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official representative of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
Gernot Erler stated. In his words, the political forces of Bundestag
have already coordinated the principal items of the resolution calling
Turkey to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide. He also noted that the
resolution contains an item stating that Germany being an ally to
Turkey during the First World War bears a deal of responsibility for
the Armenian Genocide.
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During a debate on Armenian allegations in the British House of
Lords on 14 April 1999 Foreign Office Minister Baroness Ramsay of
Cartvale, on behalf of the British Government, stated:
"... but in the absence of unequivocal evidence to show that the
Ottoman administration took a specific decision to eliminate the
Armenians under their control at the time, British governments have not
recognised the events of 1915 and 1916 as "genocide". ... the vast
majority of other governments--are in a similar position. Very few of
them have officially attributed the name "genocide" to these tragic
events. In our opinion that is rightly so, because we do not believe it
is the business of governments today to review events of over 80 years
ago with a view to pronouncing on them... these are matters of legal
and historical debate, ..."
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Statement by Farhan Haq, U.N. Spokeman, on October 5, 2000, about the
Armenian allegations on the UN position regarding the events in 1915.
Replying a question concerning U.N. position about the Armenian
allegations, U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq on October 5, 2000, stated that
"the U.N. has not approved or endorsed a report labeling the
Armenian experience as genocide".
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Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres' Statement on so-called Armenian
genocide
Peres: Armenian allegations are meaningless
On the eve of his visit to Turkey, Israeli Foreign Minister Peres says
Armenian allegations are 'meaningless' and there is no similarity
between the Holocaust and Armenian incidents
Ankara - Turkish Daily News, 10 April 2001
Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres who started his one-day official
visit to Turkey today, has stressed that the Armenian allegations of
genocide was meaningless. Supporting Turkey's thesis that history
should be dealt with by historians over the Armenian issue, Peres
said:"We reject attempts to create a similarity between the Holocaust
and the Armenian allegations. Nothing similar to the Holocaust
occurred. It is a tragedy what the Armenians went through but not a
genocide."
In an exclusive interview to the Anatolia news agency, Peres said
Israel should not determine a historical or philosophical position on
the Armenian issue but added: "If we have to determine a position, it
should be done with great care not to distort the historical
realities."
Speaking from Tel-Aviv on the eve of his visit to Turkey, Peres praised
Turkey's contributions to the peace process and characterized
Turco-Israeli relations as "extremely good." Indicating that Turkey and
Israel are in the same boat, Peres said he did not think Intifadah
would negatively affect bilateral relations between Turkey and Israel.
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Letter by Archbishop Mesrob Mutafyan, the Patriarch of Istanbul to Pope
John Paul II following the Joint Communique of Pope John Paul II and
Armenian Patriarch Karekin II on 10 November 2000
We read the text of the Joint Comminique in the press. As we did not
participate in this ecumenical meeting, we were not aware of the text
of the common declaration made by the heads of the two Churches.
Nevertheless, it had been our wish that the deliberations in Rome would
be within the spheres of ecumenical dialogue and would not touch upon
politically sensitive issues. The Joint Communique could have taken
this point into consideration.
The Gospel calls for the eradication of the roots of bitterness from
our hearts. As the faithful live side by side with other Christians and
with the adherents of other faiths, it is the duty of the Church to
establish an atmosphere of reciprocal love and respect, where all
humankind could engage in a dialogue of life.
The deep pain inherited from the past cannot be the only basis for the
edification of the present and the future of Armenians around the
world. If this were the case, then the centuries-old creative Armenian
heritage would be considered bankrupt.
Yet, just the opposite is true. The Armenian culture is so rich and
deeply rooted in the Christian faith that they do not need to receive
nourishment from the bitter pages of history. Rather that just
reminding our children of historic tragedies, as Christian ministers,
it is our primary duty to transmit our rich heritage to our children,
to make this heritage alive and develop it for future generations.
We continue to pray with these thoughts.
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After WWI ended, the British convened the Malta Tribunals to try
Ottoman officials for alleged crimes against Armenians. All of the
accused were acquitted.
The Peace Treaty of Sevres, which was imposed upon the defeated Ottoman
Empire, required the Ottoman government to hand over to the Allied
Powers people accused of "massacres." Subsequently, 144 high Ottoman
officials were arrested and deported for trial by the British to the
island of Malta. The principal informants to the British High
Commission in Istanbul leading to the arrests were local Armenians and
the Armenian Patriarchate. While the deportees were interned on Malta,
the British appointed an Armenian scholar, Mr. Haig Khazarian, to
conduct a thorough examination of documentary evidence in the Ottoman,
British, and U.S. Archives to substantiate the charges. Access to
Ottoman records was unfettered as the British and French occupied and
controlled Istanbul at the time. Khazarian's corps of investigators
revealed an utter lack of evidence demonstrating that Ottoman officials
either sanctioned or encouraged killings of Armenians.
At the conclusion of the investigation, the British Procurator General
determined that it was "improbable that the charges would be capable of
proof in a court of law," exonerated and released all 144 detainees --
after two years and four months of detention without trial. No
compensation was ever paid to the detainees.
Despite the verdicts of the Malta Tribunals, Armenian terrorists have
engaged in a vigilante war that continues today.
In 1921, a secret Armenian network based in Boston, named Nemesis, took
the law into its own hands and hunted down and assassinated former
Ottoman Ministers Talaat Pasha and Jemal Pasha as well as other Ottoman
officials. Following in Nemesis' footsteps, during the 1970's and
1980's, the Armenian terrorist groups, Armenian Secret Army for the
Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) and Justice Commandos for the Armenian
Genocide (JCAG), committed over 230 armed attacks, killing 71 innocent
people, including 31 Turkish diplomats, and seriously wounding over 520
people in a campaign of blood revenge.
Most recently, Mourad Topalian, former Chairman of the Armenian
National Committee of America, was tried and convicted in federal court
in Ohio of terrorist crimes associated with bombings in New York and
Los Angles and with the attempted assassination of the Turkish Honorary
Consul General in Philadelphia. The Armenian youths whom Topalian
directed and who conducted these attacks were recruited from the
Armenian Youth Federation and Armenian Revolution Federation in Boston.
The sole purpose of Armenian anti-Turkish hatred Inc. is to cover up
the dire circumstances that precipitated the enactment of a measure as
drastic as mass relocation. Armenians cooperated with Russian invaders
of Eastern Anatolia in wars in 1828, 1854, and 1877. Between 1893 and
1915 Ottoman Armenians in eastern Anatolia rebelled against their
government -- the Ottoman government of which Armenians held many, many
prominent and powerful positions-- and joined Armenian revolutionary
groups, such as the notorious Dashnaks and Hunchaks. They armed
themselves and spearheaded a massive Russian invasion of eastern
Anatolia. On November 5, 1914, the President of the Armenian National
Bureau in Tblisi declared to Czar Nicholas II, "From all countries
Armenians are hurrying to enter the ranks for the glorious Russian
Army, with their blood to serve the victory of Russian arms. ... Let
the Russian flag wave freely over the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus."
