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Ottoman Empire (and thus in Syria and Lebanon as well)
by tolerating and even supporting Armenian terrorism.
Meanwhile, countless Armenian bombs have gone o ff in
Paris, killing many innocent French citizens. For the most
part, these bombs came from Lebanon, a country which
was once propped up artificially by France in order to
gain influence in the Ottoman Empire.
The gate of the dtadelle of Van. The treaties of Gumru, Kars,
and Moscow (1920 and 1921) assure Turkish sovereignty over
eastern Anatolia.
The Armenian terrorists and their Shiite accomplices regard
this slaughter o f the French people o f today, who had
absolutely nothing to do with the tragedy o f Lebanon, as
their "legitimate" contribution to a belated campaign o f
vengeance. The Turks o f today, however, had even less to
do with the events for which they must "pay". They are
much less guilty than the French for the present situation
in the Middle East. The French did, after all, at one time
help the Russians and the British and the American mis­
sionaries drive the unfortunate Armenians into the inferno
o f rebellion and civil war . . .
On Wednesday, December 1, 1921, Turkish troops ad­
vanced to the coast, and the solemn transfer o f authority
from the French to the Turks took place in Adana. This
meant that the unfortunate civil war on the southern front,
which had flared up again so cruelly after the French
intervention, was finally over. There was still the Turkish
western front, however. Since the beginning o f their inva­
sion on May 15, 1919, the Greeks had managed to cap­
ture half o f western Anatolia and were now preparing for
the conquest o f Ankara.
A hub of Anatolian-Middle Eastern civilization. The water
blocked by the Keban Dam near Elazig comes from the sources
of the Euphrates, while the source of the Tigris is located right on
the south-east edge of Lake Keban. Archeologists have found
evidence of an early neolithic culture in the area, proving beyond
a doubt that the culture of the Hurrians, which came from Asia
and is closely related to Urartian culture, developed first in Anatolia
and spread out from there to the Caucasus and Iran.
The eastern border of Turkey is one of the most stable in the
world. Mighty fortifications were built on the Empire's border
with Persia under Sultan Selim I. Later, tribal princes from
eastern Anatolia defended the Ottoman Empire. (Photo:
Guzelsu, south-east of Van.)
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