"Turkish Culture"

"Sebebim Aşk" by Seden Gürel
"Ատանայի Կոտորածը," an Armenian folk song
Witness a turkish thievery taking Armenian music and songs and profiting by selling the world "turkish music". Music is just a tiny fraction of what they take from others, the architecture, the culture, the traditions, the alphabet and more are other things they have taken.

'Armenia's New Friend...The West?'

"Hello to all my Armenian compatriots and to all those who support Armenia. What I want to blog about right now are storm clouds I see brewing on the horizon of Armenia's future. And this storm cloud is the West. Ever since the Kemalist Turks finished the job of Talat, Enver, and Djemal Pasha by expelling the last Armenians from Cilicia and on the Russian border, Turkey has had no greater ally than the West, namely the United States of America and the UK. Time and time again Turkey has used different threats against these global giants to escape, like the cowards they are, their just and righteous punishment. History has shown us that the West's intentions towards Armenia do not serve the best interests of Armenian's. In World War I for example, the Allied Powers attitude to the war was "The liberation of oppressed Christians in the Ottoman Empire and too rid the world once and for all of the barbaric and backwards ways of the Ottoman Empire." However, their actions do not back up their promises. After WWI, when Turkey was reeling and the remnants of the CUP(Committee of Union and Progress...aka "The Young Turk Regime") were committing suicide and waiting for the punishment they figured was coming, what did the West do? Nothing! The UK tried in vain to jail leading members of the CUP, but to no avail. France protected Armenians in Cilicia for a while, along with the Russians on the Caucusus border. But they left, and in doing so, left the Armenians defenseless to the marauding Kemalist Nationlist Forces. I'm sure you are asking why would these countries, whose principles are freedom and civility, would allow this to happen? Two things my friends: 1) Oil and 2) Turkey as an ally against communism. And so, throught the rest of the 20th century and into the 21st century, Turkey would play these cards against the West, whenever Genocide recognition was brought up. One time it would be Insurlek Airbase being threatened to be shut down, another time it could be closed airspace, and so on and so on. Fast-forward to 2008 and the conflict between Georgia and Russia over South Ossetia and Abkhazia. You would think a little conflict in the Caucasus wouldn't scare the mighty West. But it did scare the crap out of the West. See, there is a pipeline that runs from the Caspian Sea through Azerbaijan, around Armenia, through Georgia, and on through Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea. This conflict destabilized the pipeline's safety and the mighty West could not depend on it being a reliable source of energy any more. How does Armenia fit into this? Well, during the Artsakh Liberation War (Nagorno Karabakh War to all the non-Armenian) between 1988-1994, Armenian's clashed against Azerbaijani's. Azerbaijani's are of turkic/tatar origin, and are considered ethnic brothers of the turks from Turkey proper. Artsakh was a Autonomous Soviet Oblast inside of Azerbaijan from 1921-1988. Artsakh was always the eastern most province of Greater Armenia. Some of Armenia's brightest cultural moments and figures happened in Artsakh. The only reason it was under Azeri control was because it was given to them by Lenin and Stalin, in the hopes of wooing over Kemal Ataturk to the communist side instead of being the West's little lackey. Not only did Armenia lose Artsakh, but also Nachichevan. Through years of neglect, pogroms, massacres, etc... the Armenians of Artsakh said enough is enough and proclaimed their independance from Azerbaijan during the fall of the Soviet Union. This was between 1988 and 1990. In 1991, full scale fighting and war broke out. I will sum the war up quickly since it isn't the main point of this blog. The Armenians, outnumbered sometime 16 to 1 in combat, heroically defended their beloved mountains and homes and sent the Azeri's running like little girls. Experts say if the Armenians wanted to, they could have marched on Baku. Anyways, in a show of turkic solidarity between on Genocide perpetraitor to the next, Turkey closed the border with Armenia. Ontop of this, Turkey and Azerbaijan colluded to prevent Armenia from being allowed participation in the construction of the Ceyhan Pipeline(the pipeline I explained above). So one day in 2008, October to be exact, Armenia's president Sergz Sargsyan invited his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul to a soccer match in Yerevan, Armenia. This was the first time a turkish president has stepped foot on Armenian soil. It was called football diplomacy. Then, in 2009, it was announced that Armenia and Turkey had reached landmark agreements to reopen the border and to improve relations through the notorious Protocols all of us Armenians know about. Of course, th. was done and pushed through with the greatest of enthusiasm by the Minsk Group. The Minsk group consists of France, the US, and Switzerland acting as moderators. Doesn’t everyone see what has happened here? The West, after losing the security blanket of stability on the Ceyhan pipeline issue, moved in another direction. All of a sudden, after so many years of neglect and not giving a shit about Armenia, the West is all of a sudden Armenia's new best friend? These protocols are dangerous. Free and independant Artsakh is threatened, Genocide recognition is threatened, our land claims in Eastern Turkey are threatened, Armenia’s existence is threatened! Wake up my fellow Armenians! We are being used in the global game of oil. The evil spirit of the Young Turks and the Rothschild's is still among us. We, the new generation of Armenian's, must carry on the torch of our forefathers and make sure their cries for justice and righteousness don't go unheeded! The time is now. Remember, we are Armenian's...the first Christian nation, where God gave mankind a second chance. Let's not blow this second chance my brothers and sisters... "

