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ARMENIA MOURNS VICTIMS OF 1915 MASS KILLING BY OTTOMAN TURKS
Julia Telfer
International Business Times
http://tv.ibtimes.com/armenia-mourns-victims-of-1915-mass-killing-by-ottoman-turks/5180.html
April 24 2012
Thousand of Armenians gathered at Yerevan's genocide museum on Tuesday
(April 24) to attend a ceremony in remembrance of the more than 1.5
million Armenians killed in what is now eastern Turkey during World
War One.
Armenians throughout the world insist Turkey and the entire civilized
community should recognize the mass killing as genocide.
Armenia, backed by many historians and parliaments, says the mass
killing of Christian Armenians was a deliberate policy of genocide
ordered by the Ottoman government.
But successive Turkish governments and the vast majority of Turks
feel the charge of genocide is an insult to their nation, arguing that
there was heavy loss of life on both sides during fighting in the area.
Armenians, however, disagree and many see the 15 kilometer walk
towards the genocide monument every April 24 as a duty tantamount to
their national identity.
Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan, who led the delegation of
the country's officials, came to the monument with his wife and
participated in prayers for the souls of those who perished during
the tragic events.
Julia Telfer
International Business Times
http://tv.ibtimes.com/armenia-mourns-victims-of-1915-mass-killing-by-ottoman-turks/5180.html
April 24 2012
Thousand of Armenians gathered at Yerevan's genocide museum on Tuesday
(April 24) to attend a ceremony in remembrance of the more than 1.5
million Armenians killed in what is now eastern Turkey during World
War One.
Armenians throughout the world insist Turkey and the entire civilized
community should recognize the mass killing as genocide.
Armenia, backed by many historians and parliaments, says the mass
killing of Christian Armenians was a deliberate policy of genocide
ordered by the Ottoman government.
But successive Turkish governments and the vast majority of Turks
feel the charge of genocide is an insult to their nation, arguing that
there was heavy loss of life on both sides during fighting in the area.
Armenians, however, disagree and many see the 15 kilometer walk
towards the genocide monument every April 24 as a duty tantamount to
their national identity.
Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan, who led the delegation of
the country's officials, came to the monument with his wife and
participated in prayers for the souls of those who perished during
the tragic events.