ACTUAL QUOTE
Ilham ALIYEV,
Azerbaijani President:
We all remember the well-known statement of the heads of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries on the fact that the status quo is unacceptable and must be changed. But in reality no action is taken. Of course, Armenia is interested in maintaining the situation – the situation of neither peace nor war – as long as possible. But this can’t suit us. Azerbaijan is using and will continue to use every opportunity to achieve progress and development in the talks, so that the issue could be resolved soon and the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan could be restored.
Azerbaijan is growing stronger with every year, while Armenia is weakening by the year… Of course, if we approach the issue from a historical point of view, no-one will doubt that this issue will be resolved fairly and Azerbaijan will restore its territorial integrity… Azerbaijan will never tolerate the establishment of a second Armenian state on its lands. The Armenian state was founded on historically Azerbaijani lands. The Erivan Khanate, Zangezur, Goycha – all these are our historical lands. No-one has forgotten Erivan being presented to Armenia by the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918. This is historical truth.
I have no doubt that the issue will be resolved in our favor… We are building up our strength. We are keeping Armenia aloof from all regional programs. We have isolated them from all projects… They don’t have the capacity, human resources, will or power to compete with Azerbaijan. Today, Azerbaijan is a strong state from political, economic and all other points of view.
From a speech on the occasion of Novruz holiday, Baku, March 20, 2013
Bruce FEIN,
Former advisor to the former US President Ronald Reagan:
“Talks on “Armenian genocide” are groundless… Under Ronal Reagan’s instruction, we conducted an investigation then. The documents kept in the military archives of European countries and Ottoman archives were found. The investigation revealed that the number of Turks killed at that time was more than Armenians. The tales on “Armenian genocide” are imagination of Armenian historians. Armenian gangs killed more than 2 million Turks… During the First World War, Armenians betrayed their homeland and fought together with Russians. They looted Turkish and Georgian villages and killed innocent people”.
From an interview to “Qafqaz online”, Washington, March 5, 2013
Ara MANOOGIAN,
American hunger strike journalist of Armenian origin:
“There are reliable sources that prove the falsification of the presidential elections held on 18 February this year in Armenia. U.S. Government is well aware that Serzh Sargsyan is one of the most corrupt leaders among Post-Soviet republics. As Armenia’s #1 oligarch, he has manipulated the country’s laws and rigged elections in order to control at least half of Armenia’s most lucrative sectors and enterprises”, he said in a statement. “I shall continue my hunger strike until U.S. President retracts his congratulations. The congratulation of Barack Obama legitimize the official Armenian Presidential election results”.
From the request to U.S. President Barack Obama, Washington, March 19, 2013
Armenian about Armenians
Robert ARAKELOV
KARABAKH DIARY
(beginning in the previous issues)
MANIA OF GRANDIOSE
One of the ways used more than others for gratification of national ambitions is mythologizing of historical sources of the nation, its appearing on the Earth. It should be mentioned that this way of grandiose has enough old history and the ancient Romans used to use it actively exploiting the myth about that their great-grandfather is legendary Trojan Aeneas who run to beach of Tiber after invasion of Troy by the Greeks. The followers of Aeneas – Rem and Romulus brothers who were fed by wolf created Rome according to the legend. Creating this legend the Romans “ennobled” their genealogy and at the same time stretched their history till the deep centuries in half thousand years. By the way, the underlined myth appeared very attractable and strong and is exploited also at present. (The English also consider that the Greeks firstly settled in Albion). But we also have to mention that it isn’t the most uncial one in its oldness and for example, falls behind of Bible Noah – the divine actor who could escape during world flood and settled in Ararat Mountains. Then coming down from the mountain to valley, Noah, according to one version which is strictly discussed by historians of Armenia, gave the beginning for Armenian nation. The discussions got so strict and important character that according to initiative of these historians there has been organized enough risky tour of alpinists of Armenia to Ararat Mountain recently in 1991. Although the alpinists couldn’t find any track of Noah, they could eternalize their own tracks of their arrival to the mountain. Thereby they created proofs about the divine Noah for the future, several decades or centuries after, because, the future generation of alpinists would recognize their footsteps (which will stay there permanently thanks to permafrost) as Noah’s.
