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| He made various controversial remarks such as: ”the Armenians have never been known as truth tellers.", "the number one export of Armenia is terrorism".<ref>http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Samuel_Weems#_note-0</ref> | He made various controversial remarks such as: ”the Armenians have never been known as truth tellers.", "the number one export of Armenia is terrorism".<ref>http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Samuel_Weems#_note-0</ref> | ||
| In March 2002 Weems visited Turkey on the occasion of the 81<sup>st</sup> anniversary of the assassination of ] and spoke on the Armenian issue and about the smear campaign against Turkey in ] and the ], in numerous interviews with news agencies as well as in the universities of ] and ]. He was also making arrangements about printing the book in Turkish language. <ref name=turkish_times/> | In March 2002 Weems visited Turkey on the occasion of the 81<sup>st</sup> anniversary of the assassination of ] and spoke on the Armenian issue and about the smear campaign against Turkey in ] and the ], in numerous interviews with news agencies as well as in the universities of ] and ]. He was also making arrangements about printing the book in Turkish language. <ref name=turkish_times/> | ||
| His second book, was about the Armenians in the Nazi army which was almost complete and ready for printing before he died.<ref name=times/> | |||
| He also appeared in the Sari Gelin Documentary on the Armenian Genocide Allegation, where he made statements such as "If you're a minority, you can't even hold an office in Armenia." He also discussed roles of Armenian volunteers in Nazi Germany and Armenia being declared as Aryan Pure by Hitler in 1943.<ref name=Armenian Genocide>http://armeniangenocidehoax.com/sari-gelin-documentary-armenian-genocide-allegation</ref> | |||
| He is survived by his Turkish wife, Gülnur, and son.<ref name=turkish_times></ref> | He is survived by his Turkish wife, Gülnur, and son.<ref name=turkish_times></ref> | ||
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Samuel A. Weems (December 12, 1936 – January 25, 2003) was the writer of the book Armenia: The Secrets of a "Christian" Terrorist State ,a disbarred Arkansas lawyer, and retired Judge from Hazen, Arkansas. . He was disbarred while holding the office of prosecuting attorney, and wasn't immediately removed from the office, despite the disbarment decision. He died of a heart attack on January 25th, 2003. He was best known by his continuous research and efforts to fight against smear and hate campaigns against Turkey and its predecessor the Ottoman Empire.
He unsuccessfully ran for the position of mayor of Hazen county in 1994 and 1998.
He made various controversial remarks such as: ”the Armenians have never been known as truth tellers.", "the number one export of Armenia is terrorism". In March 2002 Weems visited Turkey on the occasion of the 81 anniversary of the assassination of Talat Paşa and spoke on the Armenian issue and about the smear campaign against Turkey in Europe and the United States, in numerous interviews with news agencies as well as in the universities of Istanbul and Ankara. He was also making arrangements about printing the book in Turkish language.
His second book, was about the Armenians in the Nazi army which was almost complete and ready for printing before he died.
He also appeared in the Sari Gelin Documentary on the Armenian Genocide Allegation, where he made statements such as "If you're a minority, you can't even hold an office in Armenia." He also discussed roles of Armenian volunteers in Nazi Germany and Armenia being declared as Aryan Pure by Hitler in 1943.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
He is survived by his Turkish wife, Gülnur, and son.
See also
References
- "A Great Friend Of The Turks, Sam Weems, Died", a January 29, 2003 article in Turks.US Daily News
- http://www.law.cornell.edu/ethics/ar/narr/AR_NARR_0.HTM
- ^ http://www.theturkishtimes.com/archive/03/0203/f_weems.html
- http://courts.state.ar.us/opinions/1998b/980914/98-801.html
- http://courts.state.ar.us/opinions/1999a/19990715/99-010.html
- http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Samuel_Weems#_note-0
- ^ "Samuel Weems Passed Away"