Yes you are. Let´s call it tragedy for being sake at least for now. Then some Turks+Kurds were killed by them. They were killed by Turks+Kurds. And they started it first.
Actually yes, the Armenians had armed forces who fought for freedom. And if you ask me, it is only a natural reaction of the Ottoman Empire to react to it to turn the revolt down. Just such a shame they took down the civilians too, not only the armed forces. And the numbers of people who were killed on each side are significantly different! The numbers Turkey speculates, and which ´you´ all get taught at school, are way too little. But you are right, it is a tragedy that started from the Armenian separist armed forces. That is why I dont think it is a genocide (look up what the criteria are for smt to be called genocide), I tend to think of it as a civil war in which the Ottoman Empire went too far. There isnt enough evidence for it to be called a genocide if you ask me. But yes, there was mass deportation and massacres. So I think Turkey is very wrong to deny such a thing happened, on the basis that it doesnt fit the term ´genocide´. I have to add though, that some officers have been brought to court for misbehavior during the deportations.
I don´t think those who has recognised considered the historical facts. Anyway you are all Christians. That´s OK. Who would you take a side with? Of course with them. They are your Christian brothers afters all, right? You don´t even bother mentioning those who were killed by Armenians at all.
I recognize something like that happened, I jsut dont think genocide is the right term for what happened. And I am not a Christian, and definitely not siding with any religious or ethnical affiliations because I have none. And I do bother mentioning the murders the Armenians inflicted upon the Turkish population. I am however convinced that Turkish numbers are not reliable at all. Numbers in historybooks dont stem with the archives of Ottoman Empire that mention landownership by armenians, and people who were left to cultivate those lands. Just one example.
And of course this is a part of a big plan to divide Turkey. Let´s assume Turkey has accepted it. Now can you tell me, what´s next? (A hypothetical question)
I understand your frustration about Christian-brotherhood feelings and the word genocide and the denial of Armenian deeds. However, I suggest you get some help because you suffer from the Sevres-syndrome. There is no such thing as a partition plan for Turkey. It is only Turks who have ever heard of this plan!
As for your hypothetical question, I have not much knowledge on that, but I know that they will have to pay many Armenian families, and also for their material losses of land, houses etc. That is why I am a little suspicious of Armenian motives: is it really about sentiment (which they are entitled to!! dont get me wrong), or is it for the money, because when the question came up, turkish economics was going up too.
Yet, when someone would point me at what my ancestors did, I wouldnt say ´they did it too´ or ´they started it´, Especially the last one sounds like ´they asked for it´.