Appears a question: what do Armenian historians want to achieve by the way of noting Noah as great-grandfather of their nation? They achieve the same thing as Romans – mania grandiose, but in great sweep. Firstly, there is divine source here as Noah is an image from Bible, from Old Testament (romans, future pagans couldn’t think of it). Secondly, due to contemporary views about legend about world flood is nearly seven thousand years old that anybody would keep silence in respect for such antiquity. And this is the legend. But mythologizing and idolization of historical sources of the nation is not only a symptom of that the nationalism had had real ill forms, forms of collective psychosis turning the nation to a group of people having caste consciousness and views. Another symptom is about giving special, unusual, and not only positive, but also unbelievable characters to the nation, to its followers which put the representatives of the nation at inaccessible highness. I don’t mean the history, but the present time although the sources of the present time lead to ancient times. How concretely these characters wouldn’t seem, such symptom of nationalistic psychos can be called as national narcissism.
Also there are very different versions about the same concrete characters which differ the mentioned nation from all others. For example, one person sick of nationalism however made me believe in that the distinguishing specialty of his compatriots is aristocratism and every second Armenian has princely origin. Of course, I had to think about what princely origin they could have, they didn’t have any great area and they lived in little huts. I should also mention that the person whom I talked to had so aristocratic manner as in a feldwebel of trophy army. But until that time he was so fooled that he considered even his roughness as high nicety. Similar self-deceive which is unrecoverable, is common event that is met in all habitants sick of nationalism. But such things sometimes happen also with the people whom the God didn’t deprive of wise and who aren’t the habitants. The best sample of the mentioned moment is the famous German mathematic Ludovic Biberbach who demonstrates that spatial imagination is spread among Germans and non-Jewish. This German, confusing traditions of mathematic schools with national subordination, was the scientist of the first class. And I made this sample for showing that being sick of psychos of nationalism as every form of psychos, the wise doesn’t serve for obstacles.
(to be continued)
Meshidikhanym NEYMET, candidate of historical science
Epigraphic monuments of Garabagh
(beginning in previous issue)
In Gulebird village of Lachin region there are figures of horses made of stone. On the left side of one of them there is a note: “Koran 55-26, 27. Muharram b. Kordji 1022” (1613-1614). To the left of note there is the image of a man with rifle. On the other – figure of horse is decorated. On its forehead and around the horsecloth there are pendants. Long combed tail is ended with node. Back and fore legs are carved from a whole piece of stone but divided by a line. On the left side there were carved relief images of a man, which holds in his right hand the bird (Umay) and the axe. The horseman takes an aim.
In cemeteries of villages Zar, Zeylik, Keshdek and others in Kelbadjar region the tombstones in forms of sheep and horse (XIX century) made of stone are preserved with notes in Arabian-Azerbaijani and various scenes of everyday life. These monuments made for Khudaverdi b. Mohammed (died in 1228/1813), Rasul b. Bayram (died in 1253/1837-1838), Abbas b. Ismail Farahkanly (died in 1305/1887-1888), Illaz bin Shakh Valu from shilany community of Farahkanly tribe (died in 1260/1844), Sheikh Farman; monuments in form of horse – Muhammed Bakir b.Mashkhadi Iskandar from community of shilanny, hasanly tribe (died in 1266/1849-1850), Alishakh b.Mashkhadi Iskandar from community of shilanny (died in 1226/1849-1850), Kerbalai Orudju b.Kerbalai… from Farahkanly tribe (died in 1228/1869-1870); Kerbalai Husayn b.Baba (died in 1291/1874-1875). Engraved name of architect is Tahmaz son of Kerbalai Muhammad. On other figure of a horse the short poem in Azerbaijani: “This grave is a mansion of one delicate young man. Time has evened his delicate body with soil, 1297” (1880). The other version of poem is engraved on tombstones of XVI century in cemetery of Uruds in Zangezur. This engraving is the first part of tetrastich which carved in epitaph to Sheikh Safi in Pir Vahid village of Guba region of Azerbaijan (1054/1644-1645). Persian version of the first part of this tetrastich can be seen in tombstones belonged to XVI-XVII century made by masters of Shirvan-Absheron school of stone carving art.
Chronology of monuments of Uruds embraces 883-1015 year of Hidjra (1478-1610-1611). Epigraphic and relief images on them evidence Turkic (Azerbaijani) influence over Alban tribes populated Syunik – one of historic regions of Alban state.
In Kargabazar village of Fizuli region on the high cliff the mosque of Giyas ad-Din is built. Population calls this the “mosque of Shakh Abbas”. On two pieces of limestone there is engraving in Arabic: “O, Allah! O, Mohammed! O, Ali! This mosque is built by Khadji Giyas ad-Din, who believes in mercy of the Most High Allah. 1095”. (1683-1684).
