Commentary
Remnants of the Sword
The term “remnants of the sword” or “kilic artigi” in Turkish is quite widespread in Turkey. It describes the members of an enemy group that survived the mass killing by Turks and now continue living among the Turks despite the threats, dangers and insults. This term is generally used to define the remaining minority Armenians, Assyrians or the Pontic Greeks after the genocides during the First World War. For example, the surviving Armenian orphans taken in by Turkish or Kurdish homes we
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‘kilic artigi’
‘Remnants of the sword’
They call us,
Somewhat disappointed
That some of us Christians,
Are still there;
That the genocide
Had not wiped us all.
This proud Turk Oghlu still carry Ottomans leftover of Allah’s sword, whose coward ancestors wiped out the entire indigenous Christian nations of Anatolia.
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/16002/turkey-leftovers-of-the-sword
This is one of the examples when Turkey unwittingly admits to having “run us through the sword” in the first place! If they had not hunted us down and slaughtered us like animals, they would not be calling us remnants of the sword! They inadvertently admit they did it! Another example of the way they contradict themselves is the assassination of Hrant Dink. By assassinating him, they caused such a furore amongst ALL different minorities as well as Turks, living in Turkey, that they re-inforced what Hrant Dink was trying to do: making the people of Turkey seek out the truth about what happened and not to buy what the government feeds them! The truth, will, come out. It is too big not to. Let’s hope it’s sooner than later, let’s hope we don’t need another martyr (and we all know who I mean, I don’t even want to utter that brave young man’s name, for fear of his life)for it to happen. May the blood of our forefathers not have been shed in vain.
“Kilic artigi” is a term that I have co-opted to show pride, resistance, and a pledge to never forget. Much like the way that the pink triangle is used.