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An obscure element of the Armenian Genocide involves the Turkification of Armenian agricultural contributions. Armenian agricultural land and wealth was seized and transferred into the hands of Turkish and Kurdish fortune hunters.
Ataturk’s Republic of Turkey eventually took measures to erase Armenian heritage and cultural contributions, frequently taking credit for such things, by falsely identifying them as part of their Turkish heritage.
Varieties of apricots, figs, mulberries, persimmones and pomegranates (with a distinctly Armenian origin), are now being marketed as Turkish heritage products, without any reference to their Armenian cultural origin. The proper way to do it, is to credit the founders of these products, as is the case with corn (or maiz), originally a Native American agricultural product in America.
California should ban Turkish fruit imports, misidentified as “Turkish” — whether they be a formerly Armenian variety strain of apricots, figs, or any other misidentified fruit product.