🇹🇷 Umut Acar Profile picture
Turkish Diplomat, Sofia, Frankfurt, Strasbourg, Chicago, Ankara / Opinions expressed are solely my own
Mar 31, 2021 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
When the US Congress recognized the so-called #ArmenianGenocide allegations in 2019, Congress made references to a number of names and institutions such as Morgenthau, Lansing, Wilson, Lempkin, Hitler, Reagan  and Near East Relief. Except, General James Guthrie Harbord. 1/ Otherwise, Congress would have to explain the absurd inconsistency btw the allegation of  “the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923” and Harbord’s report where he made it clear in 1919..
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Jan 17, 2021 • 9 tweets • 8 min read
While many heroes of the #Holocaust have been immortalized in movies and books, a handful of courageous #Muslims who saved the lives of hundreds of #Jews are less frequently remembered. As #HolocaustRemembranceDay nears let’s remember those heroes.

dailysabah.com/history/2018/0… Selahattin Ülkümen, Turkish consul in Rhodes, Greece in July 1944 when Germans began deporting 1,700 Jews, incl Turkish citizens. Ülkümen stood up to the Gestapo, stating: "Under Turkish law all citizens were equal. We didn't differentiate btw citizens” and saved dozens of lives.
Nov 17, 2019 • 11 tweets • 10 min read
@RichardEngel @OARichardEngel .@NBCNews viewers will never be able get the facts about the ongoing situation in Syria as @RichardEngel works literally embedded w/ YPG, PKK offshoot in Syria, both are hostile to NATO member Turkey. Here are the facts that #NBC viewers will never see through Engel. Thread @RichardEngel @OARichardEngel @NBCNews 1) PKK/YPG, which Engel presents as “Kurds” is just a fraction w/ violent marxist-leninist ideology. They are basically commies representing only the 5% of the Syrian Kurds. Calling them “Kurds” is like claiming KKK is “Americans”.