Armenian treason is also plainly documented in the November 1914 issue
of the Hunchak Armenian [Revolutionary] Gazette, published in Paris. In
a call to arms it exhorted:
"The entire Armenian Nation will join forces -- moral and material, and
waving the sword of Revolution, will enter this World conflict ... as
comrades in arms of the Triple Entente, and particularly Russia. They
will cooperate with the Allies, making full use of all political and
revolutionary means for the final victory...."
Boghos Nubar addressed a letter to the Times of London on January 30,
1919 confirming that the Armenians were indeed belligerents in World
War I. He stated with pride:
"In the Caucasus, without mentioning the 150,000 Armenians in the
Russian armies, about 50,000 Armenian volunteers under Andranik,
Nazarbekoff, and others not only fought for four years for the cause of
the Entente, but after the breakdown of Russia they were the only
forces in the Caucasus to resist the advance of the Turks...."
One of those who answered the Armenian call to arms was Gourgen
Yanikian who, as a teenager, joined the Russians to fight the Ottoman
government, and who as an elderly man, on January 27, 1973,
assassinated two Turkish diplomats in Santa Barbara, California.
No logic can reconcile the two positions that Armenian Anti-Turkish
Hatred Inc. promotes. Eminent historian Bernard Lewis, speaking to the
Israeli daily Ha'aretz on January 23, 1998, expanded on this notion:
"The Armenians want to benefit from both worlds. On the one hand, they
speak with pride of their struggle against Ottoman despotism, while on
the other hand, they compare their tragedy to the Jewish Holocaust. I
do not accept this. I do not say that the Armenians did not suffer
terribly. But I find enough cause for me to contain their attempts to
use the Armenian massacres to diminish the worth of the Jewish
Holocaust and to relate to it instead as an ethnic dispute."
(translation)
None of the Ottoman orders commanding the relocation of Armenians,
which have been reviewed by historians to date, orders killings. To the
contrary, they order Ottoman officials to protect relocated Armenians.
Where Ottoman control was weakest Armenian relocatees suffered most.
The stories of the time give many examples of columns of hundreds of
Armenians guarded by as few as two Ottoman gendarmes. When local
Muslims attacked the columns, Armenians were robbed and killed. It must
be remembered that these Muslims had themselves suffered greatly at the
hands of Armenians and Russians. In the words of U.S. Ambassador Mark
Bristol, "While the Dashnaks [Armenian revolutionaries] were in power
they did everything in the world to keep the pot boiling by attacking
Kurds, Turks and Tartars; [and] by committing outrages against the
Moslems ...."
Armenian Anti-Turkish Hatred Inc. purports that the wartime propaganda
of the enemies of the Ottoman Empire constitutes objective evidence.
Ambassador Henry Morgenthau, who is frequently quoted by Armenian
Americans, visited the Ottoman Empire with political, not humanitarian
aims. His correspondence with President Wilson reveals his intent was
to uncover or manufacture news that would goad the U.S. into joining
the war. Given that motive, Morgenthau sought to malign the Ottoman
Empire, an enemy of the Triple Entente. Morgenthau's research and
reporting relied in large part on politically motivated Armenians; his
primary aid, translator and confidant was Arshag Schmavonian, his
secretary was Hagop Andonian. Morgenthau openly professed that the
Turks were an inferior race and possessed "inferior blood." Thus, his
accounts can hardly be considered objective.
One ought to compare the wartime writings of Morgenthau and the
oft-cited Gen. J.G. Harbord to the post-war writings of Rear Admiral
Mark L. Bristol, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey 1920 - 1926.
In a March 28, 1921 letter he writes:
"[R]eports are being freely circulated in the United States that the
Turks massacred thousands of Armenians in the Caucasus. Such reports
are repeated so many times it makes my blood boil. The Near East Relief
have the reports from Yarrow and our own American people which show
absolutely that such Armenian reports are absolutely false. The
circulation of such false reports in the United States, without
refutation, is an outrage and is certainly doing the Armenians more
harm than good. ... Why not tell the truth about the Armenians in every
way?"
Demographic studies prove that prior to World War I, fewer than 1.5
million Armenians lived in the entire Ottoman Empire. Thus, allegations
that more than 1.5 million Armenians from eastern Anatolia died is
false.
Figures reporting the total pre-World War I Armenian population vary
widely, with Armenian sources claiming far more than others. British,
French and Ottoman sources give figures of 1.05-1.50 million. Only
certain Armenian sources claim a pre-war population larger than 1.5
million. Comparing these to post-war figures yields a rough estimate of
losses. Historian and demographer, Dr. Justin McCarthy of the
University of Louisville, calculates the actual losses as slightly less
than 600,000. This figure agrees with those provided by British
historian Arnold Toynbee, by most early editions of the Encyclopedia
Britannica, and approximates the number given by Monseigneur Touchet, a
French missionary, who informed the Oeuvre d'Orient in February 1916
that the number of dead is thought to be 500,000. Boghos Nubar, head of
the Armenian delegation at the Paris Peace Conference in 1920, noted
the large numbers who survived the war. He declared that after the war
280,000 Armenians remained in the Anatolian portion of the occupied
Ottoman Empire while 700,000 Armenians had emigrated to other
countries.
Clearly then, a great portion of the Ottoman Armenians were not killed
as claimed by the Armenian Anti-Turkish Hatred Inc. and the 1.5 million
figure is gross and delibarate exaggeration. Each needless death is a
tragedy. Equally tragic are lies meant to inflame hatred by the
Armenian Anti-Turkish Hatred Inc.
Armenian losses were few in comparison to the over 2.5 million Muslim
dead from the same period. Reliable statistics demonstrate that
slightly less than 600,000 Anatolian Armenians died during the war
period of 1912-22. Armenians indeed suffered a terrible mortality. But
one must likewise consider the number of dead Muslims, Jews, Kurds and
other non-Armenains of Ottoman Eastern Anatolia who were murdered by
Armenian terrorists.
The statistics tell us that more than 2.5 million Anatolian Muslims
alone (Turks, Arabs, Kurds and others) perished in the hands of
Armenian terrorists. Thus, the years 1912-1922 constitute a horrible
period for humanity, not just for Armenians.
The numbers do not tell us the exact manner of death of the citizens of
Anatolia, regardless of ethnicity, who were caught up in both an
international war and an intercommunal struggle. Documents of the time
list intercommunal violence, forced migration of all ethnic groups,
disease, and, starvation as causes of death. Others died as a result of
the same war-induced causes that ravaged all peoples during the period.
