Genocide Blunder In Us Embassy Almanac

[Yervant1]

Today's Zaman, Turkey

March 17 2007

 

Genocide blunder in US Embassy almanac

 

 

While debates continue in the US over a resolution presented to

Congress on the alleged Armenian genocide, an almanac distributed by

the US Embassy in Ankara lists Turkey as a country that has committed

genocide.

 

"The World Almanac and Book of Facts" was first published in 1868 by

the New York World newspaper and has long been distributed by the US

Embassy in Ankara. However this year's version contains a reference

to the early 20th century killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire

as "genocide," a label Turkey vehemently denies.

 

The most recent version of the annual almanac, which covers important

events in US and world history, mentioned Turkey in the "Crime and

Terrorist activities; Genocide" section.

 

The almanac noted that the term "genocide" was first used by Dr.

Raphael Lemkin in 1944 and asserts that the definition of the world

contained the practices of "members of a group being killed, serious

bodily injuries to members of a group, prevention of births and

children being removed from the group."

 

The almanac continued with the following statements:

 

"The year: 1915, the event: Armenians being destroyed by Young Turks,

the location: Turkey, the Ottoman Empire, estimated deaths: some 1

million."

 

Other examples of genocide listed in the 2007 World Almanac of Books

and Facts were the events that occurred in Ukraine in the 1930s, the

experiences of Jews at the hands of Nazi Germany from 1933-1945, the

activities of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia from 1975-1979, the murder

of Iraqi Kurds in 1988, the experience of Bosnians from 1992-1995,

the events that took place in Rwanda in 1994 and the events in

Sudan's Darfur region ongoing since 2003.

 

 

 

[Lev7]

haha, I think the U.S. is testing grounds

[Arpa]

haha, I think the U.S. is testing grounds

Trial balloon?

Is it me or has anyone else noticed that the G word is being used freely without quotes and or qualifications, even in the Turkish media?

[Aubépine]

The Turkish Government is slowly but surely acclimatising the Turkish public to the inevitable. Think of the Frog in the Kettle. If you put a frog into a pot of boiling water, it will leap out right away to escape the danger. In order to avoid a serious backlash among the Turkish public, they will cut down on fanning the flames, then they are going to remove the quotes, and finally when the Genocide resolution is passed in Congress they will barely issue a whimper.

[Yervant1]

The Turkish Government is slowly but surely acclimatising the Turkish public to the inevitable. Think of the Frog in the Kettle. If you put a frog into a pot of boiling water, it will leap out right away to escape the danger. In order to avoid a serious backlash among the Turkish public, they will cut down on fanning the flames, then they are going to remove the quotes, and finally when the Genocide resolution is passed in Congress they will barely issue a whimper.

I said the same thing about a year ago that Turkey is preparing it's people to the evantuality. There will be some hick ups here and there but finally it will accept it, either on her own or will be forced upon them.

Of course late Hrant Dink would have want the Turks to do it on their own, because that would help the reconciliation process between Turks and Armenians.