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Islamized Armenians voice their 100 years in ‘purgatory’
1.       thehandsom
7403 posts
 06 Nov 2013 Wed 10:22 am


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The feeling of not being accepted by different cultures in society has defined their lives, Sadık added. “I was staying at a boarding school, and the other kids called me ‘infidel.’ I didn’t know what this meant, I just thought they didn’t like me,” he said.

Berfin, a 23-year-old who is studying the question of Muslim Armenians for her Master’s degree at Oxford University, said her identity was also problematic abroad.

“When I applied to a student dormitory in France, they asked me for a baptism document, and they did not accept me when I couldn’t provide one. Yes, Christian Armenians have had huge problems, too, but they went on to live their identities in one way or another. We have had to live on through 100 years of silent desperation,” Berfin said.
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“There is still a taboo of missionaries in this country. Even the slightest step by the Patriarch could be seen as a missionary act,” Halavurt said.
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Source:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/islamized-armenians-voice-their-100-years-in-purgatory-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=57432&NewsCatID=339
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Very same people who denies other minorities basic language, religion and identity rights in Turkey, would believe in news that in EU countries they do the same to muslims!!

2.       cosmopolite
9 posts
 06 Nov 2013 Wed 11:20 am

Maybe berfin´s comment was quoted out of it´s context,i´ve been living in france for years and i ve never once been asked for my baptismal certificate.France is a lay country ,so it must have been some confessional or ethnic school.France is well disposed to people of armenian origin and universities are open to all.SORRY   to those who can present (une carte de sejour)!

3.       AlphaF
5677 posts
 06 Nov 2013 Wed 11:54 am

 

Quoting cosmopolite

Maybe berfin´s comment was quoted out of it´s context,i´ve been living in france for years and i ve never once been asked for my baptismal certificate.France is a lay country ,so it must have been some confessional or ethnic school.France is well disposed to people of armenian origin and universities are open to all.SORRY   to those who can present (une carte de sejour)!

 

I understand there are various beautiful cemeteries devoted exclusively to Armenians  too.

Anatolian born  Armenians are burried in these  cemeteries, provided that they died in French uniforms, fighting  against defending Ottoman Turks.

Amazing French gratidude, no?

4.       thehandsom
7403 posts
 06 Nov 2013 Wed 12:20 pm

 

Quoting cosmopolite

Maybe berfin´s comment was quoted out of it´s context,i´ve been living in france for years and i ve never once been asked for my baptismal certificate.France is a lay country ,so it must have been some confessional or ethnic school.France is well disposed to people of armenian origin and universities are open to all.SORRY   to those who can present (une carte de sejour)!

 

Of course, I am sure there is a degree of exaggeration in their stories too..

I wish everybody could read this: http://www.radikal.com.tr/turkiye/benim_siddet_cumhuriyetim_efes_tukuruk_sirvanyan-1157843

Or anybody willing to translate? Especially the story about the posters which said ´Ermeni kopegi, tukursek bogulur", -Armenian dog, our spit will get you drowned- or the other story about what happened after a basketball match in Greece between a Greek basketball team and Turkish team Efes. -Efes lost and some Turks stoned an Ermenian boarding school-

This is an article a Turkish citizen with  Armenian origin´s view about our 90 years republic..  

 

5.       AlphaF
5677 posts
 06 Nov 2013 Wed 03:30 pm

Islamized Armenians?....So are most of the Turks !

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