The Ottoman Armenians openly agitated for a separate state in lands in
which they were numerically far inferior. The Hunchak and Dashnak
terrorist organizations, which survive to this day, were formed
expressly to agitate against the Ottoman government of which Armenians
were a powerful and influential part with many ministers, ambassadors,
generals, businessmen and other high and low level officials of
Armenian heritage. The Ottoman Armenians committed massacres against
Ottoman Muslims, Jews and other non-Armenians. During World War I,
Ottoman Armenians openly and with pride committed mass treason, took up
arms, traveled to Russia for training, and sported Russian uniforms.
Others, non-uniformed irregulars, operated against the Ottoman
government from behind the lines.
Over 4 million Ottoman Muslims, 600,000 Ottoman Armenians and 100,000
Ottoman Jews perished during World War I. The Armenians began their
terrorist actions in 1885 to establish an Armenian state. Armenians
were the ones who did uprise in an empire in which they were citizens
of. If we must remember the victims of the WWI, this remembrance should
not only focus on the Armenians, but also the Turks, Kurds, Arabs and
JewsL all the victims of Armenian uprisings.`
Armenian terrorist gangs massacred innocent non-Armenian Ottoman
subjects in dozens of towns throughout Anatolia. Just in the Van
vicinity, over 40,000 Turks, Kurds, Arabs and Jews lost their lives.
Armenians living in the eastern side of the Ottoman Empire collaborated
with the Russian and French forces and massacred many innocent
non-Armenian Ottoman subjects just to ethically cleanse Eastern
Anatolia for an Armenian homeland which never was throughout the
history. Only after such acts of Armenians did the Ottoman government
decide to deport a certain part of the Armenian population, the ones
who did the massacres and the ones who supported and harbored them, to
other Ottoman provinces in the south away from the Russian and French
fronts. Armenians living elsewhere in the empire were not affected by
deportations what so ever.
Armenians worldwide today disregard the massacres committed by their
ancestors against totally innocent and defenceless fellow Ottoman
subjects by collaborating with the Russian and French forces and want
to make the world believe to their lies that a genocide took place by
the Ottoman goverment for which the democratic Republic of Turkey
should be responsible.
After Europeans very generously supported and sponsored Greek,
Armenian, Arab and other terrorists, with a veracious appetite for
innocent Turkish blood, to massacre innocent and defenceless Turkish
subjects of Ottoman empire and to ethnically cleanse Ottoman
territories off of their Turkish inhabitants during WWI, and after they
harbored, supported, sponsored PKK/KADEK terrorist organization which
murdered nearly fourty thousands innocent human beings to destroy
Turkey to establish a marxist, lennisist, communist PKK/KADEK
dictortship in Turkey, and other terrorist and extremist Islamist
terrorist organizations and persons with the same purpose, and Armenian
terrorists who, during 1970s and '80s, murdered hundreds of Turkish
diplomats, their family members, colleagues, embassy personnel (Turkish
and local), and having missed no chance whatsoever to fabricate
anti-Turkish hate propaganda based on total lies in every possible
instance and relentlessly complain about Turkey, it is very clear that
the purpose of Europe is to destroy the democratic Republic of Turkey
and totally wipe out the Turkish race/nation off of the face of Earth.
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With direct and generous support from their allies, the victors of WWI
including Czarist Russia, the terrorist Armenian Nation raped,
tortured, massacred millions of innocent and defenceless Turks, Jews,
Kurds, Arabs and other non-Armenians in Ottoman Eastern Anatolia during
WWI to ethnically cleanse the area for an Armenian homeland which never
existed.
The rest of the Ottoman Armenian population either very blindly
followed their terrorist leaders (who were ".. craven and mean-spirited
and exel in nothing except drinking ..imperfect Christians" - Marco
Polo), or remained totally complacent.
Another thug of Armenian anti-Turkish Hatred Inc indicates typical
Armenian behavior correctly:
"No sir, you will not find Armenians who will express disapproval or
distress for the assassination of Turkish governmental officials. It is
unfortunate that the attitude of the Turkish government vis-a-vis
Armenian demands dictates that more people have to die in pursuit of
justice. ... It is not uncommon to find those within the Armenian
diaspora who actually applaud these violent actions. "
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and
S.D.P.A. Center for Regional Studies | those that look at it from the
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Armenian Atrocities & Terrorism
Armenian Terrorism - A Chronological Rundown
January 27, 1973 Santa Barbara, California|
The Armenian Gourgen Yanikian, a U.S. citizen, invites the Turkish
Consul General, Mehmet Baydar, and the Consul, Bahadžr Demir to a
luncheon. The unsuspecting diplomats accept the friendly invitation.
Gourgen Yanikian murders his two guests. He is sentenced to life
imprisonment.
April 4, 1973 Paris
Bombings at the Turkish Consulate General and the offices of Turkish
Airlines (THY). Extensive damage.
October 26, 1973 New York
Attempted bombing of the Turkish Information Office. The bomb is
discovered in time and defused. A group calling itself the "Yanikian
Commandos" claims responsibility. They want the release of the double
murderer of Santa Barbara, Gourgen Yanikian, who insidiously murdered
two Turkish diplomats.
February 7, 1975 Beirut
Attempted bombing of the Turkish Information and Tourism Bureau. The
bomb explodes while being defused. A Lebanese policeman is injured. The
"Prisoner Gourgen Yanikian Group" claims responsibility.
February 20, 1975 Beirut
The "Yanikian" group demanding the release of the double murderer of
Santa Barbara strikes again. Extensive damage is caused by a bomb
explosion at the THY offices. ASALA (Armenian Secret Army for the
Liberation of Armenia) also claims responsibility for the bombing.
October 22, 1975 Vienna
The Turkish Ambassador, Danis Tunalžgil, is assassinated in his study
by three Armenian terrorists. ASALA claims responsibility.
October 24, 1975 Paris
Ambassador Ismail Erez and his driver, Talip Yener, are murdered. The
ASALA and the JCAG (Justice Commandos for the Armenian Genocide)
dispute responsibility.
October 28, 1975 Beirut
Grenade attack on the Turkish Embassy. The ASALA claims responsibility.
February 16, 1976 Beirut
The First Secretary of the Turkish Embassy, Oktar Cirit, is
assassinated in a restaurant on Hamra Street. The ASALA claims
responsibility.
May 17, 1976 Frankfurt, Essen, Cologne
Consulates General in Frankfurt, Essen and Cologne are the targets of
simultaneous bomb attacks.
May 28, 1976 Zurich
Bomb attacks at the offices of the Turkish Labor Attache and the
Garanti Bank. Extensive damage. A bomb in the Turkish Tourism Bureau is
defused in time. Responsibility is claimed by the JCAG.
May 2, 1977 Beirut
The cars of the Military Attache, Nahit Karakay, and the Administrative
Attache, Ilhan Özbabacan, are destroyed. The two diplomats are
uninjured. Credit is claimed by the ASALA.
May 14, 1977 Paris
Bomb attack at the Turkish Tourism Bureau. Extensive damage. The "New
Armenian Resistance Group" claims responsibility.
