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April 25 2013
The Armenian Genocide; April 24, 1915
Posted: 24/04/2013 14:07
Tsitsernakaberd is a memorial dedicated to the 1.5 Million victims of
the Armenian Genocide; it is located on a hill (along the Hrazdan
river) overlooking Yerevan, Armenia. Constructed in 1966, it is the
symbol of memorial; every year on April 24, hundreds of thousands of
Armenians gather here to remember the victims of the 1915 Armenian
Genocide that took place in the Ottoman Empire carried out by the
Turkish government. August 1994. Yerevan, Armenia. Photo: Edmond
Terakopian
As an Armenian and a human being, I find it sad that even almost 100
years on, the genocide of 1915 has still gone unrecognised by it's
perpetrator and also the UK and US (considering just how many other
countries recognise it happened makes the few denying it somewhat sad
and suspect). For decades the Turkish governments denied the killings
outright, but in recent years, because of all the evidence, they
admitted to some killings, but disguised it as being part of World War
I - which it wasn't.
I would like the memory of the 1.5 million slaughtered to be honoured
and their families respected by this genocide, the only one in modern
history to have gone unrecognised, to be recognised by Turkey. It's
about time and the only right thing to do.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/edmond-terakopian/the-armenian-genocide-april-24-1915_b_3146390.html
April 25 2013
The Armenian Genocide; April 24, 1915
Posted: 24/04/2013 14:07
Tsitsernakaberd is a memorial dedicated to the 1.5 Million victims of
the Armenian Genocide; it is located on a hill (along the Hrazdan
river) overlooking Yerevan, Armenia. Constructed in 1966, it is the
symbol of memorial; every year on April 24, hundreds of thousands of
Armenians gather here to remember the victims of the 1915 Armenian
Genocide that took place in the Ottoman Empire carried out by the
Turkish government. August 1994. Yerevan, Armenia. Photo: Edmond
Terakopian
As an Armenian and a human being, I find it sad that even almost 100
years on, the genocide of 1915 has still gone unrecognised by it's
perpetrator and also the UK and US (considering just how many other
countries recognise it happened makes the few denying it somewhat sad
and suspect). For decades the Turkish governments denied the killings
outright, but in recent years, because of all the evidence, they
admitted to some killings, but disguised it as being part of World War
I - which it wasn't.
I would like the memory of the 1.5 million slaughtered to be honoured
and their families respected by this genocide, the only one in modern
history to have gone unrecognised, to be recognised by Turkey. It's
about time and the only right thing to do.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/edmond-terakopian/the-armenian-genocide-april-24-1915_b_3146390.html