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Uzay Bulut

Uzay Bulut

Uzay Bulut is a Turkish journalist and political analyst formerly based in Ankara. She is a fellow at the Middle East Forum (MEF) and is currently based in Washington D.C. Bulut’s journalistic work focuses mainly on Turkish politics, ethnic and religious minorities in Turkey, and antisemitism.

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  1. Great article by Uzay Bulut, we must NEVER FORGET.

    I am having trouble trying to share it I keep getting ” Error

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  2. We must never Forget the Sacrifice are Christian Ancestors made for us. A Good Article

  3. Turkey is pursuing a course that appears determined to rid itself of every memory of the Armenian people who added joy, warmth, education, dedication and hard work to the former Ottoman empire.
    This is doubtless the result of increasing national guilt. Each piece of Armenian property subsumed by the Turkish government was paid for with Armenian blood.
    When will it end?

    I am not Armenian. I have read nearly all the histories, analyses and remembrances that have been published to date. I have schooled myself in Balkan, Ottoman and European war history from 1860’s to 1923. I am trying to understand this insanity: Bernard Lewis should be stripped of his academic credentials for his vociferous support of the denialists. He and others were paid hacks.
    I will not stop reading. I will not stop learning. I’m forever grateful to live in the USA where I am free to continue my enlightening.

  4. The Armenian Church of Samsun, is one of the 2,500 Armenian churches of Western Armenia that were demolished by the Turks. Not only did the Turks empty out the six Western Armenian provinces of their entire Christian Armenian population, but in addition, they wiped out almost every single Armenian church, school, and monument from those lands.

    It’s extremely important that all of the “hidden” Islamicised Armenians of present-day eastern Turkey (who are the descendants of Armenian Genocide survivors, forced into converting to Islam) be made fully aware that their true religion is not Islam. Actually, many of them, after rediscovering and reclaiming their Armenian roots over the past ten years, have also taken it upon themselves to rightfully renounce Islam, and get baptized as Christians. Hopefully, the rest of these “hidden” Islamicised Armenians will also follow the same path.

    On the subject of religion, there’s really no place for any other religion in the Armenian culture other than Christianity, and specifically, Armenian Christianity. Our religious symbol is, and will always be the adorable Armenian Cross. On the other hand, let’s not forget that the history of Armenia does not begin in 301 AD, when it became the first nation to adopt Christianity as a state religion. Actually, Armenia’s pre-Christian period of history is much longer than its Christian period of history. Therefore, the Armenian cultural traditions from that period of time (prior to 301 AD), should be incorporated into the present-day Armenian culture. I also believe that Garegin Nzhdeh’s “Tseghakron ideology” should constitute a huge part of our religion. In other words, based on this ideology, the religion of the Armenian people revolves around the Armenian Nation; and therefore, the Armenian Nation’s values and aspirations are placed above everything else.

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