-Nishan Sahagian

Սրանք ուրիշ թուրքեր են, հեչ նման չէն հին թուրքերին

Սիրելի հայրենակիցներ, ինչպես դուք գիտեք Վարդան Պետրոսյանի հրաշալի այս ներկայացումը նա պարզ ձևով ցույց է տալիս որ թուրքերը չեն փոխվել: 11-րդ դարից մինչև 20-րդ դարը և մինչև այսօր թուրքը չի փոխվել, և օր ու գիշեր աշխատում են թե մեզ տապալեն, թե ոչնչացնեն և մեր հիշողությունը աղավաղեն և ժամանակի ընթացքում, բոլորովին ոչնչացնեն մեր հեթքը աշխարհից: Պետրոսյանը մեզ, Հայ ժողովրդին, համեմատում է հավի հետ քանի որ, քանի անգամ կարելի է մի փորձությունի մեջից անցնել և թույլ տալ որ այդ պատմությունը կրկնվի: Սա սխալ է, մենք Հայ ժողովուրդս խելացի ազգ ենք բայց երբ նայում ես այս տեսակետով, նա ճիշտ է: Մենք թույլ ենք տալիս մեծ իրավունքով որ մեզ հավ կոչեն, քանի որ մեր հիշողությունը այսօր նմանվում է հավի հիշողությանը: Պետք է մեր Հայ ժողովուրդը իր դաժան պատմությունից դասեր քաղի, և գիտակցի որ թշնամին մինչև իր կողմից թշնամական վերաբերմունքից չփոխվի և ապացույցի ճիշտ և արդար (մարդկային) քայլեր չձեռնարկի, նա կմնա մեր թշնամին ոչ թե մենք առհամարենք վտանգը և լցնենք մեր ուղեղների մեջ հիմար, արկածային, անիրական և ատհնարին, երազներով: Մենք որպես հայեր, պառտք ունենք մեր նահատակված պապերի և մենք մեզ պառտք ենք որ վերականգնեց այն ինչ մենք կորձրել ենք, այն ինչ մեր թշնամին մեզանից վերձրել է: Այսքան սխալվելուց հետո մենք այլևս սխալվելու իրավունք չունենք մանավանդ որ հաջորդ սխալը կարող է լինել մեր վերջինը:

The Sad Truth

This video is from YouTube. It was posted by “ANTV from Tulus”. In the video the man asks different people about Armenia and Azerbaijan to see if people know what they are. Many respond to Armenia as a country and people and the nationality of Charles Anznavour, the famous Armenian singer in France and they also respond by saying that the Armenians have suffered though Genocide. To Azerbaijan they are completely clueless. Many of you will cheer to the success of beating Azerbaijan in this video demonstration in which country is more known, however, that is not the case. Even though we Armenians won in popularity and being known more about in the video, we are still sadly unknown to Non-Armenian people and even more sadly to ourselves. Our people are known only though the tragic Genocide, people of importance or fame in the Medium or other notable areas or even the horrible racist or stereotypic statements like “Oh, so you are Armenian, you drive (a certain car) and live in Glendale, CA?” or “So Armenia is located in the Middle East, do you speak Arabic?”. This is due to ignorance not on only the part of non-Armenians but us Armenians. We must educate ourselves and then others of our identity. Many of you may say “I am American” and leave it at that. Or perhaps you are from another country such as England and say you are English. That would be incorrect. To be an American, does not satisfy the entire question. You are from California, your mother is originally from New York and your father is originally from Virginia, your grandparents may even both be from Virginia your other grandparents may both be from New York but at least their Grandparents are form outside the United States and if not there will be a point where that your family is from elsewhere unless you are Native American. Not even your friends who are “White” or “Black” are originally from the United States. The American Identity is very complex. What is the USA? The original Americans were of European decent or English, German, Irish, Scottish and so on. There are many people who do not fit these criteria that say they are American. How does that work out? The Americans who were of European decent did not consider themselves British or German or the others they considered the land they personally were born on their homeland. Then again there are people who become citizens and are not natural born citizens and still consider themselves to be Americans. Then in this case they believe in the American Ideology or like the lifestyle, condition, incentives, business opportunities of America or at minimum prefer it over where they came from. There are many ways to look at things. Incentive is a way to determine something. You add all the pros and cons and determine the answer according to which ever has the more pros. One may see which of the solutions is stronger, older and more befitting and answer the question. Now, however, we are talking about your identity, in other words who you are and where you come from. These methods may be used in determining you Identity. Since your last name may be something like Pogosian, Grigoryan, Tikranian or the like, you know that you are not simply American. Your roots go deeper than that and it is a crime to just cut them away and for some it is impossible. If a tree were to uproot itself the tree would not survive long and die. The same is for people. We too must take care of our roots so we grow to be healthier, happier, prouder, stronger, smarter and above all better people who contribute to society. Very few American inventors or well known, intelligent and respected people did what they did to bring glory to the United States. They all had personal incentives, gains and did it for personal glory for their personal name to be remembered let alone their family name or their country. They all acted as individuals cut away from their “brothers” and “sisters” if one American today can even consider another their “brother” or “sister”. If America is a wall then it uses “The American Ideology”: “diversity”, economy, military, technology, medium, “equality”, “freedom”, “opportunity”, “justice”, “independence” and “individualism” as mortar. To be Armenian is to be part of a culture that is thousands of years old and predates Assyria, Greece, Rome and Persia, to speak a language that is the mother tongue of The Indo-European Languages, A country whose people are the first civilized people and the spreaders of civilization, a people whose contributions to society and civilization are unmatched. People who are so brave that in ancient times they were as brave as lions but others only wished that they were as brave as them. People who others have tried to eliminate but are still here alive and striving. The Genocide continues the one that started on April 24, 1915. That Genocide was a “red” (blood/ murder) and “dark” (despair and destruction) Genocide, the one that progresses is a “white” Genocide because it does not involve forced removal, murder, rape, arson, destruction, etc. now this Genocide is one that destroys our roots, identity, history, culture and all that has to do with being Armenian. The enemies of the Armenians are still at large and still enemies they have not changed and it appears they never will.