Turkey 's Political Struggle : The Akp Vs. The Gulenists

To put the names “Armenia” and “Turkey” together evokes a wave of grief and anger. Over the years, a very few have challenged the two and strived to bridge the gap between Armenians and Turks. Dink “crossed that bridge to become a symbol of the struggle for human and minority rights, and of the struggle for democracy and European integration” (Cheterian, 16). Hrant Dink was one of whom who challenged the perceptions of the relationship between Armenians and Turks, starting with his discovery of the newspaper Agos, founded in 1996. The newspaper, which was written and published in both Armenian and Turkish, confronted topics about the complexities that existed between both countries over the years and advocated human rights and democratization.

The year 1918 brought the simultaneous culmination of both World War One and the Armenian Genocide. With Ottoman defeat and the collapse of the CUP dictatorship, the Allied Powers saw an opportunity to execute punishment and assist the rehabilitation of Armenian survivors. Despite the trial and death sentencing of several organizers of the genocide, no stable attempt was made to properly take the Turkish Government to court and press charges against this crime against humanity. Thousands of culprits were left free to remain in office and within a few months the judicial proceedings were adjourned and prisoners of war were free to be sent home. After WWI, finding the path to world peace distracted the Allies. Organizations were formed, treaties

19 different terrorist boarded 4 different plane with simple box-cutters from security and onto the plane. Soon after taking off they were all able take over the controls and turned them into flying missiles. While the country was in shock of what happened, just a few states away yet another 757 was being flown into the Pentagon. At 9:45 am the capital was shaken up too. 125 military personnel and civilians were killed. 64 of which were on the plane.

On the morning of September 11, 2001, millions of Americans, and many more around the world, woke up to heart-wrenching news of a horrific magnitude. Two planes had collided into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York, a third rammed into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and yet a fourth crash-landed in Philadelphia. All victims of this carefully planned act of terrorism, several hundreds of innocent lives were lost in the direct assaults on the planes, a couple of thousand more were injured or killed from the damage caused by the attacks, and hundreds more were sacrificed in the rescue attempts.[1] It is unthinkable that such a large scale operation could have been

On September 11, an attack included three main targets – the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the White House, and the last one was failed. To achieve their goals, the terrorists skyjacked four airliners with passengers. Two of these planes they directed towards towers of the World Trade Center. In the consequence two buildings were damaged. The third airliner was directed to the Pentagon. Both these operations were successfully carried out, but the last was unfinished. And the fourth airplane was directed to the White House, but its passengers made an effort to intercept one from the terrorists’ management, and the plane crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania (usatoday.com).

In this essay, I will be talking about a turkey for an animal and an apple tree for a plant. Turkeys and apple trees are both Eukarya. Eukarya is a domain of organisms having cells each with a distinct nucleus. Turkeys are apart of the Animalia Kingdom. The Animalia Kingdom includes organisms such as fish, birds, mammals, and many more. Apple trees belong to the Plantae Kingdom. The Plantae Kingdom is the source of food for all other living thing creatures present on Earth. The Plantae Kingdom is key for our survival. Turkeys are part of the Chordate phylum. The Chordate phylum includes all animals that possess a hollow nerve cord and a notochord. This is a flexible rod between the nerve cord and the digestive track. Apple trees are vascular

The Ottoman Empire was ruled by the Turks as they had the most conquered land, including North Africa, West Asia, and Southeast Europe, while the Armenians resided their as “second-class citizens.”4 By the start of World War I in 1914, the Ottoman Empire had suffered tremendous loss and experienced a major reduction in size, losing most of their seized land in Europe and Africa. This created tension between the Turks and the Armenians, two opposing races. The Turks practiced Islamic religion while the Armenians represented a Christian minority group. Since the Armenians were non-Muslims, they were required by the Turks to pay taxes and were denied security and any part in the government. The Armenians demanded representation in the government

The Ottoman Empire feared their empire was crashing down ,so they held an assembly to rid the Armenians (Krajeski). During the Armenian Genocide , the Armenians were victimized by the Ottoman Empire. It is imperative to educate others about genocides so it can prevent further losses.

In the Armenian Genocide, the Turkish government put into motion a plan to murder and massacre several Armenians that lived in the Ottoman Empire. One of the main reason the genocide began was because the Armenians were asking for more equal rights. The Armenian Genocide was not necessary.At the time of the massacre.there were about 2 million Armenian’s in the Ottoman empire. By the time the massacre ended, there were about 1.5 million Armenians dead, many were also removed from the country. The Armenians were discriminated by the Ottoman, many Armenians began to ask for equal rights because of the tend toward constitutional governments in Europe. There was a decline of power in the ottoman empire and major military losses during WWI, which

The Genocide was executed by the Turkish government, against the Armenian Empire between 1915 and 1918. Mehmed Talaat,, Ismail Enver, and, Ahmed Djemal or the 3 Pashas gained power in the Turkish government. The 3 Pashas overthrew the government in 1913 to unite all Turkish people and to expand the Turkish empire eastward. They thought of creating a empire, called Turan,Including with one language and religion, but there was one problem going eastward, they have to go over the Armenian Empire, So to continue their expandment, they came upon the decision to mass slaughter the civilization

In 1915, the Ottoman Turks committed the first modern day genocide against the Armenian population. This mass extermination of the Armenians, which was only deemed a genocide in later years, resulted in the deaths of over 1.5 million people. This was the first time genocide took place in the modern era, showing to be the direct result of a stated ideology in which the deliberate annihilation of an entire people was both affirmed as a policy goal and carried through by the forces of the state acting in unison. This governmental system-wide extermination consisted of massive and repeated deportations, rape, kidnapping, mutilation, outright killing, death from exposure, starvation, and thirst.

"Where you normally hail a taxi, that is where the attack happened. The ground is just kind of shredded. There are bloodstains on the floor as well." (Source Tuysuz and Almasy) Multiple gun shots and explosions were reported at an airport in Istanbul, Turkey where the Turkish Prime Minister, completely petrified, uttered that there were at least 36 fatalities and an additional 147 wounded. Many civilians ducked into prayer rooms for safety. "There was a lot of blood," she said. The floor was marked with bloody boot marks as the group was led to the other side of the room. "There was so much glass on the floor they were scuffing it aside so we didn't slip," she said. Traveler Laurence Cameron described what he saw after he stepped off

Turkey's key internal conflict centers on the role of its large Kurdish minority, ethnically and linguistically distinct, in a state that constitutionally consists of Turks.

To my left another American airliner cruises by, its engine a powerful droning noise, yet not strong enough to block out the sirens from below and behind. I wonder why it flies so close, so close to our building. I shut my eyes, scared of the future. The plane drifts and smashes into the other tower, the aftermath sending shockwaves, one after another. Bang! Bang! Bang! More explosions, more smoke. This terror is unfolding. It’s been nearly forty-five minutes since evacuation started after we were hit, surely there cannot be more. Who could do this? Who could steal the lives of hundreds in just a single day? Who, and why?

Acts of terrorism has greatly affected multiple countries, including the United States. The horrific events that took place on 9/11 left the American people shocked, devastated, and furious. Many innocent American’s lost their lives on this infamous day. While airports and airlines are not free from security breaches, a set of new security measures and requirements have been implemented by the International Air Transport Association and the International Civil Aviation Organization (Beirman, 2011). Increased security at airports and airlines, have left terrorists to target more vulnerable areas such as tourist destinations. Attacking tourists’ spots such as hotels, restaurants, nightclubs, conference venues and other forms