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Contents 1 Comments 1.1 biased information in this article 1.2 disagree 1.3 Merge

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[edit] biased information in this article

this article contains only one sided biased information about ottoman empire the so called genocide and about history of armenians in ottoman empire. there is no referances, please show referances about fact in this article.

[edit] disagree

The so called "biased" information is only under scrutiny because the Turkish Government has not wanted to make concessions to the decendants of the Armenians that were systematically irradicated in the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Most of the world has by now accepted this as fact, and the U.S. government is the last remaining major power to accept this due to it's political ties with Turkey. Beyond this information, if factual reference is required, one good source would be the diaries by Ambassador Morganthou, the US Ambassador to Turkey around 1915. He had first hand accounts of Armenians being driven to the deserts outside of town, without weapons, and being killed, tortured, forced to leave loved ones behind, etc. The atrocities were unspeakable, and his accounts, as well as other historian's accounts are unrefutable, despite the efforts of the Turkish Government.

[edit] Merge

I wasn't even aware that there were two articles, one here and one at Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. There is no need for "history", since it is kind of obvious that we are talking about history. Let's do the merge! Baristarim 04:41, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

I think Armenians in the Ottoman Empire should be merged into this one (because it was created more recently and has less edits), and then we should rename this page to "Armenians in the Ottoman Empire". Khoikhoi 04:42, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

The only problem is that Ottoman Armenia redirects here, which is a geographic region. Perhaps we should redirect that page to Western Armenia? Khoikhoi 04:43, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

What a web! Yep, your suggestions sound good to me. Baristarim 04:51, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

I also agree with Baristarim and Khoikhoi. ROOB323 19:40, 14 January 2007 (UTC)