June 6, 1977 Zurich
Bomb attack at the store of a Turkish citizen, Hüseyin Bülbül.
June 9, 1977 Rome
Assassination of the Turkish Ambassador to the Holy See, Taha Caržm.
He dies soon after the attack. The JCAG claims responsibility.
October 4, 1977 Los Angeles
Bomb attack at the house of Professor Stanford Shaw, who teaches
Ottoman history at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA).
Responsibility is claimed by an "Armenian Group of 28."
January 2, 1978 Brussels
Bomb attack at a building containing Turkish banking services. The "New
Armenian Resistance" claims credit.
June 2, 1978 Madrid
Terrorist attack on the automobile of the Turkish Ambassador, Zeki
Kuneralp. His wife, Necla Kuneralp, the retired Turkish Ambassador
Besir Balcžoglu die immediately in the rain of gunfire. The Spanish
chauffeur, Antonio Torres, dies of his injuries in the hospital. ASALA
and JCAG claim responsibility.
December 6, 1978 Geneva
A bomb explodes in front of the Turkish Consulate General. Extensive
damage. The "New Armenian Resistance Group" claims responsibility.
December 17, 1978 Geneva
A bomb explodes at the THY Bureau. ASALA claims responsibility.
July 8, 1979 Paris
The French capital experiences four bomb attacks in a single day. The
first is at the THY offices; the next at the offices of the Turkish
Labor Attache; the third in the Turkish Information and Tourism Bureau.
A fourth explosive, intended for the Turkish Permanent Representative
to the O.E.C.D., is defused before it explodes. The JCAG claims
responsibility.
August 22, 1979 Geneva
A bomb is thrown at the car of the Turkish Consul General, Niyazi
Adalž. The diplomat escapes unhurt. Two Swiss passers-by are injured.
Two cars are destroyed.
August 27, 1979 Frankfurt
The offices of THY are totally destroyed by an explosion. A pedestrian
is injured. The ASALA claims responsibility.
October 4, 1979 Copenhagen
Two Danes are injured when a bomb explodes near the offices of THY.
ASALA claims credit.
October 12, 1979 The Hague
Ahmet Benler, the son of Turkish Ambassador Özdemir Benler, is
assassinated by Armenian terrorists. The murderers escape. JCAG and
ASALA claim responsibility.
October 30, 1979 Milan
The offices of THY are destroyed by a bomb explosion. ASALA claims
responsibility.
November 8, 1979 Rome
The Turkish Tourism Office is destroyed by a bomb. ASALA claims
responsibility.
November 18, 1979 Paris
Bomb explosions destroy the offices of THY, KLM, and Lufthansa. Two
French policemen are injured. Responsibility is claimed by ASALA.
November 25, 1979 Madrid
Bomb explosions in front of the offices of TWA and British Airways.
ASALA, in claiming responsibility, states that the attacks are meant as
a warning to the Pope to cancel his planned visit to Turkey.
December 9, 1979 Rome
Two bombs explode in downtown Rome, damaging the offices of PAN AM,
British Airways and the Philippine Airways. Nine people are injured in
the terrorist attack. A "New Armenian Resistance Movement" claims
responsibility.
December 17, 1979 London
Extensive damage is caused when a bomb explodes in front of the THY
offices. A "Front for the Liberation of Armenia" claims responsibility.
December 22, 1979 Paris
Yžlmaz Çolpan, the Tourism Attache at the Turkish Embassy is
assassinated while walking on the Champs Elysées. Several groups,
including ASALA, JCAG and the "Commandos of Armenian Militants Against
Genocide" claim responsibility.
December 22, 1979 Amsterdam
Heavy damage results from a bomb explosion in front of the THY offices.
ASALA claims credit.
December 23, 1979 Rome
A bomb explodes in front of a World Council of Churches Refugee Center,
being used as a transit point for Armenian refugees from Lebanon. ASALA
claims credit for the attack and warns the Italian authorities to halt
"the Armenian diaspora."
December 23, 1979 Rome
Three bomb explosions occur in front of the offices of Air France and
TWA, injuring a dozen passers-by. ASALA claims responsibility, stating
that the bomb was placed "in reprisal against the repressive measures
of French authorities against Armenians in France" (i.e., questioning
suspects, carry out investigations, etc.)
January 10, 1980 Teheran
A bomb which explodes in front of the THY offices causes extensive
damage. ASALA claims responsibility.
January 20, 1980 Madrid
A series of bomb attacks, resulting in numerous injuries, occurs in
front of the offices of TWA, British Airways, Swissair, and Sabena. The
JCAG claims credit for the attacks.
February 2, 1980 Brussels
Two bombs explode within minutes of each other in front of the downtown
offices of THY and Aeroflot. The "New Armenian Resistance Group" issues
a communique in which they claim responsibility for both attacks.
February 6, 1980 Bern
A terrorist opens fire on Turkish Ambassador Dogan Türkmen, who
escapes with minor wounds. The would-be-assassin, an Armenian named Max
Klindjian, is subsequently arrested in Marseilles and returned to
Switzerland for trial. The JCAG claims credit for the attack.
February 18, 1980 Rome
The offices of Lufthansa, El Al and Swissair are damaged by two bomb
attacks. Telephone messages give three reasons for the attacks: 1. The
Germans support "Turkish fascism"; 2. The Jews are Zionists (ASALA); 3.
The Swiss behave "repressively" towards the Armenians.
March 10, 1980 Rome
Bomb attacks on the THY and Turkish Tourism Bureau offices on the
Piazza Della Repubblica. The blasts kill two Italians and injure
fourteen. Credit for the attack is claimed by the "New Armenian
Resistance of the Armenian Secret Army."
April 17, 1980 Rome
The Turkish Ambassador to the Holy See, Vecdi Türel, is shot and
seriously wounded. His chauffeur, Tahsin Güvenç, is also slightly
wounded in the assassination attempt. JCAG claims responsibility for
the attack.
May 19, 1980 Marseilles
A rocket aimed at the Turkish Consulate General in Marseilles is
discovered and defused prior to exploding. ASALA and a group calling
itself "Black April" claim credit for the attack.
July 31, 1980 Athens
Galip Özmen, the Administrative Attache at the Turkish Embassy, and
his family are attacked by Armenian terrorists while sitting in their
car. Galip Özmen and his fourteen-year-old daughter, Neslihan, are
killed in the attack. His wife, Sevil, and his sixteen-year-old son,
Kaan, are wounded. Credit for the double killing is claimed by ASALA.
August 5, 1980 Lyon
Two terrorists storm into the Turkish Consulate General in Lyon and
open fire, killing two and injuring several other bystanders. ASALA
claims credit for the attack.
August 11, 1980 New York
An "Armenian group" hurls paint bombs at the Turkish House across from
the United Nations, home of the Turkish Representations in New York.
