PUNISHING A CRIMINAL AND MURDERER IS NO CRIME
By Tamar Minasian
AZG Armenian Daily #048
17/03/2006
On March 15, we celebrated the 85th anniversary of Tallat Pasha
assassination, who was one of masterminds and accomplisher of
the Armenian Genocide. On this occasion, the youth branch of ARF
Dashnaktsiutiun held a rally in front of the monument to Soghomon
Tehlerian, the assassin of Tallat. Armen Rustamian, member of ARFD
Supreme Body, stated that the events of the past helped us preserve
our national dignity. He added that we strengthened the spirit of
our people in the fair struggle against our enemies. Rustamian is
confident that many new generations of Armenians will be educated on
the example of Soghomon Tehlerian.
He added that punishing the murderer is no crime.
Rustamian stated that the Turks learnt no lesson from the history
and still try to make falsifications and deny the reality.
The members of Dshnaktsiutiun’s youth branch said that there are
still young people that follow the path of Tehlerian. 17 years old
Dvin who came to Armenia from Canada said that the patriotic feeling
of the Armenians from Diaspora differ from those who live in Armenia.
“There they feel patriotism mixed with homesickness, while in
Armenia patriotism means to preserve and develop the motherland,”
he said. “Tehlerian was 25 when he killed Tallat. He should be a
lofty ideal for us, as he could show to the world that we will not
be silent,” Dvin underscored.