The Ottoman Empire was not an empire like the others, meaning that it
was not built through colonization. It was created by the necessity of
self-defense. And Ottoman rulers believed that it was their God-given
duty to protect the peoples of the countries they ruled. For example,
they reduced taxes in all those countries, abolished taxes in poor
countries, and even sent sacks of gold to countries and cities in
need, including some European cities. They sent food to Ireland when
it was badly needed. They sent aid as far as Indonesia. They treated
all citizens equally. When they liberated Cyprus from the occupation
of Catholics, they sent gold, materials, personnel, and even drawings
to repair Orthodox churches left in ruin by the Catholic occupiers.
This is how the Ottoman "Empire" lived for 500 years. Armenians were
given the status of preferred people because of their activities
useful to all citizens.
After the Ottoman rule's usefulness and power diminished, Western
states began dismantling the Ottoman "Empire" for colonizing many of
the countries they "liberated." Their main strategy was to promise
independence to the non-Turkish citizens and to help them to rebel
against the State. This strategy worked well in the Balkans and in the
south of Anatolia, because Turks constituted a minority in most cities
there.
But, the Westerners and the Russians made the mistake of using the "liberation" strategy also in Anatolia where the Turks constituted the majority. They choose the Armenians as their tool in Eastern Anatolia.
For this strategy to work, Armenians had to become the majority, and this necessitated genocide against the Turks. This is how Anatolian genocide began, but it was committed extremely savagely by the Armenians against the Turks, with the help of Western powers and the Russian army invading Northeastern Anatolia. This is the great truth that has to be known by the whole world. Armenians joined Russian troupes in masses and also engaged in sabotage acts behind the Turkish army. The guilty Armenians fled with the retreating Russian forces.
This process was repeated several times following the military developments and carried many Armenians outside Anatolia. The same things happened again in Southeastern Anatolia with French forces using the Armenians. Of course, Turks defended themselves but never committed the atrocities like those committed by Armenians. Also, more Turks died than Armenians, because Armenians were trying to realize
genocide.
The Ottoman Government, which included Armenian ministers, ended the hostilities in Northeastern Anatolia by relocating the Armenians of the region to other places of the Empire. American missionaries accompanied the migration with the permission of the Ottoman Government. They did not report any act of genocide against Armenians. This is reported in the American journals of that time because the events of Northeast Anatolia have been discussed in the US Congress.
The accusations directed to Turks have been manufactured afterwards.
One of the Armenians' reasons for accusing the Turks of having committed genocide is of course to secure material gains. And the Western politicians who support Armenian allegations are after the votes of the Armenian citizens of their countries. But the problem has deeper and less rational roots.
The Armenians who committed genocide against the Turks were after undeserved gains but suffered losses, although they hurt the Turks much. Consequently, they are now obsessed
with the idea of genocide and compulsively try to compensate their losses.
Armenians murdered more than 60 innocent Turkish diplomats around the world in several decades in the 20th century.
They tried genocide against the Azerbaijan people because they are of Turkic origin. French newspaper Le Monde wrote about those events: "We created monsters."
The French are the most ardent supporters of the Armenians, because France has a large population of Armenian immigrants, which means plenty of votes, and also because the French government has been the first Western government which accepted failure in using the Armenians against the Turks and made peace with the new Turkish government, thus
deserting the Western camp.
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