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ARMENIA-TURKEY 'GENOCIDE' ROW: THE BACKGROUND
EuroNews
Jan 24 2012
France
Whether what happened to the Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman
Empire can be called 'genocide' remains contentious - despite the
ruling by the French senate which now makes it an offence to deny
it was.
However, the facts of what took place between 1915-23 are
well-documented by a variety of sources - many of which had no vested
interest in the what happened.
As many as 1.5 million Christian Armenians were massacred or deported,
after trying to use the First World War as an opportunity to escape
repression from the Muslim Ottoman Turks.
The Republic of Turkey, founded after the war, refuses to recognise
the killing of Armenians as 'genocide'. Instead it argues that both
sides suffered a large amount of casualties during a struggle against
each other.
A 44-metre high memorial near the Armenian capital Yerevan and the
nearby Armenian Genocide Museum built into the hillside commemorate
those killed by the Ottoman Turks. They receive hundreds of thousands
of visitors every year.
EuroNews
Jan 24 2012
France
Whether what happened to the Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman
Empire can be called 'genocide' remains contentious - despite the
ruling by the French senate which now makes it an offence to deny
it was.
However, the facts of what took place between 1915-23 are
well-documented by a variety of sources - many of which had no vested
interest in the what happened.
As many as 1.5 million Christian Armenians were massacred or deported,
after trying to use the First World War as an opportunity to escape
repression from the Muslim Ottoman Turks.
The Republic of Turkey, founded after the war, refuses to recognise
the killing of Armenians as 'genocide'. Instead it argues that both
sides suffered a large amount of casualties during a struggle against
each other.
A 44-metre high memorial near the Armenian capital Yerevan and the
nearby Armenian Genocide Museum built into the hillside commemorate
those killed by the Ottoman Turks. They receive hundreds of thousands
of visitors every year.