Muavement

 

In 1915

Officers and enlisted men of the heroic Muavenet-i Milliye torpedo boat, which sank the British battleship H.M.S.Goliaht (13/05/1915) with a torpedo shot.

In 1992

TCG Muavement - 1992

Turkish warship shot down (1992) with 2 Seasparrow air defence missiles by American aircraft carrier Saratoga at Nato exercise "Display Determination-'92"

And not by accident ! Sea Sparrow missiles are semi-active guided missiles. In order to hit Muavenet, they must be aimed at the ship with the fire control radar. This feature of the system eliminates the possibility of the incident being accidental. It's obvious that there's a motive!

The ship commander, Chief of Naval Staff Lieutenant Colonel Kudret Güngör and 5 soldiers were martyred and 22 personnel were injured.

WE REMEMBER

EMPERYALİZME KARŞI ÇIKMAK ve HİROŞİMA

6 Ağustos 1945 sabahında Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’ne ait ‘Enola Gay’ adlı B-29 savaş uçağından Japonya’nın Hiroşima kentine ‘Little Boy’ (küçük oğlan) adı verilen 14 kilo ton gücünde olan Uranyum 235 tipi atom bombası atıldı.

İkinci Dünya Savaşı’nın son aşamasında yapılan Hiroşima’ya atom bombası saldırısı, ABD’nin insanlığa karşı yaptığı toplu katliamlardan biri olarak tarihe geçmiştir. 

ABD istihbarat birimleri önceden Japonların hayat ve hareket tarzlarını araştırarak, onların en çok dışarıda oldukları saati saptamıştır. Buna göre saldırı saati sabah 08.15 olarak kararlaştırılarak, bombalama eylemi yapılmıştır.

Saniyenin on binde biri kadar kısa bir sürede gerçekleşen patlamanın ilk etkisi gözleri kör eden bir ışıktı. Ardından gelen yaklaşık 300.000 derecelik ısı etkisi, 3 km çapındaki her şeyin yanmasına neden oldu. Daha sonra ise patlamanın etkisiyle başlayan ve saatte 1800 km ile esen alev rüzgarı çevredeki tüm yapıları yıktı, ağaçları söktü. 

Ancak asıl kalıcı etkiyi patlamadan bir kaç dakika sonra başlayan bir yağmur gerçekleştirdi. Yağmur ile tüm radyoaktif serpinti bölgeye inmiş oldu. Saniyelerle ölçülebilecek bir zaman dilimi içerisinde Hiroşima’yı yok eden bu korkunç bombanın bilançosu yaklaşık 150.000 ölü ve 100.000 yaralı olarak belirlenmiştir.

Hiroşima’ya atom bombası atan uçağın pilotu Albay Paul Tibbets (1915-2007), bu olaydan sonra her gece rahat uyuduğunu söylemiştir. Bu bombayı taşıyan uçağın adı, pilotun annesinin adından (Enola Gay Tibbets), bombanın adı ise, annesinin oğluna hitabından (Little Boy) gelmektedir. 

Emperyalist ABD, insanlığa karşı işlediği bu suçta kullandığı ‘Enola Gay’ adlı uçağı, hiç sıkılmadan ve utanmadan Ulusal Havacılık ve Uzay Müzesi’nde sergilemektedir.

9 Ağustos 1945 günü ise saat 11.02′de Japonya’nın Nagazaki kentine ‘Bockscar’ adlı B-29 savaş uçağından, ‘Fat Man’ (şişman adam) adı verilen 20 kilo ton gücünde olan Plütonyum 239 tipi atom bombası ile ikinci saldırı gerçekleştirildi.

Bu şehirdeki insanların daha önceden uyarılması buradaki ölümlerin daha az olmasını sağladı. Nagazaki’ye atılan bombanın bilançosu yaklaşık 100.000 ölü ve 80.000 yaralı olarak belirlenmiştir. Ancak, her iki şehirde de radyasyondan kaynaklanan ölümler 15 Ağustos 1945 tarihinden sonra görülmeye başlandı. 

Radyasyondan kaynaklanan ölümler, bombanın patladığı anda meydana gelen şok, ısı ve yıkım etkisiyle gerçekleşen ölümlerden fazla olmuştur. Her iki atom bombasının atılmasından sonraki ilk beş yıl içinde bilanço çok acıdır. Radyasyonun toprağa ve suya verdiği zararların sonucunda, yüz binlerce genetiği değişmiş sakat insanın yanında yaklaşık 350.000 ölü vardır. Bu iki kentte hala insan hayatını etkileyen bu radyoaktif saldırılar, günümüzde bile Japonların genetik yapısında kendisini göstermekte ve bombanın atıldığı yerde herhangi bir şey yetiştirilememektedir. Bu sonuç atom bombasının insanlık için ne denli tehlikeli bir silah olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır.

İlk kez İkinci Dünya Savaşı sonlarında kullanılan nükleer silahlar için ABD’nin gösterdiği resmi gerekçe komikti: “Almanya’nın teslim olmasından sonra Japonya’nın teslim olmasını sağlamak ve İkinci Dünya Savaşı’nı sona erdirmek.” 

Ancak yaygın bir görüşe göre atom bombası Sovyetler Birliği’yle başlatılan soğuk savaş ilişkilerinde ABD silah üstünlüğünü göstermek için kullanılmıştır.

Emperyalizmin öncüsü ABD’nin, İkinci Dünya Savaşı’ndan günümüze olan insanlık suçları çok ürkütücüdür. 

*1950-1953 yılları arasında yüz binlerce yurtsever Kore’liyi katletti. 

*1954 yılında binlerce Guetemala’lıyı öldürdü. 