September 26, 1980 Paris
Selçuk Bakkalbasž, the Press Counselor at the Turkish Embassy, is
shot as he enters his home. Bakkalbasž survives but is permanently
paralyzed as a result of his injuries. ASALA claims responsibility for
the attack.
October 3, 1980 Geneva
Two Armenian terrorists are injured when a bomb they are preparing
explodes in their Geneva hotel room. The two, Suzy Mahseredjian from
Canoga Park, California, and Alexander Yenikomechian, are arrested.
Their arrest leads to the formation of a new group called "October 3,"
which subsequently strikes at Swiss targets.
October 3, 1980 Milan
Two Italians are injured when a bomb explodes in front of the THY
offices. ASALA claims credit for the attack.
October 5, 1980 Madrid
The offices of Alitalia are rocked by a bomb explosion which injures
twelve individuals. The ASALA claims responsibility for the attack.
October 6, 1980 Los Angeles
Two molotov cocktails are thrown into the home of the Turkish Consul
General, Kemal Aržkan. He survives with injuries.
October 10, 1980 Beirut
Two bombs explode near Swiss offices in West Beirut. A group calling
itself "October 3" claims responsibility for these bombings as well as
others on the same day against Swiss offices in England.
October 12, 1980 New York
A bomb placed in front of the Turkish House explodes. Four passers-by
are injured. JCAG assumes responsibility.
October 12, 1980 Los Angeles
A travel agency in Hollywood, owned by a Turkish-American, is
destroyed. JCAG claims responsibility.
October 12, 1980 London
The Turkish Tourism and Information Bureau's offices are damaged by a
bomb explosion. ASALA claims credit.
October 12, 1980 London
A Swiss shopping complex in central London is damaged by a bomb blast.
Callers claim the explosion was the work of "October 3."
October 13, 1980 Paris
A Swiss tourist office is damaged by a bomb explosion. "October 3"
again claims credit.
October 21, 1980 Interlaken, Switzerland
A bomb is found in a Swiss express train coming from Paris. Luckily, it
does not explode. "October 3" is believed to be behind the action,
which could have caused a catastrophe.
November 4, 1980 Geneva
The Swiss Palace of Justice in Geneva is heavily damaged by a bomb
explosion. Credit is claimed by "October 3."
November 9, 1980 Strasbourg
Heavy damage results from a bomb blast at the Turkish Consulate
General. The attack is claimed by ASALA.
November 10, 1980 Rome
Five people are injured in attacks on the Swissair and Swiss Tourist
offices. ASALA and "October 3" claim credit.
November 19, 1980 Rome
The offices of the Turkish Tourism Bureau and those of THY are damaged
by a bomb explosion. ASALA claims responsibility.
November 25, 1980 Geneva
The offices of the Union of Swiss Banks are hit by a bomb explosion.
Responsibility is claimed by "October 3."
December 5, 1980 Marseilles
A police expert defuses a time bomb left at the Swiss Consulate in
Marseilles. "October 3" claims responsibility.
December 15, 1980 London
Two bombs placed in front of the French Tourism Office in London are
defused by a Scotland Yard bomb squad. "October 3" claims the bombs are
a warning to the French for assistance they have rendered the Swiss in
fighting Armenian terrorism.
December 17, 1980 Sydney
Two terrorists assassinate saržk Aržyak, the Turkish Consul General,
and his bodyguard, Engin Sever. JCAG claims responsibility.
December 25, 1980 Zurich
A bomb explosion destroys a radar monitor at Kloten Airport, and a
second explosive planted on the main runway of the airport is defused.
"October 3" claims credit for these attempted mass-murders.
December 29, 1980 Madrid
A Spanish reporter is seriously injured in a telephone booth while
calling in a story to his paper about the bomb attack on the Swissair
offices. "October 3" claims responsibility.
December 30, 1980 Beirut
Bomb attack on the Credit-Suisse offices. ASALA and "October 3" fight
over who gets the credit.
January 2, 1981 Beirut
In a press communique, ASALA threatens to "attack all Swiss diplomats
throughout the world" in response to the alleged mistreatment of "Suzy
and Alex" in Switzerland. On January 4, ASALA issues a statement giving
the Swiss a few days to think things over.
January 14, 1981 Paris
A bomb explodes in the car of Ahmet Erbeyli, the Economic Counselor of
the Turkish Embassy. Erbeyli is not injured, but the explosion totally
destroys his car. A group calling itself the "Alex Yenikomechian
Commandos" of ASALA claims credit for the explosion.
January 27, 1981 Milan
The Swissair and Swiss Tourist offices in Milan are damaged by bomb
explosions. Two passers-by are injured. "October 3" claims credit for
the bombing in a call to local media representatives.
February 3, 1981 Los Angeles
Bomb-squad officials disarm a bomb left at the Swiss Consulate. The
terrorists threaten in anonymous phone calls that such attacks will
continue until Suzy Mahseredjian is released.
February 5, 1981 Paris
Bombs explode in the TWA and Air France offices. One injured, heavy
material damage. "October 3" claims credit.
March 4, 1981 Paris
Two terrorists open fire on Resat Moralž, Labor Attache at the Turkish
Embassy, Tecelli Arž, Religious Affairs Attache, and Ilkay Karakoç,
the Paris representative of the Anadolu Bank. Moralž and Arž are
assassinated. Karakoç manages to escape. ASALA claims responsibility.
March 12, 1981 Teheran
A group of ASALA terrorists try to occupy the Turkish Embassy, killing
two guards in the process. Two of the perpetrators are captured and
later executed by the Iranians. ASALA claims credit.
April 3, 1981 Copenhagen
Cavit Demir, the Labor Attache at the Turkish Embassy, is shot as he
enters his apartment building late in the evening and is seriously
wounded. Both ASALA and JCAG claim the attack.
June 3, 1981 Los Angeles
Bombs force the cancellation of performances by a Turkish folk-dance
group. Threats of similar bombings force the group's performances in
San Francisco to be canceled as well.
June 9, 1981 Geneva
Mehmet Savas Yergüz, Secretary in the Turkish Consulate, is
assassinated by the Armenian terrorist Mardiros Jamgotchian. The arrest
of the ASALA terrorist leads to the formation of a new ASALA branch
called the "Ninth of June Organization," which will be responsible for
a new series of attacks.
June 11, 1981 Paris
A group of Armenian terrorists, led by one Ara Toranian, occupies the
THY offices. Initially ignored by the French authorities, the
terrorists are only evicted from the premises after vehement protests
from the Turkish Embassy.
June 19, 1981 Teheran
A bomb explodes at the offices of Swissair. The "Ninth of June
Organization" claims responsibility.
June 26, 1981 Los Angeles
A bomb explodes in front of the Swiss Banking Corporation offices.
Again the work of the "Ninth of June Organization."
July 19, 1981 Bern
A bomb explodes at the Swiss Parliament Building. "Ninth of June"
claims responsibility.
