Samuel Weems

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Samuel A. Weems (December 12, 1936 – January 25, 2003 ^[1]) was the writer of the book Armenia: The Secrets of a "Christian" Terrorist State, a disbarred Arkansas lawyer from Hazen, Arkansas.^[2] He was disbarred while holding the office of prosecuting attorney, but wasn't immediately removed from the office, despite the disbarment decision.^[3] He died of a heart attack on January 25th, 2003. He was best known for his advocacy of, and contribution to, the denial of the Armenian Genocide.^[4] He unsuccessfully ran for the position of mayor of Hazen county in 1994 and 1998.^[5]

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". ^[6] In March 2002 Weems visited Turkey on the occasion of the 81^st 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. ^[7]

His second book, about Armenians in the Nazi army, was almost complete and ready for printing before he died.^[4]

He also appeared in Sari Gelin, a documentary denying the Armenian Genocide that was sponsored by the Ankara Chamber of Commerce, in which he made statements such as "If you're a minority, you can't even hold an office in Armenia". In it he also discussed the roles of Armenian volunteers in Nazi Germany, and Armenia being declared as "Aryan Pure" by Hitler in 1943. ^[8]

He was survived by his Turkish wife, Gülnur, and a son.^[7]

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