tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post7943217345204740888..comments2024-03-14T02:22:26.957+00:00Comments on Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries: The forgotten genocides haunting the Arab SpringUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-40670655680213728532012-02-13T15:23:52.923+00:002012-02-13T15:23:52.923+00:00I am not sure the title "forgotten genocides ...I am not sure the title "forgotten genocides haunting the arab spring" is a good one- "Haunting?" I do not know maybe an it should read "arab springs are an omen for new geneocides to come". or " arab springs: genocides revisited" <br /><br />The article is very informative. I would like to add that the turkish genocidal policies against the Kurds is one that should be reoppened and studied. One episode that opened my eyes to how brutal and insedious the New Turks were is the Dersim genocide of 1937-1936. While Europe was in the the break of war, the young Turks were planning their Turkification if not to say annililation of mountains Kurds of Dersim. No one was watching. Everyone was fixated to the upcoming war and political chaos. The Young Turks were doing their dirty deeds all for their motherland and newly acquired european sensibilities. <br /><br />In the fall 2008, it was the 70th memmorial of the Dersim genocide. It was than that I began to learn and knew of the design, planning and excecution of the most unknown fact of Turkish genocidal policies besides the Armenian one of 1915 and the fairly recent repressive measures against the Kurds. The Dersim case is a case to be told in its enterity. I am enclosing a link that should be a relevant read for all. It is not the most exhanstive but it is fairly short and conscise.<br /><br />http://www.hum.uu.nl/medewerkers/m.vanbruinessen/publications/Dersim_rebellion.pdfSammishnoreply@blogger.com