*1956-1959 yılları arasında Küba’da 60.000 kişiyi, ABD’li danışmanların ve Batista’nın birlikte yürüttüğü operasyonlarda katletti. 

*1965 yılında Dominik’e paraşütçülerini indirerek, binlerce Dominik’liyi katletti. 

*1969-1975 yılları arasında Vietnam’da beş milyondan fazla kişiyi ölü ve sakat bıraktı, işkenceden geçirdi. 

*1973 yılında Şili’de CIA’nın düzenlediği darbe ile binlerce kişiyi katletti. 

*1975 yılında Arjantin’de faşist generallerle yaptığı işbirliği sonucu, binlerce kişi öldürüldü ve kayboldu. 

*1983 yılında Lübnan’a operasyon düzenlenerek, binlerce Lübnan’lı yurtsever katledildi. 

*1989 yılında Panama’ya asker çıkararak, binlerce Panama’lıyı öldürdü. 

*1991 yılında Irak’ın Kuveyt’e girişini bahane ederek, Irak halkına bomba yağdırdı ve yüz binin üzerinde insanı katletti. 

*2001 yılında ise demokrasi getirme oyununu Afganistan’da sergiledi ve yüz binlerce insanın ölümüne ve yaralanmasına yol açtı. 

*2003 yılında yine Irak’ta yapılan katliamlar sonrasında yaklaşık bir milyon kişi öldürülmüştü.

ABD, demokrasi getirme adına sömürmek istediği ülkeleri işgal etmekte, bombalamaktadır. Saddam’ın elinde nükleer silah var bahanesiyle, Irak’ta milyonlarca insana zulüm yapıldı. Daha sonra CIA, nükleer silah olmadığını açıkladı. Şimdilerde Suriye’nin elinde kimyasal silah olduğu söyleniyor. İsrail’in elindeki nükleer silahları görmeyen Hiroşima ve Nagazaki sabıkalısı ABD yönetimi, kendi yaptıklarının hesabını verememektedir.

Emperyalizme karşı çıkmak için, dünyada ilk kez atom bombasının atıldığı gün olan 6 Ağustos gününün, Emperyalizm Karşıtlığı Günü olarak ilan edilmesi gerekir. 


Terörün destekçisi ABD’den yardım bekleyenlerin, yalakalık yapanların, ABD’ye şirin gözükmek isteyenlerin, ABD’nin sözünden çıkmayanların, delikten süpürülmekten korkanların emperyalizmin kirli yüzünden gereken dersleri çıkartabilmesi dileğiyle..



Suay Karaman
İLK KURŞUN,2012

VE 2016 AĞUSTOS'UNA KADAR DAHA NİCE SUÇLARI...

"Amerika, aralarında kadın ve çocukların da bulunduğu ve 56 kişinin yaşamını yitirdiği bir Suriye köyünü vurdu." 

Temmuz 2016

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Uluslararası Ceza Hukuku

Uluslararası ceza Hukuku, devletlerde Ceza Hukuku kurallarının uygulanmasını inceler. Örneğin, bir İspanyol vatandaşı, İsviçre'de bir İngiliz’i yaralıyor. Bu suça hangi devlet'in Ceza Kanunu uygulanacaktır, sorusunu, Uluslararası (Devletlerarası) Ceza Hukuku inceler. Bir de, devletlerin suç oluşturan eylemleri olup olmadığını bu ceza hukuku inceler. Örneğin, ikinci Dünya savaşından sonra galip devletler, Nürnberg Mahkemesini kurarak Alman Devletinin sorumlu kişilerini yargıla-mış ve suçlu bulunanlar çeşitli cezalara çarptırılmıştır . Bu çerçevede;

a) Barışa karşı suçlar (savaşın planlanması, hazırlanması ve icrası diğer adıyla saldırgan savaş suçu),

b) Savaş suçları, örneğin savaş esirlerinin öldürülmesi,

c) İnsanlığa karşı suçlar (milliyet, ırk, din, etnik köken gibi nedenlerle insan onurunun asgari garantilerinin ağır biçimde ve sistematik (planlı) ihlali) biçiminde üç asli suç tipi ortaya çıkmıştır. Son yıllarda benzer mahkemeler özellikle ad-hoc ceza mahkemeleri Lahey, Arusha, Eski Yugoslavya ve Ruanda’da kurulmuştur.

Uluslararası alanda gerçekleşen gelişmeler sonucunda 15–17 Temmuz 1998'de Roma'da yapılan uluslar arası konferans sonucunda 1 Temmuz 2002 tarihinde yürürlüğe giren, 139 ülke tarafından imzalanan Roma Statüsü ile Lahey’de bir Uluslararası Ceza Mahkemesi (UCM) kuruldu. Türkiye bu statüye çekimser oy kullanmıştır.

Uluslararası Ceza Mahkemesi

Uluslararası Ceza Mahkemesi (UCM), savaş suçları, insanlığa karşı işlenen suçlar, soykırım suçları ve saldırı suçlarına bakan uluslararası bir mahkemedir. 

1 Temmuz 2002 tarihinde kurulmuş ve 11 Mart 2003 tarihinde çalışmaya başlamıştır. Mahkeme binası "Ev Sahipliği Anlaşması" yaptığı Hollanda'nın Lahey kentinde bulunmaktadır.

Uluslararası Ceza Mahkemesi'nin kurulması için ilk çalışmalar 1998 yılında Birleşmiş Milletler'in önderliğinde Roma'da toplanan bir konferansta başladı. 17 Temmuz 1998'de Uluslararası Ceza Mahkemesini kuran Roma Statüsü 7 ret oyuna karşılık, 120 kabul oyuyla ve oyçokluğu ile (21 çekimser) kabul edildi. Roma Statüsü suçları, mahkemenin nasıl çalışacağını ve devletlerin mahkeme ile işbirliği için ne yapmaları gerektiğini tanımlar. 

