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KIM KARDASHIAN TWEETS ABOUT THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Huffington Post
April 24 2012
It's no secret the entire Kardashian family are very proud of their
Armenian roots, and Kim Kardashian took time out of her busy schedule
and veered away from her usual Twitter activities (posting scantily
clad photos of herself) to send a serious message to her nearly 14.5
million followers:
It's rare that Kim posts about such serious topics, but today marks
the 97th anniversary of the mass murder of the Armenian people at
the hands of the Ottoman Turks. It's a controversial issue to this
day, as the Turkish government has never acknowledged the genocide
took place, and sees the allegations of genocide as a threat to its
national honor. Its denial continues to strain its relationships with
other countries and is just one of the reasons Turkey's application
to the European Union has continued to be rejected.
In January, France's parliament passed a law to make it a crime to
deny the Armenian Genocide by Ottoman Turks, and Turkey responded by
suspending military, economic and political ties with France, when the
bill was first approved by the lower house. Though a court ultimately
ruled that the law violates France's constitution, French President
Nicolas Sarkozy, who had personally backed the law, immediately said
he would ask the government to prepare a new bill taking into account
the council's ruling.
Sarkozy has long opposed Turkey's entry into the European Union in
part because of the country's ongoing denial, and Wednesday, French
MP Jean-Louis Bianco told reporters that in addition to resolving
issues such as its dispute with Cyprus, the country must recognize
that the Armenian Genocide took place.
According to the Associated Press, most historians contend that the
killings of the Armenians constituted the first genocide of the 20th
century, yet it's an issue that's not heavily pressed by governments
looking to stay allied with Turkey, a rising power. Even today,
President Obama refrained from using the word "genocide" to describe
what happened nearly a 100 years ago, reports ABC News.
It's surprising that the Kardashians are on the pulse of such
real-world, hot-button issues, but their Armenian heritage is
incredibly important to them. In fact, last year when pictures from
one of Kim's photo shoots ended up on the April cover of Turkish
Cosmopolitan, she took to her blog to explain that she didn't approve
of her photos being used for the publication:
I had no idea that Turkey was planning to run my story on their cover
THIS month, considering Genocide Remembrance Day is this month. My
Armenian heritage means a lot to me and I've been brought up to
be incredibly proud of my family's background and culture so as an
Armenian-American woman it is a huge honor for me to be on the first
ever Armenian Cosmopolitan cover. I have an amazing relationship
with Cosmopolitan Magazine. World-over, Cosmo is known as a fun and
inspiring magazine for women of all races, shapes, sizes, regardless
of their political beliefs and I really hope that if I can bring
awareness to the issue, then this in an accomplishment.
More recently, an episode of "Khloe & Lamar" aired, showing Khloe's
anxiety when her husband, Lamar Odom, was propositioned to play
basketball in Turkey. Khloe asked him not to play because she was
worried her Armenian fan base would find it disrespectful.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Huffington Post
April 24 2012
It's no secret the entire Kardashian family are very proud of their
Armenian roots, and Kim Kardashian took time out of her busy schedule
and veered away from her usual Twitter activities (posting scantily
clad photos of herself) to send a serious message to her nearly 14.5
million followers:
It's rare that Kim posts about such serious topics, but today marks
the 97th anniversary of the mass murder of the Armenian people at
the hands of the Ottoman Turks. It's a controversial issue to this
day, as the Turkish government has never acknowledged the genocide
took place, and sees the allegations of genocide as a threat to its
national honor. Its denial continues to strain its relationships with
other countries and is just one of the reasons Turkey's application
to the European Union has continued to be rejected.
In January, France's parliament passed a law to make it a crime to
deny the Armenian Genocide by Ottoman Turks, and Turkey responded by
suspending military, economic and political ties with France, when the
bill was first approved by the lower house. Though a court ultimately
ruled that the law violates France's constitution, French President
Nicolas Sarkozy, who had personally backed the law, immediately said
he would ask the government to prepare a new bill taking into account
the council's ruling.
Sarkozy has long opposed Turkey's entry into the European Union in
part because of the country's ongoing denial, and Wednesday, French
MP Jean-Louis Bianco told reporters that in addition to resolving
issues such as its dispute with Cyprus, the country must recognize
that the Armenian Genocide took place.
According to the Associated Press, most historians contend that the
killings of the Armenians constituted the first genocide of the 20th
century, yet it's an issue that's not heavily pressed by governments
looking to stay allied with Turkey, a rising power. Even today,
President Obama refrained from using the word "genocide" to describe
what happened nearly a 100 years ago, reports ABC News.
It's surprising that the Kardashians are on the pulse of such
real-world, hot-button issues, but their Armenian heritage is
incredibly important to them. In fact, last year when pictures from
one of Kim's photo shoots ended up on the April cover of Turkish
Cosmopolitan, she took to her blog to explain that she didn't approve
of her photos being used for the publication:
I had no idea that Turkey was planning to run my story on their cover
THIS month, considering Genocide Remembrance Day is this month. My
Armenian heritage means a lot to me and I've been brought up to
be incredibly proud of my family's background and culture so as an
Armenian-American woman it is a huge honor for me to be on the first
ever Armenian Cosmopolitan cover. I have an amazing relationship
with Cosmopolitan Magazine. World-over, Cosmo is known as a fun and
inspiring magazine for women of all races, shapes, sizes, regardless
of their political beliefs and I really hope that if I can bring
awareness to the issue, then this in an accomplishment.
More recently, an episode of "Khloe & Lamar" aired, showing Khloe's
anxiety when her husband, Lamar Odom, was propositioned to play
basketball in Turkey. Khloe asked him not to play because she was
worried her Armenian fan base would find it disrespectful.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress