American Chronicle, CA
July 5 2007
Aramean – Armenian Massacres of the Ottoman Times: a Kurdish Responsibility
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
July 5, 2007
In the last part of his interview, Mr. Gabriel Sengo, Chairman of
the Aram Nahrin Organization, unveils what remained hidden for too
long, due to French and English Colonial trickery, duplicity and
machinations.
The Aramean and Armenian massacres of the end of the Ottoman times
are mainly, preponderantly and predominantly a Kurdish
responsibility. Thousands of articles and pages of Western
bibliography do not offer a presentation as clear and insightful as
the brief answer of Mr. Gabriel Sengo.
Interview with Mr. Gabriel Sengo, Chairman of the Aram Nahrin
Organization – Part VI
– More recently, people discuss historical issues pertaining to the
Armenian massacres occurred during the last years of the Ottoman
Empire. How was it with the Aramaeans at those days, and to what
extent did they suffer in this regard?
– First, we wish to make one remark in advance. As we already have
noted, the Aramean mentality has always been characterized by respect
and love towards others. When we talk about genocide or massacres, we
always involve all the groups that suffered. That is why we talk
about Aramean – Armenian – Greek massacres, without distinctions.
Unfortunately, we have missed this mutual respect and dignity on the
side of the Greeks and Armenians.
What is even worse is that both, the Greeks and the Armenians,
approve publicly of the Aramean colonial spiritual genocide, that is
to say the identification of the Aramean Nation with the criminal,
Western, spiritual, colonial product `Assyrians’. They falsely talk
about `Assyrian genocide’, `Assyrian nation’, while they are quite
aware of this fallacies.
The Hellenic Electronic Centre: a racist organization to be denounced
globally
There is a racist Greek organisation called `Hellenic Electronic
Centre’ (HEC), who together with Armenian Organisations (for example
ANCA) in the United States, have been committing spiritual genocide
against the Aramean nation, by promoting, glorifying and maintaining
all the cliches of the Western Spiritual Colonialism.
However, as far as we are concerned, we will continue respecting them
and mentioning them by their real name; we will not call Greeks as
`Albanians’ or `Macedonians’ and Armenians as `Azeris’ or
`Mongolians’. Perhaps they are not mature enough or they don’t know
how to respect other nations, in particular those who suffered
through the same horrible acts in history as them. We will give them
enough time to learn how to respect.
As far as the massacres are concerned, the Arameans suffered as much
as the Armenians, and lost around 600.000 people. Regarding the way
in which it happened, we believe that the contribution of the Kurds
was decisive in the slaughtering.
The ominous role of the Kurdish death squads in the extermination of
the Christians
We know that the Ottomans gave the order to exterminate the
Christians of the Ottoman Empire. However, there is a very important
issue, which has been very vaguely discussed, as it is almost a
taboo.
The subject is this: without participation of the Kurdish death
squads and gangs, it would be impossible for the Ottomans to carry
out their plans as effectively as they did. The Kurds were the
neighbours of the Arameans (and also many Armenians), they ate with
them, they talked and drank with them, they called each other
`Kriew’, that is `my neighbour’ and in a deeper sense it meant `My
brother’, they knew every cavern and underground secret places where
Aramean and Armenians were hiding, they knew the family structure,
the structures within individual villages, for the Kurds mostly were
the `Aghas’ of those villages.
Without the cooperation of the Kurds, it would have been very
difficult – not to say impossible – for the Ottomans to carry out
their plan as effectively as they did!
In the whole discussion, I have not heard anything of the
contribution of the Kurds to these massacres. Some of the present-day
Kurds say, `The Turks have forced our forefathers to kill
Christians’.
Well, this is a bold fallacy.
There are hundreds of examples where the Kurds exterminated complete
Aramean villages, under supervision of the Ottomans.
If the Kurds had refused to kill the Christians, the Ottomans could
not have been so effective.
In fact, there have been some examples of noble Kurds who, risking
their own life (respecting their `kriew’ relation to their Christian
friends), gave shelter and protected Christians.
Why could not the Ottoman Empire prevent these noble Kurds doing so?
Why could not the Ottoman Empire do anything against the noble
Kurdish Sheikh Fathallah of Ankaf who passed through the Aramean
villages and cursed every Muslim who would harm Christians?
The vast majority of the Kurds participated in these horrible acts
for personal benefit!
After slaughtering the men, in many cases they took the young
Christian girls and honourable mothers to satisfy their low desires.
Now, we see something strange happening in Turkey, which is this:
Many Christian girls and women who were dishonoured and forced to
accept Islam informed their children about these horrible events and
their children passed them secret on to theirs.
What we now see is that many of these `Muslims’ are rediscovering
their Christian roots and converting back to Christianity. And that
is the reason that many people in Turkey have become so `nervous’ of
the activities of the missionaries (18-4-2007: Three Christians
killed in Malatya).
The point is this: the real matter is not the missionaries; it is the
people who are re-discovering their roots. You can oppress to a
certain extent, but you cannot erase a people’s awareness or
memories!
Challenges and targets for today’s Aramaeans
– What are the social, educational and cultural challenges and
targets for today’s Aramaeans? What are the political challenges and
targets for today’s Aramaeans?
– We could enumerate the following:
1. One of the greatest challenges for the Arameans is unification. In
these uncertain times, it is desirable for the Arameans to organise
themselves and get rid of the immoral criminal colonial heritage
(`Assyrians’ or `Chaldeans’) which has caused unprecedented damage to
the Aramean Cause. It is this Western colonial heritage which
prevents their social, cultural and political development. Nobody
will take you seriously (either a friend or an enemy) when you attach
yourself to an identity which is effectively not yours.
2. United under one Aramean voice and flag, Arameans would be taken
more seriously at the international level, and they would therefore
be able to have their fundamental, cultural, political and social,
Human Rights more effectively respected, not only in the Middle-East
but in the entire world.
3. Once they are unified under the Aramean flag, Arameans can make a
start, with the help of the international community, to prepare the
Diaspora communities for their return to the lands of their Aramean
fathers.
4. In this entire unification process of the Aramean nation, the
United States and Europe – in particular France and Great Britain –
could play an important role for they have brought this damage to the
Aramean nation, by planting unbridgeable mutual hatred within this
ancient nation which has given so much to the development of the
Mankind!
5. One of the fruits of unification of the Aramean nation could be
the establishment of an academic Department of Aramaeology in order
to strengthen Aramean culture and enlighten the world with it. This
we believe could contribute peacefully to outmanoeuvre terrorism. The
best place for a Department of Arameology would be Lebanon, in the
West – Aramean Maronite University in Beirut. There is already a
department of Aramaic (Syriac) and Antiochian studies in Beirut. A
second department of Arameology could also be set up in the West, of
course.
6. In the Middle-East, the family is more protected, while in most
Western countries the family ties are freer and exposed to dangers,
involving sexual immorality, drugs, lawlessness, etc. It is therefore
of crucial importance for Arameans to educate their children within
the context of the genuine Aramean heritage, the Aramaic language,
the Aramean customs and traditions, including the genuine Christian
moral and standards.
7. For the Diaspora Arameans, it is also important not to let them
get carried away by the more luxurious life in the West, and not to
be blindfolded and led astray by the many alluring distractions.
8. It is also seminal to setup social institutions and structures
(according to Aramean Christian values) in order to meet the needs of
the modern youth, and guide them in a correct way, for many of them
are losing their children to the lawlessness and the immorality of
the West, available at every street corner!
Note
The Mardin fortress in the heart of the Aramean land – SE Turkey
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