July 20, 1981 Zurich
"Ninth of June" strikes again. A bomb explodes in an automatic
photo-booth at Zurich's international airport.
July 21, 1981 Lausanne
Twenty women are injured as a bomb laid by Armenian terrorists explodes
in a department store. "Ninth of June" claims responsibility.
July 22, 1981 Geneva
A bomb explodes in a locker at the train station. Authorities suspect
"Ninth of June."
July 22, 1981 Geneva
An hour later, a second bomb explodes in a locker at the station.
Police cordoned off the area following the first explosion, thereby
preventing injuries from the second.
August 11, 1981 Copenhagen
Two bombs destroy the offices of Swissair. An American tourist is
injured in the explosion. "Ninth of June" claims responsibility.
August 20, 1981 Los Angeles
A bomb explodes outside the offices of Swiss Precision Instruments. The
attack is claimed by "Ninth of June."
August 20, 1981 Paris
Explosion at Alitalia Airlines. "October 3" is back in action.
September 15, 1981 Copenhagen
Two people are injured as a bomb explodes in front of the THY offices.
Police experts manage to defuse a second bomb. Credit is claimed by a
"Sixth Armenian Liberation Army."
September 17, 1981 Teheran
A bomb explosion damages a Swiss Embassy building. ASALA's "Ninth of
June" claims responsibility.
September 24, 1981 Paris
Four Armenian terrorists occupy the Turkish Consulate General. During
their entry into the building, the Consul, Kaya Inal, and a security
guard, Cemal Özen, are seriously wounded. Terrorists take 56 hostages.
Özen dies of his injuries in the hospital. The terrorists are ASALA
members.
October 3, 1981 Geneva
The main post office and the city courthouse are hit by bomb
explosions. An ASALA member is scheduled to go on trial for murder in
the courthouse. "Ninth of June" claims credit for the attacks, which
leave one person injured.
October 25, 1981 Rome
An Armenian terrorist fires at Gökberk Ergenekon, Second Secretary at
the Turkish Embassy. Ergenekon is wounded in the arm. ASALA claims
credit in the name of the "September 24 Suicide Commandos."
October 25, 1981 Paris
Fouquet's, the fashionable French restaurant, is the target of a bomb
attack. A group calling itself "September-France" claims the attack.
October 26, 1981 Paris
The same group is behind the explosion of a booby-trapped automobile in
front of "Le Drugstore."
October 27, 1981 Paris
"September-France" carries out a bomb attack at Roissy Airport.
October 27, 1981 Paris
A second bomb explodes near a busy escalator at Roissy Airport. No one
is injured. "September-France" claims responsibility.
October 28, 1981 Paris
The same group is responsible for a bomb attack in a movie theater.
Three people are injured.
November 3, 1981 Madrid
A bomb explodes in front of the Swissair offices, injuring three
persons. Considerable damage to nearby buildings. ASALA claims
responsibility.
November 5, 1981 Paris
A bomb explodes in the Gare de Lyon, injuring one person. The attack is
claimed by the Armenian "Orly Organization."
November 12, 1981 Beirut
Simultaneous bomb explosions occur in front of three French offices:
the French Cultural Center, the Air France offices and the home of the
French Consul General. The "Orly Organization" claims responsibility.
This organization owes its name to the fact that the French police
arrested an Armenian at Orly Airport in Paris because of forged papers.
The idea now is to "bomb him free."
November 14, 1981 Paris
A bomb explosion damages an automobile near the Eiffel Tower. "Orly"
claims responsibility.
November 14, 1981 Paris
"Orly" launches a grenade attack on a group of tourists disembarking
from a sightseeing boat on the River Seine.
November 15, 1981 Paris
"Orly" threatens to blow up an Air France airplane in flight.
November 15, 1981 Beirut
Simultaneous bomb attacks are carried out against three French targets:
the "Union des Assurances de Paris", the Air France offices and the
"Banque Libano-Française". "Orly" is responsible.
November 15, 1981 Paris
A McDonald's restaurant is destroyed by "September-France."
November 16, 1981 Paris
A bomb injures two innocent bystanders at the Gare de l'Est. "Orly"
claims responsibility.
November 18, 1981 Paris
"Orly" announces that it has planted a bomb at the Gare du Nord.
November 20, 1981 Los Angeles
The Turkish Consulate General in Beverly Hills suffers extensive
damage. The JCAG claims credit.
January 13, 1982 Toronto
An ASALA bomb causes extensive damage to the Turkish Consulate General.
January 17, 1982 Geneva
Two bombs destroy parked cars. The ASALA "Ninth of June Organization"
claims credit.
January 17, 1982 Paris
A bomb explodes at the Union of Banks and a second is disarmed at the
Credit Lyonnais. "Orly" claims responsibility.
January 19, 1982 Paris
A bomb explodes in the Air France offices in the Palais des Congres.
"Orly" claims responsibility.
January 28, 1982 Los Angeles
Kemal Aržkan, the Turkish Consul General in Los Angeles, is
assassinated by two terrorists while driving to work. Nineteen year old
Hampig Sassounian is arrested and sentenced to life.
March 22, 1982 Cambridge, Massachusetts
A gift shop belonging to Orhan Gündüz, the Turkish Honorary Consul
General in Boston, is blown up. Gündüz receives an ultimatum: Either
he gives up his honorary position or he will be "executed."
Responsibility is claimed by the JCAG.
March 26, 1982 Beirut
Two dead, sixteen injured in an explosion at a movie theater. ASALA
claims credit for the attack.
April 8, 1982 Ottawa
Kani Güngör, the Commercial Attache at the Turkish Embassy in Ottawa,
is seriously wounded in an attack by Armenian terrorists in the garage
of his apartment house. ASALA claims responsibility.
April 24, 1982 Dortmund, West Germany
Several Turkish-owned businesses suffer extensive damage in bomb
attacks. The "New Armenian Resistance Organization" claims
responsibility.
May 4, 1982 Cambridge, Massachusetts
Orhan Gündüz, the Turkish Honorary Consul General in Boston is
assassinated. The murderer is still at large.
May 10, 1982 Geneva
Bombs explode at two banks. The attacks are claimed by an Armenian
"World Punishment Organization."
May 18, 1982 Toronto
Four Armenians are arrested for trying to smuggle money out of the
country. The money was extorted from Armenians, a common practice
throughout the world. In the course of the investigation, it is
discovered that the terrorists fire-bombed the house of an Armenian who
refused to make his contribution to Armenian terrorism.
May 18, 1982 Tampa, Florida
Attack at the office of Nash Karahan, the Turkish Honorary Consul
General.
May 26, 1982 Los Angeles
A bomb damages the office of Swiss Banking Corporation. The suspects:
four Armenians accused of involvement in ASALA.
May 30, 1982 Los Angeles
Three members of ASALA are arrested when planting a bomb in the Air
Canada cargo-office.
