{"id":156,"date":"2017-09-21T18:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T15:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/misak.millidusunce.com\/?p=156"},"modified":"2018-03-10T11:12:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T08:12:05","slug":"turk-universitelerinin-katkilariyla-almanyada-duzenlenen-sozde-ermeni-soykirimi-icin-avrupa-yaklasimlari-calistayina-abdden-buyuk-destek-var","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/millidusunce.com\/misak\/turk-universitelerinin-katkilariyla-almanyada-duzenlenen-sozde-ermeni-soykirimi-icin-avrupa-yaklasimlari-calistayina-abdden-buyuk-destek-var\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u00fcrk \u00dcniversitelerinin Katk\u0131lar\u0131yla Almanya\u2019da D\u00fczenlenen S\u00f6zde Ermeni Soyk\u0131r\u0131m\u0131 \u0130\u00e7in Avrupa Yakla\u015f\u0131mlar\u0131 \u00c7al\u0131\u015ftay\u2019\u0131na ABD\u2019den B\u00fcy\u00fck Destek Var"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-161\" src=\"http:\/\/misak.millidusunce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/GulveSilahGri.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/millidusunce.com\/misak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/GulveSilahGri.jpg 450w, https:\/\/millidusunce.com\/misak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/GulveSilahGri-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/millidusunce.com\/misak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/GulveSilahGri-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/millidusunce.com\/misak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/GulveSilahGri-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/millidusunce.com\/misak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/GulveSilahGri-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/millidusunce.com\/misak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/GulveSilahGri-64x64.jpg 64w, https:\/\/millidusunce.com\/misak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/GulveSilahGri-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/millidusunce.com\/misak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/GulveSilahGri-128x128.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Avrupa Akademisi ve Lepsiushaus Potsdam \u00dcniversitesi ge\u00e7en hafta Berlin\u2019de <strong>Ermeni Soyk\u0131r\u0131m\u0131 \u0130\u00e7in Avrupa Yakla\u015f\u0131mlar\u0131<\/strong> (<strong>Past in the Present European Approaches to the Armenian Genocide) <\/strong>konulu bir \u00c7al\u0131\u015ftay d\u00fczenlemi\u015ftir. T\u00fcrkiye i\u00e7in s\u00f6zde Ermeni soyk\u0131r\u0131m\u0131 \u00f6nemli bir sorun olmas\u0131na ra\u011fmen T\u00fcrk bas\u0131n\u0131nda bu konu \u00a0yer almam\u0131\u015ft\u0131r. \u0130lk ilanda \u00c7al\u0131\u015ftay\u2019\u0131n ev sahiplerinden birisi <strong>Sabanc\u0131 \u00dcniversitesi i<\/strong>di. T\u00fcrkiye\u2019den di\u011fer kat\u0131l\u0131mc\u0131lar ise <strong>Ko\u00e7, Bilgi, Kemerburgaz (Alt\u0131nba\u015f), Ankara Sosyal Bilimler <\/strong>\u00dcniversiteleridir.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c7al\u0131\u015ftay\u2019a Sabanc\u0131 \u00dcniversitesi\u2019nin katk\u0131da bulunaca\u011f\u0131 ve ev sahipli\u011fi\u00a0\u00a0 yapaca\u011f\u0131 anla\u015f\u0131l\u0131nca \u00dcniversite, geni\u015f bir kesimden tepki alm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r. Ko\u00e7 \u00dcniversitesi \u00c7al\u0131\u015ftay\u2019a kat\u0131lacak olan akademisyenin i\u015fine 6 ay \u00f6nce son verdiklerini a\u00e7\u0131klam\u0131\u015ft\u0131r. Sabanc\u0131 \u00dcniversitesi ise <em>&#8220;Biz ev sahibi de\u011filiz&#8221;<\/em> diyerek i\u015fin i\u00e7inden \u00e7\u0131km\u0131\u015f, \u00c7al\u0131\u015ftay\u2019\u0131n <strong>bilimsel bir \u00e7al\u0131\u015fma oldu\u011funu<\/strong>, <strong>akademisyenlerinin \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmalar\u0131n\u0131n k\u0131s\u0131tlanamayaca\u011f\u0131n\u0131<\/strong>, istedikleri \u00c7al\u0131\u015ftay\u2019a kat\u0131labileceklerini\u00a0 a\u00e7\u0131klam\u0131\u015ft\u0131r.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c7al\u0131\u015ftay\u2019\u0131n hangi ama\u00e7la yap\u0131laca\u011f\u0131n\u0131 \u00f6nceden tahmin etti\u011fim i\u00e7in Kemerburgaz \u00dcniversitesi\u2019nden kat\u0131lmas\u0131 \u00f6ng\u00f6r\u00fclen \u00f6\u011fretim \u00fcyesi hakk\u0131nda Rekt\u00f6r, meslekta\u015f\u0131m Prof. Dr. \u00c7a\u011fr\u0131 Erhan\u2019a bir bilgilendirme notu g\u00f6nderdim. Say\u0131n rekt\u00f6rden gelen cevap a\u015fa\u011f\u0131dad\u0131r:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSay\u0131n Hocam merhaba,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nazan Han\u0131m \u00fccretsiz izinle yurt d\u0131\u015f\u0131nda bulunmaktad\u0131r<\/em><\/strong><em>. Toplant\u0131 program\u0131n\u0131n en son halinde \u015fu an ara\u015ft\u0131rma yapmak i\u00e7in bulundu\u011fu kurumun ad\u0131n\u0131 kullanmaktad\u0131r. Tebli\u011fci de\u011fil tart\u0131\u015fmac\u0131d\u0131r. <strong>S\u00f6z konusu konferansla uzaktan yak\u0131ndan ALTINBA\u015e \u00dcN\u0130VERS\u0130TES\u0130&#8217;nin ilgisi yoktur<\/strong>. <strong>\u015eah\u0131s