Marble stela – the monument devoted to founder of Azerbaijan’s Garabagh khanate has the engraving: Panah-khan Jevanshir, who possess the greatness of the sun, which is kept in stone and glass (i.e. stony fortress named as Shusha – M.N.), and situated in mountains. 1172” (1758-1759).
In mosque of Shusha there are several engravings. One of them says: “Said the envoy of Allah, May Allah bless him and greet him – bow Allah as if you can see Him. But if you do not see Him, He sees you. There are three letters of A in the word “abd” (slave): “ayn”, “ba” and “dal”. In respect of letter “ayn”, it is comprehension (ilm) of Allah by him (slave); “ba” – his distinction from others; “dal” – its vicinity to Allah without questioning and without cover. And there is no larger punishment than putting on the shirt of Allah’s servant without true belief and without need. 1202” (1787-1788).
On the main faсade the engraving in Arabic: “Indeed Allah desires for his slaves, needing, turning to His Generosity. Based on will the place in paradise for Govhar-aga is prepared (the mosque renovation is finished). 1302/1884-1885”.
Within rosecas located higher there is a relief carving in Arabic: “Allah, Muhammad, Ali, Fatima, Hasan and Huseyn. He (Allah) is eternal. Hand of Allah is over their hands”. Before the mosque there is a phonton divided into two halves. Within the roseca on partition there is an engraving in Arabic: “It is made by Kerbalai Safi khan, architect from Garabagh. 1301” (1883-1884).
Name of the architect is also found on the mosque of Gevhar-aga, situated in lower portion of Shusha and on mosque in Fizuli: “It is made by Kerbalai safi-khan- architect from Garabagh. 1307” (1889-1890).
According to the project of Safi khan the mosques were built in Barda (1868), Agdam (1870), “Tatar mosque” (1870) in Odessa, mosque Garabaglar (1880) in Ashgabad (27, 2004), several district mosques in town Shusha and other civil buildings in Garabagh.
It can be inferred that Safi khan was the outstanding architect of Garabagh khanate at the end of XIX century. Names of other famous masters of Garabagh – artists Gambar and Ali (1302/1884-1885) are preserved in paintings of imarat of Shekhi khan Mushtaga in city Sheki.
Construction of large buildings in XVIII century, especially buildings of social, cultural and defense purposes, evidences important role of Garabagh khanate in political and economic life of Azerbaijan and its dominance over other khanates.
(to be continued)
Phelix TSERTVADZE
THE MORGENTHAU TRAGEDY
(beginning in the previous issues)
Chapter 5.
Dictatorship of Germany on Turkey
Not Muslims, but Christians-Germans were invited to the massacre of Christians including Armenians. I suggest the respectful congressmen to look over the following lines from Morgenthau’s book: “Here, I said, we have a strange situation; a so-called barbarous country, like Turkey, attempting to make civilized warfare and treat their Christian enemies with decency and kindness, and, on the other hand, a supposedly cultured and Christian nation, like Germany, which is trying to persuade them to revert to barbarism” (p. 102).
“Your record in this matter is better than that of any other belligerent country”, I said. “You have not put them into concentration camps, you have let them stay here and continue their ordinary business, just as before. You have done this in spite of strong pressure to act otherwise”. Mr. Morgenthau underlined that Turks always mannered in more civilized form than their European rivals. Henry Morgenthau considered as very important to notice the moment about that the internments hadn’t any relation with the traditional practice of Turks-Ottomans with the captive enemies except of own nation. The Turks couldn’t plan to drive out anybody from their houses and put them into internments, because it was contrary to Turkish mentality and Turkish outlook. Armenian-lover apologists lie about this moment. I ask you to pay attention to the followings: “Your record in this matter is better than that of any other belligerent country”, I said. “You have not put them into concentration camps, you have let them stay here and continue their ordinary business, just as before. You have done this in spite of strong pressure to act otherwise” (p. 169). “1915 and 1916 events evidenced an entirely new mentality. This new conception was that of deportation. The Turks, in five hundred years, … never before it had occurred to their minds to move them bodily from their homes, where they had lived … and send them hundreds of miles away into the desert. Where did the Turks get this idea? … Admiral Usedom, one of the big German naval experts in Turkey, told me that the Germans had suggested this deportation to the Turks. But all the important points is that this idea of deporting people in masse is, in modern times, exclusively Germanic” (p. 251). German strategists didn’t interest in Armenian fortune. Germany tried to change the structure of the region and reach their economic and political aims around Baghdad railway. Armenians meant just a little bargaining coin for Germans.