Statü gereğince, Uluslararası Ceza Mahkemesi'nin faaliyete geçebilmesi için 60 ülkenin onayı beklendi ve 11 Nisan 2002 tarihinde sözkonusu 60 onaya ulaşıldı. 15 Temmuz 2008 tarihi itibariyle Roma Statüsü, 139 devlet tarafından imzalamış ve 107 devlet tarafından onaylanmıştır. Roma Statüsünü imzalamak onaylamak anlamına gelmemektedir.

Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ve UCM 

1995'ten 2000 yılına kadar ABD hükümeti UCM'nin kurulmasını destekledi ancak Amerikalılar UCM'nin BM Güvenlik Konseyi tarafından kontrol edilen veya Amerikalı yetkilileri ve Amerikan vatandaşlarını mahkemenin yargı yetkisi dışında tutacak bir mahkeme olması için çaba harcadılar; bu çabalar başarısız kaldı. 

Clinton yönetimi döneminde 31 Aralık 2000 tarihinde Amerikan Büyükelçisi David Scheffer hükümeti adına Roma Statüsü'nü imzaladı. 

2001 Yılında Bush yönetimi UCM toplantılarına katılmamaya başladı ve 6 Mayıs 2002 tarihinde ABD Roma Statüsü'nden imzasını çektiğini resmen açıkladı. 

O zamandan beri ABD, gerek İkili Dokunulmazlık Anlaşmaları (İDA) (Bilateral Immunity Agreements-BIAs) vasıtasıyla; gerek UCM'yi destekleyen müttefiklere yaptırımlar öngören yasalar çıkararak; gerekse BM Güvenlik Konseyi'nde barış güçlerinde görevli Amerikalıları UCM'nin yargı yetkisi dışında tutacak girişimleri yoluyla UCM'yi yönelik çok yönlü saldırılarına devam etmektedir. 

UCM Andlaşması'nda yer alan net güvencelere rağmen ve son derece nitelikli UCM yetkililerinin böyle bir durumun oluşmasına karşı gereken tedbirleri alacağını gözardı ederek, Bush yönetimi UCM'nin siyasi motivasyonlardan kaynaklanan yargılamalar için bir platform oluşturabileceğini iddia etmektedir.

ABD Dışişleri Bakanlığının verilerine göre 2 Ağustos 2006 itibariyle ABD ile IDA'ları imzalayan devlet sayısı 101'dir (ülke isimlerinin yer aldığı listelerdeki sayı ise 99); 99 tane İDA'nın 21'i ulusal parlamentolarca onaylanmış; 18'nin ise onay gerektirmeyen yürütme anlaşması olduğu söyleniyor.

UCM'ye taraf ülkelerden IDA imzalayanların sayısı 45; bunların 13'nün parlamentolarca onaylandığı; 9'nun yürütme anlaşması niteliğinde olduğu belirtiliyor.

53 Ülke ABD ile ikili dokunulmazlık anlaşması imzalamayı açıkça reddediyor. UCM'ye taraf 102 ülkeden 57'si İDA imzalamadı (bunların 24'ü, 2005 Mali Yılında ABD'den yardım alamadı).

HİROŞİMA ANIT PARKI

"The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a criminal act on an epic scale."

"The memory of Hiroshima requires an answer."

The lies of Hiroshima are the lies of today by John Pilger

"Yazılmış yasalar örümcek ağlarına benzer, sadece fakir ve zayıfları tutar, zengin ve güçlüler onu kolayca kırıp kurtulabilir."

İskit Filozof Anacharsis  (MÖ.6.yy)

ABD KANUNSUZ İŞLER YAPSA DA KİMSE ONU YARGI ÖNÜNE ÇIKARAMIYOR-ÇIKARTMIYOR..!

YARGILANDIĞI GÜN EMPERYALİZMİN SONU OLACAK.

SB.

ilgili:

Pearl Harbor saldırısı süpriz değildi, BİLİYORLARDI!"

"Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) Knew Japan Would Attack Pearl Harbor"

Amerika'nın Yalanları; Ay'a Gidilmesi, Pearl Harbor, 9/11

Falsehood Wartime, Propaganda Lies

AMERİKA, FÜZE, KÜRECİK VE KANSER

World Media in uninterested to the terrorist attacks in the Middle East....

World Media is uninterested to the terrorist attacks in the Middle East

link:

"The last time a wave of bomb attacks were carried out against European civilian targets, 'leftist' or 'communist' groups were blamed. Eventually the truth came out that those groups were deliberately framed and the real perpetrators were 'commando' type groups working directly under the imperial aegis of NATO, which is to say, the USA, its agents and ideological sympathizers in Europe."

"The point of this wave of bombings and shootings was to divide, manipulate, and control public opinion using fear, propaganda, disinformation, psychological warfare, agents provocateurs, and false flag terrorist acts to achieve the strategic aims of Western governments, in particular the US government."

Note that the airport is just a couple of kms from NATO HQ. But the jihadists apparently weren't interested... 

Note also that within a 200m range of Maalbeek metro station, the jihadists had a choice of targeting the US embassy, the European Parliament, the European Council building, and any number of European Commission buildings. But again, the jihadists apparently weren't interested, and preferred to attack civilians, which included (no doubt) Muslims. Remember, this is NATO and EU headquarters, the two organisations under which the bombing of Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria have taken place. 