olarak da bu konuda hangi \u00e7izgide bulundu\u011fum izahtan varestedir. <\/strong>Konferansla ilgili daha \u00f6nce bana yollanm\u0131\u015f hi\u00e7bir maile, konu kurumumuzu ilgilendirmedi\u011fi i\u00e7in, cevap vermedim. Sizin dostlu\u011funuza istinaden cevapl\u0131yorum. Bu vesileyle sayg\u0131lar\u0131m\u0131 sunuyorum. <strong>Prof. Dr. \u00c7a\u011fr\u0131 Erhan<\/strong>\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00c7al\u0131\u015ftay\u2019dan haberdar olunca, T\u00fcrkiye\u2019den kat\u0131lacak olanlara biri \u0130ngilizce olan iki \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmam\u0131 g\u00f6ndererek g\u00f6r\u00fc\u015flerimi a\u00e7\u0131klad\u0131m, bu konuda objektif olmalar\u0131n\u0131 sa\u011flamak istedim. Bunlardan sadece Ankara\u2019dan kat\u0131lacak olan \u00f6\u011fretim \u00fcyesinden cevap gelmi\u015ftir. \u00a0<strong>\u00c7al\u0131\u015ftay\u2019a sadece <em>&#8220;soyk\u0131r\u0131m var&#8221;<\/em> diyenler \u00e7a\u011f\u0131r\u0131lm\u0131\u015f, kar\u015f\u0131 g\u00f6r\u00fc\u015f\u00fc savunanlar\u0131n ba\u015fvurular\u0131 ise kabul edilmemi\u015ftir.<\/strong> \u00c7al\u0131\u015ftay\u2019\u0131n konu\u015fmac\u0131lar\u0131 aras\u0131nda bulunan Sabanc\u0131 \u00dcniversitesi \u00f6\u011fretim \u00fcyesi H\u00fclya Adak ve Ko\u00e7 \u00dcniversitesi \u00f6\u011fretim \u00fcyesi Zeynep T\u00fcrky\u0131lmaz Ermeni Diasporas\u0131\u2019na \u00e7ok yak\u0131n isimlerdir.<\/p>\n<p><strong>H\u00fclya Adak<\/strong>, Ermeni Soyk\u0131r\u0131m\u0131\u2019na Ele\u015ftirel Yakla\u015f\u0131mlar: Tarih, Siyaset, Estetik ba\u015fl\u0131\u011f\u0131 ile 1-4 Ekim 2015 tarihlerinde Sabanc\u0131 \u00dcniversitesi\u2019nin ev sahipli\u011finde \u0130stanbul\u2019da yap\u0131lan toplant\u0131n\u0131n organizat\u00f6rleri aras\u0131ndayd\u0131. <strong>Zeynep T\u00fcrky\u0131lmaz<\/strong> ise Kaliforniya \u00dcniversitesi\u2019nde (University of California at Los Angeles-UCLA) e\u011fitim alm\u0131\u015f, 2009\u2019da doktoras\u0131n\u0131 vermi\u015ftir.\u00a0 UCLA, Atat\u00fcrk\u2019\u00fc, ayaklar\u0131n\u0131n alt\u0131nda bir k\u0131z \u00e7ocu\u011fu cesediyle poz vermi\u015f olarak g\u00f6steren ve \u00fczerine <strong>\u0130nkar\u0131n Y\u00fcz\u00fc<\/strong> (Face of Denial) yazan dok\u00fcman\u0131 montajlayarak yay\u0131nlayan \u00fcniversitedir.<\/p>\n<p>H\u00fclya Adak ve Zeynep T\u00fcrky\u0131lmaz hakk\u0131nda; T\u00fcrk Milletini, T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Devletini, Devletin Kurum ve Organlar\u0131n\u0131 A\u015fa\u011f\u0131lama (TCK md. 301), Devletin Birli\u011fini ve \u00dclke B\u00fct\u00fcnl\u00fc\u011f\u00fcn\u00fc Bozma (TCK md. 302) ve Temel Milli Yararlara Kar\u015f\u0131 Faaliyette Bulunmak \u0130\u00e7in Yarar Sa\u011flama (TCK md. 305) maddeleri kapsam\u0131nda su\u00e7 duyurusunda bulunulmu\u015ftur.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bu akademisyenlerin akademik \u00f6zg\u00fcrl\u00fck ad\u0131 alt\u0131nda T\u00fcrk milletini karalamaya haklar\u0131 yoktur.<\/strong> <strong>Mahkeme Karar\u0131 olmadan yap\u0131lmayan bir s\u00f6zde soyk\u0131r\u0131m i\u00e7in T\u00fcrk milleti su\u00e7lanamaz. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kat\u0131l\u0131mc\u0131 \u00f6\u011fretim \u00fcyelerinin ve destek veren \u00fcniversitelerdeki di\u011fer \u00f6\u011fretim \u00fcyelerinin bir kitab\u0131 okumalar\u0131n\u0131 \u00f6neririm: Ohannes Ka\u00e7aznuni, <strong>Ta\u015fnak Partisi&#8217;nin Yapaca\u011f\u0131 Bir\u015fey Yok<\/strong>, Kaynak Yay\u0131nlar\u0131, 2005. Kitap, 1915 y\u0131l\u0131nda Ermeni isyanlar\u0131n\u0131 \u00f6rg\u00fctleyen Ta\u015fnak Partisi\u2019nin Ba\u015fkan\u0131 ve 1918 y\u0131l\u0131nda Erivan\u2019da kurulan Ermenistan\u2019\u0131n ilk Ba\u015fbakan\u0131n 1923 y\u0131l\u0131nda partisinin B\u00fckre\u015f\u2019te toplanan kongresine sundu\u011fu rapora dayanmaktad\u0131r. \u00a0<strong>Ermenilerin insanl\u0131k d\u0131\u015f\u0131 katliam yapt\u0131klar\u0131 kitapta yer ald\u0131\u011f\u0131 i\u00e7in Ermenistan&#8217;da yasaklanm\u0131\u015f, \u0130ngilizce bask\u0131lar\u0131 da Bat\u0131 k\u00fct\u00fcphanelerinden toplat\u0131lm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r. <\/strong>T\u00fcrkiye aleyhine olan bir \u00c7al\u0131\u015ftay\u2019da Sabanc\u0131 gibi d\u00fcnya s\u0131ralamas\u0131na giren se\u00e7kin bir T\u00fcrk \u00dcniversitesi\u2019nin ad\u0131n\u0131n program afi\u015finde ge\u00e7mesi ho\u015f olmam\u0131\u015ft\u0131r.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan \u00dcniversitesi\u2019nden Prof. Dr. Ronald Grigor Suny, Prof. Dr. Fatma M\u00fcge G\u00f6\u00e7ek ve Prof. Dr. Gerard Libaridian\u2019\u0131n katk\u0131lar\u0131yla <strong>Ermeni-T\u00fcrk \u00c7al\u0131\u015fmalar\u0131 At\u00f6lyesi<\/strong> (Workshop on Armenian-Turkish Scholarship:<strong> WATS<\/strong>) ilk defa 2000 y\u0131l\u0131nda d\u00fczenlemi\u015ftir. Daha sonra 2000-2013 d\u00f6neminde \u015eikago (2000), Michigan (2002), Minnessota (2003), Salzburg (2004), New York (2005), Cenova (2008), Kaliforniya (2010) ve Amsterdam\u2019da (2013) yap\u0131lm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r. Bu etkinliklere kar\u015f\u0131t g\u00f6r\u00fc\u015ftekiler al\u0131nmam\u0131\u015ft\u0131r. \u00a09\u2019su, <strong>T\u00fcrkiye\u2019de Ermeni Soyk\u0131r\u0131m\u0131\u2019na Ele\u015ftirel Yakla\u015f\u0131mlar: Tarih, Siyaset, Estetik<\/strong> ba\u015fl\u0131\u011f\u0131 ile <strong>1-4 Ekim 2015<\/strong> tarihleri aras\u0131nda Sabanc\u0131 \u00dcniversitesi\u2019nin ev sahipli\u011finde \u0130stanbul\u2019da ger\u00e7ekle\u015ftirilmi\u015ftir.