1897 Tokat Ermeni Olay n n D s Bas na Yans malar ve Olay n Ger ek Yüzü //// 1897 Tokat Armenian Affair’s Reflections to External Media Andreal Face of the Affair

XIX. yüzy l n ikinci yar s ndan sonra, 1877-78 Osmanl Rus Savas sonunda yap lan “Ayastefanos” ve “Berlin” antlasmalar ile birlikteOsmanl Devleti’nde ortaya kar lan “Ermeni Meselesi” gerek Osmanl Devleti’ni, gerekse bu meselenin müsebbipleri olan Bat l Devletleri uzunsüre mesgul etmistir. Bu devletler, Osmanl Devleti aleyhine kurulan eteci Ermeni Komiteleri’ne destek vermislerdir. Ermeni Komiteleri’ninyapt klar her türlü kar s kl k hareketleri, Osmanl Devleti i erisindekimisyonerler ve yabanc okullar taraf ndan desteklenmistir. Bat bas n ,ortaya kan olaylardan 1897’de Tokat’ta meydana gelen hadiseyi deErmenilere kars yap lm s gibi g stererek, bu büyük oyundaki rolleriniustal kla yerine getirmistir. Osmanl Devleti, yap lan bütün bupropagandalara kars d s bas n takip etmis, arp t lan haberleri tashihyoluna gitmistir. //// After the second half of the XIX. Century; “Armenian Issue” whichwas given rise at the end of the 1877-78 Ottoman Russia War by thetreaties of “Ayastefanos” and “Berlin”; kept not only Ottoman Empire butalso western states which were the real provokers of the problem engagedfor a long time. These countries supported Armenian Committees whichwere established against Ottoman Empire. All kinds of disorderscommitted by Armenian Commitees were supported by all of themissionaries and foreign schools in Ottoman Empire. Western presspresented the event which occured in Tokat in 1897 as if Armenians wastargetted by this event and thus they carried out their roles in this great scam successfuly. Ottoman Empire followed external press in the face ofsuch a propoganda and tried to revise the distorted news.