DID YOU SAY

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DID YOU SAY APOLOGIZE?

• For What?
• Do you mean for the
• Armenian Terrorism?

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1973, Los Angeles An Armenian-American
Assassinates Two Turkish Diplomats (1/7)
Hürriyet newspaper, Feb 1, 1973 Two of our
diplomats murdered in America. The murderer is
an elderly Armenian, who is a member of the
Hinchak Organization. The murderer, who
entrapped Consul General Mehmet Baydar and Consul
Bahadir Demir said I shot them knowingly and
intentionally.
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1973, Los Angeles An Armenian-American
Assassinates Two Turkish Diplomats (2/7)
Hürriyet newspaper, Feb 1, 1973 Left He was
newly married. They were very happy. His
mother was going to join Bahadir. Right Bad
news reached them fast. Please connect me with
Los Angeles, I have a son there. They were
together three months ago.
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1973, Los Angeles An Armenian-American
Assassinates Two Turkish Diplomats (3/7)

• In 1973, Gourgen Migirdic Yanikian, a 78-year old
  Armenian, who was born in Erzurum, Turkey and
  emigrated to the United States, visited the
  Turkish Consul General Mehmet Baydar in Los
  Angeles, California, told the Consul that he had
  purchased a painting in Beirut, Lebanon, which he
  later found out was stolen from an Ottoman
  palace. He gave the Consul a picture of the
  painting, and indicated that he would like to
  return it to the Turkish Republic as a gift.
• Baydar sent the picture of the painting to
  Turkey, and requested an investigation.
• The response from Turkey indicated that the
  painting represented a theft, and should be
  repossessed.

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1973, Los Angeles An Armenian-American
Assassinates Two Turkish Diplomats (4/7)

• Baydar contacted Yanikian right away, and
  requested that he bring the painting over to the
  Consulate.
• Yanikian said that he was too old to carry the
  painting, and suggested that the Consul should
  come over and pick it up.
• Thereupon, Baydar, together with his assistant
  Bahadir Demir, went to Hotel Baltimore in Santa
  Barbara, where the old Armenian was staying.
• They went up to Yanikians room. As soon as they
  sat down, Yanikian pulled his gun and killed the
  two Turkish diplomats.
• He then contacted the hotel manager, and asked
  him to call the police. As the police was taking
  Yanikian away, he uttered I just exterminated
  two devils.
• Yanikian was sentenced to life in prison.

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1973, Los Angeles An Armenian-American
Assassinates Two Turkish Diplomats (5/7)

• Many years later, in 1978, Dogan Uluc, a reporter
  in America for the newspaper Hurriyet, managed to
  get permission to interview the old Armenian in
  prison
• What do you expect from Turkey?The conflict
  should be debated at a conference participated by
  Armenians and Turks. Once the conference
  concludes that they were wrong, the Turks should
  disclose to the international public opinion that
  their ancestors had murdered the Armenian
  population, that they were sorry about the event,
  and that they wanted to make up for the losses.
  They should give us back the territories that has
  belonged to the Armenians for as far back as
  human history goes. They should compensate us for
  our lost property.

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1973, Los Angeles An Armenian-American
Assassinates Two Turkish Diplomats (6/7)

• What territories do you mean?The Eastern and
  Southeastern territories you confiscated by
  murdering us. Many years ago, as the Armenian
  problem was on the way to getting solved, the
  initiative was abandoned. The Sevres Treaty was
  signed during the last few days of the Ottoman
  Empire United States President Wilson had
  arranged for the insertion of certain conditions
  in that Treaty, which called for the
  establishment of an Armenian Republic in Eastern
  Anatolia. The Western countries and the United
  States had reached consensus on this issue but,
  later on Mustafa Kemal gained prominence and
  prevented its implementation. Now I want from the
  current Turkish Government that it reevaluate the
  Sevres Treaty, and assist the Armenians by
  returning their territories to them, and in
  establishing the Armenian republic.

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1973, Los Angeles An Armenian-American
Assassinates Two Turkish Diplomats (7/7)

• T. Turenc, who prepared the preceding summary of
  the interview that took place with Yanikian in
  1978, makes the following statementIn 1973,
  Yanikian initiated the campaign by ASALA,
  (Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of
  Armenia), which over the years resulted in the
  murder of 70 Foreign Service officers of the
  Turkish Government, including many valuable
  diplomats. I want the younger generation to
  review this information, and evaluate the
  recently initiated Apology Campaign in the
  light of the factual information presented.

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1975, Vienna, Austria Three Terrorists
Assassinate the Turkish Ambassador
Hürriyet newspaper, October 23, 1975 Armed
people machine-gunned the Turkish envoy. Danis
Tunaligil, our ambassador in Vienna was
murdered. Prime Minister according to the
information I received, two of the murderers were
caught.
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1975, Paris, France Turkish Ambassador Murdered
by an Armenian Organization (1/2)
Cumhuriyet newspaper, October 25, 1975 The
murders target the Turkish State.Also our
envoy in France, Erez, was assassinated in Paris
yesterday.
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1975, Paris, France Turkish Ambassador Murdered
by an Armenian Organization (2/2)
Cumhuriyet newspaper, October 25, 1975 Once the
news on assassination reachedthe capital from
Paris, the Foreign Ministry instantly went into
turmoil. Erez had said yesterday If they
wanted, they could kill me right here on this
road.
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1977, Rome, Italy Turkish Ambassador to Vatican
Assassinated by the Armenian Genocide Justice
Commandos (1/2)
News headline, June 10, 1977 Assassination of
Turkish Ambassador to Vatican Taha Carim is as
antiquated as it is inhumane.
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1977, Rome, Italy Turkish Ambassador to Vatican
Assassinated by the Armenian Genocide Justice
Commandos (2/2)
Gunaydin newspaper, June 10, 1977 Most recent
atrocity of the Armenians. The assassins of
Ambassador to Vatican Taha Carim belong to the
same organization that killed our Vienna and
Paris envoys.
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1978, Madrid, Spain Wife of the Turkish
Ambassador a Visiting Retired Turkish
Ambassador Murdered (1/2)
News headline, June 2, 1978 How many more?
Lives of all our envoys hang on the tip of gun
barrels. The car of our Madrid ambassador Zeki
Kuneralp was combed with bullets his wife Necla
Kuneralp, the retired ambassador Besir Balcioglu,
and the driver died. They thought he was
Kuneralp. What kind of grudge is this? So far,
nine of our diplomats were gunned down.
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1978, Madrid, Spain Wife of the Turkish
Ambassador a Visiting Retired Turkish
Ambassador Murdered (2/2)
Hürriyet newspaper, June 3, 1978 Treacherous
conspiracy. Armenian Justice and Revenge
Organization admitted the conspiracy.
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1979, Paris, France Tourism Attaché at the
Turkish Embassy Murdered (2/2)
News release, December 23, 1979 Paris tourism
attaché Colpan murdered. The secret Armenian
Justice and Revenge Organization admitted the
bombing and murdering event. A bomb was thrown
at the Turkish Airlines Amsterdam office. BBCs
commentary for the first time criticizes the
actions of the terrorists.