<\/p>\n<p>H\u00fclya Adak; Berlin H\u00fcr \u00dcniversitesi (Haziran 2016-), Potsdam \u00dcniversitesi (Haziran 2016), Carleton \u00dcniversitesi, Ottawa (Haziran 2016-Haziran 2017), Edebiyat, Sanat ve K\u00fclt\u00fcr (ICSLAC) Kar\u015f\u0131la\u015ft\u0131rmal\u0131 Ara\u015ft\u0131rmalar Enstit\u00fcs\u00fc, Freie University of Berlin, (2012- 2013), \u015eikago \u00dcniversitesi\u2019nde (1993-2001) \u00e7al\u0131\u015ft\u0131\u011f\u0131 d\u00f6nemlerde s\u00f6zde Ermeni Soyk\u0131r\u0131m\u0131 tezini savunmu\u015ftur. Adak, Prof. Fatma G\u00f6\u00e7ek ve Prof. Ronald Suny ile birlikte Ekim 2015\u2019de \u0130stanbul Richmond Otel\u2019deki <strong>WATS 2015<\/strong> etkinli\u011finde de g\u00f6rev alm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>WATS t<\/strong><strong>oplant\u0131lar\u0131n en \u00f6nemli \u00f6zelli\u011fi, Ermeni Soyk\u0131r\u0131m\u0131 yoktur diyen kar\u015f\u0131t g\u00f6r\u00fc\u015ftekilerin toplant\u0131lara al\u0131nmamas\u0131d\u0131r<\/strong>. Toplant\u0131y\u0131 haber al\u0131nca kat\u0131l\u0131m ba\u015fvurusunda bulundum ama hayal k\u0131r\u0131kl\u0131\u011f\u0131na u\u011frad\u0131m. \u00c7\u00fcnk\u00fc ba\u015fvurum reddeldildi. <strong>Gerek\u00e7e ise \u00e7ok komikti: Yer darl\u0131\u011f\u0131<\/strong>. Bana g\u00f6nderilen cevap a\u015fa\u011f\u0131dad\u0131r:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c[WATS 2017- Past in the Present: European Approaches to the Armenian Genocide] Registration Roy Knocke [knocke@lepsiushaus-potsdam.de] \u00a005 Eyl\u00fcl 2017 Sal\u0131 10:2 Dear Sir or Madam, Unfortunately, <strong>due to some space problems and therefore limited number of participants, the WATS-organizing committee cannot enable your registration. <\/strong>We apologize for the inconvenience and refer to the video captured presentations of the panels. Kind regards, Roy Knocke, Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter Lepsiushaus Potsdam,Gro\u00dfe Weinmeisterstra\u00dfe 45 14469 Potsdam, Telefon: 0331 &#8211; 58164511 und 0176 &#8211; 76527624Fax: 0331 \u2013 58164519, Email: knocke@lepsiushaus-potsdam.de Web: http:\/\/www.lepsiushaus-potsdam.de\/index.php?page=roy-knocke.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c7al\u0131\u015ftay\u2019a al\u0131nmayan sadece ben de\u011filim. <\/strong><strong>Dr. Ali S\u00f6ylemezoglu da benim gibi toplant\u0131ya al\u0131nmayanlardand\u0131r. S\u00f6ylemezo\u011flu\u2019nun \u015fahs\u0131ma g\u00f6nderdi\u011fi mail \u015f\u00f6yledir: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBerlin&#8217;deki \u00c7al\u0131\u015ftay meselesi \u015f\u00f6yle oldu. \u00c7al\u0131\u015ftay\u2019\u0131n yap\u0131laca\u011f\u0131n\u0131 i\u015fitti\u011fimden 4 Eyl\u00fcl g\u00fcn\u00fc hem faks ve hem de mektupla Lepsius Haus&#8217;a ba\u015fvurup kat\u0131laca\u011f\u0131m\u0131 bildirip kaydedilmemi ve neticeyi bana eposta ile bildirmelerini rica etmi\u015ftim. Aradan iki hafta ge\u00e7ip de ses seda \u00e7\u0131kmay\u0131nca telefon ettim, bu defa \u2018ben burada yeni i\u015fe ba\u015flad\u0131m, bilgim yok\u2019 diyen bir gen\u00e7 cevap verdi ve \u2018kay\u0131tlar kapand\u0131\u2019 dedi. Bunun \u00fczerine Hosfeld&#8217;in ki\u015fisel eposta adresine yaz\u0131p \u00c7al\u0131\u015ftay\u2019a kat\u0131laca\u011f\u0131m\u0131 ve olumlu cevab\u0131n\u0131 bekledi\u011fimi bildirdim. Buna da cevap vermediler.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ba\u015fka i\u015flerim oldu\u011fundan Cuma ak\u015fam\u0131 de\u011fil de Cumartesi g\u00fcn\u00fc saat 9:15 gibi \u00c7al\u0131\u015ftay\u2019\u0131n yap\u0131laca\u011f\u0131 Europ\u00e4ische Akademie\u2019ye gittim, resepsiyondaki han\u0131ma selam verip i\u00e7eri girdim. Kimsin, nesin diye sormad\u0131. Ben de paltomu gard\u0131roba as\u0131p salona girdim. Tahminen 25-30 ki\u015fi vard\u0131 ve salonun yar\u0131s\u0131ndan \u00e7o\u011fu bo\u015ftu. \u0130svi\u00e7reli Prof. Kieser Talat Pa\u015fa hakk\u0131ndaki tebli\u011fini \u0130ngilizce olarak okuyordu. Gayet harc-\u0131 alem \u015feyler anlatt\u0131\u011f\u0131ndan not almaya de\u011fer bulmad\u0131m. Daha sonra Kieser&#8217;e \u2018sana ayr\u0131lan vakit bitti\u2019 dediler, o da tebli\u011fini tamamlamadan yerine oturdu. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ard\u0131ndan orta ya\u015fl\u0131 g\u00f6z\u00fcken bir hatun ki\u015fi k\u00fcrs\u00fcye gelerek konu\u015fmaya ba\u015flad\u0131. Daha hangi konuyu i\u015flemek istedi\u011fini anlayamadan gen\u00e7 bir han\u0131m yan\u0131ma gelerek \u0130ngilizce \u2018biraz gelir misiniz?\u2019 dedi. Pe\u015fine d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcp kahvalt\u0131 ettikleri salona gittim, orada Lepsius Haus&#8217;ta istihdam edildi\u011fini bildi\u011fim Lepsius Haus websitesindeki foto\u011fraf\u0131ndan <strong>Roy Knocke<\/strong> isimli \u015fah\u0131s (bana mail g\u00f6nderen ki\u015fi) oldu\u011funu tahmin etti\u011fim zat-\u0131 muhterem \u2018siz kay\u0131tl\u0131 de\u011filsiniz, bu toplant\u0131ya kat\u0131lamazs\u0131n\u0131z\u2019 dedi. