This modern-day Near East democratic country was founded in 1923 because of the genius of one man: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881 - 1938). He instituted extensive reforms and was truly one of the great world statesmen of the twentieth century. He threw the sultans out of the country and removed the Muslim religious leaders from their powerful positions in government. A new constitution was adopted that separated religion from government. Education was mandated for everyone. Women were given the right to vote and work in any profession. Muslim traditional dress for women was no longer required. Ataturk’s long list of reforms and improvements go on and on.It was because of the vision of Ataturk in 1923 that I enjoyed total freedom of movement, speech, and religion in Turkey in August and September 2001. Ataturk believed Turkey must turn to the West if the nation was to grow and prosper. Turkey continues today in the Ataturk tradition. It is the reason this Muslim nation is such a close friend and strong ally of the United States, more so than any other Muslim nation. Within thirty minutes of the third plane hitting its target in Washington, D.C., the prime minister of Turkey was on national television telling citizens he had placed the military on the highest alert. He also said he had called the president of the United States to say if America went to war; his country was ready to go to war also because Turkey and the United States are friends, allies, and partners.This is remarkable when one realizes the Muslim nations of Iran, Iraq, and Syria are next - door neighbors. Also in the neighborhood are Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Sudan, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, and Afghanistan. I wish every American could have been with me to experience the reaction of the Turks to the cowardly attack on the United States. Taxi drivers, waiters, waitresses, employees in the small shops and large stores, government employees – all, without exception, voiced genuine sorrow and support for their government’s willingness to send their young men to fight the war on terrorism with the United States. Turks, even though 97 percent Muslim, do not share the views of other Muslims who hate the United States. Consequently, it is a tragedy that a small group of Armenian - Americans is waging a campaign of hate toward Turkey within the United States today. This tiny band of people has caused some thirty state legislatures to pass meaningless resolutions attacking Turkey for an alleged genocide of 1915 – eight years before Turkey became a nation. I have uncovered facts that prove Armenian - Americans are spreading tall tales claiming a massacre and genocide in an effort to get mega - dollars out of both the Turks and American Christians to benefit their 150 - year - old "ancient" homeland. The question for my fellow Americans to answer is simply this: Whom do you believe – other Americans who saw the Armenians, very much alive, leaving the Ottoman Empire? Or Armenians who merely claim 1.5 million of their people were murdered by the Ottoman government?This book is based on historical evidence, much of it from Armenian sources.