Who is Bombing European Civilians?
Sott.net 22.03.2016 /more:






Brussels attacks: Video purporting to show Zaventem Airport explosion was shot in 2011 . CCTV purporting to show the deadly Brussels Airport explosions appears to be fake. The footage resembles a video of the moment a bomb attack took place at Domodedovo Airport in Russia in 2011. - link:

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Of all the authoritarian 'leaders' that benefit from the insecurity created by 'Muslim terrorism', the political elite of the state of Israel benefit the most. And of all the people who suffer from terrorist attacks, people of Muslim faith suffer by far the most. Israel, a country created on stolen Palestinian land and surrounded by Muslims, requires the continued threat of 'Islamic terrorism' to justify its existence. In pushing this insane agenda so far, by encouraging Europe and the 'West' to adopt Israeli attitudes towards Palestinians, it seems that the conditions are being created whereby the events of Nazi Germany may well repeat, only this time with Muslims in the position of the Jews. 

Former Israeli Intel Operatives Run Security at Brussels Airport - link:

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Brussels Bombings: #StopIslam Has Backfired In The Best Possible Way

after Brussels terror attacks, people are blaming Muslims.

terrorism is terrorism

has no religion

nobody blamed the Norway bomber  Anders Breivik as "Christian"

STOP ISLAMOPHOBIA

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Jessica Alba - Twitter

and others....

20 March 2015 Yemen 137 killed

18 April 2015 Afganistan 33 killed

26 June 2015 Tunisia 38 killed

29 June 2015 Yemen 36 killed

12 November 2015 Beirut 43 killed

19 November 2015 Nigeria 31 killed

8 January 2016 Libya 65 killed

28 February 2016 Bagdad 70 killed

13 March 2016 600 Turkmens injured with chemical attack of ISIS

University of Mosul bombing preceded Brussels attack. Why no coverage?

link:

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Back from Syria, Véronique Besse a member says France is "indirectly supports EI"

La France "indirectly supports (the group) Islamic State" in Syria, said Thursday Véronique Besse, MP non-registered Vendée and member of the Movement for France (MPF), which just met Assad in Damascus two Christians right deputies.

La France "soutient indirectement (le groupe) État islamique" en Syrie, a affirmé jeudi Véronique Besse, députée non-inscrite de Vendée et membre du Mouvement pour la France (MPF), qui vient de rencontrer Bachar al-Assad à Damas avec deux autres députés chrétiens de droite.

link:

Zionism And ISIS: Opposing Forces Or Two Sides Of The Same Coin?

Over the past decade, the Middle East — the cradle of civilization and the birthplace of the three major monotheistic religions — has become a flashpoint for religious extremism and fascism. The general public has grown used to associating radicalism with Islam, even to such an extent that the general notion is that the Islamic faith is the expression of religious extremism par excellence.

Yet such assessments have generally failed to take into account an equally dangerous radical trend that has been unfolding in the region for decades — Zionism....more:

Hackers have claimed that a number of Islamic State supporters' social media accounts are being run from internet addresses linked to the Department of Work and Pensions. A group of four young computer experts who call themselves VandaSec have unearthed evidence indicating that at least three ISIS-supporting accounts can be traced back to the DWP....more:

WHY İS İT WRONG FOR DİCTATORS OR TERRORİST TO KİLL İNNOCENT CİVİLİANS, AND RİGHT OR EXCUSABLE FOR THE UNİTED STATE, DO EXACTLY THE SAME?

WHEN PEOPLE TALKS ABOUT TERRORISM IS ALWAYS "THERE", AND THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WERE SUPPORTED "HERE".

THERE ARE MORE CİVİLIAN CASUALTİES İN THE MİDDLE EAST, AFGHANISTAN, VİETNAM, JAPAN, SOUTH AMERİCA. ETC. BY THE BOMBS OF USA , THEN 9/11 (WHICH IS ALSO AN INSIDE JOB-SB) ...

DOUBLE STANDARD

IF YOU REPEAT A LIE OFTEN AND OFTEN THAT BECOMES TRUTH TO THE PEOPLE, AND THAT STRATEGY IS WORKING SUCCESSFULLY

John Pilger - The War On Terror - Truth & Lies / watch:

There is No War On Terror... There is A War OF Terror...John Pilger / watch:

"IF WE WANNA GO TO WAR, WE HAVE TO SELL TO THE PEOPLE...AND LETS SCARE THE HELL THE PEOPLE...THE FACTS DON'T MATTER.... MAKE PROPAGANDA AND LETS CREATE A WAR"


BASED ON A DETAİLED İNVESTİGATİON OF THE FACTS...JAPAN WOULD HAVE SURRENDERED EVEN İF THE ATOMİC BOMBS HAD NOT BEEN DROPPED.
US STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY 1946


IN 1972:
PRESIDENT NIXON: 
WELL NO,NO,NO... I'D RATHER USE THE NUCLEAR BOMB.
HENRY KISSINGER:
THAT' I THINK WOULD JUST BE TOO MUCH.
PRESIDENT NIXON:
THE NUCLEAR BOMB? DOES THAT BOTHER YOU?
PRESIDENT NIXON:
I JUST WANT YOU TO THINK BIG, HENRY, FOR CHRIST'S SAKES.


THINKING BIG, IS WHAT BUSH ASTRIMINATION DID IN 2003
NOTHING WHAT COLIN POWELL CLAIMED WAS TRUE....

FALSE CLAIMS OF JOURNALIST IN PAPERS
WAS "ONE YEAR LATER" WITH  APOLOGIZING IN PAPERS
JOURNALIST IN BED WITH POLITICIANS AND WAR MERCHANTS, CAN NOT WRITE OTHERWISE...! 

THAT MAKES THESE JOURNAISTS "A COLLABORATOR".

THE WAR YOU DON'T SEE: "PROPAGANDA" JOHN PILGER / watch

TURKEY and THE MiDDLE EAST

THEY ARE PREPARING A WW3, DON'T YOU SEE IT?

STOP THE TERRORISM!
SB

Armenians massacred Musulmans on a large scale with many refinements of cruelty....

