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 ARMENIAN ALLEGATIONS AND THE FACTS 
In our day, usually one of the peoples of a multinational state mentions historicalmistreatments and most commonly these allegations are accepted internationally without anyfurther research. The success of these claims is hidden in the loudness of the claimers' voiceand the power of their supporters. For this reason, the owners of these claims have anintention to find a public opinion to support themselves. When we look to the nationalstruggles in the world, we find many similar occurrences. If we analyze these occurrences, wefind that really mistreated people never cry but evil and aggressive side wins with theassistance of its economically powerful supporters. For this reason, we should evaluate thecurrent affairs in our environment with the methods of political psychology.We can limit our subject according to the Armenian claims as follows:a. During the Russo-Ottoman War and the First World War the Armenians have supported andreinforced the Russian Army, but both wars ended with disappointment as Russia had failed tokeep her promise of a free Armenia. This frustration still induces the Armenians to anger andavenge. b. The compulsory relocation decision of the Ottoman government became the second reasonof Armenian trauma.c. The Armenians uses Turk-enmity as a protection instrument of their national identity as thenations live in wide geographies and in different parts of the world do. The argument, whichis exercised to nationalize a community or to concentrate a community to a common ideal,should be moral and appropriate. Since 1965, the Armenians accuse the Turks of an allegedgenocide and their real aim to provoke their own national identity. Especially, to hoodwink the Armenian population and win their votes many political intrigues have been planning.These intrigues at last have reached its peak by blaming the entire Turkish nation with a so-called genocide. The publications of some Armenian circles strives to serve such a purpose. Invarious Armenian newspapers, periodicals and books there are frequent references to asupposedly Adolf Hitler statement. The notorious German dictator is presumed to have saidthe following on August 22, 1939: "I have given orders to my Death Units to exterminatewithout mercy or pity men, women and children belonging to the Polish-speaking race. It isonly in this manner that we can acquire the vital territory, which we need. After all, whoremembers today the extermination of the Armenians? While the statement in question hasappeared in hundreds of publications and has been quoted several times, none of the publishers have ever consulted the primary sources. The truth is that the Nuremberg trialshave never accepted that version of the Hitler speech with a reference to the Armenians asevidence. Here, we do not mention or include the Armenians who live in Turkey and who arethe citizens of the Republic of Turkey. We are mentioning the diaspora Armenians and someopportunists who mislead them for their own benefits.THE ARMENIANS IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR PERIOD:The Nations History beside its characteristic to be the history of struggles, is a heap of unknown facts and dark points. Thus, there is an intention to conceal some pages of history or the reality is totally denied.
 
A very vivid example of this intention is with no doubt the Turkish-Armenian relations.Before the Turks came, nearly one thousand years ago, the Armenians had been banished tothe different parts of Anatolia by the Romans, Persians and the Byzantine Empire. After theTurks have dominated this region, they brought justice to all the peoples living in Anatolia.Armenians were among those peoples. Turks are traditionally fair and Islam is the religion of tolerance. The relations between the Turks and the Armenians have reached its peak in the19th century and this period became the golden age of the Armenians. Moreover, theArmenians were one of the most comfortable Ottoman subjects. They were exempted frommilitary service and from most of the taxes. Thus, they found the chance to progress in arts,crafts, commerce, agriculture and administrative duties. The Ottoman Empire has named itsArmenian subjects as "millet-i sadıka" (loyalist nation) and "tebaa-ı sadıka" (loyalistsubjects). The Armenian subjects of the empire were speaking Turkish everywhere moreover they held their religious ceremonies in Turkish. They have promoted to the significant levelsof government. Most of the under-secretaries of the Ottoman government were Armenians asin the ministries for navy, public works, foreign relations, finance, treasury, post-telegram,minting. During the First Constitutional period there were nine Armenian deputies in thecouncil and during the Second Constitutional Period the number of the Armenian deputieswas eleven. In 1914, there were twelve deputies in the government council and the totalnumber of the Armenian governmental officials was twelve thousand. There are manyArmenian writers who wrote researches on the Ottoman governmental affairs.1 On one-side birthrights of the Ottoman subjects, on the other side the rights and the concessions granted bythe sultan made the Armenians the most favored and privileged community among all other communities, even the Muslims.However, in the regression period of the Ottoman Empire, the European interference in everyissue of the government became evident, unfortunately this malicious involvement planted theseeds of enmity between the Turks and the Armenians. The European spies especially whomin disguise of Christian missionaries entered the empire, even they carried their provocationand agitation activities in the hearth of the government. Those spies succeeded to alienate theArmenians towards the government. Moreover, they have supported and provoked theArmenian committee members to be armed against the Ottoman Army and of course innocent,civilian Turks. Thus, the events mostly ended disadvantageously for the Turks blurted out.During the revolts and street fights had begun in the East Anatolia and spread throughIstanbul, in the end thousands of Turks and Armenians have died.During the First World War, there were many Armenians who fought side by side with theTurks, but unfortunately the number of the Armenians who have sided with the Russians or other enemies of the empire is plenty. Moreover, many of these Armenian Committeemembers killed thousands of innocent women, children or the aged. They destroyed Anatolia by killing thousands of Muslims.The measurements taken by the government were exploited and the Armenians- believing inthe promises given by the Entente Powers- began to destroy the homeland which they sharedwith the Turks for many centuries. Thus, in 1887, an organization was formed in Geneva,named Hunchak. In Tiflis, in 1890, another Armenian Committee was founded, namedDashnaktsutium. Ramgavar and Hunchak Revolution Committee followed this, next theArmed Committee (1880) came. Straight Through Armenia Committee, Young ArmeniaCommittee, Progress and Salvation Committee (1872) and Blackcross Committee (1882)were among the armed organizations. Some of the important events led by these organizations
 
are as follow: 2a. Zeytun Revolts b. Kayseri Revoltsc. Bitlis Revoltsd. Van Revoltse. Mus Revoltsf. Diyarbakir Revoltsg. Elazig Revoltsh. Erzurum Revoltsi. Sivas Revolts j. Ankara Revoltsk. Adana Revoltsl. Urfa Revoltsm. Izmit Revoltsn. Adapazari Revoltso. Musadagi Revolts p. Izmir Revoltsq. Istanbul Revoltsr. Maras Revoltss. Antep Revoltst. Aleppo RevoltsThe revolts mentioned above should be evaluated without any comparison to the currentsocial events. The seriousness of these events is still horrifying. Armenians who lived side byside with the Turks for many centuries how and under what conditions made such brutalactivities? These activities should be analyzed by the methods of psycho-sociology. Thetelegram which is reveled in "Document 1" is one of the most shameful records in history: "...Until now, in Erzurum City 2.121 Muslim corpses were buried. All of them are males. Allcorpses have axe, bayonet and led wounds. Their livers were taken of and there pointed pilesin their eyes..." 3Despite war conditions, the government had tried to solve the problem by local measurementsfor nine-ten months. At last, the government realized that these local measurements were notcapable of bringing peace to the region and decided to resettle the Armenian locals in peacefulregions.The Armenian enmity against the Turks began with the voluntary Armenian troops in theRussian Army and it was carried out French Legion and at last Armenian thuggery had reachits peak in the beginning of the 20th century.The result of Armenian enmity was a disaster for both sides. 2 millions and 500 thousands of Turks had been killed by the Armenians and approximately 200 thousands of Armenians hadlost their lives in the wars, revolts and during relocation. Anatolia was systematicallydestroyed, from her smallest village to the big cities. The Armenians who were deceived byfake promises by the European powers had left alone to their own destinies in the end. Manyof them left their homelands with no other choice.
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