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26 Shvadt, 6755 Volume XII Issue 1 15 February 2006 Tel 202-349-1429 | Fax 1-415-358-4778 | zcrew@zindamagazine.com 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue. NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006 U.S.A. "Assyrian Homeland" by Sharokin Bet-Gevargiz ZINDA TURNS 12 Zinda SayZinda Says Assyrians in Sweden Advance Agenda of Assyria Afram Baryakoub The Lighthouse A Breakthrough For Seyfo Research Good Morning Assyria Tur-Abdin Assyrians/Syriacs Subject of Cartoon Riots AAS-NZ Funding For Internet Centre in Nuhadra ADO Statement on the Mohammad Cartoons News Digest Kerimo Demands UN Supervised Zone for Iraqi Christians Moscow Assyrians Demand Protection for Iraqi Assyrians Yonadam Kanna Speaks at AAS Fundraiser in Modesto Kanna's Visit Marred by Bomb Threat in Turlock ADO Pays Homage to One of Its Greatest LIC Statement on Beirut Riot of 5 February Assyrians in Australia Believed to Harbor Fugitive Anatolie Festival Delights Assyrian Music Lovers in Holland Zinda Magazine is published every Wednesday & Saturday. To register for your free Zinda notifications enter your email address in the field above and click 'Sign Up'. Surfs Up! Zinda Reports are One-Sided Can We Overcome Our Differences Remembering A Great Leader ANA-SC Condemnation of the Church Bombings in Iraq Assyrian Society of UK Comments on Dadesho's Remarks Yonadam Kanna in Chicago AAASJ Responds to Zinda Report on Yadgar Booksigning Click to Learn More ZINDA CALENDAR ZINDA ARCHIVES Surfer's Corner Form Follows Function: A Design of An Assyrian Identity New Issue of Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies Literatus Who is the West Listening To? “Assyrian Woman” in the Days of Mourning Christianity Faces its Own Fight in Iraq We are the Middle Eastern Americans Nuri Kino Sona Meloyan Deborah Horan Pierre A. Maroun Bravo Dr Fuat Celebioglu : In the Footsteps of a Role Model Dr. Ninos S Oussi Back to the Top Zinda Says An Editorial by Wilfred Bet-Alkhas Assyrians in Sweden Advance Agenda of Assyria Afram Baryakoub Sweden In a time when Assyrians feel increasingly forgotten by the international community, Sweden is a country where such sentiments are replaced by hope. The tireless efforts of the Assyrian elite in Sweden in different lobbying activities are giving results in the form of political acknowledgements from the Swedish politicians. The word “Seyfo” and what it stands for is today common knowledge among the Swedish political elite and a growing number of ordinary Swedes. Assyrians are to be found in all major political parties, from ministerial level down to the community levels. They include Ibrahim Baylan (Minister of Schooling), Yilmaz Kerimo (a member of the Swedish Parliament), Gabriel Boyzel (Secretary of Commune of the city of Södertälje) and many others in different political parties and offices. The ties between the Swedish politicians and Assyrians are increasing in depth and strength. They are also constantly extending to new politicians and groups of the Swedish society. This is of course not a case of chance but is a testimony to the highly conscious work of organizations such as the Assyrian Federation of Sweden and the Assyrian-Chaldean-Syriac Association (ACSA). Examples of the different lobbying activities include invitations of the leaders of Swedish parties to the Assyrian churches during Sunday Mass, followed by discussions in the church hall. Currently, different members of the Parliament are invited to the Assyrian cultural club of Södertälje where they have discussions with Assyrians. once a week. Due to the upcoming general elections in Sweden the magazine of Hujådå is also interviewing the leaders of major parties. Sweden's third largest party (Folkpartiet), a liberal party announced recently on its own initiative, a seminar to be held in the city of Södertälje. As can be seen in the poster attached to this text the seminar will focus on the issue of Seyfo and the general condition of the Assyrians in the Middle East. The fact that it was the Folkpartiet which took the initiative shows that Assyrians are more actively targeted by parties in the run up to the elections. Of course as Assyrians we are not late to use this in order to further our positions and make greater demands. It is the wish of the Assyrian community of Sweden that other Assyrian communities in other countries more actively seek the support of their countries' politicians and create ties with them in order to improve the future of Assyria. Mr. Afram Baryakoub's name is familiar to the readers of Zinda Magazine. He produces our regular news reports from Sweden, bringing us a concise yet complete view of the developments in Europe. Don't miss Mr. Baryakoub's fascinating report on Prof. David Gaunt's research on the Ottoman Archives and the discovery of the document related to the murder of Hormuz, the brother of Mar Benyamin Shimmun in the News Digest section. Afram is another reason why thousands of Assyrians (Syriacs and Chaldeans) turn to Zinda Magazine for their news and information. Back to the Top The Lighthouse Feature Article A Breakthrough For Sayfo Research Afram Baryakoub, reporting for Zinda Magazine from Sweden (ZNDA; Sweden) In the past few years David Gaunt, professor of history at the University of Södertörn in Stockholm, Sweden, has been increasingly involved in academic research concerning the Assyrian genocide (Sayfo). His research has led him to a number of confrontations with the Turkish embassy in Stockholm. Turkish government was unwilling to provide access to the historical documents concerning the Sayfo Genocide of 1915 until now. Prof. David Gaunt, searching the Ottoman Archives, sheds light on the murder of Hormuz, brother of Mar Benyamin Shimmun. Professor Gaunt has on several occasions expressed deep dissatisfaction over Turkeys treatment of scholars seeking access to these historical documents. But things took a new turn when Mr Gaunt was tipped to read an article in the Turkish newspaper “Sabah”. In the article, the Turkish minister of human rights, Mr Mehmet Elkatmis, welcomed David Gaunt