History & Archives

It is apparent, from the dire straits in which we find ourselves today, that the 80-year long silence of the Turks has cost them a great deal. During that time, a great number of Haiks settled in Western countries, became assimilated by the local culture and integrated themselves seamlessly into the political system. Compare this with the fact that,…

Instead of countering these lies with the truth; systematically educating Turkish citizens in the Motherland and in the Diaspora; sponsoring organized academic research to demonstrate historical facts efficiently; sponsoring movies and documentaries; putting together scientific panels, debates, lectures and programs; producing high-quality fact-oriented publications on a widespread international platform; crushing the elements of lie and hatred through facts and civilized, modern, and…

The Haik attempts to influence the world opinion about mistreatment of minorities within the Ottoman Empire, particularly to fool the opinion in Europe and in the US, have started as early as the first decade of the 20th century, and continued to-date. The purpose has always been the same: With the help of Russia and…

The formation of independent states in the Balkans in the course of the 19th c. had been a particularly traumatic and bloody affair. Although atrocities were committed on both sides, only the Christian deaths have caused a reaction in Europe. Muslim deaths were largely ignored. In his excellent book "Death and Exile", Professor Justin McCarty investigates the toll of 100…

Every parasitic organism looks out for an occasion which would lower the immune defenses of its host in order to begin to multiply, gain strength and take over some part of the host. That is why these are called opportunistic organisms. A good example are fungi. These microbial cells cause yeast infections when their host takes antibiotics to fight off…

The Ottoman Empire developed a policy of "Open Doors" and religious tolerance, beginning with the Greeks of Constantinople and the Haik of Bursa, and later the Haik of Crimea; continuing with the Jews expelled from Spain and later from Russia; and extending to numerous other minorities and victims of political persecution. In order to accomodate all these into the existing…

Seljuk Years The first interaction of the Haik with Turks occurred in the 10th c. AD, during the rule of the Abbasid Caliphate, as Turkish commanders and their families in the service of the Abbasids came in contact with them. The Seljuk commander Cagri Bey, father of AlpArslan organized a reconnaissance party into Eastern Anatolia during 1015-20. At that time,…

The Armenians claim that the so-called Armenian Plateau is their "historic homeland". They consider Mount Ararat (seen here in a photograph by S. Hambartzumyan, taken from Armenia, looking West towards Turkey) not only sacred but also theirs, and long for the days it will belong to them again. A picture of Mount Ararat is in their Coat of…