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Thread #105523 Message #2173077
Posted By: M.Ted
17-Oct-07 - 01:34 PM
Thread Name: BS: Truth: Turkey and Armenia
Subject: RE: BS: Truth: Turkey and Armenia
As to Grab's point--The Russia of today is still subject to laws, treaties, and other decisions made by the Czar--and of course, and in France, the Napoleonic Code has not been undone, despite the coming and goings of Empires, Monarchies, and Republics--succeeding governments, no matter how divergent, assume the assets and liabilities of their predecessors. In that sense, Turkey is a continuation of the Ottoman Empire. But also,Turkish Constitutional government was established in 1876--so one could say that this isn't even an inherited problem--if you liked arguing, anyway;-)
More important is the fact that the treaties that divided the Ottoman Empire after WW1 set aside a lot of territory for Armenia, which was subsequently occupied by Attaturk's army, and, in violation of those treaties, has become part of Turkey.
Please don't anyone try to say that those treaties and their related aren't important any more-- The Palestinians and Kurds are still fighting to get what they were given in those treaties--