History and education investments of Erzurum Metropolitan Municipality continue. With the ceremony organized by the Metropolitan Municipality, the Turkish-Armenian Relations Research Center and Prof. Dr. Erol Kürkçüoğlu Library opened. The opening ceremony of the center and library established behind Erzurum Castle in Rabia Main District started with a moment of silence and then the National Anthem. prof. Dr. Erol Kürkçüoğlu stated that he witnessed a historical day and said, “The best day of my life. I owe gratitude to all my friends and brothers who contributed to the preparation of today. I owe the greatest gratitude to our Metropolitan Mayor, Mr. Sekmen, because my dream was a library and it came true. We have brought nearly 10 thousand books to the world of science today," he said. Yakutiye Mayor Dr. Mahmut Uçar and AK Party Erzurum Provincial President Atty. İbrahim Küçükoğlu also drew attention to the importance of the said investment and thanked Chairman Mehmet Sekmen.
“There is NO FAMILY IN ERZURUM THAT SHALL NOT BE SUBJECTED TO THE AGAINST ARMENIAN GANGS”
Erzurum Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mehmet Sekmen also said, "There is no family living in this holy land where the Muslim-Turkish Genocide took place, so that it would not be subjected to the massacre of Armenian gangs." President Sekmen said, “As it is stated in historical documents, 50 thousand innocent people in Erzurum were martyred by Armenian Hinchak, Dashnak and Ramgavar gangs” and continued: Armenian gangs carried out inhuman atrocities and massacres in Erzurum and the surrounding provinces and even in the Eastern Anatolia Region. We have implemented this project in order to create a more effective field and framework for the struggle put forward by us, who bring the fact of genocide to the agenda of the national public opinion at almost every opportunity, to refute the lies of the Armenian diaspora and the Western States.”
PRESIDENT SEKMEN INVITES SCIENTISTS TO ERZURUM
President Mehmet Sekmen invited scientists to Erzurum. Sekmen noted the following: “The Esteemed Scientist Erol Kürkçüoğlu, who devoted his life to the Armenian issue, took advantage of our professor's vast experience and met with our Turkish-Armenian Relations Research Center and Prof. Dr. We put the Erol Kürkçüoğlu Library into the service of the scientific world. We gathered all the evidence, historical documents, articles and books, 9 works and 500 years of experience of our Hodja under the roof of our center, of the Muslim-Turkish Genocide committed by the Armenian gangs in Erzurum and the region. This outstanding library, which contains the works of General Turkish History, Turkish Political History, Seljuk and Ottoman History, and the Republican period, also contains many domestic and foreign resources that bear the traces of the genocide. I invite all scientists from around the world to our research center, which contains nearly 20 archival documents on the Armenian issue and the Muslim-Turkish Genocide.”
“ARCHIVE IF YOU SAY ARCHIVE, DOCUMENT IF YOU WANT A DOCUMENT…”
Metropolitan Mayor Mehmet Sekmen announced that Armenian gangs massacred 50 thousand innocent people in Erzurum and the region. Sekmen concluded his words as follows: “Armenian gangs are in the East, in Erzurum, Cinis, Tazegül, Alaca and Ilıca, Tepeköy, Dutçu, Yanıkdere, Karskapı, Osman Ağa. and Mürsel Paşa mansions, Firdevsoğlu Barracks, Yeşilyayla, Hasankale, Timar, Köprüköy and Horasan. There are documents of the massacres in many foreign archives, including Turkish archives in our Erzurum Turkish-Armenian Relations Research Center and in all historical institutions in our country. See, when American General James Harbord came to Erzurum on September 25, 1919, while he was visiting Ezirmikli Osman Ağa and Mürsel Pasha mansions, Karskapı and Yanıkdere, he saw the atrocities committed by the Armenian gangs against the Muslim-Turkish people and said, 'How could the servants of Jesus commit such a massacre? ' he confessed. In the meantime, I hereby once again refer to the statements made by the Armenian diaspora and the United States regarding the so-called Armenian genocide.” After the speeches, Erzurum Metropolitan Municipality Turkish-Armenian Relations Research Center and Prof. Dr. Erol Kürkçüoğlu Library was opened.