Tatyos efendi aka Tatyos Ekserciyan one of the greatest composers of Turkish classical music

You dont say? We already know that the glory of the ottoman empire and the turkish rebublic was mostly build by minorties. Most muslims were simple farmers on the balkans, 50 % of todays turks are descendant of balkan refugees. Greeks and Armenians were highly presented in cities.

Ara Güler, Agop Dilicar, Sinan, Balyan family.

For our great achievement we were sent to the syrian desert.

Since then Turkey is a country of mediocracy! This last war probabaly will motivate the remaining Armenians to leave Turkey for the better.

Smart empire sucesfully utilize their minorities and rule the world (USA,UK,France)

Dumb empires kill their minorities and lose (Nazi-Germany, Turkey, Soviet Union)

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