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Kayd\u0131m\u0131 yapt\u0131rtt\u0131\u011f\u0131m\u0131 s\u00f6yleyince \u2018Hosfeld size eposta ile kat\u0131lamayaca\u011f\u0131n\u0131z\u0131 bildirdiydi\u2019 dedi, ben ise b\u00f6yle bir eposta almad\u0131\u011f\u0131ma i\u015faret ederek dedim ki \u2018buras\u0131 ne bi\u00e7im akademi, akademi demek farkl\u0131 fikirlerin tart\u0131\u015f\u0131ld\u0131\u011f\u0131 yer demektir, siz ise b\u0131rak\u0131n tart\u0131\u015fmay\u0131, farkl\u0131 fikirden bir ki\u015finin dinleyici olarak kat\u0131lmas\u0131na bile tahamm\u00fcl edemiyorsunuz\u2019. Kar\u015f\u0131mdaki ise \u2018bu \u00c7al\u0131\u015ftay\u2019\u0131 tertip eden Europ\u00e4ische Akademie de\u011fil, onlar yaln\u0131zca mekan\u0131 tahsis ettiler\u2019 dedi. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ben de Almanca olarak \u2018bu us\u00fclle ba\u015far\u0131l\u0131 olman\u0131z m\u00fcmk\u00fcn de\u011fildir\u2019 mealinde \u2018so kommen Sie auf keinenen gr\u00fcnen Zweig\u2019 diyerek ayr\u0131ld\u0131m. Hadise bundan ibaret. Kanaatimce kar\u015f\u0131 taraf\u0131n bizim sessizce dinlememizden bile bu kadar \u00e7ekiniyor olmas\u0131 iddialar\u0131n\u0131n ne kadar \u00e7\u00fcr\u00fck temellere dayand\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 gayet iyi bildiklerine i\u015faret etmektedir. Fikir d\u00fczeyinde yenik d\u00fc\u015ft\u00fcler, fakat propaganda d\u00fczeyinde hen\u00fcz bizden \u00fcst\u00fcnler.\u00a0 Dr. Ali S\u00f6ylemezoglu, Peterstal 18 47051 Duisburg.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00c7al\u0131\u015ftay\u2019a T\u00fcrkiye\u2019den kat\u0131lan \u00f6\u011fretim \u00fcyelerine <strong>19 Mart 2012<\/strong> tarihinde Marmara Grubu Vakf\u0131 toplant\u0131s\u0131nda sundu\u011fum bildirimi g\u00f6ndererek onlar\u0131 ayd\u0131nlatmak istedim ama ba\u015far\u0131l\u0131 olamad\u0131m. Bildirimden ald\u0131\u011f\u0131m a\u015fa\u011f\u0131daki de\u011ferlendirmeleri, belki \u015fimdi okuyabilirler diyerek sizlerle payla\u015f\u0131yorum. <strong>Kat\u0131l\u0131mc\u0131lar, T\u00fcrk diplomatlar\u0131n\u0131 \u015fehit eden Ermeni canilerinin Hocal\u0131\u2019da nas\u0131l soyk\u0131r\u0131m yapt\u0131klar\u0131n\u0131 kendi a\u011f\u0131zlar\u0131ndan okusunlar da utans\u0131nlar. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cS\u00f6zde Ermeni soyk\u0131r\u0131m\u0131n\u0131 g\u00fcndeme getirenler, Hocal\u0131\u2019da Ermenilerin yapt\u0131klar\u0131n\u0131 neden g\u00f6rmezden gelmektedirler? Katliamda babas\u0131 ve 22 aile \u00fcyesini kaybeden 20 ya\u015f\u0131ndaki <strong>Zarife Guliyeva<\/strong>, Hocal\u0131 katliam\u0131n\u0131n 20\u2019nci y\u0131ld\u00f6n\u00fcm\u00fc sebebiyle <strong>Nicolas Sarkozy<\/strong> ve <strong>Serj Sarkisyan&#8217;<\/strong>a birer mektup g\u00f6ndermi\u015ftir. Sarkozy&#8217;ye yazd\u0131\u011f\u0131 mektupta, \u2018Siz s\u00f6yleyin, e\u011fer bu soyk\u0131r\u0131m de\u011filse, sormak laz\u0131m soyk\u0131r\u0131m nedir?\u2019 sorusunu y\u00f6nelten Guliyeva, 1915 olaylar\u0131yla ilgili Ermeni iddialar\u0131n\u0131n reddinin su\u00e7 say\u0131lmas\u0131n\u0131n \u00f6ng\u00f6ren yasan\u0131n tasar\u0131s\u0131n Fransa Senatosu taraf\u0131ndan kabul edilmesinden sonra Azerbaycan halk\u0131n\u0131n Sarkozy&#8217;nin tarafl\u0131 oldu\u011funu d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnd\u00fc\u011f\u00fcn\u00fc a\u00e7\u0131klam\u0131\u015ft\u0131r.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0Guliyeva, Serj Sarkisyan&#8217;a g\u00f6nderdi\u011fi mektupta ise Azerbaycan&#8217;\u0131n i\u015fgal alt\u0131nda bulunan Hocal\u0131 kasabas\u0131nda Ermeni askerler taraf\u0131ndan yap\u0131lan soyk\u0131r\u0131m sebebiyle Sarkisyan&#8217;\u0131n yapaca\u011f\u0131 itiraf durumunda, Azerbaycan-Ermenistan ili\u015fkisi ve Yukar\u0131 Karaba\u011f sorunun \u00e7\u00f6z\u00fcm\u00fcnde yeni bir sayfan\u0131n a\u00e7\u0131labilece\u011fini belirtmi\u015ftir. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ermeni g\u00fc\u00e7leri 1992 y\u0131l\u0131n\u0131n 25 \u015eubat\u2019\u0131 26 \u015eubat&#8217;ta ba\u011flayan gece Hocal\u0131 kasabas\u0131nda 83 \u00e7ocuk, 106 kad\u0131n ve 70&#8217;den fazla ya\u015fl\u0131 dahil olmak \u00fczere toplam 613 Azeri T\u00fcrk\u00fcn\u00fc \u00f6ld\u00fcr\u00fclm\u00fc\u015f, 487 ki\u015fi bu sald\u0131r\u0131da a\u011f\u0131r yaralanm\u0131\u015f, 1275 ki\u015fi rehin al\u0131nm\u0131\u015f, 150 ki\u015fi kaybolmu\u015ftur. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Cesetler \u00fczerinde yap\u0131lan incelemelerde cesetlerin yak\u0131ld\u0131\u011f\u0131, g\u00f6zlerinin oyuldu\u011fu, ba\u015flar\u0131n\u0131n kesildi\u011fi g\u00f6r\u00fclm\u00fc\u015ft\u00fcr. Eski ASALA eylemcilerinden <strong>Monte Melkonian, <\/strong>Hocal\u0131\u2019ya yak\u0131n b\u00f6lgede Ermeni askeri birliklere komutanl\u0131k yapm\u0131\u015f ve katliamdan bir g\u00fcn sonra Hocal\u0131 \u00e7evresinde g\u00f6rd\u00fcklerini g\u00fcnl\u00fc\u011f\u00fcnde anlatm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Melkonian&#8217;\u0131n \u00f6l\u00fcm\u00fcnden sonra Markar Melkonian karde\u015finin g\u00fcnl\u00fc\u011f\u00fcn\u00fc <strong>Benim Kade\u015fimin Yolu<\/strong> (My Brother&#8217;s Road: An American&#8217;s Fateful Journey to Armenia, I. B. Tauris,2005) isimli kitapta Hocal\u0131 katliam\u0131 i\u00e7in \u015funlar\u0131 yazm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r: Hocal\u0131 stratejik bir ama\u00e7 olmas\u0131ndan ba\u015fka ayn\u0131 zamanda bir \u00f6\u00e7 alma eylemiydi. B\u00fcy\u00fck Ermenistan idealistlerinden ve \u0130nterpol taraf\u0131ndan (1994 Bak\u00fc metro bombalamas\u0131 su\u00e7u) t\u00fcm d\u00fcnyada aranan Zori Balayan\u00a0 1995 y\u0131l\u0131nda yay\u0131nlanan <strong>Ruhumuzun Canlanmas\u0131<\/strong> (Heaven and Hell,\u00a0 Los Angeles 1997, Yerevan 1995) kitab\u0131nda (s. 260-262) Hocal\u0131\u2019da soyk\u0131r\u0131m\u0131n yap\u0131ld\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 \u015f\u00f6yle itiraf etmi\u015ftir: <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Arkada\u015f\u0131m\u0131z Ha\u00e7atur&#8217;la ele ge\u00e7irdi\u011fimiz eve girerken askerlerimiz 13 ya\u015f\u0131nda bir T\u00fcrk \u00e7ocu\u011funu pencereye \u00e7ivilemi\u015flerdi. T\u00fcrk \u00e7ocu\u011funun ba\u011f\u0131r\u0131\u015flar\u0131 \u00e7ok duyulmas\u0131n diye, Ha\u00e7atur \u00e7ocu\u011fun annesinin kesilmi\u015f memesini \u00e7ocu\u011fun a\u011fz\u0131na soktu. Daha sonra 13 ya\u015f\u0131ndaki T\u00fcrk\u2019e onlar\u0131n atalar\u0131n\u0131n bizim \u00e7ocuklara yapt\u0131klar\u0131n\u0131 yapt\u0131m. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ba\u015f\u0131ndan ve karn\u0131ndan derisini soydum. Saate bakt\u0131m, T\u00fcrk \u00e7ocu\u011fu yedi dakika sonra kan kayb\u0131ndan \u00f6ld\u00fc. \u0130lk mesle\u011fim hekimlik oldu\u011fu i\u00e7in h\u00fcmanist idim, bunun i\u00e7in de T\u00fcrk \u00e7ocu\u011funa yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131m bu i\u015fkencelerden dolay\u0131 kendimi rahats\u0131z hissetmedim. Ama ruhum halk\u0131m\u0131n<\/em><\/strong><em> <strong>y\u00fczde birinin bile intikam\u0131n\u0131 ald\u0131\u011f\u0131m i\u00e7in sevin\u00e7ten gururlan\u0131rd\u0131. Ha\u00e7atur daha sonra \u00f6lm\u00fc\u015f T\u00fcrk \u00e7ocu\u011funun cesedini par\u00e7a par\u00e7a do\u011frad\u0131 ve bu T\u00fcrk\u2019le ayn\u0131 k\u00f6kten olan k\u00f6peklere att\u0131. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ak\u015fam ayn\u0131 \u015feyi \u00fc\u00e7 T\u00fcrk \u00e7ocu\u011funa daha yapt\u0131k. Ben bir Ermeni vatansever olarak g\u00f6revimi yerine getirdim. Ha\u00e7atur da \u00e7ok terlemi\u015fti, ama ben onun g\u00f6zlerinde ve di\u011fer askerlerimizin g\u00f6zlerinde intikam ve g\u00fc\u00e7l\u00fc h\u00fcmanizmin m\u00fccadelesini g\u00f6rd\u00fcm. Ertesi g\u00fcn biz kiliseye giderek 1915&#8217;te \u00f6lenlerimiz ve ruhumuzun d\u00fcn g\u00f6rd\u00fc\u011f\u00fc kirden temizlenmesi i\u00e7in dua ettik. Ancak biz Hocal\u0131&#8217;y\u0131 ve vatan\u0131m\u0131z\u0131n bir par\u00e7as\u0131n\u0131 i\u015fgal eden 30 bin ki\u015filik pislikten temizlemeyi ba\u015fard\u0131k.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Osmanl\u0131 Devleti 27 May\u0131s 1915 tarihinde devlete isyan eden Ermenileri tehcire (g\u00f6\u00e7e) tabi tutarken, b\u00f6lgenin d\u0131\u015f\u0131nda ya\u015fayan Ermeniler yerlerinde kalm\u0131\u015f, 30 Aral\u0131k 1918\u2019de tehcire tabi tutulanlar geri d\u00f6nm\u00fc\u015flerdir. Lozan Anla\u015fmas\u0131 ile 1923 y\u0131l\u0131nda T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti kurulmu\u015f ve sorun Lozan Anla\u015fmas\u0131\u2019n\u0131n imzalanmas\u0131yla \u00e7\u00f6z\u00fcmlenmi\u015ftir.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tarihte kalan tehciri soyk\u0131r\u0131ma d\u00f6n\u00fc\u015ft\u00fcrme \u00e7abalar\u0131n\u0131n alt\u0131nda Sevr (Sevres) Anla\u015fmas\u0131\u2019ndaki b\u00fcy\u00fck Ermenistan hayali yatar. T\u0131pk\u0131 25 Eyl\u00fcl\u2019de Barzani\u2019nin referandum yaparak kurmak istedi\u011fi b\u00fcy\u00fck K\u00fcrdistan gibi.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sevr Anla\u015fmas\u0131, Birinci D\u00fcnya Sava\u015f\u0131 sonras\u0131nda \u0130tilaf Devletleri ile Osmanl\u0131 \u0130mparatorlu\u011fu aras\u0131nda <strong>10 A\u011fustos 1920<\/strong> tarihinde Paris&#8217;in bat\u0131 banliy\u00f6s\u00fc Sevr kasabas\u0131ndaki Seramik M\u00fczesi&#8217;nde (Mus\u00e9e National de C\u00e9ramique) imzalanm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r. Bu m\u00fcze, T\u00fcrkiye i\u00e7in Anla\u015fma\u2019n\u0131n imzaland\u0131\u011f\u0131 yer olmas\u0131 bak\u0131m\u0131ndan \u00f6nemlidir. Bir di\u011fer \u00f6nemi de Ermenilerin m\u00fczenin \u00f6n\u00fcne <strong>8 Mart 2001<\/strong> tarihinde s\u00f6zde Ermeni Soyk\u0131r\u0131m An\u0131t\u0131 dikmesidir. An\u0131t\u0131n \u00fczerinde <strong><em>\u201c1915\u2019te J\u00f6n T\u00fcrk H\u00fck\u00fcmeti taraf\u0131ndan Birinci D\u00fcnya Sava\u015f\u0131\u2019nda soyk\u0131r\u0131ma u\u011frat\u0131lan 1,5 milyon Ermenin an\u0131s\u0131na\u201d<\/em><\/strong> yaz\u0131l\u0131d\u0131r. Bu ifade Auschwitz- Birkenau toplama kamp\u0131n\u0131n \u00f6n\u00fcnde de vard\u0131r. Bir farkla: <strong>1,5 milyon Yahudi 1,5 milyon Ermeni olarak de\u011fi\u015ftirilmi\u015ftir.