tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507020819391911738.post8794393203945805574..comments2023-06-11T13:18:29.312+03:00Comments on Istanbul Calling: A Turkish Mea Culpa?Yigal Schleiferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037852103478967102noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507020819391911738.post-38936972918087296042008-12-23T14:48:00.000+02:002008-12-23T14:48:00.000+02:00The Armenians use the term Մեծ Եղեռն (Medz Yeghern...The Armenians use the term Մեծ Եղեռն (Medz Yeghern, or "Great Calamity") for the genocide. Presumably this is why the petition calls it the Great Catastrophe.<BR/><BR/>It's as if the word Shoah ('Calamity') were used instead of the 'Holocaust' to describe the destruction of the Jews during WW2.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926071911396827610noreply@blogger.com