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CONCLUSION
Many things have been said
and written about relocation since the date of its application.
The Armenians have managed to deceive the world public opinion
for a long period by hiding behind the false documents. The
Armenian massacre stories, which began with 300.000s and came
to 3.000.000s have no basis. Likewise during the invasion
of Istanbul, both the English and the French have sufficiently
investigated the Ottoman archive and since they have not been
able to submit any documents in relation with the Armenian
genocide, they must not have found any such document.
On the other hand, they should
have photographs in their archives taken by the journalists
who came to Anatolia at that time to observe the relocation
implementation. If a genocide had been committed with the
order of the state, these photographs would have been presented
to the world public opinion a long time ago. Furthermore,
if the party claiming the reality of a genocide had concrete
documents, would the for establishing a “commission of jurists”
be left without a response? Why did not this official suggestion
of the Ottoman State left unanswered? Was the reason the fear
that the roles of some western countries would become apparent
in the organization and agitation of the Armenian bands or
the fear that sources, from which the Armenians obtained their
guns to kill thousands of innocent civil people, be disclosed?
When the word genocide is mentioned
the Nazi mass murder that resulted in the loss of millions
of Jews and other ethnical groups, comes to mind. When the
word genocide is heard, the murder at least a million Algerians
by the French between 1954 — 1962 is remembered. When the
word genocide is heard, the murdering of 1 million communists
and their families by the Indonesian army between 1965 — 1966
is remembered. When the word genocide is mentioned, the massacre
of almost 2 millions of Cambodians by the Red Kmers in Cambodia
between 1975-1979 is remembered. When the word genocide is
mentioned, the murdering of 500.000 Tutsies by the Hutus in
Ruanda in 1994 is comes to mind. And finally when the word
genocide is heard, the severe massacre of thousands of Muslims
in Bosnia — Herzegovina and Kosova after 1991 by the Serbians
is remembered. The genocide crime has been committed during
these events in its real meaning.
If the Ottoman State had any
intention of subjecting the Armenians to “genocide”, wouldn’t
it commit it where the Armenians lived? What was the need
for such expense made during the relocation and so many commercial
and military precautions that needed to be taken?
The purpose of the relocation
which the world’s most successful resettlement program has
never been eliminating Armenians but was born out of a compulsory
need of providing state security.
REFERENCE:
Hallacoglu, Prof.Dr. Yusuf,
Facts Relating to the Armenian Displacement (1915); TTK Publication,
Ankara 2001.
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