<\/strong> Bu, uluslararas\u0131 intihaldir.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-158\" src=\"http:\/\/misak.millidusunce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/G\u00fclvesilahGri.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-158\" src=\"http:\/\/misak.millidusunce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/G\u00fclvesilahGri.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/>Sevr Anla\u015fmas\u0131, g\u00fcn\u00fcm\u00fczde en az Lozan Anla\u015fmas\u0131 kadar \u00f6nemlidir. \u00c7\u00fcnk\u00fc Anla\u015fma\u2019da K\u00fcrdistan\u2019\u0131n ve de Bat\u0131 Ermenistan\u2019\u0131n kurulmas\u0131na ili\u015fkin h\u00fck\u00fcmler vard\u0131r. Sevr Anla\u015fmas\u0131\u2019n\u0131n 62-63\u2019nc\u00fc maddeleri K\u00fcrdistan ile ilgilidir<strong>.<\/strong> <strong>K\u00fcrdistan, Lozan Anla\u015fmas\u0131 ile tarih olmu\u015ftur.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sevr Anla\u015fmas\u0131\u2019n\u0131n 88-93\u2019nc\u00fc maddeleri Ermenistan ile ilgilidir<\/strong>. Anla\u015fma\u2019da Kars, Erzurum dahil \u00fclkenin Do\u011fusu t\u00fcm\u00fcyle Ba\u011f\u0131ms\u0131z Ermeni Cumhuriyeti ad\u0131yla Ermenilere verilmi\u015ftir. Paris Bar\u0131\u015f Konferans\u0131 s\u00fcrecinde Ermenistan&#8217;\u0131n s\u0131n\u0131rlar\u0131 konusu ABD Ba\u015fkan\u0131 Woodrow Wilson&#8217;un hakemli\u011fine b\u0131rak\u0131lm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r. Wilson, General James G. Harbord ba\u015fkanl\u0131\u011f\u0131ndaki bir Amerikan heyetini incelemelerde bulunmak \u00fczere 1919 sonbahar\u0131nda T\u00fcrkiye\u2019ye g\u00f6ndermi\u015ftir. 1919 Eyl\u00fcl ve Ekim aylar\u0131nda T\u00fcrkiye&#8217;de incelemeler yapan Harbord, vard\u0131\u011f\u0131 sonu\u00e7lar\u0131 bir raporla ABD Kongresi\u2019ne sunmu\u015ftur.<\/p>\n<p>Rapor\u2019da; T\u00fcrkler ile Ermenilerin bar\u0131\u015f i\u00e7inde y\u00fczy\u0131llarca yan yana ya\u015fad\u0131klar\u0131, tehcir s\u0131ras\u0131nda T\u00fcrklerin de Ermeniler kadar ac\u0131 \u00e7ektikleri, Ermenilerin T\u00fcrkiye\u2019de hi\u00e7bir zaman \u00e7o\u011funlukta olmad\u0131klar\u0131 ve olaylara ili\u015fkin ac\u0131kl\u0131 ve korkun\u00e7 iddialar\u0131n yanl\u0131\u015f oldu\u011fu tespit edilmi\u015ftir. ABD Kongresi rapor \u00fczerine 1920 Nisan ay\u0131nda Ermenistan\u2019a mandater olunmas\u0131n\u0131 reddetmi\u015ftir. Fakat Ba\u015fkan Wilson 22 Kas\u0131m 1920&#8217;de Trabzon, Erzurum, Van ve Bitlis illerini Ermenistan&#8217;a vermi\u015ftir.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bat\u0131 Ermenistan da, t\u0131pk\u0131 K\u00fcrdistan gibi\u00a0\u00a0 Lozan Anla\u015fmas\u0131 ile tarih olmu\u015ftur.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ermenistan Milli Mar\u015f\u0131&#8217;nda <strong><em>&#8221;Topraklar\u0131m\u0131z i\u015fgal alt\u0131nda, bu topraklar\u0131 azat etmek i\u00e7in \u00f6l\u00fcn, \u00f6ld\u00fcr\u00fcn&#8221;<\/em> <\/strong>yaz\u0131l\u0131d\u0131r.\u00a0 Karaba\u011f\u2019da katliam yapan Ermeni kuvvetlere komutanl\u0131k yapan bug\u00fcnk\u00fc Ermenistan Cumhurba\u015fkan\u0131 <strong>Serj Sarkisyan<\/strong>\u2019d\u0131r. Erivan\u00b4da yap\u0131lan Geli\u015fen Ermenistan Partisi\u2019nin 4\u2019nc\u00fc Kurultay\u0131na kat\u0131lan\u00a0 Serj Sarkisyan\u2019\u0131n, &#8220;<em>Ba\u011f\u0131ms\u0131zl\u0131k Karaba\u011f halk\u0131n\u0131n se\u00e7imidir. Uluslararas\u0131 hukuk dahi bu konuda farkl\u0131 yakla\u015f\u0131m ortaya koyamaz&#8221;<\/em> dedi\u011fini unutmayal\u0131m.<\/p>\n<p>Sevr Anla\u015fmas\u0131, Atat\u00fcrk\u2019\u00fcn ifadesiyle T\u00fcrk Milleti&#8217;ne kurulan b\u00fcy\u00fck suikastt\u0131r. <strong>Lozan Anla\u015fmas\u0131 ile K\u00fcrdistan ve B\u00fcy\u00fck Ermenistan hayali bitmi\u015ftir<\/strong>. Lozan Anla\u015fmas\u0131 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti\u2019nin tapusudur. Tapu delme hareketine Ermeni diasporas\u0131na \u00e7ok yak\u0131n olan baz\u0131 T\u00fcrk akademisyenlerin katk\u0131da bulunmas\u0131 \u00fcz\u00fcc\u00fcd\u00fcr. Mesut Barzani de K\u0131r\u0131m\u2019\u0131 \u00f6rnek alarak 25 Eyl\u00fcl\u2019de ayn\u0131 ama\u00e7la referandum yapmaya kararl\u0131 g\u00f6r\u00fcnmektedir.<\/p>\n<p><strong>T\u00fcm bu \u00e7abalara ra\u011fmen T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti, Lozan Anla\u015fmas\u0131 ile garanti alt\u0131na al\u0131nan tapuyu deldirmeyecek g\u00fc\u00e7tedir ama T\u00fcrkiye\u2019ye y\u00f6nelik sistematik sald\u0131r\u0131lara mutlaka organize bir \u015fekilde cevap verilmelidir.