Genocide1915

We will never quit the fight for justice, the fight for the recognition of the Armenian genocide, even if 100 years passes or all the borders between the Turkey and Armenia are opened. This fight is for the innocent victims of a great tragedy; for their souls to rest in peace. All the money in the world cannot heal the pain and suffering caused by the bloodshed that took place a century ago. To all the Armenian Genocide deniers: your resistance is futile! A great shame in the history of the humanity should never repeat again. An unpunished killer will always kill again unless confronted. Today a small and impoverished nation called Armenia is because of the horrific events that took place from 1915 to 1923, the Armenian genocide. In present Armenia is a ghost of the same Armenia that once stretched from sea to sea. And today Turkey still plays the same dirty politics that it used to play a century ago to hide its bloody hands. Turkish government has one mission; deny the Armenian Genocide anyway possible. And the best way to do that is to make life in Armenia miserable by blockading all the means of transportation in and out of the country. It is the oldest trick in the book to lay a siege and the city will fall sooner or later. Turkey is just waiting for Armenia to plead in desperation to open the borders with Turkey and in turn promise not to pursue the Armenian genocide recognition. Turkey's hideous plan was brilliant and  it almost worked if only the Armenian Diaspora did not intervene. At a crucial time when Armenia's fate was about to be decided, the Armenian people all around the world rose and said we will never give in. And once more Turkey tried but could not get away with exterminating a whole nation as if nothing had happened. However, no one can say that all the Turks are bad. In fact, there were many cases during the 1915 massacres when Turkish families saved Armenian children from death by hiding then adopting them. By the same token, no Turk can say, "I am not guilty it was my grandfather's fault. They did the killings". If one does not accept and condemn the crimes of his/her ancestors, then that person is also guilty.

Every person has the ethical responsibility to safe guard the basic human qualities and values such as one's race, ethnicity, and religion. And when a group of people are persecuted because of their race, ethnicity, or religion, all the humanity has to condemn and punish the perpetrators. This is exactly what the world failed to do during the Armenian genocide when the slayer's hands were still covered with the fresh blood of a million and half innocent victims. Turkey still hides behind the outdated excuses of WW I to downplay the massacres of the Armenian population. In fact, Turkey did not miss the opportunity to use the turmoil of WW I to cleanse the country of Armenians.

As it always has happened throughout the history, humanity pays harshly later on when killers walk away unpunished after committing horrible massacres. As is the case of the Holocaust which followed shortly after the Armenian genocide. And on August 22, 1939 Hitler said, "Who after all speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?". Then followed Rwanda, former Yugoslavia, Darfur, Sudan... And even before the word "Genocide" (link) was invented, many genocides had already occurred throughout the history. Humanity has to learn from its mistakes by making sure that justice is served. Only then future genocides would be prevented and ultimately that dreadful word should be obsolete. Until then we have a lot of work to do.