halide Edib to be its directress". Halide Edib Hanum was a famous Turkish feminist and very well known for her efforts to turkify Armenian orphans. Beside being shocking, the photo was the first step that lead to a new discovery.”

Thank you Domino!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Tic.../armenian_quote

 

And Azg;

http://www.azg.am/?lang=AM&num=2006020907

Edited February 8, 2006 by Arpa