Another distinction

Submitted by Ianus (Poland), Jul 21, 2010 at 01:49

Mark G. wrote

"The Turks entered Anatolia and Thrace and displaced the indigenous populations by violence and genocide.The important distinction is that in Turkey it continues to this day, whereas in my country, the indigenous peoples and immigrant groups are encouraged to flourish."

Another important distinction is that in Turkey for saying the above you would be imprisoned for 3-4 years on charges of "denigration of Turkishness" (Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code). Turkish history books assert after all that the Turkish rule was the happiest period in the history of such nations as the Greeks, the Armenians , the Bulgarians , the Serbs.

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