“The Report of Niles and Sutherland” by Justin McCarthy

Kongreye sunulan bildiriler: XI Türk Tarih Kongresi, Ankara, 1990, Pp,1809-1853

The Report of Niles and Sutherland


The following is a copy of the Niles and Sutherland Report as it appears in the draft copy in the United States National Archives. Being a draft, it contains infelicities of language, mistakes in paragraph numbering, confusind nomenclature, etc. These do not interfere with the message of the report. (Any editorial explanations are in brackets or footnotes).

Constantinople, Aug.16th, 1919

Report of Captain Emory H.Niles and Mr.Arthur E.Sutherland Jr. On trip of Investigation through Eastern Turkish Vilayets.(provinces)



1.Introduction

a.  In accordance with orders from Headquarters Constantinople, 25th of June, 1919, a party consisting of Captain Emory H.Niles and Mr.Arthur E.Sutherland,Jr , left Derindje on the 3rd of July 1919 via the Bagdad Railway fort he purpose of investigating conditions in the Eastern vilayets of Turkey, with a view of ascertaining the needs of this region in regard to Relief and the possibility of furnishing such Relief by the ACRNE (American Committee for Relief in the Near East—‘Near East Relief’)


b.  We proceeded by rail from Derindje to Aleppo, at which point we made an unsuccessfull attempt to engage a Turkish interpreter and a cook. After three days delay we proceeded by rail to Mardin, at which point the territory to be investigated begins. At Mardin we engaged Osman Rohi, a Turkish medical student, who had been discharged from the Army, as interpreter, but we were unable to engage a cook. Two an done-half days were spent by us in preparations, and on the 14th of July, we left Mardin on horseback for Bitlis accompanied by a guard of Turkish soldiers. From Mardin to Bitlis and Bitlis to Van the journey was made on horseback; from Van to Bayazid in carriages; from Bayazid to Erzurum by horse, carriage and railroad ; and from Erzurum to Trebizond by automobile.


The following is a detailed itinerary of the journey:  (see photo-page: 1825, 1826, 1827)


d. The object of this report is to summarize our obserbations as recorded in notes made at the time. This report should be taken in conjunction with these notes and not separately.




II. General Situation

The country through which we traveled falls generally into four regions ; first – from Mardin to Bitlis ;  second from Bitlis through Van to Bayazid ; third, the frontier region from Bayazid through Erzurum, and fourth the Black Sea region depending on Trebizond. (Trabzon)


a.  The region from Mardin to Bitlis consists of the upper Mesopotamian plains and the mountainous region bordering them on the North. It is a country untouched by the war, for no fighting was done South of Bitlis. It is inhabited entirely by Kurdish tribes who are engaged in raising cattle and cultivating the land by primitive means. There are no good roads in the region which is practically inaccessible for any transportation except pack animals.


We found that the harvest this year is excellent and that there is no fear of want fort he coming winter. The whole population seems peaceable and contented and there is no need fort he ACRNE to concern itself with work there.


b.  The second region, from Bitlis through Van to Bayazid, may be described as the basin of Lake Van. It is a district of high mountains and bad roads. In this region there was heavy fighting between the Russians and Armenians and the Turks. There were pillage and massacres committed, with the result that the district was completely ruined. The cities of Bitlis and Van are both more than nine-tenths destroyed, and a large majority of the villages were destroyed also. The country is one of bare mountains and ruins. Last year there was great want in this region, but as a result of the work of returned refugees much of the land is now under cultivation and the coming harvest will support the existing population through the winter. In the two cities, however and in Van particularly there is need of institutional work of the ACRNE.


The population consists chiefly of returned Mussulman inhabitants who have taken the Armenian villages left intact, anda re now working the land. There is also a considerable number of Mussulman refugees (Kurds) from the Armenian Caucasus, now supported partially by the government. Finally, there are a few hundred Armenians, a remnant of those who resisted the Turks, on one of the islands of Lake Van.


In this entire region we were informed that the damage and destruction had been done by the Armenians, who after the Russians retired, remained in occuğation of the country, and who when the Turkish army advanced, destroyed everything belonging to the Musulmans.


Moreover, the Armenians are accused of having committed murder, rape, arson and horrible atrocities of every description upon the Musulman population. At first we were incredolous of these stories, but we finally came to believe them, since the testimony was absolutely unanimous and was corroborated by material evidence.


For instance, the only quarters left all intact in the cities of Bitlis and Van are the Armenian quarters, as was evidenced by churches and inscriptions on the houses, while the Musulman quarters were completely destroyed. Villages said to have been Armenian were still standing, whereas Musulman villages were completely destroyed.


The verbal testimony of the inhabitants regarding personel atrocities was supported by the violent  hatred of Armenians manifested everywhere. At every town and village at which we stopped the inhabitants first desire was to tell us, not of their needs, but of horrors which the Armenians had committed upon them and their families, the details of which were almost exactly the same as those perpetrated by the Turks upon the Armenians. We believe that it is incontestable that the Armenians were guilty of crimes of the same natüre against the Turks as those of which the Turks are guilty against the Armenians.


An inevitable result of the feelings of the inhabitants is that it is impossible for any Armenian to come into the region to live, without any regard to the number of troops which may be stationed there.


c.   The third region from Bayazid to Erzurum and beyond may be termed the “Erzurum Frontier region” and consists of a series of plains surrounded by mountains, and inhabited by Turks, Kurds and Kurdish refugees from the Caucasus. In this region there was much fighting, and the villages and towns are almost completely destroyed. Morover the present inhabitants have had no opportunity to cultivate the land and there is therefore insufficient food fort he coming winter. There are very imperfect communications and consequently the natives have been unable to procure seed or grain for bread. They are now subsisting largely on “grass” which means a sort of wild vegetable named “Ebehgumedgi” (Ebegümeci) and a wild grain named “Everik”, neither of which have much food value. Catlle are very scarce and consequently milk products cannot be made. Already famine is reported, although the report is probably exaggerated, but it is certain that the inhabitants of this region will suffer and die in large numbers next winter unless some outside food relief is provided.