June 7, 1982 Lisbon
The Administrative Attache at the Turkish Embassy, Erkut Akbay, and his
wife, Nadide Akbay, are assassinated in front of their home. JCAG
claims responsibility.
July 1, 1982 Rotterdam
Kemalettin Demirer, the Turkish Consul General in Rotterdam, is shot
down by four Armenian terrorists. An "Armenian Red Army" claims
responsibility.
July 21, 1982 Paris
Sixteen injured in a bomb explosion near a cafe in the Place
Saint-Severin. Credit is claimed by the Orly Organization. "Orly"
complains that the French do not treat the arrested Armenian terrorists
as "political prisoners," but rather as ordinary criminals.
July 26, 1982 Paris
"Orly" is responsible for injuring two women in an explosion in Paris'
"Pub Saint-Germain."
August 2, 1982 Paris
Pierre Gulumian, an Armenian terrorist, is killed when a bomb he is
making explodes in his face.
August 7, 1982 Ankara, Esenboga Airport
Two Armenian terrorists open fire in a crowded passenger waiting room.
One of the terrorists takes more than twenty hostages while the second
is apprehended by the police. Nine people are dead and eighty-two
injured&emdash;some seriously. The surviving terrorist, Levon Ekmekjian
is arrested and sentenced.
August 8, 1982 Paris
A bomb is defused in time. "Orly" regrets the discovery.
August 12, 1982 Paris
Terrorists open fire on a policeman assigned to protect the offices of
the Turkish Tourism Attache. Luckily, he escapes without injury.
August 27, 1982 Ottawa
Colonel Atilla Altžkat, the Military Attache at the Turkish Embassy,
is assassinated in his car. JCAG claims responsibility.
September 9, 1982 Burgaz, Bulgaria
Bora Süelkan, the Administrative Attache at the Turkish Consulate
General in Burgaz, is assassinated in front of his home. The assassin
leaves a message "We shot dead the Turkish diplomat: Combat Units of
Justice Against the Armenian Genocide." An anonymous caller claims that
the assassination is the work of a branch of the ASALA.
October 26, 1982 Los Angeles
Five Armenian terrorists are charged with conspiring to blow up the
offices of the Honorary Turkish Consul General in Philadelphia. All
belong to the JCAG.
December 8, 1982 Athens
Two Armenians on a motorbike throw a bomb at the offices of the Saudi
Arabian Airlines. The bomb hits a power pylon, explodes and kills one
of the terrorists. His accomplice, an Armenian from Iran named Vahe
Kontaverdian is arrested. It is later revealed that ASALA ordered the
attack because Saudi Arabia maintains friendly relations with Turkey.
January 21, 1983 Anaheim, California
Nine "sophisticated" pipe bombs are confiscated from an Armenian bakery
after one of the detonators goes off and causes fire.
January 22, 1983 Paris
Two terrorists attack the offices of THY with hand grenades. No one is
injured. ASALA claims credit.
January 22, 1983 Paris
French police defuse a powerful explosive device near the THY counter
at Orly airport.
February 2, 1983 Brussels
The offices of THY are bombed. The "New Armenian Resistance
Organization" claims responsibility.
February 28, 1983 Luxembourg
A bomb placed in front of Turkey's diplomatic mission is defused. The
Armenian Reporter in New York reports that the "New Armenian Resistance
Organization" is responsible.
February 28, 1983 Paris
A bomb explodes at the Marmara Travel Agency. Killed in the explosion
is Renée Morin, a French secretary. Four other Frenchmen are wounded.
A few minutes after the attack, ASALA claims responsibility.
March 9, 1983 Belgrade
Galip Balkar, the Turkish Ambassador to Yugoslavia is assassinated in
central Belgrade. His chauffeur, Necati Kayar is shot in the stomach.
As the two assailants flee from the scene, they are bravely pursued by
Yugoslav citizens. One of the terrorists shoots and wounds a Yugoslav
Colonel, and is in turn apprehended by a policeman. The second
terrorist opens fire on civilians who are chasing him, killing a young
student and wounding a young girl. The two terrorists, Kirkor Levonian
and Raffi Elbekian, are tried and sentenced.
March 31, 1983 Frankfurt
An anonymous caller threatened to bomb the offices and kill the staff
of Tercüman newspaper, a Turkish daily.
May 24, 1983 Brussels
Bombs explode in front of the Turkish Embassy's Culture and Information
offices and in front of a Turkish-owned travel agency. The Italian
director of the travel agency is wounded. ASALA claims credit.
June 16, 1983 Istanbul
Armenian terrorists carry out an attack with hand grenades and
automatic weapons inside the covered bazaar in Istanbul. Two dead,
twenty-one wounded. ASALA claims responsibility.
July 8, 1983 Paris
Armenian terrorists attack the offices of the British Council,
protesting against the trials of Armenians in London.
July 14, 1983 Brussels
Armenian terrorists murder Dursun Aksoy, the Administrative Attache at
the Turkish Embassy. ASALA, ARA and JCAG claim responsibility.
July 15, 1983 Paris
A bomb explodes in front of the THY counter at Orly airport. Eight
dead, more than sixty injured. A 29 years old Syrian-Armenian named
Varadjian Garbidjian confesses to having planted the bomb. He admits
that the bomb was intended to have exploded once the plane was
airborne.
July 15, 1983 London
A bomb, similar to the one that exploded at Orly, is defused in time.
ASALA claims responsibility for both attacks.
July 18, 1983 Lyon
A bomb threat is made by ASALA against the Lyon railroad station.
July 20, 1983 Lyon
Panicky evacuation of Lyon's Gare de Perrache following a bomb threat
from ASALA.
July 22, 1983 Teheran
"Orly" carries out bomb attacks on the French Embassy and Air France.
July 27, 1983 Lisbon
Five Armenian terrorists attempt to storm the Turkish Embassy in
Lisbon. Failing to gain access to the chancery, they occupy the
residence, taking the Deputy Chief of Mission(DCM) and his family
hostage. When explosives being planted by the terrorists go off, Cahide
Mžhçžoglu, wife of the DCM and four of the terrorists are blown to
pieces. The DCM, Yurtsev Mžhçžoglu, and his son Atasay are injured.
The fifth terrorist is killed in the initial assault by Turkish
security forces. One Portuguese policeman is also killed and another
wounded. The ARA claims responsibility.
July 28, 1983 Lyon
Another bomb threat on Lyon-Perrache railroad station. ASALA claims
responsibility.
July 29, 1983 Teheran
A threat to blow up the French Embassy in Teheran with a rocket attack
causes Iranian officials to increase security at the facility.
July 31, 1983 Lyon and Rennes
Bomb threats from Armenian terrorists force the emergency landing of
two domestic French flights carrying 424 passengers.
August 10, 1983 Teheran
A bomb explodes in an automobile at the French Embassy. ASALA claims
credit for the attack.
