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PDFBy Avedis Kevorkian, Philadelphia, PA USA, 10 July 2009
In order to be accepted into the European Union, Turkey finally realized that it had no choice but to stop denying the historical fact of the Armenian Genocide. In its statement, it said: "Yes, in 1915, the Ottoman Empire did commit the state-conceived, state-planned, and state-executed genocide of its Armenians. Therefore, although the Republic of Turkey had nothing to do with it, we will transfer a part of eastern Turkey to the Republic of Armenia."
The world was astounded.
Washington was caught flat-footed, but scraped together a statement in which it praised Turkey.
London issued a statement praising Turkey.
The State of Israel went further and said that it was about time that Turkey admitted the actions of the Ottomans had made the template for future genocides.
The Armenians were elated beyond description when they learned how much of
Turkey was involved. Of course, many of the Turks living in the land to be transferred, decided to leave, but about twenty-three million Turks stayed on, saying that as far as they were concerned it was their home.
The transfer took place, and suddenly Armenia was more than three times as large and had a population almost six times as great. About two-million Armenians from the Diaspora came, looked around, and about half decided that they didn't want to live in such a backward area, but about a million stayed on.
The Turkish flag came down; Mustapha Kemal's photos were removed; the schools began teaching Armenian, and the resident Turks were given Armenian citizenship.
Armenians from the Republic came across the now-disappeared border to "look at Ararat from the other side." Some stayed.
The government's crooks and thieves and thugs also came and, as expected, gobbled up the best land and properties. They made plans to divide the profits from the Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline.
About three years later, it was time to vote for the Armenian National Assembly. The (Armenian) Armenians put up their hundreds of candidates affiliated with the usual score of parties. The Turkish (Armenians) formed one party and put up one slate of candidates. Even the crooked (Armenian) Armenian government could not alter the results which showed a huge number of Turkish (Armenian)--about five times as many as Armenian (Armenian)--members of the Assembly, and the Assembly elected a Turkish (Armenian) Speaker, and Turkish (Armenian) office holders were appointed.
The Republic of Armenia had a Turkish (Armenian)-run Assembly.
The following year, came the election of a president. The (Armenian) Armenians put up their usual dozen candidates from about a score of political parties, and the Turkish (Armenians) put up a single candidate. After the election, even the (Armenian) Armenians had to admit that the country had elected a Turkish (Armenian) president.
He was inaugurated, and installed a cabinet full of Turkish (Armenian) ministers.
Thus, the Republic of Armenia had a Turkish (Armenian) President, a (Turkish) Armenian Prime Minister, and a Turkish (Armenian) Assembly.
Shortly after, a Turkish (Armenian) member of the Assembly introduced a bill dissolving the Republic of Armenia in order to have it absorbed into the Republic of Turkey. It was quickly seconded, and the vote was about five to one in favor. The Turkish (Armenian) president signed the measure into law.
Ankara announced that the Armenians had finally come home. And Turkey's long-time objective had been realized; there was no Armenia any longer.
Washington was caught flat-footed but issued a statement that the Armenians had done a wise thing.
London issued a statement that the Armenians had done a wise thing.
The State of Israel said that the Armenians had turned the last page of the last chapter of their history and were back in the Turkish family.
The crooks and thieves and thugs who used to run Armenia were now listed as among the richest Turks.
At midnight of the following December 31, the Armenian Tri-color was brought down for the last time, and the Crescent and Star raised over the Assembly building. The Republic of Armenia was no more. Photos of Mustapha Kemal went up all over the former Armenia.
The Republic of Turkey had just expanded eastward to its "brother" Azerbaijan. Mount Ararat was back in Turkey.
The singing and dancing, which had begun days before, became almost universal. The singing and dancing went into the early days of January. The longer it lasted the louder it became.
Then, suddenly, it stopped. All was quiet.
As my eyes got used to the darkness, I realized that I was staring at the ceiling of my bedroom. I looked around. I was in my bedroom.
It had been a dream.
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Turkey Recognizes--a response to a response
However, I am more than pleased with Karnig's dream that revealed that Turkey--in a benevolent mood--was to turn over Western Armenia completely denuded of all Turkish citizens. After all, the concept of exchange-of-population does not apply here--the Turks are staying in Turkey, albeit another part, and all the Armenians aren't leaving present-day Armenia. (Karnig's dream didn't have time to explain that exchanges of population means moving people to different countries.)
Thus, according to his dream, the three-million Armenians are going to be adding a de-populated Western Armenia to their postage-stamp-sized present country. What a magnificent challenge!
Whereas the soldiers of the American Confederacy were promised "40 acres and a mule," following the Civil War, and whereas the "homesteaders" in the 1889 Oklahoma Landrush, were promised 160 acres, the Armenians of Armenia will now have hundreds of acres--maybe hundreds of square miles--of land on which to build and cultivate and develop and live. That is, of course, after the crooks and thieves and thugs have taken the best parts of the country for themselves.
Certainly, some Armenians in the Diaspora will also decide to go to Western Armenia and give up the luxury of Western living to "return to their homeland." Together, they will reclaim the Armenian heritage. They will rebuild the homes and reconsecrate the churches of their ancestors, reconsecrate the desecrated cemeteries, re-establish the schools. And, after a couple of
generations of sacrifice, they will have running water, indoor toilets and electricity--and television--in every home. They will have transported the paradise that is present-day Armenia to Western Armenia.
Ah, Yes, I prefer that dream.
Don't feed the troll!
Don't feed the troll!
Great imagination
Great imagination, but not the best place to post it.
Where should it be posted
Where should it be posted then, Garo? What kind of a site do you think this is...?
Sounds like the rants of a bitter expat to me...
Oh yes, very funny, but not very logical
Oh yes, very funny, but not very logical.
Armenians would never, ever agree to living in a new state in which the majority were Turks, just as Armenians would never agree to living in a Karabagh that was controlled by Azerbaijan, or in which the majority of inhabitants were Azeris. And Armenians, to take another example, would never absorb into an Armenian state the supposedly Azeri territories outside Karabagh if those territories came to be repopulated by a majority of Azeris.
So how is Western Armenian to be gained? The fact is, no one knows. Intelligent people are well aware of the problem. But one should not suppose that Armenians will reward Turkey for having committted the genocide and removing Armenians fron their lands. Thus, it is up to Turkey and Armenians to ensure that Armenian territory is repopulated and then controlled by Armenians. How to do that? That is the question to be solved. But the author of the above fiction is supposing that we Armenians are so stupid that we would readily absorb a territory with 23 million Turks on it. We are not that stupid or reckless.
By the way, how interesting that Azerbaijan and Armenia traded their populations in the late 1980's and early 1990's due to the Karabagh war. Whatever one thinks of those sad events, they did happen. Turkey and Greece also exchanged many millions in the wake of the Turkish - Greek war which ended in 1922.
Can't move populations, huh? That is what the author seems to be saying. He's wrong. And, by the way, the Ottomans moved milllions of Turks in Armenian lands and brought in lots of Kurds too. The Turks are the ones who changed the demographics. Again, that situation is not necessarily going to always remain that way.
Superb!
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