Mehmed Talat Quote

These different blocs in the Turkish Empire... always conspired against Turkey; because of the hostility of these native peoples, Turkey has lost province after province - Greece, Serbia, Rumania, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Egypt, and Tripoli. In this way, the Turkish Empire has dwindled almost to nothing.


Quoted in "A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility" - by Taner Akçam, Paul Bessemer - History - 2006 - Page 92


These different blocs in the Turkish Empire... always conspired against Turkey; because of the hostility of these native peoples, Turkey has lost...

These different blocs in the Turkish Empire... always conspired against Turkey; because of the hostility of these native peoples, Turkey has lost...

These different blocs in the Turkish Empire... always conspired against Turkey; because of the hostility of these native peoples, Turkey has lost...

These different blocs in the Turkish Empire... always conspired against Turkey; because of the hostility of these native peoples, Turkey has lost...