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ARMENIANS THROUGHOUT THE GLOBE MARK 92ND ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
PanARMENIAN.Net
24.04.2007 12:52 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Today, on April 24, Armenians throughout the
globe mark the 92nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman
Turkey. Mass arrests of the Armenian intellectual, religious, economic
and political elite started in Constantinople on that very day in 1915
what resulted in entire annihilation of a whole pleiad of outstanding
Armenian cultural workers.
Writers, actors, musicians, teachers, doctors, lawyers, journalists,
businessmen, political and religious leaders were detained till
the end of May, 1915 without being incriminated in anything. In the
course of several weeks about 800 celebrated Armenians were arrested
in Constantinople. By the end of summer there had been few of them
left alive. During the period of 1915-1923 1.5 million of Armenians
were killed. The Armenian Genocide was recognized by Russia, France,
Canada, Lebanon, Uruguay, Cyprus, Argentina, Greece, Belgium, Sweden,
Slovakia, Netherlands, Switzerland, Vatican, Italy, Germany, Lithuania
and Poland as well as 40 states of the U.S.
PanARMENIAN.Net
24.04.2007 12:52 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Today, on April 24, Armenians throughout the
globe mark the 92nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman
Turkey. Mass arrests of the Armenian intellectual, religious, economic
and political elite started in Constantinople on that very day in 1915
what resulted in entire annihilation of a whole pleiad of outstanding
Armenian cultural workers.
Writers, actors, musicians, teachers, doctors, lawyers, journalists,
businessmen, political and religious leaders were detained till
the end of May, 1915 without being incriminated in anything. In the
course of several weeks about 800 celebrated Armenians were arrested
in Constantinople. By the end of summer there had been few of them
left alive. During the period of 1915-1923 1.5 million of Armenians
were killed. The Armenian Genocide was recognized by Russia, France,
Canada, Lebanon, Uruguay, Cyprus, Argentina, Greece, Belgium, Sweden,
Slovakia, Netherlands, Switzerland, Vatican, Italy, Germany, Lithuania
and Poland as well as 40 states of the U.S.