Included in this district is the city of Erzurum in which there is need of institutional work. At Bayazid also there is institutional need, although neither of these places are in as bad as state of material ruin as Van of Bitlis. Although difficult transportation of supplies to the region is possible. There is an auto road from Trebizond (Trabzon) to Erzerum (Erzurum), an auto road from Kars to Erzerum through Khorasan (Horasan) and Hasan Kale, and a railroad ?Ekkh? Takto in Persai on the Batum-Tiflis Railway to Kara Kilissa (Kara Kilise).


In this region the racial situation is intensely aggravated by the proximity to the frontier of Armenia, from which refugess are coming with stories of massacres, cruelty and atrocities carried on by the Armenian Government, Army and people against the Musulman population.


Although several hundred Armenians are actually living in the vilayet of Van, it would seem impossible that Armenians could live in the rural regions of the vilayet of Erzurum, since the utmost hatred of them is manifested by all. Here also the Armenians before retiring ruined villages, carried out massacres and perpetrated every kind of atrocity upon the Musulman population and the doings of the Armenians just over the frontier keep alive and active the hatred of the Armenians, a hatred that seems to be at least smouldering in the region of Van. That there are disoreders and crimes in Armenia is confirmed by refugees from Armenia in all parts of the region and by a British officer at Erzurum.


Although we were unable to see it personally we were told that the region of Erzindjan (Erzincan) is in very great need. It seems probable that the same conditions prevail there as in the neighborhood of Erzerum, since the country is similar, it was fought over at the same time and the causes of want are the same. We saw the country as far as Namoukatoon, and it was in a condition exactly like that east of Erzerum. The country to the northwest as far as Baiburt (Bayburt) seems to be in the same state of ruin and want as well.


An important indication of the general feeling against Armenians in this region is the congress being held at Erzurum when we were there to protest against any annexation of Turkish territory to Armenia.


d.  The fourth region is the watershed leading to the Black Sea and depending on Trebizond (Trabzon) and smaller Balck Sea ports. It is a region of mountain sides, fertile and well-watered, inhabited largely by Greeks. As far as we could judge, the inhabitans were in no need. Owing to the fact that this region is already being assisted by the ACRNE, we maden o attemt at investigation.

(see photos 1831)



2. Population

City of Bitlis                        Before War        August 1919

Musulman                             30.000                  4.000

Armenian                              10.000                  ---

There are no refugees from other places in the city. Those who fled from Bitlis are coming back slowly. The population of the city is 50% Turks and 50% Kurds. In the vilayet the population is almost exclusively Kurd.



3. Destruction
City of Bitlis                                     Houses Intact
                                               Before War        August 1919
Musulman                               6.500                     --
Armenian                                1.500                     1.000



About nine-tenths of the town is destroyed, chiefly through neglect, since roofs are of mud and mud is used in walls instead of cement. Walls of most houses are still standing, but roofs, Windows and all furniture are göne. Mosques, shops, public buildings and bridges are destroyed. The Armenians quarters are those which have suffered least, and almost the entire population is now housed in Armenian buildings.


Buildings materials can be found in the ruins sufficient fort he needs of the present population. Wood is scarcei but cut stone is abundant and mud is used form artar. There is abundant wood in the mountains to the South.


a.   The American buildings are not destroyed. The walls, roofs and floors are still intact, but Windows and furniture are göne and the whole compound is in a state of filth and decay.

b.  Turks are rebuilding about 100 Armenian houses with consent of the Government.



4.Food

Although  the governor-general thinks the food supplies will not suffice for next winter, other officials think there will be no lack. We observed large quantities of grain both to the South and in the region to the North of Bitlis. We believe that there will not be famine in this region next winter.

(See photo 1833)



2 Population

a.  Vilayet of Van                      Before War            August 1919
Musulmans                                       301.000                150.000
Armenians                                        68.000                        700
Nestorians                                        42.000                   ---


All present population are returned emigrants. On the basis that 50% of those who emigrated are killed there are expected in this region:


Musulman                              75.000
Armenian                               34.000
Total                                     109.000


But this basis in inexact. Probably not more that 50.000 persons are still alive.



b.  City of Van                         Before War          August 1919
Musulmans                                43.000                    5.000
Armenians                                 35.000                         60*
Total                                          78.000                    5.060

*not including about 100 in the orphanage and hospital.



3. Destruction

a. Vilayet of Van                                     Villages
                                            Before War                Intact 1919
Musulmans                             1.373                          350 (repaired)
Armenians                                 112                              ---
                                                  187                           200 (both)
Total                                      1.672                            550



Rebuilding proceeds Daily and Vali (governer) expects                that by end of year not more that 300 villages will remain in condition of absolute destruction. When villages are repaired they may not be as large as before, but some houses at least are habitable.


c.       City of Van                                        Houses
                                                      Before War        August 1919
Musulman                                         3.400                          3
Armenian                                          3.100                   1.170


(see photo 1835, 1836,1837)



Orphanage contains 40 girls and 43 boys, about one-third of whom are Armenians.     

(so two-third are Musulmans !- SB)                      
                                                              
(see photo 1838, 1839)


Sandjak (Sancak) of Bayazid
Number of Musulmans killed by Armenians in this region is 7.000. And 205 Musulman villages are destroyed, while the Armenian villages are intact !