to come and conduct research on any available documents. “We will provide professor Gaunt everything he wants from us” said the Turkish minister and continued “we will even give him his own room, telephone and assistant”. Prof. Gaunt did not waste any time. He made contact with a group of Swedish parliamentarians who are specialised in monitoring Turkey’s compliance with the European Union’s legislation concerning human rights. After receiving the full support of the parliamentary group he headed for Turkey for five days, between February 6 and 10 to try to confirm the promises made by the Turkish minister. Upon his arrival to Istanbul Gaunt found out very soon that the promises of the Minister were mostly empty words. The list of eleven thousand documents he had prepared to consult was rejected by the staff working with the Ottoman Archives in Istanbul. He did not, however, return empty handed. According to the regulations established around the use of the Ottoman Archives he was allowed to consult 25 documents per day. This made it possible for Prof. Guant to return to Sweden with 79 pages of documents. Turkish Minister of human rights, Mr Mehmet Elkatmis Among those 79 documents is the document which contains Taalat Pasha’s order to the Vali in Mosul to arrest Hourmoz, the brother of Mar Shemoun. Hourmoz was taken as hostage and an ultimatum was given to the Assyrians to either stop resistance or the brother of the Patriarch of the Church of the East, Mar Benyamin Shimmun, Hourmuz, would be executed. “This has only been known to us by the writings of Lady Surma, the sister of Mar Shimmun, but now we know that what she wrote did indeed occur”, says David Gaunt. When the Assyrian patriarch refuses to agree to the conditions set by the Ottomans, his brother was immediately executed in Istanbul. He continued: "“We can also see that many high ranking Turkish officials in the regional administrations, so called “Qayemaqams” did in fact reject the plans to kill the Christians. In turn they were themselves killed on the orders of leaders like Talat Pasha in order to clear the way for the coming genocide”. “The Qayemaqam of Midyat was in fact cleared out of the way long before the massacres began in Midyat, because he had promised the Assyrians in that area that he wouldn’t let anyone massacre them”, notes Prof. Guant. Prof. Gaunt has also found proof that the Ottoman government actually freed prisoners, armed them and gave them orders to kill the Christians. Many witnesses have been speaking of the unbelievable horrors that those gangs spread across the land, but Prof Gaunt remained skeptical. “I mean which government would actually let out its worst prisoners to carry out its policies? But now I have the document that contains the actual order to free the prisoners and arm them”, says Prof. Guant. Turkish documents are divided into two groupings, Number 1 and Number 2. Group 1 or Section 1 e contains the documents that the central government sent out to the regional administrations. These documents are few, short and do not contain much information. The 79 documents that Gaunt was allowed to photocopy belong to this section. The second group or section contains all documents that went from the regional administrations to the central government. According to Prof. Gaunt they are much more interesting because they are numerous, extensive, and very informative. Section 2 documents are yet not accessible to historians because they have not been catalogued and numbered. “They have promised me that some of the uncatalogued documents will be open for me in one or two months. I have appointed a person in Istanbul who will send them to me as the archives hands them out”. Prof. Gaunt emphasizes that if documents begin to arrive from Istanbul many scholars, Armenian and Assyrian, will be able to cooperate and work more closely on similar investigations. Prof. Gaunt is more optimistic than ever. He regards the outcome of his visit as an important victory and underlines that “the fact that they did not let me come back totally empty handed shows that the Turks are increasingly aware of the political pressure from EU, and the scholars have to do our part in putting pressure on the Turks and force them to deliver on their promises”. David Gaunt will soon report on the outcome of his visit to the Swedish parliamentary group. He has already co-authored a book on Seyfo with his Assyrian colleague, Jan Beth Saowe, to be published in English . The book will be released in May of this year. Zinda magazine will be presently the book prior to the release date with complete order information. Back to the Top Good Morning Assyria News From the Homeland Tur-Abdin Assyrians/Syriacs Subject of Cartoon Riots Courtesy of the EasternStar News Agency 12 February 2006 By Dikran Ego CLICK POSTER TO ORDER YOUR COPY (ZNDA: Stockholm) The reaction and mass demonstrations against the Mohammed Caricatures continued, even spilling into areas such as Tur-Abdin in south-eastern Turkey. All around the Muslim world people are demonstrating, even burning down and attacking Danish and other European embassies. The first victims were the Assyrians/Syriacs of Iraq. Six churches belonging to this group were attacked and three Christian Assyrians/Syriacs were killed. The massive pressure and the persecutions have extremely frightened the Christians who live among Muslims." ...let`s see...19 Saudis attack the United Christian States and the United Christian States does nothing to Saudi Arabia but launches a war against Iraq instead...(having already starved to death 600,000 Iraqi babies over 16 years)...which everyone knew then and knows now, did NOTHING to deserve this..and yet Christians are once AGAIN crying about how unfairly THEY are treated...! ...their murders, done wholesale..are just a part of their religious business as usual...after all, the rest of the world IS wrong...isn`t it? But let a Muslim or anyone else ruffle the hair on ONE Christian head...and they ALL yell they`re getting scalped. --------------------- - BACK TO INDEX - REPLY - QUOTE - EDIT - DELETE -

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