The last Turkish veteran of the first World War, Yakup Satar, has died. He was 110 years old. Dr. e. was kind enough to send me the link to the post she wrote about him. In the post, she shares some information about who Yakup Bey was, how he joined the army in World War I, and what he did afterwards. It is a good read, and a great find, for all those interested in World War I and World War II, and especially for Turkish readers of this blog. (more…)

At PoliGazette we like to offer readers a chance to actively participate in the debate. We do that by allowing you all to comment, but we also encourage you to send us guest posts, which we will then publish. If you’ve got something to say, and want to do so by writing an article for PoliGazette contact me at michaelATpoligazetteDOTcom. Today’s guest post is written by Turkish American reader Kemal. The title is “The Armenian Question Answered.” (more…)

A mass grave has been discovered in the Eastern Turkish city of Bitlis. Researches said that some 20,000 corpses were buried in it. The individuals were Turks, probably killed by Armenian militias and Cossacks. “The bones in the graveyard found in Mutki belong to children, women and the elderly, as well as soldiers.” (more…)

Harut Sassounian, publisher of The California Courier newspaper, is the President of the United Armenian Fund and wrote this article recently about Elie Wiesel. If you’re interested in reading about the so-called Armenian Genocide (from an Armenian perspective), I’d say head on over to the website to read it.

Let me, however, deal with some of the points made by Mr. Sassounian, who is obviously a bit prejudiced because he’s an Armenian himself, and an activist at that. (Warning, my post contains horrible images) (more…)

A couple of days ago I published a post blasting the popular website Facebook for stifling debate (in this case about the so-called Armenian genocide). Facebook shut down two popular (pro-)Turkish websites in one week time: one called “The Greatest Leader of ALL Time: Atatürk,” the other called “The Armenian Genocide is a Huge Lie.”

Now, whether one agrees that it’s a ‘lie’ - or better, whether what happened constitutes genocide - or not, stifling debate is seldom the right course of action. There are cases in which it is - such as terrorism - but this issue deals with history, it was and is about historical events, about which a debate exists. Historians disagree with each other about this issue, (more…)

It never ceases to amaze me just how dedicated the Armenian lobby is to stifle all debate about the so-called genocide and to ensure that no one ever hears the Turkish side of the story. I have written many articles at the old blog about this so-called genocide, questioning the Armenian claims and pointing out that the Armenian militias themselves killed many tens of thousands of innocent Muslim Turks, all based on an ideology of hatred and Christian supremacy. These aren’t my opinions, they’re well established facts as documented by Bernard Lewis, Andrew Mango, Herbert J. Shaw, Heath Lowry, Norman Stone, Justin McCarthy, and many many more.

The latest move by the lobby - not all Armenians living abroad, but a very passionate and terrorizing few - has been to pressure Facebook into deleting (pro-)Turkish groups. (more…)

Today is Remembrance Day here in Canada as it is in the UK and Veterans Day in the US. Earlier this morning I was humbled to stand next on stage to Norm Kirby, a Canadian veteran who landed on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. At the end of the war when he marched into The Netherlands he was at age 19, a platoon commander.

Shortly before he spoke I got to deliver my piece  - focused on freedom and why we should keep remembering - and I give it to you here in its entirety: (more…)

A mass grave has been found, filled with Turks who have been slaughtered by Armenians between the years 1915 - 1918, in Azerbaijan. We often (rightfully) hear about the Armenian genocide, but, lest we forget, the other side wasn’t exactly innocent in this conflict either.

Some photos:

The digging is still going on. Thusfar, thousands of bodies have been discovered / found.