(see photo 1840)


d.   It was at Bayazid that Musulmans refugees of the Caucasus made their strongest appeal on account of atrocities committed by Armenians, upon them and those Musulmans who remain. The notes taken at the time Show what the Armenians are doing now in Caucasus and what they did at Bayazid during their occupation. There is amost intense bitterness and thirst for revenge against the Armenians here, and it would be utterly out of the question for a single Armenian to come into the country tol ive. It is equally impossible for a Musulman to go into Armenia. We tried to get a man to take a letter to Erivan, but no one could be found who would undertake to go.


(Because, Erivan was once a Turkish city, nobody lives there now!- SB)


(see photo 1841)


c.   It is strongly recommended that the situation of Musulmans int the Caucasus be investigated and if the statements of refugees be found true, that energetic steps be taken to bring the Armenian government to repress massacress and atrocities at present going on. Whatever haas occurred in the past, and whatever the rights and wrongs of the case may be, the disorders now occuring merely keep alive the hatred of Musulmans and Armenians and make a final peaceful settlement further distant and more difficult.


(But today in 2015 , we the Turks don’t hate them, are not in hostile behavoir, but the Armenians, are in hostile behavoir, and grow up with hatred.  False allegations of them to us, that’s what makes us upset! SB)



D.  Erzurum, Frontier District, i.e. Diadin, Kara Kilissa, Alashgird, Zeidekan, Velibaba, Khorasan, Keupri Keui, Jaghan, Hassan Kale, İlidja, Karabijik, Baiburt.



1.Roads

The Region from Bayazıd along the frontier to Erzurum comprises a district about 300 kilometres in length, consisting of a series of oval shaped plains surrounded by high mountains, through which run rivers draining the plains. At the east the principal river is the Araxes, which flows east into the Caspian Sea, and at the West the chief river is the Euphrates, which at this point flows West towards Erzindjan. The region has been fought over and was occupied for a considerable time by the Russians in 1916.


During their occupation, the Russians made many improvements in the way of communications, building roads and railroads. On the Russian retirement, however, the Armenians destroyed many of the Russian improvements and most of the Musulman villages, they massacred the Musulman inhabitants, and retired leaving the country in a complete state of desolation.


At the present time there is only one road available for automobiles east of Erzurum – that leading from Erzurum through Hassan Kale, Keupri Keui (Köprü Köy) and Khorasan (Horasan) over the frontier to Sari Kamish (Sarı Kamış) and Kars. A narrow gauge railroad follows the same route, but the section in operation ends at Khorasan, about  100 km. east of Erzurum. From Khorasan east through Veli Baba, Zeidekan and Alashgird (Eleşgirt) to Kara Kilissa (Kara Kilise) east about 100 km. through Diadin to Bayazıd there is a narrow gauge railroad in operation. This road leads to Shakh taktu, in Persia , the junction with the Batoum railway, but this last section, though intact, is not in operation.


Thus both the eastern and western section of the district between Erzurum and the Armenia frontier are accessbile; but the central section, where the need is greatest in not. The region West of Erzurum is accessible by the automobile roads between Trebizond, Erzurum and Erzindjan (Erzincan); it is a region (that) includes İlidja, Karabıyık, Namoukatoun and Baiburt. The whole country under consideration is in the vilayet of Erzurum, and statistics for it were obtained both from the inhabitants of certain towns and from the central authorities at Erzurum. These figures are to be found in the reports appended.


(see photo 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849)




IV.ATROCITIES


Although it does not fall, within the excat scope of our investigation one of the most salient facts impressed on us at every point from Bitlis to Trebizond was that in the region which we traversed the Armenians committed upon the Turks all the crimes and outrages which were committed in other regions by Turks upon Armenians.


At first we were most incredulous of the stories told us, but the unanimity of the testimony of all witness, the apparent eagerness with which they told of wrongs done them, their evident hatred of Armenians, and strongest of all, the material evidence on the ground itself, have convinced us the general truth of the facts, first, that Armenians massacred Musulmans on a large sacel with many refinements of cruelty, and second that Armenians are responsible for most of the destruction done to towns and villages.


The Russians and Armenians occupied the country for a considerable time together in 1915 and 1916, and during this period there was apperantly little disorder, although doubtless there was damage committed by the Russians. In 1917 the Russians Army disbanded and left the Armenians alone in control. At this period bands of Armenian irregulars roamed the coutry pillaging and murdering the Musulman civilian population. When the  Turkish Army advanced at Erzindjan, Erzurum and Van the Armenian army broke down and all of the soldiers, regular and irregular, turned themselves to destroying Musulman property and committing atrocities upon Musulman inhabitants.


The result is a country completely ruined, containing about one-fourth of its fromer population an done-eight of its former buildings, and a most bitter hatred (of) Musulmans for Armenians which makes it impossible for two races tol ive together at the present time. The Musulmans protest that if they are forced tol ive under an Armenian Government, they will fight, and it appears to us that they will probably carry out this threat. This view is shared by Turkish officers, British officers and Americans whom we have met.


A further aggravating condition is the state of affairs across the border. We have no way of knowing how far the complaints of the refugess prove true and how far the Musulmans are themselves to blame by organizing resistance to the Armenians.  In any case the inhabitants of the Turkish side of the frontier believe that their co-religionists on the Armenian side are being massacred and treated with utmost cruelty and this belief intensifies the feeling against the Armenians. It is most strongly urged that conditions in the Caucasus be investigated with a view to ascertaining the true state of affairs, and if the Musulman reports are true, that steps be taken in order to prevent disorders that make a permanent settlement in this region more difficult that the present circumstances already make inevitable.



