armenian mythomania

170 Pages·2007·3.8 MB·English

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Armenian Mythomania
Mythomania
A compulsion to embroider the truth, exaggerate or to tell lies.
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Mitos
A fair tale, a lie
Langenschaidts Wörterbuch
Mania
Craziness, passion, rage, fury, mania
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The book is dedicated to our
dear friend Erich Feigl whom
we lost during the publication process
of this book.
© 2007 Erich Feigl
All rights reserved
No part of this book may be reproduced without prior arrangement with the author.
ISBN 3-85002-583-7
ab 1.1.2007: ISBN 978-3-85002-583-6
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An Illustrated Exposé by Erich Feigl
ARMENIAN
MYTHOMANIA
Armenian Extremism:
Its Causes and Historical Context
EDITION ZEITGESCHICHTE • FREILASSING - SALZBURG
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DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF MY FRIEND
ERDO⁄AN ÖZEN
Anatomy of a senseless crime: On Wednesday,
June 20, 1984, the labor and social affairs
attaché of the Turkish Embassy arrives at work
at 8:45. He parks his car beside the embassy
building, greets the policeman on duty . . . and
then a remote-control bomb explodes. The car is
thrown into the air and lands upside down.
Erdo¤an Özen is dead . . . his body charred
beyond recognition. The 62-year-old policeman,
Leopold Smetacek, is caught in the flash of fire
from the explosion ... He will wrestle with death
for months, his face totally burned. A number of
passers-by are injured. The "Armenian
Revolutionary Army" - ARA - once again
claims "responsibility". The assassin is
undoubtedly convinced of the "justice" of his
deed. He probably has no idea of the true story
behind the tragedy of his people in the First
World War. All he knows is the lessons he has
had drilled into him about the "Terrible Turk".
History – misunderstood history - as the motive
for inhuman behavior - that is unique to the
world of terrorism.
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(Photo: Neue Kronenzeitung)
ARMENIAN ISSUE ALLEGATIONS-FACTS
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Turkish Diplomats Killed by Armenian Terrorists
Date City/ Title Name - Surname
27.01.1973 Santa Babara / Consul Mehmet BAYDAR
Consul General Bahad›r DEM‹R
22.10.1975 Vienna/ Ambassador Danifl TUNALIG‹L
24.10.1975 Paris / Ambassador ‹smail EREZ
Driver Talip YENER
16.02.1976 Beirut / First Secretary Oktar C‹R‹T
09.06.1977 Vatican / Ambassador Taha CARIM
02.06.1978 Madrid / Ambassador’s Wife Necla KUNERALP
Retired Ambassador Beflir BALCIO⁄LU
12.10.1979 The Hague/ Ambassador’s Son Ahmet BENLER
22.12.1979 Paris / Tourism Counselor Y›lmaz ÇOLPAN
31.07.1980 Athens / Administrative Attaché Galip ÖZMEN
Administrative Attaché's daughter Neslihan ÖZMEN
17.12.1980 Sydney/ Consul fiar›k ARIYAK
Security Attaché Engin SEVER
04.3.1981 Paris / Counselor for Labor Affairs Reflat MORALI
Counselor for Religious Affairs Tecelli ARI
09.06.1981 Geneva/ Secretary M. Savafl YERGÜZ
24.09.1981 Paris / Security Attaché Cemal ÖZEN
28.01.1982 Los Angeles / Consul General Kemal ARIKAN
08.04.1982 Ottawa / Counselor for Commercial Affairs Kani GÜNGÖR
04.05.1982 Boston / Honorary Consul General Orhan GÜNDÜZ
07.06.1982 Lisbon / Administrative Officer Erkut AKBAY
27.08.1982 Ottawa / Military Attaché Atilla ALKIKAT
09.09.1982 Bourgas / Administrative Attaché Bora SUELKAN
08.01.1983 Lisbon / Administrative Officer's Wife Nadide AKBAY
09.03.1983 Belgrad / Ambassador Galip BALKAR
14.07.1983 Brussels / Administrative Attaché Dursun AKSOY
27.07.1983 Lisbon / Wife of the Counselor Cahide MIHÇIO⁄LU
28.04.1984 Tehran / Wife of Secretary Ifl›k YÖNDER
20.06.1984 Vienna / Labor and Social Affairs Attaché Erdo¤an ÖZEN
19.11.1984 Vienna / UN Official Enver ERGÜN
07.10.1991 Athens / Press Affairs Attaché Çetin GÖRGÜ
11.12.1993 Baghdad / Administrative Attaché Ça¤lar YÜCEL
04.07.1994 Athens/ Consul Haluk S‹PAH‹O⁄LU
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A Personal Foreword
"Have you gone crazy?" - "Are you tired of living?" These were the comments of friends and
acquaintances when they heard that I was working on a book about the causes and historical
context of Armenian terrorism. Why should be the one to take on such a dangerous subject?. . .
