Photographs Sakaian Aghin Caravan Deportation Route June-Sept 1915 Aghin to Aleppo
posted by Bill Milhomme at 7:26 AM
Saturday, March 17, 2012
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Bill: I feel so sad looking at these photos of genocide. The swaddled children remind me of the Cherokee children straggling along Trail of Tears.
The exact number of massacres that the Turks could not be determined by the Armenians in Anatolia between 1906-1922:
February 11, 1906 Revan (killed by fire and massacre in 25 villages)
17 December 1914 Eleşkirt (Those killed in the attack on villages)
1915 Elazig (killed in attacks on villages)
1915 Hizan (those killed in massacres in the villages of Hizan)
1915 Van (killed in the massacre in the villages, more than 5 thousand 200 people)
January 1915 Muş (People killed in massacre in villages, 2 villagers)
February 1915 Shatak (Complete destruction of 9 villages)
May 9, 1915 Bitlis (the complete annihilation of the people of Sicak village)
May 9, 1915 Bitlis (those who died during the sword passing of immigrants)
June 1915 Bitlis (killed in attack on villages, 100 households)
May 1915 Van (killed in attack on villages)
11 May 1915 Trabzon (those killed in Sürmene, Of, Yomra civ villages)
June 11, 1915 Van (Massacre of 180 households in two villages)
August 1915 Gevaş (People killed in villages)
December 1915 Muş (Murdered in massacre of women in villages)
20 June 1915 Maçka (Those killed during the gangs invasion of Maçka)
22 May 1916 Van (those killed on evacuation practice)
23 May 1916 Van (70 percent of Erçek and Havasor townships)
11 June 1916 Bitlis (Deaths in the events during the occupation)
11 June 1916 Van (those who died in the incidents in the villages of Timar sub-district)
Turkey, in international fora, it should be reciprocal opening of the archives for years; He says that this issue is not a political one but a historical one. But mainly Armenians, the genocide of those who accept Turkey's continue to keep silent against this proposal.
WHY ?
Especially Western countries, facing their own dark history from colonial sake of the whole world from Turkey to account for their hypocrisy and before the dragging war with the Ottoman genocide charges.
Although the Ottoman State fought in four fronts, it nevertheless made every effort to deport the Armenians, whom it defined as the "loyal nation", without any harm. It should not be forgotten that history writes the right, not the strong ...
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