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Three descendants of Armenians who lost their property in the collapse of the Ottoman Empire filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Turkish government and two Turkish banks for restitution of more than $63 million for land that includes the strategic İncirlik Air Base used by the U.S. military
Armenian-Americans sue Turkey over land - Hurriyet
Seeded on Thu Dec 16, 2010 10:35 AM EST
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Turkey firmly rejects claims that Armenian deaths between 1915 and 1919 constituted genocide, arguing instead that the deaths resulted from civil unrest that accompanied the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
In the past, Turkey threatened to withhold access to the base when Congress considered recognizing the so-called genocide.
it time to stop "submitting"
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#1 - Thu Dec 16, 2010 10:37 AM ESTFilmmaker Screens (Armenian) Genocide Documentary
In honor of this year's Human Rights Day, the Institute of Politics and Carr Center for Human Rights Policy spread awareness of the 1915-1923 Armenian genocide in Turkey by hosting a screening of the documentary Aghet: Nation Murder and a discussion on how international relations have prevented wider recognition of the incident.
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Armenian activists demand that the United States recognize the early 20th century killings of Armenians in Turkey as genocide.
I thought we did recognize the genocide attempt. Regardless, I wish these people success.
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#2 - Thu Dec 16, 2010 12:18 PM ESTWell now, this should be interesting. The Millets (Ottoman Empire), had a Millet legal system at time which is better known as Islamic Shariah Law. And under Shariah, all land taken by what ever means is Allah's Land and it belongs to Allah. And therefore the Armenians would be considered as non-Muslims (Kafirs/kufr or dhimmi) and would have no claim to the land because it is Allah's. Besides, if these folks were non-Mulsims killing them is not considered a crime under Shariah as well and it would not be considered genocide.
We will see how this plays out.
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