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2011-11-24 The Grand Turk

Turkish PM apologizes over 1930s killings of Kurds

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Posted by Fred 2011-11-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 As I pointed out yesterday, the Dersim massacres followed a period of forced resettlement, expropriation of property, organized assaults and other persecutions. The death toll of all of these persecutions of the mid to late 1930s in Turkey probably exceeds 80,000 and might be as high as 120,000 including not just Kurds but other minorities (Jews, Assyrians, Greeks).

Posted by Lord Garth 2011-11-24 08:12|| 2011-11-24 08:12|| Front Page Top

#2 It was Attatürk's secular government that crushed the Kurdish rebellion in the 1930s.

The Armenian genocide was perpetrated by the Ottoman caliphate.

By apologizing for the Kurdish massacre Erdogan is delegitimising Attatürk's heritage which is probably his real objective.

There won't be a similar apology to the Armenians as that move would cast a shadow over Attatürk's opponent, the caliphate.

Posted by Gromolet Sleregum5131 2011-11-24 12:52|| 2011-11-24 12:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Yah, the Turks don't apologize for murdering Christians. Kurds executed much of the slaughter of Armenians.

Posted by Bubba Lumumba8396 2011-11-24 21:51|| 2011-11-24 21:51|| Front Page Top

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