Infografiken darüber, warum Armenier den Osten der Türkei „Westarmenien“ und nicht „Ostanatolien“ nennen
https://i.redd.it/sefwovor4ebe1.png
Von haymapa
Infografiken darüber, warum Armenier den Osten der Türkei „Westarmenien“ und nicht „Ostanatolien“ nennen
https://i.redd.it/sefwovor4ebe1.png
Von haymapa
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Great stuff. It’s very disappointing seeing some Armenians using „Eastern Anatolia“ to refer to Western Armenia. Even more appalling when some well-known historians are using „Eastern Anatolia“ and e.g. Mesopotamia in the same sentence.
To the Turkish people lurking here this graphics has educational purpose only. I dont see a reason to be mad over it because I am trying to explain why Armenians are calling it Armenia. Its not about land claims. [Its basically just the geographical name of the region](https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/prvee0/a_collection_of_some_ancient_maps/). If i pull out some examples. Renamanig Syria into „South Anatolia“ or if we start to rename Mesopotamia into „South-western Iran“ for example. Some people may adopt it, but it remains nonsense both historically and geographically
You can either take it as a learning to understand Armenian view better. Or you go into rejection and get offended because this little truth hurts your national pride
I think that Western Armenia should be a part of the state of Armenia. I claim that land and I have no shame in admitting it, and neither should you.
Why should I accept the genocide and cultural erasure of my people because it offends the unapologetic genociders who to this day hate me and think I am subhuman. 91 percent of Turkish citizens deny the Armenian genocide (The remaining 9 percent are probably mostly minorities like Kurds and Laz who tend to be left wing, because the Turks have fucked them over as well).
Just because the existing international order deems that it should not be a part of Armenia, doesn’t mean that we have to drop the claim from a moral perspective.
These regions are seeped in history, I don’t see why we have to erase 10000 years of history just for the appeasement of Turks.
Good explanations and all, but for accuracy’s sake I think it’s a good idea to also show that the Armenian Highlands definition extends into today’s Republic of Armenia, perhaps in a different shade of red.
just say eastern anatolia/ anatolian highlands man. although the cleansing of armenian culture is bad, in a unitary nation state its not ideal to have ethnic/national titles for regions. if we are to insist on naming southeastern anatolia Kurdistan and eastern anatolia Armenia we should also call inner anatolia Rum eyalet for ex. that would be fitting, which i can understand somewhat. suppresing people and cultures usually causes way more problems than what its worth.
Its funny because Anatolia means the east so eastern anatolia is the east of the east?
Anatolia was calles Asia minor and it grew with the appetite of Abdülhamit. It was never that big. There is no space left now for the Armenian Highlands or Western Armenia.