The report of Niles and Sutherland by Justin McCarthy - pdf

Footnote:
"The Turkish government has more than once declared that it was ready to consider and eventually accept the conclusion of historians and legal experts who will meet to study the tragic events of 1915–1916; but Yerevan refused. Nevertheless, Ankara has since 2004 supported the Vienna platform, which in 2009 published a large compilation of documents. Turkey gave full access to its archives – unlike the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and the Armenian Patriarchate at Jerusalem."

History is not one-sided....

TURKS, AZERBAIJANIANS, ARMENIANS: GENOCIDE OF HISTORICAL TRUTH

Norman Stone and Armenian Forgeries and Falsifications

Ermeni Topraklarını Türkler zorla mı aldılar?

ERMENİ KIPÇAKLARI MI , GREGORYEN KIPÇAKLAR MI?
GREGORYEN KIPÇAKLAR VE ONİKİ HAYVANLI TÜRK TAKVİMİ ÜZERİNE
Öşvank Kilisesi ve Manastırı
KIPÇAKLAR - Prof.Dr.M.Fahrettin Kırzıoğlu
KUMAN-KIPÇAK / CUMAN-KIPCHAK
KUMAN-KIPÇAK / CUMAN-KIPCHAK
SARIŞIN VE MAVİ GÖZLÜ TÜRKLER
Kars Tarihi 
Turkish petroglyphs in Armenia
Armenian Falsifications
VAN LAKE TURKiSH MASSACRES
Atrocities committed by the Armenians I
Armenian Activities in the Archive Documents of General Staff of the Republic of Turkey
Excellent legal arguments against the allegations of Armenian genocide

Some Facts and Thoughts Regarding the European Parliament’s Resolution on Armenian Genocide Claims

"According the US archives,47 644,900 Armenians returned and settled in Anatolia after the war, even before the Treaty of Sevres was signed."

"The Republic of Turkey, which settled the issue of Ottoman debts in accordance with the Treaty of Lausanne, also paid US$899,840 (dollars of the 1930s) to the US government for distribution to its citizens on the basis of the Agreement of 24 December 1923 and Supplemental Agreements, concluded and implemented between the US and Turkey. The Supplemental Agreement of 25 October 1934 concluded by the two governments provided for the settlement of the outstanding claims of the nationals of each country against the other; Article II of the agreement is as follows:

The two Governments agree that, by the payment of the aforesaid sum [$1,300,000], the Government of the Republic of Turkey will be released from liability with respect to all of the above-mentioned claims formulated against it and further agree that every claim embraced by the Agreement of December 24, 1923, shall be considered and treated as finally settled.

The last US report in 1937 finally estimated that the principal and interest amounted to US$899,840.56 It is remarkable that not a single claimant with an Armenian name was considered by the American civil servants to have made a credible case of seizure and/or destruction of property."

"The fact that Turkey does not recognize the 1915–1916 events as a crime of genocide does not violate the 1948 Convention. One should emphasize that if Armenia had seen the slightest evidence of Turkey’s responsibility in the matter, it would have attempted to bring the case before the ICJ many years ago.

It should be clear from the above that:

the Turkish Republic paid all the Ottoman debts;

the tribunals of the Ottoman state tried those who infringed Ottoman laws during the relocation of the Ottoman Armenians;

amnesty was declared for all other suspects and/or criminals.

We believe that no one now has the right to make any kind of demand of Turkey regarding the events which took place before the signing of the above-mentioned Moscow, Kars, Ankara, and Lausanne Treaties58 and the Claim Settlement Agreement with the US.

Finally, we are of the opinion that those who complain of an internationally wrongful act for which the Turkish Republic is responsible may be well advised to take their complaints to the relevant international institutions, like the UN, the ICJ, the Council of Europe, or any other similar establishment, instead of making very questionable accusations."

State Identity, Continuity, and Responsibility: The Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Turkey and the Armenian Genocide: A Reply to Vahagn Avedian - link

Pulat Tacar 

Co-Chairperson of the Turkish National Commission for UNESCO (1995–2006); he was Ambassador of Turkey to UNESCO (1989–1995), Ambassador of Turkey to the European Communities (1984–1987) and to Jakarta (1981–1984).

and Maxime Gauin

researcher at the International Strategic Research Organization (USAK, Ankara) and a PhD candidate at the Middle East Technical University

"Bitlisten doğru Van'a, [doğu] Bayezit'a kadar tüm bölgedeki hasar ve yıkımın , Ruslar geri çekildikten sonra ülkede işgali sürdüren ve Türk ordusu ilerlediği zaman,Müslümanlara ait herşeyi imha edilmesinin Ermeniler tarafından yapılmış oldugu bize bildirildi. Dahası, Ermeniler; cinayet, tecavüz, kundaklama ve Müslüman nüfusun üzerinde her türlü korkunç zalimlikleri işlemekle suçlanıyor. İlk başta bu hikayelere [karşı] çok fazla şüphecidik, fakat ifadenin tamamen oybirliği [ile] olduğu ve [suçların] maddi deliller ile doğrulandığı andan itibaren sonunda [anlatılanlara] inandık. Örneğin, Müslüman mahalleleri tamamen imha edilmişken, Bitlis ve Van şehirlerinde, Kiliselerin ve Evlerin üzerindeki yazıtlar tarafından kanıtlandığı gibi kalanlar sadece - hiç dokunulmamış - Ermeni mahalleleridir..... "



Kaynak : Yüzbaşı Emory Niles ve Mr. Arthur Sutherland, (1919 yılında) Amerika Birleşik Devletleri tarafından doğu Anadoludaki durumu soruşturmak için görevlendirilmiş Amerikalılardı. Raporları, [yardım kuruluşu] Near East Relif için Amerikalı komisyon tarafından Ermenilere destek yardımı vermek için kaynak olarak kullanılmışdı [U.S. 867.00/1005]. Justin McCarthy - "Ölüm ve Sürgün"