Samuel Weems
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Samuel A. Weems was the writer of the book Armenia: The Secrets of a "Christian" Terrorist State and a disbarred
Arkansas
lawyer from Hazen, Arkansas
. He was disbarred
while holding the office of prosecuting attorney for mixing his clients' money with his own. A year later he was convicted of arson and conspiring to defraud an insurance firm, but wasn't immediately removed from the office, despite the disbarment decision. He died of a heart attack on January 25, 2003. He was best known for his advocacy of, and contribution to, the denial of the Armenian Genocide
.
He unsuccessfully ran for the position of mayor of the very small town of Hazen
county in 1994 and 1998.
He made various controversial remarks such as "the Armenians have never been known as truth tellers" and "the number one export of Armenia is terrorism".
In March 2002 Weems visited Turkey on the occasion of the 81st anniversary of the assassination of Talat Paşa and, in numerous interviews with news agencies as well as in the universities of Istanbul
and Ankara
, spoke on the "Armenian issue" and alleged a smear campaign against Turkey in Europe and the United States, He also made arrangements about the printing of his book in Turkish. He appeares in Sari Gelin, a documentary denying the Armenian Genocide
that was sponsored by the Ankara Chamber of Commerce.
His second book, about the Armenische Legion, was almost complete and ready for printing before he died.
He was survived by his Turkish wife, Gülnur, and a son.
Disbarment
Disbarment is the removal of a lawyer from a bar association or the practice of law, thus revoking his or her law license or admission to practice law...
Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
lawyer from Hazen, Arkansas
Hazen, Arkansas
Hazen is a city in Prairie County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,637 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Hazen is located at ....
. He was disbarred
Disbarment
Disbarment is the removal of a lawyer from a bar association or the practice of law, thus revoking his or her law license or admission to practice law...
while holding the office of prosecuting attorney for mixing his clients' money with his own. A year later he was convicted of arson and conspiring to defraud an insurance firm, but wasn't immediately removed from the office, despite the disbarment decision. He died of a heart attack on January 25, 2003. He was best known for his advocacy of, and contribution to, the denial of the Armenian Genocide
Denial of the Armenian Genocide
The denial of the Armenian Genocide is the assertion that the Armenian Genocide did not occur in the manner or to the extent described by scholarship...
.
He unsuccessfully ran for the position of mayor of the very small town of Hazen
Hazen, Arkansas
Hazen is a city in Prairie County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,637 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Hazen is located at ....
county in 1994 and 1998.
He made various controversial remarks such as "the Armenians have never been known as truth tellers" and "the number one export of Armenia is terrorism".
In March 2002 Weems visited Turkey on the occasion of the 81st anniversary of the assassination of Talat Paşa and, in numerous interviews with news agencies as well as in the universities of Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
and Ankara
Ankara
Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....
, spoke on the "Armenian issue" and alleged a smear campaign against Turkey in Europe and the United States, He also made arrangements about the printing of his book in Turkish. He appeares in Sari Gelin, a documentary denying the Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
The Armenian Genocide—also known as the Armenian Holocaust, the Armenian Massacres and, by Armenians, as the Great Crime—refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I...
that was sponsored by the Ankara Chamber of Commerce.
His second book, about the Armenische Legion, was almost complete and ready for printing before he died.
He was survived by his Turkish wife, Gülnur, and a son.