Wednesday, 1 May 2019

What A Sad Anniversary! It is estimated that between one and one and a half million Armenians perished under the Turkish-Ottoman Rule!

Turkey: On Anniversary of Genocide, Armenians Still under Attack

by Uzay Bulut  •  May 1, 2019 at 4:00 am
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  • It is estimated that between one and one and a half million Armenians perished.
  • The government-funded Turkish Institute of History just announced that it is preparing to publish 25 volumes "refuting Turkey's involvement" in the Armenian Genocide.
  • "[I]t's obvious that the recognition and condemnation of genocides are the most effective tools for the prevention of new genocides." — Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, February 13, 2019, ArmenPress.com
Since the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923, Turkish authorities have aggressively denied that the genocide even took place, or that Turks carried it out, and penalized those who dare to assert otherwise. Pictured: Armenian civilians, escorted by Ottoman soldiers, marched through Harput to a prison in nearby Mezireh (present-day Elazig), April 1915. (Image source: American Red Cross/Wikimedia Commons)
April 24 marked the 104th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide by Ottoman Turkey. It was on this date in 1915 that Armenian intellectuals and community leaders were arrested in Constantinople and later murdered. It is estimated that between one and one and a half million Armenians perished.
Since then, Turkish authorities have aggressively denied that the genocide even took place, or that Turks carried it out, and penalized those who dare to assert otherwise.

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