Los Angeles (AINA) — “We have made a clean sweep of the Armenians and Assyrians of Azerbaijan” — Those were the words of Djevdet Bey, the governor of Van Province in Ottoman Turkey, who on April 24, 1915 lead 20,000 Turkish soldiers and 10,000 Kurdish irregulars in the opening act of the genocide of Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks. Between 1915 and 1918 750,000 Assyrians (75%), 1000,000 Greeks and 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman Turks and Kurds in a …
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(AINA) — The city of Glendale, a suburb of Los Angeles, California, hosted commemoration events on the Turkish genocide of Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks in World War One. Glendale is home to a large Armenian population as well as a population of Assyrians. The events included lectures, poetry readings, performances and a candlelight vigil and were attended by a large audience of Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks and other interested persons. Speakers included Rebert Avetisyan, the Permanent Representative of the Nagorno Karabakh …
3/20/2017 The Honorable Congresswoman/Congressman Members of House Committee on Foreign Affairs Washington, DC 20515 Today, March 20th marks the 14th anniversary of the US and allies’ invasion/liberation of Iraq. Only three days ago, and specifically on March 17th, we marked the 1st. anniversary of US declaration of ISIS Genocide against the ethno-religious minorities of Iraq and Syria. As you’re getting ready to meet with the Prime Minister of Iraq; Dr. Haider al-Abadi, the liberation of the city of Mosul …
Garo Paylan, who is an Armenian from Turkey, wants Turkey to face its bloody past and recognize the Seyfo genocide committed against its non-Muslims citizens, living in the Ottoman Empire. However, Lawmakers from the ruling (AKP) party and the rest of the genocide denial members of parliament were verbally attacking when addressing the legislation body! He said: ‘I Call It Genocide; You Can Call It Whatever You Want’. Furthermore, he added: “ We were once 40 percent of the population. …
Muslim Assyrians? Who are they? By Sabri Atman Many readers will wonder, who are these Assyrians? Moreover, aren’t all Assyrians Christian? Apparently not! The majority of Assyrians are Christians – some agnostic and some atheists as well. Now; however, we also have Muslim Assyrians that are proud of their Assyrian identity. Crypto- Assyrians, is a term to describe those Assyrians that are full-fledged ethnic Assyrians or those that of partial Assyrian origin; yet they feel obliged to hide their Assyrian …
For several decades the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and other leading Jewish American organizations (AIPAC, AJC, B’nai B’rith, and JINSA) have deliberately colluded with Turkey and Israel to defeat U.S. Congressional resolutions on the Christian Armenian Genocide and to diminish the factuality of that genocide. Yola Habif Johnston, a director at JINSA (Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs), once admitted that “the Jewish lobby has quite actively supported Turkey in their efforts to prevent the so-called Armenian genocide resolution from passing.” …