“The Turkish army actually under the control of Germany … We now saw that, in the preceding six months, the Turkish army had been completely Prussianized” (p. 32-33).
“Talaat and his associates realized that they were playing the German game” (p. 34).
“The Turks attempt to treat alien enemies decently but the Germans insist on persecuting them” (p. 91).
“That the Germans directed this mobilization is not a matter of opinion, but of proof. I only need to mention that the Germans were requisitioning materials in their own name for their own uses” (p. 47).
“…a month before Turkey had entered the war, Germany was really exercising the powers of sovereignty at Constantinople” (p. 47).
“In August, Wangenheim boasted to me that: “We now control both the Turkish army and navy” (p. 71).
“As September lengthened into October, the Sublime Port practically ceased to be the headquarters of the Ottoman Empire” (p. 72).
(to be continued)
Samuel A.Weems
“Armenia: secrets of terrorist “Christian” state”
The great series of Armenian frauds. Vol. I
(beginning in previous flimsies)
Chapter nine:
Bloodthirsty Armenian Bandits
A Despotic Armenian Regime
Yet “such messages of despair spurred Armenian representatives and Armenophile societies abroad to greater activity. They wrote hundreds of letters in August 1919 to heads of states, foreign ministers, and lesser officials asking for interviews so they could once again present the “Armenian case” (P 94, from the book of Hovannissian). The truth is the Armenians were terrible and unreliable soldiers but masters of deception and deceit to achieve their objective of getting something for nothing. What they billed to the unsuspecting Christian world as “the first genocide of the twentieth century” was in fact no more than “the first mega con-job of the century,” because the suffering was universal and indiscriminate, and absolutely not limited to “poor, starving Armenians” as Christians were all duped to believe. In fact, more Muslims perished as a result of atrocities between 1915 and 1922 than Armenians, at a ratio of four Muslim casualties for every Armenian casualty, in the same area, due to same reasons, in the same war. Some genocide.
The Armenians made a special effort to get free aid, free handouts, and free military protection from Great Britain. Hovannissian writes about how the Armenian leadership worked to “cover up” and “hide” their own misdeeds and demanded help from someone else when they blundered and were afraid of losing a third war.
Since Great Britain was the only power with both men and arms in Transcaucasia, the world outcry was mainly directed at London. As appeals flowed into 10 Downing Street, supporters of`Armenia in the House of Commons pelted the cabinet with questions…. Had there been fresh massacres of Armenians by Turks and Tartars (Azerbaijanis –edi.) in Asia Minor and the Caucasus? Had allied representatives reported that large-scale massacres of Christians would follow withdrawal of occupation troops? Were Kurds, Tartars, Turks, and Georgians attacking, or preparing to attack, the Armenian Republic of Erevan? If so, would the Armenians, as England’s friends in the late war, be rendered any assistance, or would they be left to their fate? Would the government report to the Paris Peace Conference on “the universal feeling of horror” that would be aroused, should the Armenians, who had already lost a million people through war and massacre, be once again handed over to the same people who were guilty of “those foul and wholesale massacres”? (P 94-95)
Here, as they did again and again, Armenians played the Christian ethnic card about the terrible Muslims Turks and Tartars of Asia Minor. “Asia Minor” is just another Christian code word he deliberately uses – like Constantinople and Smyrna – because it is a biblical term to define a part of the Ottoman Empire. Using such terms from the Bible, he hopes to establish a quick common ground with the unsuspecting Christian reader and convince him or her that he “must be telling the truth”, after all, “Armenians are Christians”.
“The Armenian leaders raised the question of Muslim Kurds, Tartars, Turks and Georgians attacking, or preparing to attack, the Armenian Republic of Erevan?” Wait a minute. There is something wrong with this statement. The Georgians were not Muslims – they were fellow Christians with the Armenians. Clearly, once again, truth did not matter to the Armenian leaders – or the Armenian professor. This is just another example of saying anything to get something for nothing.
After World War I, the Allied nations began to demobilize and think about peace. Not the Armenians! The Armenian leaders saw an opportunity to get military supplies for free from these countries. However, there was one small problem. The Allies were not giving away their surplus military supplies – they were selling them for a greatly reduced price.
(to be continued)