If the Turks had wanted to massacre the Armenians; why didn't they just do it rather than spend 261 million kurush (156.6 million guilder, equivalent to 5637 million $; Francis Turner, Money and exchange rates in 1632) to remove the Armenians? The Ottoman Empire controlled twenty-two separate nationalities. None of those nationalities carries the hate, rage, and revenge attributed toward modern-day Turkey as the Armenians do. Armenian Terrorist Activities in USA: 1. On January 27, 1973, in Santa Barbara, California, Armenian Gourgen Yanikian, a U.S. citizen, invites the Turkish Consul General, Mehmet Baydar, and the Consul, Bahad ı r Demir, to a luncheon. The unsuspecting diplomats accept the friendly invitation. Gourgen Yanikian murders his two guests. He is sentenced to life imprisonment. 2. On April 26, 1973, in New York City, attempted bombing of the Turkish Information Office. The bomb was discovered in time and defused. A group calling itself the “Yanikia...