Bilge Khan, the lobotomized, fascist Turk, also formerly known on the
Usenet
as notoriously lying and falsifying "Baba Bey the Turk", a criminal mass
canceller and rabid Jew, Greek and Armenian hater, writes:
The Adana Massacre, 1909
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide#The_status_of_the_Ottoman_Armenians
Armenian hopes for equality were quickly dashed in 1909 when armed
military
units rose up against the CUP. The counterrevolution began on April 13,
1909
and was largely sup****ted by Muslim theological students known as softas
who
wished to revert the country back to its Islamic governance. Riots and
fighting soon broke out between the units and the CUP until the government
was able to put down the uprisings and a court martial was established to
try its leaders.
In late March, rumors had spread to the Armenian populated region of Adana
on the Mediterranean Sea that a counterrevolution had succeeded in pu****ng
the CUP out.[23] Seizing upon this notion, many Muslims who had opposed
the
overthrow of the Sultan in 1908 struck out against Adana's Armenian
population, who had sup****ted the revolution. Turks in Adana resented the
Armenians since they were poor and the Armenians "were the richest and
most
prosperous class in the region. In Adana, Armenians had attained a high
standard of living. In every field, they were ahead of the Turks."[24]
They
further resented the fact that Armenians were being given broader rights
and
took advantage of the revolution by massacring Armenians in the towns and
cities of the provinces. Mobs armed with sticks, clubs and pistols roved
around Adana killing Armenians and many Turkish soldiers took their side
or
did not help quell to the violence.[25]
In the end, between 15,000 to 20,000 Armenians had been killed in the
course
of what was called the "Adana Holocaust."[26] Many Armenians who had
sup****ted the Young Turk Revolution were thus disillusioned by the level
violence that had been exacted against them and felt betrayed by the
regime.[
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