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Monday, May 11, 2009

Bilgin Ayata on the Armenian Genocide, denial, and the genocide of the Dersim Alevi Kurds



Posted by QWX at Monday, May 11, 2009
Labels: Alevi, Armenian genocide, Bilgin Ayata, Dersim, Kurds

1 comments:

galikurd said...

great post, well done

July 21, 2009 9:03 AM

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