Turkish Press
March 28 2005
Justin McCarthy: A one-man army
BY TUFAN TURENC
HURRIYET- It’s obvious why we can’t disprove the Armenian
allegations, because we don’t know what happened in the years
1915-16. Moreover, unlike the Armenians’ fervent belief in their
allegations, we don’t have a strong belief in the fact that we are
right. As with every issue, we are so lazy that we prefer to stay
silent instead of fighting. I was thinking about this when I was
talking with Justin McCarthy from the University of Louisville after
his conference at Marmara University. `The Armenian allegations are a
great lie and their documents are false. Turkey has to fight these
slanders, but I have to admit I’m not positive that it will do so,’
he told me.
I asked McCarthy how he began his research on the issue. As a Ph.D.
student at the University of California Los Angeles in 1976, McCarthy
found out that 3 million Muslims had been killed in the Balkans and
Turkey, and he started to look into this. His studies drove him to
research the Armenian genocide allegations. `I have to say that until
then I also believed the Armenian genocide allegations, but as I
looked deeper into the issue the truth came out,’ he said frankly.
`As my research continued, I found out that the documents of the
Armenians were fake. The Turks were facing a great lie and slander.’
McCarthy came under pressure. He was threatened with losing his job
if he continued his research. His family had to get police
protection. This didn’t intimidate McCarthy.
Many of his colleagues who signed an open letter published in The
Washington Post saying that there was no genocide withdrew after
receiving threats and gave up their research on the allegations. Only
McCarthy stood firm. `I would always say the same things, because
they’re true,’ said McCarthy. He also exposed that the people and
accounts in `The Blue Book’ by British historian Arnold Toynbee were
nothing more than fiction. He found out that there had been no
genocide at the places mentioned in the book. `Toynbee did it wrong.
He wasn’t honest in his profession,’ said McCarthy. `I think he was
embarrassed. History can’t be written with such lies, because this
isn’t history.’ I believe that McCarthy’s honesty and courage won’t
let him give up his fight.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress