Turkey summons Vatican envoy after Pope describes Armenian 'genocide': haaretz

12 april, 2015
Sotce: http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/1.651409

Pope defends his pronouncement by saying it is his duty to honor the memory of the innocent men, women, children, priests and bishops who were 'senselessly' murdered.

REUTERS - Turkey told the Vatican's ambassador on Sunday it was "deeply sorry and disappointed" that Pope Francis had called the 1915 mass killings in Armenia a genocide, an official said, adding the pope's comments had caused a "problem of trust".
The pope made the comments earlier in the day during a Mass marking the 100th anniversary of the killings.

Turkey’s President Traces a New Internal Threat: The Way He’s Drawn

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ISTANBUL — In the cartoon, an image of Recep Tayyip Erdogan stands watch while two thieves empty a safe full of cash. “No need to rush,” one of the thieves says with a grin. “We have a holographic watchman,” he adds.

The message in the cartoon, published in February in Cumhuriyet, an opposition newspaper, was unmistakable, coming as members of the Turkish leader’s inner circle were targeted in a corruption investigation.

Mr. Erdogan was not amused. The offending cartoonist, Musa Kart, who had a history of drawing cartoons critical of Mr. Erdogan, was taken to court on charges of insulting the prime minister (now the president), violating the privacy of an investigation and committing libel. Mr. Kart was acquitted in October, leaving him free, for the moment — Mr. Erdogan’s lawyer has appealed the decision — to keep challenging authority with his caricatures of Turkey’s rich and powerful.

“This repetitive cycle of legal actions affects all cartoonists, writers, intellectuals in this country,” Mr. Kart said. “We will continue to work and express what we think for the good of our future generations.”

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A protester who held up this image, published in The International New York Times, has been questioned by the police. Credit Patrick Chappatte

Outrages Upon Armenians

The New York Times, October 16, 1890

VIENNA, Oct, 15. — A dispatch from Constantinople states that arrests of Armenians are still being made, and that many of those who have been taken into custody have been shockingly maltreated and tortured. Among other cruelties to which the prisoners have been subjected is the withholding from them of all food. They have also been deprived of sleep. Persons suspected of disloyalty are arrested upon information being lodged against them by any spy.

Letters To The Editor Armenians And Turks Helpless Christians The Victims Of The Sublime Porte

The New York Times, October 5, 1890

To the Editor of the New-York Times:

Disturbances of the gravest significance are being produced in the Ottoman Empire. The corrupt administration of the Turkish officials in Armenia, the Armenophobe policy of the Sublime Porte, the acquittal of Moussa Bey, the massacre of the Armenians by the Turks In Erzeroum, Bitlis, and Moosh, the multitude of spies swarming in the capital and in the principal cities, all have contributed to exasperate the proverbially enduring Armenians who are now seeking by all means to liberate their country from Ottoman despotism.

The Erzeroum massacre

Armenians slaughtered and the British costsulate stoned

The New York TImes, July 26, 1890

LONDON, July 26. — The News gives the following details of the recent riots at Erzeroum: "On June 20 the soldiery were ordered to disperse Armenians who were holding a meeting in a churchyard. The soldiers began a massacre of the Armenians and the Turkish populace joined in the attack. The shops and houses of the Armenians were pillaged. The sack lasted four hours".

The British Consulate, at which on the same night a fete was being given for the benefit of poor Armenians, was stoned and its gates and windows were broken. The Consul and the members of his family took refuge in the cellars of the building and the fete was abandoned. The American Mission served as a refuge for fifty fugitives.

Dardanelles fort N 1 entirely demolished by the big guns of H. M. S. Queen Elizabeth

Dardanelles fort N 1 entirely demolished by the big guns of H. M. S. Queen Elizabeth

The New York TImes, 13 June, 1915

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British battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth moored in the Forth with the Forth Railway Bridge in the background.