An Armenian Myth

Murdered Turkish Diplomats

This information is taken from http://www.tallarmeniantale.com/

It's heartbreaking that the deaths of these innocents murdered by Armenian terrorists in the 1970s and 80s were generally dismissed in the press of the nations the murders took place. Most of the killers got away with their crimes... and as far as the few who got caught: While none of the assassins walked away scot free as did Soghoman Tehlirian (the Armenian gunman who assassinated Talat Pasha in 1921), it's shocking that some of them received lenient treatment and/or relatively light sentences.

In America, the elderly Armenian who murdered two Turkish diplomats was paroled (on the order of the then California governor, George Deukmejian... they sure stick together, the Armenians) after serving only eleven years in prison. Eleven years for the taking of not one, but TWO lives. In Switzerland, a Lebanese-Armenian got just fifteen years for the snuffing out of a person's whole life. Armenian butt-kissing France doled out an unbelievable seven year prison term to four Armenian terrorists who took hostage 56 Turkish officials, wounded the consul general, and killed the security guard.

TURKISH DIPLOMATS KILLED BY ARMENIAN TERRORISTS

The main targets of Armenian terror organizations, ASALA in particular, were now being chosen from among Turkish diplomats abroad. The first of the series of terrorist attacks was carried out against Mehmet Baydar, the Turkish Consul General in Los Angeles and his Deputy, Bahadir Demir. The assassinations were perpetrated by an Armenian by the name of Gurgen Yanikan in 1973. This individual action turned into organized Armenian terror as of 1975 and further escalated as of 1979. 110 acts of terror were carried out by Armenian terrorists in 38 cities of 21 countries. 39 of these were armed attacks, 70 of them bomb attacks and one was an occupation. 42 Turkish diplomats and 4 foreign nationals were assassinated in these attacks, while 15 Turks and 66 foreign nationals were wounded.

Boston Herald page from 1982
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(Source: A Myth of Terror)

Note that Armenian terrorism, which is thought of as having come to a halt by the mid-to-late 1980s, has continued into the 1990s. There were other incidents as well, not always resulting in murder... such as in the case of March 1995, when the Turkish Ambassador in Ottawa was seriously injured and his wife and daughter were taken hostage by the JCAG-ARA (Armenian Revolutionary Army).

So what was the total number of murdered victims? They vary. The official figures provided by Turkish Foreign Affairs are as follows:

- 27 diplomats were assassinated 7 diplomat relatives/staff assassinated.
- 108 Turks wounded + more than 50 wounded in Orly

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Date City	Occupation	Name
27.01.1973 Santa Barbara	Consul General	Mehmet BAYDAR
27.01.1973 Santa Barbara	Consul	Bahadir DEMIR
22.10.1975 Vienna	Ambassador	Danis TUNALIGIL
24.10.1975 Paris	Ambassador	Ismail EREZ
24.10.1975 Paris	Driver	Talip YENER
16.02.1976 Beirut	First Secretary	Oktar CIRIT

Date City	Occupation	Name
09.06.1977 Vatican City	Ambassador	Taha CARIM
02.06.1978 Madrid	Ambassador’s wife	Necla KUNERALP
02.06.1978 Madrid	Retired Ambassador	Besir BALCIOGLU
12.10.1979 The Hague	Ambassador’s son	Ahmet BENLER
22.12.1979 Paris	Tourism Counsellor	Yilmaz ÇOLPAN
31.07.1980 Athens	Administrative Attache	Galip ÖZMEN
31.07.1980 Athens	Administrative Attaché’s daughter	Neslihan ÖZMEN
17.12.1980 Sydney	Consul General	Carik ARIYAK
17.12.1980 Sydney	Security Attaché	Engin SEVER

Date City	Occupation	Name
04.03.1981 Paris	Counsellor for Labour Affairs	Resat MORALI
04.03.1981 Paris	Counsellor for Religious Affairs	Tecelli ARI
09.06.1981 Geneva	Secretary	M.Savas YERGÜZ
24.09.1981 Paris	Security Attaché	Cemal ÖZEN
28.01.1982 Los Angeles	Consul General	Kemal ARIKAN
08.04.1982 Ottawa	Counsellor for Commercial Affairs	Kani GÜNGÖR *Mr. Güngör was paralyzed*
04.05.1982 Boston	Honorary Consul General	Orhan GÜNDÜZ
07.06.1982 Lisbon	Administrative Attaché	Erkut AKBAY
27.08.1982 Ottawa	Colonel, Military Attaché	Atilla ALTIKAT
09.09.1982 Bourgas	Administrative Attaché	Bora SÜELKAN
08.01.1983 Lisbon	Administrative Attaché’s wife	Nadide AKBAY wounded in the armed assault directed against her husband Erkut Akbay on 07 06 1982, died on 08 01 1983
09.03.1983 Belgrade	Ambassador	Galip BALKAR
14.07.1983 Brussels	Administrative Attaché	Dursun AKSOY
27.07.1983 Lisbon	Counsellor’s wife	Cahide MIHÇIOGLU
28.04.1984 Teheran	Secretary’s husband	Ishik YÖNDER
20.06.1984 Vienna	Attaché for Labour Affairs	Erdogan ÖZEN
19.11.1984 Vienna	International Official	Enver ERGUN
07.10.1991 Athens	Press Attaché	Çetin GÖRGÜ
11.12.1993 Baghdad	Administrative Attaché	Çaglar YÜCEL
04.07.1994 Athens	Embassy Counsellor	Haluk SIPAHIOGLU