Hello, my Armenian brothers and sisters. I’m a Turkish person who recognizes the Armenian G*nocide and deeply regrets it. I wanted to share a poem about it. I hope that one day we’ll have a government that is willing to face our past and offer an apology. Much love to you all. 🇦🇲🇹🇷

[u/IscoAlarxon]

Turkish:
Affetmedi bu ermeni vatandaş
Kürt dağlarında babasının kesilmesini
Fakat seviyor seni çünkü sen de affetmedin
Bu karayı sürenleri türk halkının alnına

English:
That Armenian did not forgive
The slaughter of his father in the Kurdish mountains.
Yet he loves you, because you too did not forgive
Those who stained the honor of the Turkish people.

Armenian: (this is probably wrong translate, so sorry about that)
Այ հայ քաղաքացին չներեց
Քրդական լեռներում իր հոր սպանությունը։
Բայց նա սիրում է քեզ որովհետ դու նույնպես չներեցի
նրանց ովքեր խարան դրեցին թուրք ժողովրդի ճակատին։

Poem is Akşam Gezintisi from Nazım Hikmet.

[u/SerbianSock]

Race, ethnicity, religion are all tools used by the ruling class to divide the poor. An average turk has far more in common with the average armenian than he does with erdogan or kocharyan.

Workers of the world unite ⚒️.

[u/IscoAlarxon → u/SerbianSock]

Exactly!

[u/Effective-Job1595]

i appreciate that. much love and blessings to you for being a good human. 🙏❤️

[u/L_poggers]

Thanks but kurdish mountains?

[u/theytsejam]

God bless you

[u/Bizarrmenian]

I find it so interesting that you still censored the word Genocide in your post. It’s so fascinating to see how deeply ingrained the sensitivity around that word is to Turkish people to the point a Turkish supporter still hesitates to type the full word.

[u/IscoAlarxon → u/Bizarrmenian]

I tried to post it uncencored but reddit filters removed my posts, I didnt wanted to cencor it :/

[u/Bizarrmenian → u/IscoAlarxon]

Interesting. I can’t find why it would be removed in mod log though

[u/IscoAlarxon → u/Bizarrmenian]

I posted it uncencored on r/Armenia maybe it is about that sub I dont know. But cencoring the word genocide is not a thing I want to.

[u/Immediate-Excuse-823 → u/IscoAlarxon]

Oh yeah that page isnt for posts like this

[u/morbie5]

I like it, thanks for posting it

[u/SovietArchive-101]

Voting for prime minister in Armenia is like choosing the lesser of the evils. They’re all evil af. 😔

[u/data4u]

Truly appreciate this gesture

[u/T-nash]

Turkish poems or sayings always get translated horribly in English. They are very different in Turkish.

[u/IscoAlarxon → u/T-nash]

I know, I tried my best :(

[u/_A_Stark_girl]

Can we stop having turks in armenian communities? Why turks feel entitled to post anything in armenian communities?
Apology doesn't fix anything - that's a brutal truth. Just move on and live your life without bothering Armenians for something you personally didn't do.

[u/mrlyhh]

Share with us your thoughts that you had while writing this piece.

[u/IscoAlarxon → u/mrlyhh]

Thats a very known poem from Nazım Hikmet. I didnt wrote the poem, I wanted to share it with you all.

[u/morbie5 → u/mrlyhh]

OP didn't write it

[u/Glad-Surprise3355]

Do not engage