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A\u015fa\u011f\u0131da, Ba\u015fbakan Binali Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m ile Cumhurba\u015fkan\u0131 Say\u0131n Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan\u2019a <strong>15 Eyl\u00fcl<\/strong>\u2019de yaz\u0131lan, \u00c7al\u0131\u015ftay\u2019a kat\u0131lanlar\u0131 aklayan ve T\u00fcrkiye\u2019yi ele\u015ftiri ya\u011fmuruna tutan \u015fikayet dolu mektup, ABD\u2019den g\u00f6nderilmi\u015ftir. Acaba T\u00fcrkiye\u2019deki muhataplar bu mektuba ne cevap verecekler, merak etmekteyim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<\/strong><em>September 15, 2017 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0Prime Minister <strong>Binali Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m<\/strong> Office of the Prime Minister Ba\u015fbakanl\u0131k 06573 Ankara Turkey <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0H.E. Recep <strong>Tayyip Erdo\u011fan President<\/strong> of the Republic of Turkey T.C. Cumhurba\u015fkanl\u0131\u011f\u0131 Genel Sekreterli\u011fi 06689 \u00c7ankaya, Ankara Turkey\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Dear Prime Minister Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m and President Erdo\u011fan: We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) of North America and its Committee on Academic Freedom to express our deep concern about the Council of Higher Education\u2019s (Y\u00d6K) steps to prevent scholars based in Turkey from participating in a conference in Berlin entitled <strong>\u201cPast in the Present: European Approaches to the Armenian Genocide.\u201d <\/strong>We consider this action to be an assault on the academic freedom of scholars in Turkey and a disturbing new instance of a broader trend of stifling scholarship on topics deemed taboo by your government. MESA was founded in 1966 to promote scholarship and teaching on the Middle East and North Africa. The preeminent organization in the field, the Association publishes the International Journal of Middle East Studies and has nearly 3000 members worldwide. <strong>MESA is committed to ensuring academic freedom and freedom of expression, both within the region and in connection with the study of the region in North America and elsewhere<\/strong>. The Workshop on Armenian Turkish Scholarship (WATS) is an academic workshop series that was founded by the University of Michigan in 2000 as the \u201cfirst forum where Turkish, Armenian and other historians could conduct an informed debate\u201d relating to the controversy surrounding the relocation of Ottoman Armenians during World War One. The latest workshop in this series is scheduled to take place on <strong>15-18 September at the European Academy Berlin and is being co-organized by the University of Michigan, USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies and Lepsiushaus Potsdam, under the auspices of Dr. Martina M\u00fcnch, Minister for Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg.\u00a0 <\/strong>The topic of the conference has come under sustained attack by ultra-nationalist political leaders in Turkey. Do\u011fu Perin\u00e7ek, the head of the ultra-nationalist \u201cVatan Partisi,\u201d and a long-time denier of the Armenian Genocide in the international arena, declared that the conference will <strong>\u201cserve imperialism and the interests of Kurdistan,\u201d the latter of which he has termed \u201cthe second Israel.<\/strong>\u201d Following Perin\u00e7ek\u2019s denunciation of the workshop, the event was targeted in a broad campaign by right wing, nationalist and pro-government media in Turkey. Perin\u00e7ek has threatened to go to Berlin on 14 September, to join the workshop, provide his own \u201cpresentation\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Re: Workshop on Armenian Turkish Scholarship (WATS) Page 2 September 15, 2017 \u00a0(despite not being an invited participant) on what he deems to be the \u201ctruth\u201d of the events of 1915. As part of his broader campaign against the conference, Perin\u00e7ek brought the topic and list of participants to the attention of YOK, which subsequently rescinded permission for Turkey-based academics to travel to the conference. In line with this policy, <strong>Dr. Murat Cankara, who is on the faculty at the Ankara Social Sciences University, was subjected to a travel ban preventing him from participating in the conference<\/strong>. In addition, ultra-nationalist Turkish diaspora organizations, in apparent coordination with Perin\u00e7ek\u2019s party, have mobilized against the conference and are threatening a show of force at the Lepsuishaus, the main organizer of the event in Germany. No doubt, anyone who attends the conference is at risk of being filmed\/photographed, blacklisted, and hounded by social media trolls in Turkey. The smear campaign led by the daily Ayd\u0131nl\u0131k, associated with Perin\u00e7ek and his party, targets <strong>the private Ko\u00e7 and Sabanc\u0131 Universities and accuses especially the latter of treason.<\/strong> The atmosphere of intimidation and threats has grown so alarming that the cancellation of the conference is being considered. <strong>We strongly condemn the private and public harassment of academics for their planned participation in this conference and call on Y\u00d6K to immediately reverse its policy of preventing academics from traveling from Turkey to attend the conference.<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The conduct of independent research and the presentation of research findings at academic meetings are, of course, fundamental to academic freedom. Targeting academics on the grounds that their research findings are not in line with the official government position on a matter of historical significance and banning academics from presenting their findings at <strong>conferences are clear violations of academic freedom<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0Such violations of academic freedom by Turkish authorities are all the more disturbing when considered in light of Turkey\u2019s reputation, until recently, of aspiring to maintain a standard of protection of civil and political rights in keeping with the European Convention of Human Rights. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The events surrounding the WATS conference in Berlin represent another depressing instance of your government\u2019s failure to respect basic human rights\u2019 protections under Turkish law despite Turkey\u2019s clear international obligations. As a member state of the Council of Europe and a signatory of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Turkey is required to protect freedom of thought, expression and assembly.\u00a0 Turkey is also a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), all of which protect the rights to freedom of expression and association, which are at the heart of academic freedom. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Moreover, the rights being trampled in these actions are enshrined in articles 25-27 of the Turkish Constitution. We urge your government to take all necessary steps to reverse the decision taken by Y\u00d6K and restore the right of Turkish academics to travel to the Berlin conference and other international scholarly meetings to present their findings. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In the aftermath of the 16 April referendum, your government has an opportunity to restore confidence in its commitment to democratic rights and freedoms by taking steps to protect academic freedom, right to education, freedom of expression and freedom of association. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Re: <strong>Workshop on Armenian Turkish Scholarship (WATS) Page 3 September 15, 2017 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0 Thank you for your attention to this matter. We look forward to your positive response. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0Yours sincerely, Beth Baron<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<strong>MESA President Professor, City University of New York <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0 Amy W. Newhall<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0MESA Executive Director <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>cc: <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<strong>\u0130smail Kahraman<\/strong>, T\u00fcrkiye B\u00fcy\u00fck Millet Meclisi Ba\u015fkan\u0131 (President of the Turkish National Assembly)\u00a0 <strong>Abd\u00fclhamit G\u00fcl<\/strong>, T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Adalet Bakan\u0131 (Justice Minister of the Republic of Turkey)\u00a0 <strong>Yekta Sara\u00e7, T\u00fcrkiye Y\u00fcksek \u00d6\u011fretim Kurulu (Y\u00d6K) Ba\u015fkan\u0131<\/strong> (President of the Turkish Higher Education Council<strong>)\u00a0 Elena Valenciano<\/strong>, Chair of the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights,\u00a0 <strong>Barbara Lochbihler<\/strong>, Vice-Chair of the<\/em> <em>European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights,\u00a0 <strong>Monika Kacinskiene<\/strong>, Member of the Cabinet of Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy <strong>Johannes Hahn<\/strong>, Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations\u00a0 <strong>Nils Mui\u017enieks<\/strong>, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights\u00a0 <strong>Kati Piri<\/strong>, Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs, European Parliament <strong>Zeid Ra\u2019ad Al Hussein<\/strong>, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights <strong>David Kaye<\/strong>, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression <strong>Kishore Singh,<\/strong> United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to education <strong>Serdar K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7,<\/strong> Turkish Ambassador to the United States <strong>John R. Bass<\/strong>, United States Ambassador to Turkey\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mesana.org\/pdf\/Turkey20170915.pdf,%20https:\/www.gazete.taz.de\/article\/?article=!5449040\">https:\/\/mesana.org\/pdf\/Turkey20170915.pdf, https:\/\/www.gazete.taz.de\/article\/?article=!5449040<\/a>, https:\/\/mirrorspectator.com\/2017\/09\/18\/turkish-government-harasses-international-scholars-berlin\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almanya&#8217;da Ermeni Soyk\u0131r\u0131m\u0131 \u00c7al\u0131\u015ftay\u0131\u2019na sadece &#8220;soyk\u0131r\u0131m var&#8221; diyenler \u00e7a\u011f\u0131r\u0131lm\u0131\u015f, kar\u015f\u0131 g\u00f6r\u00fc\u015f\u00fc savunanlar\u0131n ba\u015fvurular\u0131 ise kabul edilmemi\u015ftir. Baz\u0131 \u00fcniversitelerimizin de bu &#8220;\u00e7al\u0131\u015ftay&#8221;a destek verdi\u011fi g\u00f6r\u00fcl\u00fcyor. 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