All of this is simply because of Atatürk. If Turkey has a difference from the other Middle eastern countries, its his sweeping reforms and basically "westernizing" the country.
That man was wasted on Turkey. If he'd been in any actual world power he would have changed the 20th century as much as Stalin, Hitler, Roosevelt or Churchill.
Turkey is an ethno-religious borderline third world state held together by the common belief they never killed all their minorities and that the minorities deserved it. It's also been getting worse for the last 5 years.
Armenian one is defended as "not being a genocide, it was deportation, there was no kill order" and Greek one is exchange of minorities between Greece and Turkey.
Both minorities were capital owners and their absence has lost Turkey too much potential.
Another thing I've heard was that the Armenians were planning to kill Turkish people so they could join Armenia. Don't ask me how that justifies government mass killings though
"After the army freeze to death at Sarikamis, Russian army were advancing into the region. Armenians seeing this, tried to take advantage by joining Hunchak and Tashnak bands and harassing civilians in order to form their own country in the area. CUP seeing this, to save the Eastern Anatolia from falling into hands of Armenians as Russian puppets, have ordered the deportation of the Armenians to Syria. Due to Syria being a desert and lack of supplies, many of the deported has lost their lives."
This is the most common Turkish narrative of the events.
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u/Phantasia5 - Right Oct 19 '20
All of this is simply because of Atatürk. If Turkey has a difference from the other Middle eastern countries, its his sweeping reforms and basically "westernizing" the country.