Shouldn't it be a matter for the Turks and Armenians to work out among themselves? All of
my friends considered my project dangerous, even threaten ing, and I realized that it must be
these concerns, these fears, that have until now prevented unbiased accounts of the historical
reality behind Armenian terrorism from appearing. People are obviously afraid of reprisals and
therefore leave the whole issue to the advocates of reckless violence, who control virtually all
the literature on the subject. In virtually every publication that discusses the Armenian question
or Armenian terrorism, the authors plead for "understanding" toward terror. This is just as re-
markable as when terrorist organizations claim "responsibility" after an attack.
With this "responsibility" - or rather with the perversion of this noble concept - they pretend to
have "power" by creating the illusion of "justice", and with this legitimation they play fate,
shoot down the reluctant and black -mail the hesitant.
It is not only human beings who have fates, however, but films and publications as well. HA-
BENT SUA FATALIBELLI, "books have fates", wrote Terentianus Maurus around 200 A.D.,
and in the preceding verse he says resolutely, "PRO CAPTU LECTORIS", "according to the
grasp of the reader".
I had two key experiences in this connection following the appearance of the German edition of
this book. The first was with a very high official of the Armenian Orthodox (Gregorian)
Church of Central Europe who, in the course of a meeting with the (Catholic) Mekhitarists
(who truly have nothing to do with this statement), said to my face, "How dare you set the
worthless Turks off against the dead Armenians in your book!" When I asked in horror if I had
understood correctly, he repeated even more vehemently, "Yes, I said the worthless Turks!"
The Armenian view of history is for the most part shared by the public at large. That is no sur-
prise, and it should not be taken as a reproach.
While doing the background research for this book and for my films, I took great pains to col-
lect information from a broad spectrum of sources. In so doing, I met many people to whom I
owe the deepest respect: His Beatitude the Armenian Apostolic Patriarch Snork Kalutsyan of Is-
tanbul, for example, and the doctors and nurses of the Armenian hospital in the same city. I
mention these people here in lieu of the many, many noble Armenians whom I know - from
scholars and intellectuals to the Armenian farmers and their families who live on Musa Dagh,
made famous by Franz Werfel. I did, of course, also meet other people in the course of my rese-
arch work. I especially recall Dr. Gerard Libaridian, the head of the Armenian Zorian Institute.
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I spent several hours with Dr. Libaridian in his office in Cambridge, Massachusetts and had an
extremely interesting conversation with him. Dr. Libaridian is a brilliant man, bubbling with vi-
tality, knowledge, talent, and self-confidence. One could write a very compelling play based on
my conversation with him.
I kept notes of my host's most provocative statements in this fascinating discussion. Several ti-
mes he mentioned the so-called "Andonian papers".
Since it seemed reasonable to assume that Dr. Libaridian knew that the papers were forgeries, I
did not want to waste a single word on the subject. There were so many other, more interesting
things to talk about. But remarkably enough, he stuck with Aram Andonian's book and its
"documents". Finally, I had to say, "But Doctor Libaridian, you know as well as I that these
'Andonian papers' are forgeries!"
I will never forget Dr. Libaridian's answer or his facial expression as he replied simply and bri-
efly to my reproach: "AND?"
KHOJALI GENOCIDE
committed by Armenia in
26 February 1992.
"A N D ?"
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Armenian attack on a mosque