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Adnan Harun Yahya

Vilification Campaign by the British Media

The first stage in the artificially manufactured problem between Turks
and Armenians, who had lived brotherly together for centuries, was provok-

ing the Armenian community against the Ottoman Empire. During the 1878
Berlin Congress, the parties discussed defending Armenians as leverage

against Russia, and Lord Salisbury proposed securing the rights of Armeni-
ans and an urgent improvement of their situation. These suggestions were
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made the 61 clause of the Treaty of Berlin. Needless to say, improvement of
all communities, not just the Armenians, is and should be the wish and am-

bition of every conscientious person. However, the British deep state is not
concerned with the well being of Armenians or any other people. It is con-

cerned about its own interests only.

At the same time, lobbying efforts sped up in Britain, and Armenian
writers were encouraged to write against the Ottomans and join in the anti-

Ottoman propaganda.

For instance, an Armenian named Agopyan, acting upon instructions of
Lord Salisbury, started publishing a newspaper in London called Haiasdan,

while famous papers like the Truth, which was owned by Henry Labouchère,

started spreading the false news that Armenians were oppressed by the Ot-
tomans due to their Christian identity. Although the Ottoman government
applied to local courts to prevent such news, the defamation campaign con-

tinued under the pretense of freedom of speech.

These were deliberate actions intended to build negative public opinion

in Europe against the Ottoman Empire in a bid to increase pressure on the
Government. Certain British politicians, particularly Gladstone, made in-

flammatory speeches in the House of Commons against Ottomans, and
claimed with no real evidence that 'Christians were being persecuted'. So

much so, the Times began disseminating lies like Christians being killed,
churches and other Christian buildings being looted and things getting more

dangerous by the day.

Ottoman diplomat Salih Münir Pasha, in his report sent to His Majesty's
Administration Office in Yıldız Palace, described the propaganda as follows: