Hero/Terrorist: Turks plan demonstrations to counter Armenian version of Talaat Pasha
February 24, 2006
www.armenianow.com
By Aris Ghazinyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
Eighty-five years ago, on March 15, 1921, Armenian avenger Soghomon Tehleryan shot dead in Berlin the former general chairman of the Young Turks party, interior minister, Grand Vizier of Turkey Mehmet Talaat Pasha.
One of the main culprits responsible for the annihilation of 1.5 million Armenians and developer of the plan of Genocide, who said that “only one Armenian must be preserved in the world, and that as an exhibit in a museum” was hiding in the German capital not only from the punishment of Armenian avengers, but also from the War Tribunal that sentenced him to death in July 1919. The future founder of the Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal still then accused the leaders of the Young Turks of trammeling the country into World War One and exterminating Armenians. Talaat-pasha was hiding in Berlin under another person’s passport and lived at a secret address. He was tracked down by Armenian avengers on January 28, 1921 at a Berlin railway station and was shot dead in the street on March 15.
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These years later, though, Turkey intends to implement anti-Armenian actions as part of the special “Big Project-2006”. Special structures have been set up at the state level for its consistent realization. For instance, a Consultative Department led by the former president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Rauf Denktash was established. It is supposed to organize a Talaat-pasha campaign. In a meeting in Istanbul on January 18 the Department in its turn elected an executive committee, which has already got down to the immediate preparations for a whole series of events timed to the 85th anniversary of the action of retribution. Part of these events will be held in Berlin on March 15-19.
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Of peaceful events so far announced have been: March 15 – a minute of silence in memory of Talaat in the street in Berlin where he was assassinated; March 18 – a march and rally under the motto: “Stop the Lie about Pogroms of Armenians!”; March 19 – a congress dedicated to Talaat. By the way, in 1943, following a special order from Hitler, the ashes of Talaat were reburied in Istanbul with great honors – the operation was led by Secretary of the National-Socialist Party Martin Borman. Later, Mustafa Kemal confessed to the widow of Talaat, Airia-khanum: “I was wrong when I testified against him. He was right: all Armenians should have been exterminated.”
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
www.armenianow.com
By Aris Ghazinyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
Eighty-five years ago, on March 15, 1921, Armenian avenger Soghomon Tehleryan shot dead in Berlin the former general chairman of the Young Turks party, interior minister, Grand Vizier of Turkey Mehmet Talaat Pasha.
One of the main culprits responsible for the annihilation of 1.5 million Armenians and developer of the plan of Genocide, who said that “only one Armenian must be preserved in the world, and that as an exhibit in a museum” was hiding in the German capital not only from the punishment of Armenian avengers, but also from the War Tribunal that sentenced him to death in July 1919. The future founder of the Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal still then accused the leaders of the Young Turks of trammeling the country into World War One and exterminating Armenians. Talaat-pasha was hiding in Berlin under another person’s passport and lived at a secret address. He was tracked down by Armenian avengers on January 28, 1921 at a Berlin railway station and was shot dead in the street on March 15.
[...]
These years later, though, Turkey intends to implement anti-Armenian actions as part of the special “Big Project-2006”. Special structures have been set up at the state level for its consistent realization. For instance, a Consultative Department led by the former president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Rauf Denktash was established. It is supposed to organize a Talaat-pasha campaign. In a meeting in Istanbul on January 18 the Department in its turn elected an executive committee, which has already got down to the immediate preparations for a whole series of events timed to the 85th anniversary of the action of retribution. Part of these events will be held in Berlin on March 15-19.
[...]
Of peaceful events so far announced have been: March 15 – a minute of silence in memory of Talaat in the street in Berlin where he was assassinated; March 18 – a march and rally under the motto: “Stop the Lie about Pogroms of Armenians!”; March 19 – a congress dedicated to Talaat. By the way, in 1943, following a special order from Hitler, the ashes of Talaat were reburied in Istanbul with great honors – the operation was led by Secretary of the National-Socialist Party Martin Borman. Later, Mustafa Kemal confessed to the widow of Talaat, Airia-khanum: “I was wrong when I testified against him. He was right: all Armenians should have been exterminated.”
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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