August 25, 1983 Bonn
A whole series of bomb attacks against offices of the French Consulate
General claim two lives and leave twenty-three injured. ASALA claims
responsibility.
September 9, 1983 Teheran
Two French Embassy cars are bombed. One of the bombs injures two
embassy staff members. ASALA claims credit.
October 1, 1983 Marseilles
A bomb blast destroys the U.S., Soviet and Algerian pavilions at an
international trade fair in Marseilles. One person is killed and
twenty-six injured. ASALA and "Orly" claim credit.
October 6, 1983 Teheran
A French Embassy vehicle is bombed, injuring two passengers. "Orly"
claims responsibility.
October 29, 1983 Beirut
Hand-grenade attack on the French Embassy. One of the ASALA terrorists
is arrested.
October 29, 1983 Beirut
The Turkish Embassy is attacked by three Armenian terrorists. One of
the assailants, Sarkis Denielian, a 19 years old Lebanese-Armenian is
apprehended. ASALA claims responsibility.
February 8, 1984 Paris
Bomb threat on an Air France flight to New York.
March 28, 1984 Teheran
A timed series of attacks is carried out against Turkish diplomats:
Two Armenian terrorists shoot and seriously wound Sergeant Ismail
Pamukçu, employed at the office of the Turkish Military Attache;
Hasan Servet Öktem, First Secretary of the Turkish Embassy, is
slightly wounded as he leaves his home;
Ibrahim Özdemir, the Administrative Attache at the Turkish Embassy,
alerts police to two suspicious looking men. They turn out to be
Armenian terrorists and are arrested;
In the afternoon of the same day, Iranian police arrest three more
Armenian terrorists outside the Turkish Embassy;
An Armenian terrorist is killed when a bomb he is attempting to plant
in the car of the Turkish Assistant Commercial Counselor explodes
prematurely. The dead terrorist is later identified as Sultan Gregorian
Semaperdan (ASALA).
March 29, 1984 Los Angeles
ASALA sends a written threat, saying they will assassinate Turkish
athletes who take part in the Olympics.
April 8, 1984 Beirut
ASALA issues a communique warning that all flights to Turkey will be
considered military targets.
April 26, 1984 Ankara
The Turkish Prime Minister, Turgut Özal, receives a threat warning him
that if he goes ahead with a planned visit to Teheran, ASALA will
schedule a major terrorist operation against his country.
April 28, 1984 Teheran
Two Armenian terrorists riding a motorcycle open fire on Isžk Yönder
as he drives his wife, Sadiye Yönder, to the Turkish Embassy where she
works. Isžk Yönder is killed, and ASALA claims credit for yet another
senseless murder.
June 20, 1984 Vienna
A bomb explodes in a car belonging to Erdogan Özen, Assistant Labor
and Social Affairs Counselor at the Turkish Embassy in Vienna. Özen is
killed and five others seriously wounded, including a policeman. ARA
terrorists claim credit for the crime.
June 25, 1984 Los Angeles
A news agency office in France receives a letter threatening to attack
all governments, organizations and companies which assist, in any way
whatsoever, Turkey's team at the Los Angeles Olympics.
August 13, 1984 Lyon
A bomb explodes in a Lyon train station causing minor damage. ASALA
claims credit.
September 1984 Teheran
Several Turkish owned firms in Iran come under attack after receiving
warning letters informing them that they are to be targeted. The first
victim is the Sezai Türkes Company. A Turkish employee is injured
while fighting the fire caused by the explosion. A chain of smaller
scale acts of intimidation follows.
September 1, 1984 Teheran
Iranian authorities expose a plot to assassinate Ismet Birsel, the
Turkish Ambassador to Teheran.
September 3, 1984 Istanbul
Two Armenian terrorists die as one of their bombs goes off too soon.
The ARA claims credit.
November 19, 1984 Vienna
Evner Ergun, Deputy Director of the Centre for Social Development and
Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations, Vienna is assassinated
while driving to work. The assassins leave a flag with the initials
"ARA" on his body.
December 1984 Brussels
Authorities are able to thwart a bombing attempt at the residence of
Selçuk Incesu, Turkish Consul General.
December 29, 1984 Beirut
Two French buildings in East Beirut are bombed. ASALA claims credit.
December 29, 1984 Paris
Following an ASALA threat to blow up an Air France plane, police
increase security at the Charles de Gaulle Airport.
January 3, 1985 Beirut
The offices of Agence France Presse are extensively damaged when a bomb
explodes.
March 3, 1985 Paris
An anonymous caller to Agence France Presse threatens to attack French
interests throughout the world upon the indictment of the three
terrorists who participated in the Orly attack.
March 12, 1985 Ottawa
Three heavily armed terrorists storm the Turkish Embassy, killing a
Canadian security guard in the process. After blowing up the front
door, the gunmen enter the building. Ambassador Coskun Kžrca manages
to escape but suffers extensive injuries. The wife and daughter of the
Ambassador, who were taken hostage, are later released, and the
terrorists surrender. ARA claims responsibility.
March 26, 1985 Toronto
A threat to blow up the city of Toronto's transit system leads to chaos
during the rush hour. An "Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of
Our Homeland" claims responsibility for the threat.
November 1985 Brussels
A special anti-terrorist security squad of the Belgian police exposes
and arrests three Armenian terrorists with Portuguese passports. They
were planning an attack on Turkish officers at NATO headquarters.
November 28, 1985 Paris
French police arrest the leader of the terrorist
organization&emdash;the "Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of
Armenia-Revolutionary Movement" (ASALA-RM)&emdash;Mr. Monte Melkonian,
a U.S. citizen. In Melkonian's apartment, police confiscate weapons,
explosive devices, arrival and departure information on Turkish ships
scheduled to visit France and a picture of Turkey's Ambassador to
France, Adnan Bulak.
December 1985 Paris
Forty-one shoppers in two of Paris' leading department stores (Gallerie
Lafayette and Printemps) are injured (twelve seriously) when nearly
simultaneous bomb explosions rip through the stores. In the ensuing
panic, some 10,000 Christmas shoppers flee into the street. The
Armenian Reporter, published in New York, reports in its December 12th
issue that French law enforcement authorities are concentrating on
ASALA as the most likely perpetrator. ASALA later takes credit for the
two bombings.
November 23, 1986 Melbourne
At 2:15 a.m. a bomb explodes in front of the Turkish Consulate General.
One dead -presumedly the perpetrator- and one Australian injured.
Christian Cruzado Terkkicker
Sheldon Bitchslapper(of TRNC&Seanie)
> for Armenian the Terrorist Nation
Q: Why can't Turks(like JuJu and Sean) put in light bulbs?
A: They keep breaking them with the hammers.
mbouhahahahahahahahahahahaha
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TRNC has to be the most idiotic person to come out of Cyprus. Thank God
he is a TURK!!!!
mbouhahahahahahahahahahahahaha,