Position:Home>History> What happened to the Muslim population of the independent republic of Armenia?

I recommend you to read 'Men Are Like That'

"''An appropriate analogy with the Jewish Holocaust might be the systematic extermination of the entire Muslim population of the independent republic of Armenia which consisted of at least 30-40 percent of the population of that republic!. The memoirs of an Armenian army officer who participated in and eye-witnessed these atrocities was published in the U!.S!. in 1926 with the title 'Men Are Like That!.' Other references abound!.''
Rachel A!. Bortnick - The Jewish Times - June 21, 1990!."

Only by reading an Armenian confession is enough:

"Confession of a Dashnak in 1918 on his activities in Basar-Kechar region!."I killed Muslims by every means possible!. Yet it is sometimes a pity to waste bullets for this!. The best way is to gather all of these dogs and throw them into wells and then fill the wells with big and heavy stones, as I did!. I gathered all of the women, men and children, threw big stones down on top of them!. They must never live on this earth!."
A!. Lalayan, "Revolutsionniy Vostok (Revolutionary East)" No: 2-3, Moscow, 1936!. Quoted from Richard Hovannisian, Armenia on the Road to Independence-Berkeley, 1967, p!. 41-42!."Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Democratic Republic of Armenia was established in Erevan on May 28, 1918!. Not soon after the Azerbaijanis and Turks attacked the Armenians hoping to drive them out!. To avoid the attacks most of the Muslim population living in Erevan with the Armenians (Christians) went underground or migrated back to their homeland!. The young Armenian republic was told to cede more than 50% of its pre-war territory, and to give up all the territories granted to it at the Treaty of Sèvres to the Turks, Soviet Union managed to oust the Muslim Turks out!. Armenia still weak from the impact of the Genocide (1915Ottoman Turks murdered 1!.5 million Armenians) and the fighting with Azerbaijan and Turkey, lost their independece and became part of the Soviet Union till 1990 !. So by 1990 the number of Muslims (mostly Azeris and Kurds) in Armenia reduced sharply due to emigration at the time of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict!. There is also a significant community of Kurds (50-70,000 people), few of whom are Sunni Muslims!. Since the early 1990s, Armenia has also attracted diverse esoteric and sectarian groups!. The Jewish community in Armenia had diminished to 750 persons after the independence due to Armenia's economic difficulties, with most emigrants leaving for Israel!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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I dont know where your assumptions come from but it is clear you have not looked up much on the coutnry;s profile!. There were never that many Muslims in Armenia, there was never that much foreigners as a matter of fact!. If you are interested in Armenia and Muslim relations, thats another story I can asnwer you another way!. If you are just asking are there any Muslim minorities living in Armenia right now!. Yes, and they have been there for a long time!. They are not going enywhere!. They are the Kurds and the Yexdis!. I hope this helps!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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You just try to insult people here, and very racist question, there are still Muslims living in Armenia, Persian and Kurds, Yesdies, there are no Turks because after what they did to Armenians in 1915, they could not stay there so they just left, way before the plan of the Armenian genocide start!.
You are very sure of the information you have, but as far as I can see that is not true!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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good question :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

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