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A Demographic Narrative of Diyarbekir Province Based on Ottoman Records
The Armenian Weekly
April 2011 Magazine
“My central argument is that there is no major contradiction not only between different Ottoman materials, but also between Ottoman and foreign archival materials. So, it is erroneous to assume that the Ottoman documents (referring here mostly to the documents from the Prime Ministry Archive) were created solely in order to obscure the actions of the Ottoman government…. Ottoman archival materials support and corroborate the narrative of Armenian Genocide as shown in the western Archival sources.” (Emphasis mine)
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Request to Mr. Aghjayan:
Since your area of focus (expertise?) is demographics of Western Armenia, would you consider an article to accurately, scientifically estimate the number of Armenians that would be living today in Western Armenia (and the World), if not for the extermination of 2,000,000+ from 1800s to 1923 and beyond by the Turks. I have read estimates of 40 million to 60 million (Worldwide), but not sure how those were calculated.
This paragraph is from Mr. Mensoian’s article:
http://armenianweekly.com/2011/05/02/april-24th-remembrance-devoid-of-inspiration-and-commitment/
“Our message on this Day of Remembrance should not forget the thousands of children and young women who became the “lost” Armenians of the genocide. Whether accepted by compassionate neighbors or people along the infamous death trail to Der Zor, or taken in lust, these young Armenians were lost to their people and denied their birthright to grow up as Armenians. This should be a day when we pray for the progeny of these “lost” Armenians who are still our brothers and sisters living on the lands of their Armenian ancestors. And April 24th should remind us of the never-to-be-born generations of Armenians that the genocide forever took from us.”
I highlighted the last sentence.
Turks owe us the lives of the unborn Armenians that would have been born had they not exterminated the 2+ million: it is my position that we must start demanding from Turks that they replace the Armenian lives they took from us.
How will they do it ? Let them figure it out. They ‘owe’ us 40-60 million Armenians.
i think 40 to 60 millions is wrong.i am sure it would have been 150 millions at least
oh gee, monastras, if you are going to be sarcastic, why not be a real Turk and go all the way: how about a round 1 Billion – that’s Billion with a B.
How many real Turks – e.g. progeny of Seljuk Turk invaders – would you say there are in Turkey today ? The latest exaggerated figure is what, 80 Million ? in which Turks routinely include the 25-30 million non-Turk Kurds, and millions of other non-Turk hostages forcibly labelled ‘Turk’.
I think a safe, very conservative figure would be 20 million. I’m simply doubling what I believe to be the highest estimate of Armenians worldwide. 60 million strikes me as too high, but I say that without any sound analysis on my part.
Mr. Aghjayan is an asset to the entire academic community and to the Armenian one. It is always a pleasure to see members of our family excel in their fields and then use their expertise to help Armenians. This was a fascinating article. Thank you.