Articles in foreign media

A Dangerous Movement Among the Armenians

Category: Articles in US Media
Published: 27 July 2008
Written by Cyrus Hamlin
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Cyrus Hamlin, an American Congregational missionary in Istanbul reports a conversation he had with an Armenian in "The Congregationalist" on December 28, 1893. That "very intelligent Armenian gentleman" reveals their plans to Mr. Hamlin. According to the plan, Armenian bands would revolt, kill Turks and Kurds and burn their villages. This would enrage Turks and Kurds, who would then retailate. Russia would come in and take control. Click here to read Cyrus Hamlin's letter titled "A Dangerous Movement Among The Armenians", which is itself enough to destroy the myth that "The Armenians living in Ottoman Empire were innocent and unarmed".