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Sfarda L. Gül's avatar

One reason I find phrasing like “Assad remnants” so disgusting is because it sounds so much like “kılıç artığı”/“kılıç artıkları”, “leftovers of the sword”, which is what Turkonationalists—even literal politicians—call indigenous Anatolians like Armenians, Assyrians, Greek-speakers. It’s the height of dehumanisation; it’s vile.

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Sharda A's avatar

Unforgivable and more upsetting that I haven’t heard anyone (else) talking about it—or, honestly, even paying attention

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