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ARMENIAN MASSACRES OF 1915: THE ARMENIAN VIEWPOINT
EuroNews
April 15 2015
This article sets out how Armenians generally view the context,
events and implications of the massacres of ethnic Armenians living
in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Turkey disputes key parts
of the information and you can read the Turkish perspective here.
The killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire around a hundred years
ago was genocide because it was 'centrally-planned and administered
by the Turkish government', according to Armenian accounts.
The US-based Armenian National Institute (ANI) says only a government
has the resources to 'carry out such a scheme of destruction'.
It points the finger at the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) -
known as the Young Turks and in power at the time of the killings -
for taking the decision to carry out a genocide.
The killings were carried out between 1915 and 1918 against "the
entire Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire".
The Washington-based organisation puts the death toll at 1.5 million
Armenians (from 1915-1923), claiming hundreds of thousands were
'butchered' while others died of "starvation, exhaustion and epidemics
which ravaged concentration camps". It says "women and children were
abducted and horribly abused" and the "entire wealth of the Armenian
people was expropriated".
Around 2 million Armenians were living in the Ottoman Empire on the
eve of the First World War, says ANI. In 1915 alone, the organisation
adds, more than a million ethnic Armenians were deported from Armenia
and Anatolia to Syria.
Turkey's refusal to acknowledge that the killings constitued genocide
means the issue remains enormously sensitive to Armenians today; the
ANI says "affirming the truth" has become a matter of "international
significance".
The institute points to the fact that many countries, including France,
Argentina, Greece and Russia, have acknowledged a genocide took place.
This and the recurrence of genocide in the 20th century, it adds,
makes acknowledgment of Armenians suffering a 'compelling obligation
for the international community'
http://www.euronews.com/2015/04/15/armenian-massacres-of-1915-the-armenian-viewpoint/
From: Baghdasarian
EuroNews
April 15 2015
This article sets out how Armenians generally view the context,
events and implications of the massacres of ethnic Armenians living
in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Turkey disputes key parts
of the information and you can read the Turkish perspective here.
The killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire around a hundred years
ago was genocide because it was 'centrally-planned and administered
by the Turkish government', according to Armenian accounts.
The US-based Armenian National Institute (ANI) says only a government
has the resources to 'carry out such a scheme of destruction'.
It points the finger at the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) -
known as the Young Turks and in power at the time of the killings -
for taking the decision to carry out a genocide.
The killings were carried out between 1915 and 1918 against "the
entire Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire".
The Washington-based organisation puts the death toll at 1.5 million
Armenians (from 1915-1923), claiming hundreds of thousands were
'butchered' while others died of "starvation, exhaustion and epidemics
which ravaged concentration camps". It says "women and children were
abducted and horribly abused" and the "entire wealth of the Armenian
people was expropriated".
Around 2 million Armenians were living in the Ottoman Empire on the
eve of the First World War, says ANI. In 1915 alone, the organisation
adds, more than a million ethnic Armenians were deported from Armenia
and Anatolia to Syria.
Turkey's refusal to acknowledge that the killings constitued genocide
means the issue remains enormously sensitive to Armenians today; the
ANI says "affirming the truth" has become a matter of "international
significance".
The institute points to the fact that many countries, including France,
Argentina, Greece and Russia, have acknowledged a genocide took place.
This and the recurrence of genocide in the 20th century, it adds,
makes acknowledgment of Armenians suffering a 'compelling obligation
for the international community'
http://www.euronews.com/2015/04/15/armenian-massacres-of-1915-the-armenian-viewpoint/
From: Baghdasarian