RPA GM member Eduard Sharmazanov writes:
"This is why Erdogan said in Baku in 2020, Enver Pasha's soul was glorified.
What did Enver preach and how did Erdogan implement it with the help of Pashinyan?
It is a well-known fact that the genocide of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire was planned before the First World War.
This is evidenced by many documentary materials and in particular the famous decision of the 1911 Thessaloniki Assembly.
In the first stage of the Young Turks program, the extermination of the Armenian element in the Ottoman Empire was planned, and in the next stage, the extermination was to be carried out in Eastern Armenia as well, particularly in Artsakh and Nakhichevan.
Dr. Hayk Demoyan addressed this issue in detail in his work "Turkey and the Karabakh conflict".
Back in 1919, the decision of the US Congress stated that "the Turkish government purposefully wants to destroy the Armenian people"/Congressional Records, Vol. LVII, p. 3483-3484, quote by A. M. Pogosyan, Karsskaya oblast within Russia, Yerevan, Ayastan, 1983, p. 223./:
One of the leaders of the Young Turks, Dr. Nazim said: "Armenians must be destroyed radically. Now is a war and there will never be a better time to exterminate Armenians."
/Mevlan Zade Rifat. Turkiye inkilabinin ic yuzu, Aleppo, 1929, s. 89-93, quote from the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. Collection of documents and materials, under the editorship. M. G. Nersisyana, Yerevan, Asia, 1983, pp. 408-412./:
The famous British historian Arnold Toynbee stated that the main reason for the deportation and extermination of Armenians was Turkey's desire to establish contact with the Turkish element living in the Caucasus. And the main obstacle to achieving that goal was the Armenians themselves /Arnold J. Toynbee. Armenian Atrocities. The Murder of a Nation, N.Y. 1975./:
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Young Turk organizations established active ties with the Tatars/Turks of the Caucasus.
In that sense, the secret letter of Behaeddin Shakir, one of the leaders of the Edit Turks, written in Paris in 1906 to the "Muslim Brothers of the Caucasus" is worth mentioning, where it is mentioned that "the Armenians are your enemies and the main obstacle to liberation from the Russian yoke. We must take steps to weaken them."
/A.B. Kuran. Inkilap tarihimiz ve Ittihad ve Terakki, Istanbul, 1948, 85. 214-215, quote by Aykazn Kazaryan. Техаспан турок, Beirut, 1968, ее. 353-354. (in Armenian: яз). M. Sukru Hanioglu. preparation for a revolution. The Young Turks, 1902-1908, Oxford University Press, 2001, p. 158, 422-423./:
The Turks decided to make the city of Shushi the center of Young Turkish propaganda.
From that moment, Artsakh and the Artsakh Armenians became one of the main targets of the Turko-Tatars in the Caucasus.
It should be noted that for pan-Turkism, Armenia was considered the main geographical obstacle for the unification of the Turkish world./Michael P. Croissant. The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict, p.8/.
As we wish, even after 110 years, the plans of Turkey and Azerbaijan have not changed in this direction.
After the start of the First World War, the Young Turks began to implement their pan-Turkist plans, committing genocide against the Armenian people.
On October 31, 1914, the Minister of War of the Ottoman Empire, Enver Pasha, instructed the commander of the Turkish 3rd Army Corps, Izzet Pasha, to initiate a military operation to capture not only Baku and Dagestan, but also Artsakh / Aydemir S. Suyn Arayan Adam, Istanbul, 1967, p. 160, quote from the edition of G. Avetisyan. To the question of the "Caucasian house" and pan-Turkist aspirations, in "Ethnic and regional conflicts in Eurasia", Kn. 1. Central Asia and the Caucasus. - M: Вес Мир, 1997, p. 134./:
At that time, the defeat of the Turks in Sarighamish hindered the implementation of Enver's plan.
However, the advocates of pan-Turkism did not forget Enver's message. They did not give up their goal and were waiting for a suitable opportunity to conquer Artsakh.
The right opportunity was provided after the seizure of power in Armenia in 2018, as well as the capitulation brought by the Nicholasist regime in 2020 and the depopulation of Artsakh in 2023.
That is why Erdogan said during the Baku military parade in 2020: "The soul of Enver Pasha was glorified."
I say this for those who still foolishly think that the plans of Pan-Turkism are no longer a threat to Armenia.
But "Enver's soul would not be glorified" if it were not for Pkhshinyan with his incompetent management.
It is obvious that the plan of Enver and the Young Turks was not only to conquer Artsakh...
For them, Armenia remains a "damned wedge" that divides the Turkish world.
And as long as those who deny their own history and implement Turkish-Azerbaijani demands rule in Armenia, the danger of Armenia's vilayetization is real.
